Jack Taggart

"Can you regulate?" "Yes, I can regulate." "Are you sure about that?" "Yes."

- Eric Savin and Jack Taggart

Jack Taggert is a former soldier of the United States Armed Forces who is addicted to Extremis.

Biography
Taggert meets with Eric Savin outside the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Savin gives him a case containing the Extremis dose. When Happy Hogan intervenes, Taggert injects himself with a high dose of Extremis, causing him to self-destruct as a result and causing massive damage to the surrounding area and severely injuring Hogan.

Relationships

 * Eric Savin - Dealer
 * Happy Hogan - Victim

Trivia

 * In the comic books, Taggert wears high-powered armor and uses the alias Firepower.
 * In the comic books his last name is spelled "Taggert".
 * In the comics, Taggert is African American, while in the movie, he's Caucasian.
 * Firepower, armor and all, appeared in the non–canonical Iron Man 2 video game well before this version of the character was even conceived. He is not confirmed to be Taggert but was quite similar to the comic version.