Anthony Stark (Earth- 6. Marvel Database. Gallery Current Alias. Iron Man Aliases. Actor,[1] Golden Gladiator,[2] Bullet- Head,[3] Golden Avenger,[4]Shellhead,[4] Armored Avenger, Tetsujin, Hogan Potts,[5] Randall Pierce, Spare Parts Man,[6]Cobalt Man, Crimson Dynamo, Iron Gentleman, Metal Man, Man of Iron, Tin Man, Anthony of York,[7] Space- Knight,[8] "Irene,"[9]Electro,[1. T,[1. 1] Master of Machines[1. The Enginerer[1. 3] Affiliation. Stark Industries (CEO), Avengers; formerly Avengers (Heroes Reborn), Illuminati, Axis, Resilient, S.
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H. I. E. L. D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Initiative (leader), Pro- Registration Superhero Unit (leader), New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Hellfire Club, Force Works, Avengers West Coast, United States Department of Defense, the Mighty, Knights of the Atomic Round Table, Alcoholics Anonymous, Damage Control Base Of Operations. Stark Tower, New York City, New York; Stark Industries Airfield, New Jersey; formerly Stark Island, San Francisco, California; Troy; Tony Stark's Penthouse, New York City, New York; Avengers Mansion, New York City, New York; Avengers Compound; Resilient HQ, Seattle, Washington; also has homes in Alexandria, Virginia, Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California Occupation. Mechanical Engineer, Adventurer, Superhero, Inventor, Industrialist, founder of the Maria Stark Foundation, CEO of Stark Industries, president emeritus of Resilient; former liaison between S. H. I. E. L. D. and the Avengers, United States Secretary of Defense, Executive Director of S.
H. I. E. L. D., CEO of Stark Enterprises, Stark Solutions, Circuits Maximus and Stark International Height. Origin. Anthony "Tony" Stark was adopted by Howard and Maria Stark. During a conflict in Afghanistan, Stark was captured by terrorists and, with a piece of shrapnel in his heart, was about to die.
Constructing a suit of iron armor that would also help with his recovery, Stark broke out of captivity and journeyed back home to the United States where he built an advanced suit of armor and become the armored superhero Iron Man. Place of Birth. Unrevealed. See also: Expanded History. Adoption. The biological parentage of Tony Stark is unknown. He was adopted by rich industrialist Howard Stark and his wife Maria Stark after a failed attempt at gestating a healthy baby. In a desperate pursuit for the means to ensure Maria could give birth with no problems, Howard sought the help of an alien robot, the Rigellian Recorder. Howard's son could accelerate humanity's technological growth and help the Earth thrive against potential extraterrestrial threats.
According to 4. 51, Howard's unborn son was the perfect candidate due to his father's intelligence and engineering abilities, which would be naturally passed on to the child in addition to 4. However, as 4. 51 genetically modified the baby in womb, Howard discovered the robot had hidden some sort of kill switch, that would compromise the life of his son in the future. Stark developed a "biococktail" to interfere with it behind 4. Once the baby, named Arno, was born, 4.
Earth.[1. 9]In a turn of events, Howard's interference with 4. The Starks decided to keep the baby hidden in the Maria Stark Foundation Hospice and adopt a healthy son, as they couldn't conceive a new baby, to prevent 4. Howard's meddling if it ever returned to the Earth. The adopted child was Tony Stark.[1.
With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy. Iron Man clashed with Mallen, a terrorist enhanced by the Extremis virus, a techno-organic agent designed by Tony’s one-time classmate Maya Hansen and intentionally. Marvel's 'Iron Man 3' pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world. Synopsis, image gallery, trailers, news articles, cast and credits.
Early Life. Tony had a difficult relationship with his father being sent to boarding school at six, where he would soon start experimenting with erector sets. He went on to be his high school valedictorian.[2.
It is later revealed that Howard was an alcoholic both verbally abusive to his wife and son.[2. It was Howard who forced Tony to have his first drink.[2. Howard tried to teach Tony many lessons such as the costs of waging war [2. He then joined an undergraduate program at MIT at the age of 1. Such a double major was easy for him, and he received Master's degrees in both fields of study.[2. Tony's first meeting with Bruce Banner.
As a young student Tony Stark met another brilliant mind Bruce Banner at Dr. Derenik Zadian; "Forward Thought Conference" at Oxford University.
This would lead to a life long scientific rivalry between the two.[2. Tony later enrolled at the Cambridge University in England, where he met Cassandra Gillespie. During their first date, Tony protected her from a group of Hydra agents who were after her mother, an arms dealer and business rival of Howard Stark.[1.
Following this incident, Howard had Tony return to America, abruptly ending Tony's relationship with Cassandra barely after it had started.[2. After this, Meredith Mc. Call, the daughter of Creighton Mc. Call, Howard's greatest rival, fell in love with Tony. However, their parents forbade them from ever seeing each other.[2.
Tony drifted into his 2. Death of Howard and Maria Stark. When he was 2. 1, Tony's parents were killed in a car crash and he inherited his father's business, Stark Industries. Within a few years he turned it into a multi- billion dollar industry complex whose chief contracts were for advanced weaponry and munitions for the U. S. government. Tony also bought the company that built the car his parents were driving when they lost their lives and fixed flaws in the company's vehicle designs, including those in the brakes.[2. Inventing the Iron Man Armor.
Stark traveled to Afghanistan to supervise a field test for one of his weapons. During the demonstration, Stark tripped on a booby trap and a piece of shrapnel was lodged in his chest.[note 1] The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by the revolutionary leader Wong- Chu, and was informed that within a week the shrapnel would penetrate his heart and kill him. Wong- Chu falsely promised Stark that if he built a powerful weapon, he would be allowed to undergo an operation to save his life.
Even though Stark realized the tyrant was lying, he agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools. Iron Man is born! Stark was given access to a small laboratory with another captive, the renowned Asian physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Professor Ho Yinsen, whose work Stark admired in college.
With Yinsen acting as his assistant, Stark designed and built an electrically powered suit of armor with a pacemaker- like device that enabled Stark's heart to keep beating after the shrapnel entered it, the armor was also equipped with heavy offensive weaponry. Donning the suit, Stark connected it to its power source, an electrical generator.
Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. In the least fortunate turn of events, Wong- Chu decided to check on his prisoners. Knowing that if they were found all of their work was for nothing, Yinsen decided to sacrifice his own life by distracting Wong- Chu, giving Stark the extra time he needed to charge the armored suit fully. As the Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong- Chu's guerrilla troops. Then, still clad in his armor, which was necessary to keep his heart beating, Stark made his way to the jungle, trying to escape enemy territory.[3. James Rhodes, a pilot in the United States Marines who was stationed in Southeast Asia, had been shot down in the jungle by rockets while he was on a reconnaissance mission. Rhodes managed to land safely and was attempting to get his helicopter air- worthy when he encountered Iron Man.
After Iron Man helped Rhodes fight off an attack by enemy forces, Rhodes allowed him to drain the helicopter's batteries to recharge his armor. The two tracked through the jungle together, finally discovering a hidden rocket base. Stealing an enemy helicopter, they destroyed the site and flew to the nearest American base.[3. Back in the United States, Stark redesigned his chest plate, which contained a pacemaker- like device, reducing the chest plate's size and weight so he could wear it under his normal clothing.
Required to wear the armor's chest plate at all times to keep his heart alive and beating, Stark decided to put the rest of the armor to regular use as well. After redesigning the entire armored suit to match the lighter chest plate, Stark made the existence of the suit public. He concealed the suit's true origin, as well as the fact that he himself had to wear the chest plate to live. Stark made it known that he would soon manufacture the suit, which he called "the human machine," for sale to be then public.[3. Becoming a super hero.
Soon afterward, Stark donned one of his battle suits in order to prevent thieves from stealing parts from the other copies of it. This experience made him realize that the suit was too dangerous to be made available to the public. The next day Stark revealed what had happened to him in Southeast Asia to Joanna Nivena, his then fiancé.[3. Together they attended a tennis match in Forest Hills, N. Y. that afternoon.
Stark brought along his armor, which he was taking to a nearby laboratory for tests. Terrorists who threatened to kill everyone present with a bomb invaded the match. Joanna urged Stark to don the armor to stop the terrorists. Stark did so, captured the terrorists and saved the spectators by throwing himself atop the bomb. Iron Man thus publicly became a hero, and Stark had a new sense of purpose, having decided to combat evildoers as Iron Man.[3.
Wishing to retain some degree of anonymity, Stark established the fiction that Iron Man was his paid bodyguard wearing a suit of armor that he had invented. Only his most trusted aides learned Stark and Iron Man were one and the same.
One of these early confidantes was "Happy" Hogan, whom Tony hired as his chauffeur.[3. Hogan fell in love with Tony's secretary Pepper Potts, whom Tony eventually fell in love with as well.[3. Even though Potts reciprocated Tony's feelings, she eventually began a whirlwind romance with Hogan, which ended with the two of them getting married.[3. At first, Stark used his Iron Man identity mostly to combat spies, like the Actor,[1] and criminals who threatened Stark Industries, like the Melter or Mr.