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Iron Man
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Full Name: | Antonio Stark |
First Appearance: | Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #4 (as Iron Man) Ultimate Comics Ultimates Vol. 1 #18.1 (As Iron Patriot) |
Created by: | Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Allred |
Home Universe: | Earth-1610 |
Alignment: | Good |
Status: | Alive |
Place of Birth: | New York City, New York |
Citizenship: | American |
Base: | Stark Tower, New York City |
Affiliations: | Future Foundation, Kratos Club, Stark Industries; formerly Ultimates, New Ultimates, JT Technologies |
Powers/Abilities: | Tony is a phenomenal scientific genius and inventor, thanks largely to his body-wide neural tissue, which enhances his intelligence and gives his body fantastic regenerative capacity. His bacterial bio-armor fits his body like a second skin, enhances his durability, and inhibits his chronic neurological pain. He is multilingual, has nearly total recall, and has a seemingly limitless capacity for multitasking. |
Height: | 6' 1" (unarmored), 7' (armored) |
Weight: | 225 lbs (unarmored) 2000 lbs. (armored) |
Hair Color: | Black |
Eye Color: | Blue |
Unique Features: | Brain-Tumor |
"Money: Try as you might, you can't take it with you. I never saw any point in just stacking it up and looking at it. It's there to be spent on beautiful things." |
Tony Stark (of Earth-1610), also known as Iron Man and Iron Patriot, is the CEO of Stark Industries, a member of the Future Foundation and a former member of the Ultimates. Tony was a mentor and teacher of Spider-Man for a brief time before his death.
Early Life[]
Tony Stark was born a genius and one of the twin sons of industrialist inventor Howard Stark, with the other son being Gregory. Despite Howard's determination to have Tony continue Stark Industries' legacy, Tony set out to create his own company from scratch so to leave his father's shadow, a promising small business called JT Technologies he was working on with his girlfriend Josey Gardner. Unfortunately, Howard continued pressuring Tony, and he managed to sway his son away from his dreams. Tony reluctantly joined Howard's side, and as a consequence, Josey left him.
Six months later, Josey died tragically in a plane crash. Unbeknownst to anybody, Josey's death had been orchestrated by Mandarin International, a company Howard dealt with during Stark Industries' fledgling days, but had cut ties with ever since. Josey's death had the effect the Mandarin desired on Tony, as Howard convinced the boy to channel his emotions into his work and throw himself into his inventions. Tony's first project following Josey's death involved the development of cutting edge nanotechnology.
Becoming Iron Man[]
Following Howard's death, presumably at the hands of the Mandarin in revenge for walking on them, Tony took full reins of Stark Industries. As he grew up a cynic, alcoholic womanizer, Stark also became a world-wide celebrity and a brand name. His company was the third biggest in America, and he was the world's third-richest man. However, Tony's life took a drastic change when he was was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Desperate for a cure, Tony met with the best oncologists from all over the world. While visiting a children's hospital, he met a young boy named Sam who was undergoing chemotherapy. Sam's death even after being treated for three years encouraged Tony to use the time he had left to put his resources to use for a better world. Tony additionally turned to technology to help himself, and started devising a temporary cure in the form of a mixture of bio-tech and armor.
During a business trip in Guatemala, Stark and his cousin Morgan were captured along with the passengers on their flight by a guerrilla militia called the Red Devil. The soldiers murdered Morgan when Tony refused to cooperate. Tony eventually agreed to help the terrorists, and built a rough exo-skeleton based on the preliminary designs of the armor he was working on in the States. However, without the necessary precautions, Stark made is so the device purposefully backfired on his captors, which facilitating his freedom and allowed him to lead a rescue mission that saved the lives of his fellow captives. Stark's actions kick-started events that ended the Red Devil's reign of international terrorism. In the aftermath of this incident, Tony stayed away from the public spotlight for almost two years. When he returned, Tony refashioned himself as a super hero, using his latest invention, a nanotechnology-operated suit to become the armor-clad super hero Iron Man. Iron Man became a global phenomenon after he saved the Vice-President from an assassination attempt.
For a while, Tony operated together with his friend Jim Rhodes, who wore an armor similar to Tony's and went by the alias of War Machine. They had a falling out after Tony's recklessness almost cost both of their lives when fighting A.I.M. forces. The last time they had spoken, Rhodey berated Tony for his behavior, and Stark had him removed from his building by security.