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Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was a billionaire industrialist, a founding member of the Avengers, and the former CEO of Stark Industries. A brash but brilliant inventor, Stark was self-described as a genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist. With his great wealth and exceptional technical knowledge, Stark was one of the world's most powerful men following the deaths of his parents and ...
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Anthony Edward Stark is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise —based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name — commonly known by his alias, Iron Man. Stark is initially depicted as an industrialist, genius inventor, and former playboy who is CEO of Stark ...
- Overview
- History This is an abridged version of Tony Stark s history. For a complete history see Tony Stark s Expanded History Birth and Adoption
- Personality I can create a world without war. I can make a world without alcohol or drugs. Without hate or jealousy. But then it wouldn t be the world we live in. Nothing would be learned, nothing would be gained. We wouldn t advance as a species. —Iron Man[src] Tony Stark is, for the lack of a better word, complicated. During his early days of success, Stark was a man who only cared about fame and wealth. He had no sense of responsibility or humility, always rubbing his success in the faces of everyone he met.[277] This all changed when he was captured by terrorists. After building the first Iron Man armor and escaping captivity, Stark realized the kind of person he really was, and engaged in a life of heroism to atone for his past mistakes.[76] Plagued by many vices, Stark is prone to womanizing, pride, and, most of all, alcoholism. The latter was an addiction developed in big part due to Howard s abuse of Tony, who forced him to take his first sip when he was a child.[278][279] This lifetime of troubles has caused him to develop a cynical view of the world. Despite this, Stark is devoted to truly make the world a better place.[143] This desire has sometimes caused Stark to resort to morally questionable methods, as long as the end justifies them, including his crusade to safeguard his technology (leading him to confront heroes such as Stingray and the Captain), and the superhuman Civil War, during which Iron Man was hell bent on implementing the Superhuman Registration Act, because its failure would have led to a harsh response from the government.[280][281] However, Iron Man has shown to be ridden by guilt over this type of course of action, which has developed into self-hate.[22][207][282][283] Tony Stark has been described as man enough to do what needs to be done, even knowing full well what it will cost him. [284] Stark s self-hating tendencies have also led to Stark being suicidal,[285][286] and undervaluing his own life, especially in favor of others .[282][287][288] According to Reed Richards, Tony Stark is a future man trapped in the now. A prisoner raging against the slow crawl of human evolution. Stark s relationships, morality and ethics are highly adaptable and malleable to what he would consider the greater good of mankind s necessary survival and progress.[214] Tony has also been described as [A person who] really cares. He s been on the top and he s been on the bottom, and he s done all 12 steps and a few more. He knows what it s like to have a habit that eats you from the inside, like worms. And he knows there s no easy answer, but every solution to every problem has to start somewhere. He s just trying to help. [289] Tony has also been shown to loathe taking other people s lives and resorting to killing people only as an extreme measure,[132][290] and explicitly stating he doesn t kill,[291] and having claimed that s not the way we work. [292] Iron Man is a hero that relies on his intellect and technological resources to defeat foes and achieve victory. Stark invariably prides himself on being one of the most intelligent people of the Marvel Universe.[293] Alcoholism
- Attributes
- Paraphernalia Equipment Avengers Identicard Armor: Iron Man wears a sophisticated suit of body armor containing various offensive weaponry. He has a number of suits aside from the current model. Some are mission-specific or prototypes for testing, others are older models kept for nostalgia or for research. He has developed a special briefcase to carry his armor in. A few models are too big for the case and require a separate module. As the multi-billionaire head of a global corporation and a genius-level inventor, Stark can procure or develop additional technology as needed as possible. Iron Man Armor
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There's only two things I ever managed to believe in. Firstly, myself. And even then only about 50% of the time. Secondly, the future. That there would be one and we'd make it.
—Tony Stark
Tony Stark is a genius inventor and billionaire industrialist, who suits up in his armor of cutting-edge technology to become the super hero Iron Man. The adopted son of weapons manufacturer Howard Stark, Tony inherited his family's company at a young age following his parents' death. While overseeing a manufacturing plant in a foreign country, Stark was kidnapped by local terrorists. Instead of giving in to his captors' demands to build weapons for them, Stark created a powerful suit of armor for himself to escape. Returning to America, Stark further upgraded the armor and put his vast resources and intellect to use for the betterment of the world as Iron Man, also quickly giving up weapons manufacturing, having experienced first-hand the horrors of war.
Tony kept his alter-ego a secret for most of his career, juggling his responsibilities as head of Stark Industries while becoming a key player in the superhuman community as Iron Man and founding the world's premier super hero team, the Avengers. Over the years, Stark has faced numerous enemies, such as the Mandarin, Justin Hammer, Iron Monger, and the Titanium Man, as well as many personal demons, most notably his addiction to alcohol. For many years, Tony covered for his alter-ego by claiming that Iron Man was his anonymous bodyguard, but Tony eventually brought his dual identity to the public light.
Birth and Adoption
Anthony "Tony" Stark was born to two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Amanda Armstrong and Jude. Jude was a secret Hydra double-agent with little regard for anybody but himself and regularly sold out fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. He was almost responsible for Amanda's own death at the hands of an assassin. However, he fell in love with Amanda before sending her to her death and decided to save her. After this incident they got to know each other and began a relationship. Two years later, Amanda became pregnant. A week before giving birth to the baby, Jude decided to reveal his true allegiance to Amanda and its implications in Jude's timely intervention that saved her life. The subsequent discussion escalated, and Amanda killed Jude. Traumatized by this development, Amanda asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to ensure her future baby would find a safe and happy home. However, director Nick Fury followed the same procedure used for unwanted pregnancies in the agency, and the baby was left in an orphanage in Sofia, Bulgaria after Amanda birthed him in a local hospital. Fury's associate and famous industrialist Howard Stark learned of this and decided to find the baby and adopt him, keeping the name Amanda wished he retained: Anthony.In addition to Howard and his wife Maria suffering the latter's inability to give birth again, they needed to find a healthy boy to act as a decoy in place of their secret firstborn, Arno Stark. Arno's gestation had been extremely difficult, and his birth was only made possible with the help of an alien robot, the Rigellian Recorder 451, who had agreed to help the baby survive in exchange for the opportunity to bioengineer him, so he could accelerate humanity's technological growth in the future. However, as 451 genetically modified the baby in the womb, Howard had discovered the robot hid some sort of kill switch, that would compromise the life of his son in the future, for which Stark developed a "biococktail" to interfere with it behind 451's back. Once Arno was born, 451 left the Earth. In a turn of events, Howard's interference with 451's machinations caused the newborn to become fatally ill. The Starks decided to keep the baby hidden in the Maria Stark Foundation Hospice. In addition to filling the void left by Arno's fatal illness, Tony's adoption would prevent 451 from learning of Howard's meddling if it ever returned to Earth.
Early Life and Education
Tony grew up completely unaware of the existence of Arno or that he was adopted. While loved unconditionally by Maria, Tony suffered from a strained relationship with his father, both due to the contrast of Tony's sensitive and reclusive nature with Howard's glorification of physical prowess and Howard's ever-increasing drinking habits, which caused him to verbally abuse Tony and suffer from mood swings. This last factor caused Tony to turn to electronics as a coping mechanism at barely five years old, as he started to believe hardware to be comprehensible and reliable, whereas people were unpredictable and hard to understand. Tony's world couldn't find order, but the things he built did.In order to toughen his son, Howard sent Tony to boarding school at the age of seven, much to Maria's dismay. In the following years, Tony learned of discipline of body and strength of character as Howard intended, while spending his free time reading alone. At the age of thirteen, the stories of Arthurian legends opened Tony the doors to a new world of dedication to a cause greater than oneself, of chivalry, honor, and armored heroes. After boarding school, Tony joined an undergraduate program at MIT at the age of fifteen.[citation needed] He would effortlessly graduate as class valedictorian with double majors in physics and engineering. When he was seventeen, Tony met Meredith McCall, his first love and, unfortunately, the daughter of Howard's greatest business rival. Their relationship didn't develop beyond being a summer love, due to the combined interference of Meredith's father and Howard. Meredith was sent to live with relatives, and Tony was scheduled to go to Europe for education, with neither being told where the other was.The break-up was numbed by Tony's school routine at Cambridge University in England, where he met another girl named Cassandra Gillespie. Worse luck, Cassandra was also the daughter of a rival weapons manufacturer of Howard. Their relationship and Tony's attendance to Cambridge were both cut short by Howard, who believed the recently-established relationship to be nothing but a way for the Gillespie's to get information on Howard through Tony. Tony doubted Howard and even tried to run away with Cassandra, but she eventually admitted that while she had fallen in love with Tony, their relationship did start as a ploy of her mother. Around this time, Tony met Dr. Ted Slaght during a symposium. The physicist became a mentor to Stark, and taught him values beyond the importance of science, like the significance of guiding the search for knowledge with an ethical compass, and carrying an open mind.Tony's mental dexterity caused him to drift into his 20's as shiftless thrill-seeker in the search for the challenges mundane life lacked. However, he would also lose interest in the dangerous hobbies he mastered, like skiing, parachuting, and hang-gliding.
Death of Howard and Maria Stark
When he was twenty-one, Tony's parents died in a car crash and he inherited his father's business, Stark Industries. Within a few years, he turned it from solely a munitions firm to a multinational corporation with a range of interests covering virtually all types of contemporary scientific industry, and the leader at the cutting edge of electronics. Tony also bought the company that built the car his parents were driving when they lost their lives and fixed the flaws in their brake system. Tony's new life as a CEO provided him with new challenges. But as the company grew bigger, his job became less exciting, and Tony fell into self-indulgence once again.
I can create a world without war. I can make a world without alcohol or drugs. Without hate or jealousy. But then it wouldn't be the world we live in. Nothing would be learned, nothing would be gained. We wouldn't advance as a species.
—Iron Man
Tony Stark is, for the lack of a better word, complicated. During his early days of success, Stark was a man who only cared about fame and wealth. He had no sense of responsibility or humility, always rubbing his success in the faces of everyone he met.[277] This all changed when he was captured by terrorists. After building the first Iron Man armor and escaping captivity, Stark realized the kind of person he really was, and engaged in a life of heroism to atone for his past mistakes.
Plagued by many vices, Stark is prone to womanizing, pride, and, most of all, alcoholism. The latter was an addiction developed in big part due to Howard's abuse of Tony, who forced him to take his first sip when he was a child.[278][279] This lifetime of troubles has caused him to develop a cynical view of the world.
Despite this, Stark is devoted to truly make the world a better place.[143] This desire has sometimes caused Stark to resort to morally questionable methods, as long as the end justifies them, including his crusade to safeguard his technology (leading him to confront heroes such as Stingray and the Captain), and the superhuman Civil War, during which Iron Man was hell bent on implementing the Superhuman Registration Act, because its failure would have led to a harsh response from the government.[280][281] However, Iron Man has shown to be ridden by guilt over this type of course of action, which has developed into self-hate.[207][282][283] Tony Stark has been described as "man enough to do what needs to be done, even knowing full well what it will cost him."[284] Stark's self-hating tendencies have also led to Stark being suicidal,[285][286] and undervaluing his own life, especially in favor of others'.[282][287][288]
According to Reed Richards, Tony Stark is "a future man trapped in the now. A prisoner raging against the slow crawl of human evolution." Stark's relationships, morality and ethics are highly adaptable and malleable to what he would consider the greater good of mankind's necessary survival and progress.[214] Tony has also been described as "[A person who] really cares. He's been on the top and he's been on the bottom, and he's done all 12 steps and a few more. He knows what it's like to have a habit that eats you from the inside, like worms. And he knows there's no easy answer, but every solution to every problem has to start somewhere. He's just trying to help."[289]
Powers
Tony Stark currently possesses no biological enhancements. At one point he had gained superhuman abilities due to interactions with certain types of technologies, namely the Extremis virus, but they have become inaccessible ever since.Former PowersExtremis virus: After being fatally wounded by an Extremis-enhanced terrorist, Tony Stark had to inject himself with the Extremis virus in order to survive.[321] His entire body has also been enhanced by the techno-organic Extremis virus which granted him enhanced senses, reflexes, and regenerative healing. He reprogrammed the serum to help him have better connection and control over his Iron Man armor, effectively making him Iron Man "inside and out."[131] These enhancements were lost during the Skrull Invasion, because when all the Stark technology was attacked, the Extremis conduit that linked him to the suit failed too.[160] These abilities included: •Technopathic Link: The Extremis virus allowed Stark to super compress and store the crucial undersheath needed to operate the Iron Man suit in the hollows of his bones, which was directly wired into his brain. This upgrade allowed him to control the Iron Man armor with thought, like it was another limb. He had direct cyber pathic control over the communication devices, scanning equipment, and recording devices located in his helmet.[131] •Electronic Communication: Using his connection to the Iron Man armor, Stark could remotely access to external communications systems such as satellites, cellular phones, and computers throughout the world. Stark was capable of projecting his voice through transmitting sound systems such as cellular phones via electronic transmissions from his central nervous system.[131] •Superhuman Reflexes: The Extremis virus granted him enhanced speed reactions and movements.[132] •Regenerative Healing Factor: Stark had gained a regenerative healing factor, allowing him to heal himself. Stark had regenerated from the damage caused by Mallen.[132] •Enhanced Endurance: The Extremis virus was mentioned to have increased Tony's natural endurance.[153] •Significantly Enhanced Brain Function: With the Extremis virus, Tony's brain function greatly increased, allowing him to process information and connect data together like a supercomputer. As Tony's brain thought processes were still at a standard level, this was shown to cause hallucinations which provided him with information that his conscious mind was unable to keep up with.[153] •Modified Physiology: The Extremis virus changed Stark's body to the point it allowed him to augment the way his insides worked to suit his needs. For example, Stark had grown wires in his lungs.[172] •Nanotech Armor Manipulation: Due to the Extremis, Tony could store the nanoparticles of his suit within the hollows of his bones and summon it at will. He could also command the nanoparticles to reshape and even repair itself.[132]R.T. node: Thanks to the Repulsor Tech node implanted in his chest, which is linked to his brain, Tony was able to interact with different types of energies and forces a normal human cannot. The R.T. node acted like a new sense for him.[note 3] The reactor's excessive generation of energy provided Stark with an increased amount of intelligence and gave him superhuman-level multitasking and learning capabilities. It enhanced his metabolism, core strength, reaction time, reflexes and intelligence up to 25-30 IQ points.[160] After a world-ending event that reshaped reality, Stark no longer appeared to use the R.T. node.[216][note 4] •Energy Emanation: The R.T. node not only provided repulsor energy to run devices such as the Iron Man Armor, its user could produce beams of energy at will, possibly weaker and less directed than a unibeam.[322] •Electrical Fields Detection: As the R.T. node was connected to Tony, he could feel different electrical fields that the node was picking up. This included all kinds of invisible frequencies.[note 3] •Magnetic Force-Field: The R.T. node created a force-field which could be modified at will by its user by increasing the power of the reactor incrementally. It could be so powerful to destroy bullets or repel people.[note 3] •Levitation: The magnetic force-field generated by the reactor couldn't interfere the ones created by the planet and levitate. It's unknown if this interaction could have been used to fly.[note 3] •Enhanced Senses: The reactor also increased the senses of Tony, allowing him to "hear better," for example.[note 3] •Enhanced Strength: The R.T. node allowed who possessed it to have a greater strength than a regular human's.[note 3] •Enhanced Endurance: It has been shown that an user of an R.T. node not only recovers incredibly fast from different types of injuries.[note 3]Extremis 3.0: In the wake of the "World War Hate", Tony Stark designed a new version of the Extremis virus and made it available for the public. He injected himself with it, and developed additional abilities. He appears to no longer possess its enhancements, which were the following: •Enhanced Strength: He was able to lift Daredevil with one arm and throw him away with relative ease.[323] •Enhanced Agility and Reflexes: Tony was able to react instantaneously to Daredevil's attacks and move quickly enough to avoid them.[323] •Immortality and Regeneration: Tony claimed that Extremis 3.0 grants its host a form of immortality and rapid cell regeneration.[323]
Abilities
Super-Genius Intelligence: Quite apart from the powers granted him by the suit, Tony Stark is far more than a mechanical engineering prodigy who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with honors at the age of 17.[326] With an intelligence classified as super-genius,[327] he easily is one of the smartest people on Earth. Furthermore, this extends to his remarkable ingenuity dealing with difficult situations such as foes and deathtraps where he is capable of using his available tools, like his suit, in unorthodox and effective ways, for example when he built the first Iron Man Armor in captivity. He has also been able to hack technology from the Kree, a race centuries more advanced than humans.[328] Tony's genius allows him to act as a futurist, a person capable of intuiting the future based on current trends, to the point of foreshadowing that a situation like the Superhuman Civil War was going to happen years before it did. This ability also extends to a much smaller scale, with Tony being capable of predicting with accuracy the way an interaction with a given individual will go down even before talking with them, a faculty that makes it really hard for human interactions to surprise him,[329] and causes him to sometimes finish other people's sentences.[330] Stark can use his superior intellect to the levels of dividing his consciousness with the help of Stark Datashades and perfectly operate three portions of his consciousness at the same time, being able to move, fight, talk and process information in three different bodies at the same time.[331] Tony has been mentioned by Eternity to be the world's greatest engineer, and by Reed Richards to be the world's best multitasker.[214] Master Engineer: He is an excellent engineer and mechanic capable of fixing almost any, if not all machinery. Master Businessman: Stark is extremely well-respected in the business world, able to command people's attentions when he speaks on economic matters by virtue of the fact that he is savvy enough to have, over the years, built up several multi-million-dollar companies from virtually nothing. He is known for the loyalty he commands from and returns to those who work for him, as well as his impeccable business ethics.[332][333] He also strives to be environmentally responsible in his businesses, and in one case, immediately fired an employee who made profitable (but illegal) sales to Doctor Doom. He states that if he wanted to, he could give away his entire fortune and build it up again within a week. Stark most notably turned his father's munitions firm into a multinational corporation that covered virtually all contemporary scientific industry when barely in his early twenties. Master Tactician: He is a brilliant tactician capable of quickly formulating battle strategies and new plans if the situation changes, like being able to elaborate different complex plans in order to defeat different enemies in difficult situations,[334][335] and be victorious. Even going as far as to simultaneously put Reed Richards in check on five different boards playing chess, a game he didn't learn until later in his life, leaving Richards totally astonished.[334] Expert Combatant: Stark was trained in unarmed combat by Captain America,[336] Black Widow, Black Panther, and Shang-Chi,[337] making him a quite physically formidable combatant on his own when the situation demands it. He has managed to fight Hammer Industries guards,[336] defeat five Skrull soldiers in single-handed combat,[338] Stark Industries security guards,[339] numerous Voldi gladiators,[340] handle his own against Madame Hydra,[341] and bare-handedly confront several ninja.[342] Skilled Swordsman: While not his strongest skill, Tony used to fence in college. However, Stark admits that he's rusty due to the fact that he doesn't engage in regular practice. He was able to dual Elizabeth Braddock before ultimately losing to her superior sword skills.[343] Skilled Marksman: Tony knows how to handle firearms, mainly the ones he has produced.[344] Multilingual: Apart from English, Tony can speak different languages fluently, including Japanese,[345][346] Mandarin Chinese,[347][348] Spanish,[349] French,[350] Russian,[167][351] and Korean.[173] He also might know multiple Middle Eastern languages, at one point noting that Urdu wasn't his strong suit in particular.[169] Stark watches the news in four languages.[343]
Weaknesses
Former WeaknessesConstant Recharge: Due to the shrapnel in his body, Iron Man must keep his suit charged at all times, often involving breaking away from a fight to recharge otherwise he would die. Although the shrapnel was later removed eliminating this weakness. Memory Problems: Due to his recent memory deletion and the procedure that restored him, Tony Stark can no longer remember certain points of his life and the simplest things like how to tie a tie due to the process' side-effects being greater than it was initially predicted. R.T. Node Dependence: The Repulsor Tech node implanted in Stark's chest had the basic machine codes to keep Stark's Extremis-modified body working. So it needed to be in constant connection with him. After a world-ending event that reshaped reality, Stark no longer appeared to use the R.T. node. Psychic Resonance Dampener: Based on Shi'ar technology, this anklet inhibited Stark's ability to access his Extremis abilities for a time. It was provided to him by Doc Samson when SHIELD believed he was becoming unhinged during his investigation of Gadget's demise.[352]
Equipment Avengers Identicard Armor: Iron Man wears a sophisticated suit of body armor containing various offensive weaponry. He has a number of suits aside from the current model. Some are mission-specific or prototypes for testing, others are older models kept for nostalgia or for research. He has developed a special briefcase to carry his armor in. A few models are too big for the case and require a separate module. As the multi-billionaire head of a global corporation and a genius-level inventor, Stark can procure or develop additional technology as needed as possible. Iron Man Armor
Avengers Identicard Armor: Iron Man wears a sophisticated suit of body armor containing various offensive weaponry. He has a number of suits aside from the current model. Some are mission-specific or prototypes for testing, others are older models kept for nostalgia or for research. He has developed a special briefcase to carry his armor in. A few models are too big for the case and require a separate module. As the multi-billionaire head of a global corporation and a genius-level inventor, Stark can procure or develop additional technology as needed as possible.
Weapons
Various repulsor weapon systems by Iron Man armor.
Transportation
When not traveling in his armor or using a Quinjet as an Avenger, Stark owns a number of vehicles. Some of them have been modified, such as a Ferrari capable of flight.
•The place of Tony Stark's origin as Iron Man has been subject to changes over the years since his first appearance in 1963 due to the effects of Marvel's Sliding Timescale. Originally in Tales of Suspense #39, it was in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. This was maintained in several retellings (namely Iron Man #1, 47, 68, 122, and 144). The explicit mention of Vietnam and the Vietnam War was first omitted in 1985's Weapons Locker #1, which only mentions Tony becoming Iron Man in Southeast Asia after being taken prisoner by communist insurgents. In Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #6, a year later, the location became a now-unspecified Southeast Asian country. For the most part, the location remained ambiguous for decades, with the exception of 2002's Iron Man (Vol. 3) #50 implying that it was Vietnam again (but not during the Vietnam War), with Stark mentioning that the conflict he was caught on had sparked "before the stink of Agent Orange had faded away." Agent Orange was a chemical agent used during the Vietnam War by the American military. The biggest deviation in the setting of Iron Man's origin to date was presented in 2004's Iron Man (Vol. 4) #1, which took the setting from the Southeast Asian jungle to the Middle Eastern desert, in Afghanistan specifically. This continued in 2009's Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 2) #18, in which Stark revisits the cave in Afghanistan where he first became Iron Man. However, 2019's History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #2 established that Stark's kidnapper Wong-Chu had operated in the fictional Siancong (located in Southeast Asia) during the Siancong War. While the main story of History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #3 didn't specify if Stark was kidnapped there, only mentioning that he was captured in Asia, the issue's Annotations feature did establish that Stark became Iron Man in Siancong.
•The reason for Stark's visit to the location where he became Iron Man has also changed over the years. In Tales of Suspense #39, it was to supervise the implementation of his micro-transistors on miniaturized American weaponry during the Vietnam War. In Iron Man #144, the new weapons for the military that Tony was testing were enhanced by his "theories of reverse magnetism." Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #6 mentioned again the transistor-powered miniaturized artillery, but the Vietnam War was effectively wiped from Iron Man's origin, with a secret mission against communists in power being the reason for Stark's visit. While the ambiguity of the location was maintained in Iron Man #244, this issue again placed Iron Man's origin during an active armed conflict, and it only mentioned that Stark was in the battlefield to test a new weapon. Iron Man #267 presented the biggest change to the reason for Stark's visit. In this issue, he visits Southeast Asia to investigate a disruption in the supply chain to his factory in the region (secretly orchestrated by the Mandarin as a lure), and there is no involvement of the American military. Iron Man #288 additionally establishes that Tony decided to take personal interest in the problems at his overseas plant out of boredom. The angle of Tony being on a visit during an armed conflict was used again in Iron Man #319 and Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man #1. Iron Man: The Iron Age #1 and Iron Man (Vol. 3) #1 returned to the reason for Stark's visit being a disruption in the supply chain, before going back to the context of the armed conflict in Iron Man (Vol. 3) #31. In Iron Man (Vol. 3) #50, the conflict was a "secret war" against the drug trade. In this issue, Stark had been enlisted to build a reinforced battle armor for soldiers and visited the war zone to fix a design glitch in the suits. In Iron Man (Vol. 4) #1, Stark visits the location of his kidnapping (changed to Afghanistan) as a consultant to help the military look at ways to contain Al-Qaeda. Invincible Iron Man #593 simply states that Stark was on a weapons demonstration. The Annotations feature of History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #3 favors the version of Iron Man's origin story in which he was visiting one of his plants before being kidnapped.
•Other details surrounding Iron Man's origin have varied over the decades. For instance, in Tales of Suspense #39, after Stark sets off a booby trap that fatally injuries him and kills the squadron escorting him, Wong-Chu's guerilla finds him alive and takes him in since they expect him to be somebody important. Wong-Chu only learns who Stark is after confiscating documents in his possession, and orders him to build him weaponry with Yinsen. Iron Man #267 and 268 greatly alter the narrative behind Stark's kidnapping; under the orders of the Mandarin, Wong-Chu lures Stark to Southeast Asia by disrupting the supply chain of one of his factories. Stark is ambushed by Wong-Chu's guerilla and is injured by one of Wong's booby traps that is detonated by his companion Toshiro Kanada, who dies in the process. Stark is then paired with Yinsen to unlock the power of the Mandarin's Rings, and Wong-Chu has them work on making weapons to stall until the Mandarin gave them their true assignment, but Stark escapes before that happens. Iron Man #319 established for the first time that the mine which injured Tony was manufactured by Stark International. Later retellings like in Iron Man (Vol. 3) #50 don't outright undo the Mandarin's involvement, but don't include him. This issue also explicitly contradicts the notion that the booby trap that injured Tony was one of Wong-Chu's, but rather a leftover from "an all-but-forgotten war." In Iron Man (Vol. 4) #1, Stark and the military are ambushed by the Taliban, and Tony is fatally injured when gunfire detonates a landmine which was part of the military's cargo that was in proximity to him. When it continues in Iron Man (Vol. 4) #5, this origin also omits the involvement of Wong-Chu. In Invincible Iron Man Annual #1, Wong-Chu is replaced by Raza and the Mandarin is once again explicitly involved, but Stark's kidnapping isn't planned; the Mandarin actually encourages Raza to kill him instead of keeping him prisoner. Both Black Widow (Vol. 6) #6 and History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #2 later brought back Wong-Chu. The Annotations feature of History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #3 favors the version of Iron Man's origin story in which he was injured by a landmine during capture.
•The specific place of Stark's confinement while kidnapped has also changed in recent years. From Tales of Suspense #39 and even after the location of his kidnapping was changed to Afghanistan, Tony was held captive in a shack at a small settlement. Starting with 2009's Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 2) #18, the setting was changed to a cave, and this modification was reflected in later comics like Invincible Iron Man Annual #1, Invincible Iron Man #500.1, Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #3, Iron Man Annual (Vol. 2) #1 and Invincible Iron Man #593. In these last five issues mentioned, the device keeping Stark's heart beating during captivity is changed. Rather than an entire chestplate, Tony is shown having an arc reactor implanted on his chest.
•The inclusion of Raza as one of Stark's kidnappers, the place of confinement being a cave and Tony wearing an arc reactor rather than a full chestplate were inspired by the origin story of Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008's Iron Man film.
•Tony wouldn't cover up his secret identity by claiming Iron Man was his bodyguard until several issues after his first appearance. He initially claimed that Iron Man was simply a close friend of his, who happened to be close by whenever he needed to be in action.[378] The first person to suggest Iron Man worked for Tony Stark was Gregor Shapanka when he found himself cornered by the Golden Avenger brief moments after attacking the Stark Industries vault, but Iron Man awkwardly rebuffed his claims. By Tales of Suspense #51, Iron Man being Stark's bodyguard had become Stark's established alibi since the Scarecrow mentions hearing that Stark kept Iron Man around for that purpose.
•Stan Lee based Stark's personality on Howard Hughes, explaining, "Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-millionaire, a ladies man and finally a nutcase."[381]
•"Stark" means "strong" in several languages, including German and Swedish.
•As of 2016's International Iron Man #7, Tony was 34–35 years old.
•In-universe, the exploits of Iron Man (like those of many heroes), are adapted by Marvel Comics in authorized comics. Since Iron Man's identity was a secret for a long time, when Marvel was eventually given consent to fabricate backstories for heroes with secret identities, the company envisioned Iron Man's alter-ego as a "Top Gun type" blue-collar worker who took the risks on Tony Stark's equipment and designs, living life fast because he knew it could end the next day. The process was made complicated due to the times Iron Man was allegedly killed in action and replaced.[382]
•For his sixteenth birthday, Tony was gifted a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda.[383]
•Tony Stark once went to a fan convention posed as an Iron Man cosplayer.[384]
•3533 appearance(s) of Anthony Stark (Earth-616)
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- "I'm sorry, Earth is closed today" When it comes to one-liners, Tony Stark has a scene chock full of them in "Avengers: Infinity War." After Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) brings Tony to the Sanctum Sanctorum, Wong (Benedict Wong) gives him and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) a crash course on the Infinity Stones.
- "That's how dad did it. That's how America does it. And it's worked out pretty well so far" We learned just how crafty Tony Stark could be with his character's debut in "Iron Man."
- "And ... I am ... Iron Man" This quote is really two rolled in one — the first just doesn't have the word "and" in it. In the first "Iron Man," the film ends with Tony declaring to the world, "I am Iron Man."
- "Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?" In the first "Avengers" movie, Iron Man first meets Thor in the woods, where they fight over custody of Loki.
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