"Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Anthony Edward Stark is a character portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and known commonly by his alter ego, Iron Man. In the films, Tony Stark is an industrialist, genius inventor, and consummate playboy who is CEO of Stark Industries. At the beginning of the series, he is a chief weapons manufacturer for the U.S. military, until he has a change of heart and redirects his technical knowledge into the creation of powered exoskeleton suits of armor which"
"Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character) Iron Man (Antonio ""Tony"" Stark) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is the Ultimate Marvel version of the fictional superhero Iron Man that first appeared in the fourth issue of ""Ultimate Marvel Team-Up"", written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Mike Allred. He later appeared in the Ultimates and often appears in the same titles they do. In the Ultimate Universe, the character is a wealthy business tycoon and inventor who created the Iron Man power armor. Like his mainstream counterpart, he has a drinking"
"Iron Man Iron Man (Anthony Edward ""Tony"" Stark) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The character made his first appearance in ""Tales of Suspense"" #39 (cover dated March 1963), and received his own title in ""Iron Man"" #1 (May 1968). A wealthy American business magnate, playboy, and ingenious scientist, Anthony Edward ""Tony"" Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping. When his captors attempt to force him to"
"(possibly arranged by the Roxxon Oil Company). Afterwards, Tony ran his father's company, started a charity in his mother's name (which donated funds to finance various charities and renovation projects as well as the Avengers) and later became Iron Man. The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is renamed as Maria Cerrera, the second wife of Howard Stark. Maria was a brilliant scientist who suffered a genetic accident while she was pregnant with her and Howard's child. After Maria died during childbirth, Howard uses a newly invented biological armor to save the life of their son named after Antonio Cerrera"
"games, ""Iron Man 2"" and Iron Man 3. In October 2016, Eoin Colfer released a young adult novel called ""Iron Man: The Gauntlet"". Iron Man Iron Man (Anthony Edward ""Tony"" Stark) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The character made his first appearance in ""Tales of Suspense"" #39 (cover dated March 1963), and received his own title in ""Iron Man"" #1 (May 1968). A wealthy American business magnate, playboy,"
"presumably to keep it out of the hands of potential abusers. It can go toe-to-toe with a Celestial, size-wise, but cannot match its power, despite being powered by at least seven nuclear reactors. Iron Man's armor Iron Man's armor is a fictional powered exoskeleton appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is worn by comic book superhero Tony Stark when he assumes the identity of Iron Man. The first armor (which in the story, was created by Stark and Ho Yinsen), was designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, and first appeared, along with Tony Stark,"
"by his son Tony, after his death. Over the years, through bankruptcy, Tony's ""death"", Tony's return and hostile takeovers, the company has gone through many name changes including Stark International (later Stane International), Stark Enterprises, Stark/Fujikawa and Stark Solutions. Stark Industries is primarily a defense company that develops and manufactures advanced weapons and military technologies. The company manufactures the armor worn by Iron Man and War Machine. It builds the helicarriers used by S.H.I.E.L.D, and it produces the Quinjets used by the Avengers. Originally Stark Industries, the name was changed when the company ceased manufacturing munitions, with Tony handing over"
"miniseries resemble Iron Man armors, often being identical to existing armors. One notable exception was the bulky, stocky space-armor which played an important role in the battle of humanity's heroes versus several alien armadas. Born to Howard and Maria Stark, the heads of the powerful business conglomerate Stark Industries, Tony Stark grew to be an imaginative and brilliant inventor. He worked with his father from an early age, and surpassed his father's technical brilliance by the age of 16. Stark became the key supplier of hi-tech weaponry used to fight mutants, and was on the verge of a technological breakthrough"
"is portrayed as conceited and thinks himself the best of the team. He has a friendly rivalry with Hawkeye. In the alternative world of newuniversal, Tony Stark is one of three humans altered by the Fireworks on April 26, 1953, gaining abilities associated with the Cipher glyph. Prior to the Fireworks, Stark is unexceptional, but he then becomes a technological genius. His discoveries revitalise his father's company, Stark Industries, and are ""five years ahead of everything everyone else is working on"". There are suggestions that he is capable of more, but is not making all of his discoveries public. Stark's"
"to his brother Iron Man (Tony Stark), he is more competent and doesn't possess an infamous lifestyle, but also suffers from a superiority complex. Gregory serves as Nick Fury's benefactor for the Avengers to initially defeat the Red Skull and A.I.M.. Stark later participated in a war between the Avengers led by Fury and the Ultimates led by Carol Danvers. After an all-out fight which resulted in Fury being taken into custody and Danvers being in critical condition, Stark was given leadership of S.H.I.E.L.D. by the President of the United States. Stark then revealed that he was actually responsible for"
"Stark Tower The Stark Tower Complex is a fictional high-rise building complex appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA, the complex is named after its owner Tony Stark, who is the alter ego of the superhero Iron Man. The structure is composed of a 93-story Main Tower flanked by a 35-story South Building and 55-story North Building. Located at the top of the Main Tower was the Watchtower of the superhero The Sentry, but it has been replaced by Heimdall's observatory. The Main Tower is informally known as Avengers Tower,"
"combat Killian and his Extremis enhanced soldiers. Afterwards, Stark orders J.A.R.V.I.S. to remotely destroy each Iron Man suit as a sign of his devotion to his girlfriend and the CEO of Stark Industries, Pepper Potts. In """", Tony and Bruce Banner are responsible for creating this universe's version of Ultron instead of Hank Pym after they discover an artificial intelligence within the gem of Loki's scepter, and secretly use it to complete Stark's ""Ultron"" global defense program. Tony reveals he's also had past ties with arms dealer Ulysses Klaue. Stark, Banner, and Thor are also responsible for the birth of"
"the death of Tony Stark and the day he became Rescue. During the ""Secret Wars"" storyline, a variation of Ho Yinsen resides on the Battleworld domain of Yinsen City where he served as its Baron. He is also shown to have a daughter named Toni who operates as Kid Rescue. Based on dreams he has of a pre-Battleworld Earth, he likely came from the Earth-14029. Ho Yinsen Professor Ho Yinsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a supporting character of the superhero Iron Man (Tony Stark), and"
"the Submariner. He is succeeded by Antoinette (Toni) Stark, his twin sister, a former agent of SHIELD, who turns Iron Man into a massive operation - a veritable army of Iron Men in many forms, with herself as Iron Woman. After she dies in battle against the Hulk, Tony Stark reveals himself again; he has gone underground after spinal cancer reduced him to a disembodied head hooked up to a life support system. However, he has designed a new armor, and a body that he can integrate with. He also had designed four massive vehicles for the Avengers of his"
"Iron Man 2020 Iron Man 2020 (Arno Stark) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a superhero appearing as the counterpart of the superhero Iron Man in the future year of 2020 in the multiverse. Iron Man 2020 first appeared in the second issue of the ""Machine Man"" limited series (1984) and was created by Tom DeFalco and Herb Trimpe. Arno is Tony Stark's future first cousin once removed, and the unscrupulous Morgan Stark's son. Arno inherited the company Stark Industries. Rather than use the armor for heroic deeds, he prefers to"
"him insane. He modifies Norman's armor and becomes the Iron Goblin to aid the resistance. When they are surrounded by a number of spider creatures (including Giant Man) with few means of escape, Tony sacrifices himself using the Black Knight's Ebony Blade so he can aid them and die before the Goblin formula completely takes him over. In ""Spider-Gwen"" Tony Stark is an arms dealer, the owner of global private military company WAR MACHINE, and owner of the coffee chain StarkBucks. In the timeline of ""What if: Newer Fantastic Four"", in which the Fantastic Four were killed by De'Lila (a"
"are undone via time travel. The MCU version of Tony Stark portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. combines elements of the canon and Ultimate versions while still keeping things relatively unique for the character. This version is the true son of Howard and Maria Stark, but was mainly raised by Edwin Jarvis as he had a strained relationship with his father. When Tony created an A.I. he named it J.A.R.V.I.S. after the deceased butler. His origin in the first ""Iron Man"" film was exactly like the comic, but rather than keep it a secret long like his counterpart, he revealed to"
"Titanium Man's forces, who reveals himself to be Howard Stark Sr., he and all the other experiments except Tony are killed by an EMP that destroys all tech nearby. Very little is known about this Ghost, but according to Howard Stark Sr., ""He got a funny accent."" Hannah John-Kamen portrayed a female version of Ghost named Ava Starr in ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"" (2018). Ghost (Marvel Comics) Ghost is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of Iron Man. Ghost has been substantially adapted from the comics"
"have been renamed to avoid this. Some of the ""newuniversal"" characters are alternate versions of existing Marvel Universe characters, such as Tony Stark, who apparently was among the first to receive hyperscientific powers and built an armored suit to escape Vietnam. Mostly, these are characters who appear as main or supporting characters in other Marvel titles, but fulfill relatively minor roles in the ""newuniversal"" plot. The initial ""newuniversal"" series has been collected into individual volumes: Newuniversal newuniversal is a comic book series by writer Warren Ellis, artist Salvador Larroca and colorist Jason Keith. The book series was published by Marvel"
"in the head by Natasha, a traitor within the Ultimates team. His death is one of the contributing factors to Stark's descent into full-blown alcoholism. Tony's tolerates being called Jarvis. Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis is a supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles ""Iron Man"", ""The Avengers"" and ""Spider-Man"". He is the loyal household butler of the Stark family. Since the 1990s, the character has appeared heavily in media adaptations of ""Iron Man"" and ""Avengers"" stories, and is commonly reimagined as J.A.R.V.I.S., an artificial intelligence that assists the superhero Iron Man. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, J.A.R.V.I.S. is voiced by"
"Anthem (comics) Anthem, real name Henry Hellrung, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Matt Fraction and Barry Kitson, he was an ordinary human who gained temporary powers due to special drugs that empowered normal humans with superhuman abilities. His superhero identity is an allusion to the god Apollo. A former actor who portrayed Tony Stark on an unnamed show, Henry Hellrung enjoyed an extremely successful career and friendship with Stark until heavy drinking led to his downfall. Realizing he needed to turn his life around, he entered rehab, then Alcoholics Anonymous."
"hero registered under the Superhuman Registration Act. To prevent Osborn from getting his hands on such vital information, Tony Stark took measures to erase all known resources containing this sensitive information, including his own mind. When Stark failed to surrender himself to Osborn, Norman sent contingents of H.A.M.M.E.R. squads to Stark Industries facilities all across the globe with orders to arrest Tony Stark with extreme prejudice. The militant agents caused substantial damage in their efforts to find Stark, often brutalizing Stark Industries' personnel. In an effort to make H.A.M.M.E.R.'s image more palatable to the general public, Osborn reorganized the Avengers,"
"to him for her regrets, reconciles with him eventually and they become allies once more. Then in Secret Empire, the Tony Stark A.I. suits up as Iron Man once again and learns of Captain America's betrayal to Hydra and how he ended up like this. As Hydra tightens its grip across America, the Tony Stark A.I. leads a team known as the Underground to find the Cosmic Cubes to restore Rogers to his normal self. When things start to escalate, Tony and his crew go rogue and in search for answers for the Cube. As Iron Man and the Underground"
"son of Stark's former nemesis, Obadiah Stane. In the ""Secret Invasion"" storyline, after Tony Stark survives an attempt by Ultron to take over his body, he is confronted in the hospital by Spider-Woman, holding the corpse of a Skrull posing as Elektra. Realizing this is the start of an invasion by the Skrulls, Tony reveals the corpse to the Illuminati and declares that they are at war. After Black Bolt reveals himself as a Skrull and is killed by Namor, a squadron of Skrulls attack, forcing Tony to evacuate the other Illuminati members and destroy the area, killing all the"
"He briefly battles with Thor over the captivity of the Asgardian villain Loki. Following an argument between the group and with Fury after discovering S.H.I.E.L.D.'s plans for the tesseract, they are attacked by Loki's troops, resulting in Iron Man and Captain America working together to stabilize the Helicarrier. Following Loki summoning an army of Chitauri and the death of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, Tony forms the Avengers with Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye to stop Loki's plans and save New York. Stark delivers the final blow to the army by intercepting a nuke meant"
"an alternate version of Earth-1610. He was present when he and Tony were taken hostage along with other civilians by Guatemalan guerrilla terrorists run by the ""Red Devil"" (Jesus Hayek). Their captors demanded Stark's technology in exchange for the hostages' freedom. They killed Morgan when Tony refused to cooperate, much to Tony's shock. Pretending to acquiesce, Stark built makeshift armor, including his first Repulsar Ray, and defeated the terrorists with it, freeing the hostages. Morgan Stark Morgan Stark is a Marvel Comics character. Morgan Stark first appeared in ""Tales of Suspense"" #68 and was created by Don Heck and Al"
"and even saves Captain America from falling. Tony changes the Avengers base to Stark Tower. The Ghost, the Living Laser and Spymaster reappear and shift Iron Man from standard superhero stories to dealing with politics and industrialism. ""New Avengers: Illuminati"" #1 (June 2006) reveals that years before, Stark had participated with a secret group that included the Black Panther, Professor X, Mister Fantastic, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, and Namor. The goal of the group (dubbed the Illuminati by Marvel) was to strategize overarching menaces, in which the Black Panther rejects a membership offer. Stark's goal is to create a governing"
"and run by Tony Stark. In a What If story, the company is known as ""Stark Interplanetary"" and was the creators of the Irondroids In the world of Amalgam, the company is known as Stark Aircraft (itself a merger between Stark Industries and Ferris Aircraft). The only known employees are Janice Doremus, Pepper Ferris, Happy Kalmaku, Stewart Rhodes, Hal Stark. In the MCU, Stark Industries is headed by Tony Stark and has a significant influence in both the films and television series. Stark Industries Stark Industries (NYSE: SIA, NASDAQ: STRK, fictional), later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark/Fujikawa,"
"for work as he heads to his planned meeting with Iron Man. He reveals himself to be Peter Urich and plans to tell Tony that he had uncovered the truth about the origin of the disease that forced Technopolis' citizens to wear armor just to survive. It was revealed that Baron Tony Stark and Arno Stark's father Howard Stark encouraged a friendly rivalry between them to promote affection, but ended up creating a bitter never-ending competition between the two brothers to provide Technopolis with life and mobility. Tony was chosen to become the domain's Baron during Howard's sickness that ultimately"
"of the younger Tony Stark that the Avengers has only recently retrieved from an earlier alternate timeline. The pause gave Tony enough time to override Morgan's link to the suits, cutting his control of them and setting them to self-destruct. Morgan Stark dies on the floor of his Helicon facility. During the ""Dark Reign"" storyline, Morgan Stark (posing as his renegade cousin ""Tony Stark"") turns up alive where he was the CEO of Stark Solutions. Morgan (accidentally) converted Ultimo into an ""Ultimo Virus"" capable of bestowing enhanced strength, speed, regeneration, and optic blast abilities to its victims. It is revealed"
"for both himself and humanity. Having canceled all appointments, Tony Stark dons the newest version of the Iron Man armor and takes off into the sky. Meanwhile, the injected man's body, still lying in the Bastrop warehouse, is now covered completely in a bizarre layer of scar tissue. Later, at Futurepharm Corporation offices in Austin, Texas, Dr. Aldrich Killian commits suicide after typing and printing his confession. The note informs co-worker Maya Hansen that he has stolen and ""loosed"" the company's dangerous Extremis serum for some ""greater"" purpose. Hansen calls Tony Stark, whom she met years ago at a meeting"
"to a clue in an old film reel in which his father apologized for his actions and gave closure to their strained relationship. He and his friend Rhodes, who stole one of Stark's armors to become War Machine, battle Ivan Vanko, who has a vendetta against the Stark family. In ""The Avengers"", the Initiative was activated and Stark met fellow scientist Bruce Banner and super soldier Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America (whom Stark's father worked with when he was younger and often told multiple stories to Tony about Steve in attempts to inspire him) with whom he forms a rivalry."
"by a merger of Stark Enterprises and Fujikawa Industries following apparent death of Iron Man/Anthony Stark. The fifth company run/owned by Tony Stark and was founded after his return from another dimension. It was shut down by Tony after he was defamed by Tiberius Stone who was subliminally influencing him. The sixth company owned/run by/founded by Tony Stark and was set up after the closure of Stark Solutions. After the events of ""The Five Nightmares"" and ""World Most Wanted"" story arcs, Stark Industries goes bankrupt and eventually closed down. It was also known as Stark International, both names formerly used"