Real Name :
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark
Citizenship :
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Place of Birth :
Long Island, New York
Long Island, New York
Short Stories :
Anthony "Tony" Stark was born to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark,
owners of the prominent US firm, Stark Industries. As a boy, Tony was
fascinated with building and controlling machines. At the age of 15 Tony
entered the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and graduated with two
master’s degrees by age 19. Tony went to work for Stark Industries, but
showed more interest in living a reckless playboy lifestyle than using
his engineering skills. At the age of 21, Tony inherited Stark Enterprises
when his parents were killed in a car accident secretly orchestrated by
rival corporation Republic Oil (later ROXXON). Still lacking in
business acumen, Tony promoted secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts to be
his executive assistant and left the majority of his workload on her so
that he could avoid what he saw as a burden.
Tony personally attended a field test of his military hardware at one of
his international plants; however, soon after his arrival Stark’s party
was attacked by a gang of terrorists led by the Sin-Cong revolutionary Wong Chu.
During the skirmish, a land mine went off and lodged a piece of
shrapnel near Tony’s heart. Taken back to Wong-Chu’s camp, Tony shared a
cell with Professor Ho Yinsen, a world-famous physicist. Wong-Chu
demanded that the two scientists develop advanced weaponry for his
forces. Knowing that he could not live long with the shrapnel so close
to his heart, Tony proposed that he and Yinsen devote their gifts to
creating one of the battlesuits he had been developing, equipped with a
magnetic field generator to prevent the shrapnel from reaching his
heart. The armor they created became the first true Iron Man armor and
was equipped with crude magnetic weaponry for defense. While the armor’s
battery was being powered, some of Wong-Chu’s men attempted to break in
on the proceedings. Yinsen went to create a diversion and was shot to
death by Wong-Chu’s men. When the battery had finished charging, Tony
went into battle as Iron Man and tore Wong-Chu’s camp apart. He
eventually returned to the USA with the aid of US Marine James "Rhodey" Rhodes. Tony offered Rhodey a job with his company should he ever need one.
At first, Tony found his new life a torment; his armor’s chest plate
had to be worn constantly and required frequent recharging. He kept the
armor a secret from everyone, including his fiancée, Joanna Nivena.
Turning suicidal and drinking heavily, Tony was supported by Joanna,
with whom he shared his secret identity. Joanna encouraged him to use
his armor as a super hero, but ultimately called off the engagement
knowing Tony would not be the family man she desired.
Tony worked to improve the Iron Man armor and claimed Iron Man
was Tony Stark's personal bodyguard to disguise his identity. Tony
played a dual-role with the formation of theAvengers both as the sponsor and, as Iron Man, as a founding member along with Thor, Ant-Man (Henry Pym), the Wasp (Janet van Dyne), and the Hulk. While pursuing Namor the Sub-Mariner, Iron Man came across the comatose body of Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Rogers), the famous World War II super hero, preserved on ice. Revived,
Captain America joined the Avengers and became an important teammate
and friend to Tony. Later, Tony helped establish the international
super-spy agency SHIELD to combat terrorist threats.
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