(Debut:
Tales of Suspense # 39)
(Debut:
Tales of Suspense # 39)
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Iron Man- (Anthony Edward"Tony" Stark) --1st appearance: Tales of Suspense #39 (March, 1963). Iron Man is an American superhero whose powers come from the advanced, high-tech suit of armor he wears as he battles a variety of enemies. He is a founding member of the superhero group "The Avengers," and has long been associated with the counterterrorism and intelligence agency known as SHIELD.
While demostrating new weapons technology for the U.S. military, billionaire arms designer and manufacterer, Anthony "Tony" Stark suffers life-threatening injuries in an enemy ambush. Captured by an enemy warlord, Stark is forced to create a high-tech weapon for his captor. Instead, Tony Stark designs a powerful suit of advanced armor which he wears to effect his escape and, in doing so, becomes the Iron Man. (Tales of Suspense #39, March, 1963) As with many superheroes, Tony Stark went to great lengths to hide his identity as Iron Man. As far as the public knew, Iron Man was an employee of Stark Enterprises whose job it was to act as Stark's bodyguard in an armored suite designed by Tony Stark. Over the years, Stark kept up this fiction; even claiming that he occassionally replaced one Iron Man employee with others. Eventually, Stark revealed his identity to the world.
At first, the new hero called Iron Man acted alone, battling spies, terrorists, and supervillians dedicated to harming America. Eventually, a day came when a foe appeared that required the powers and abilities of more than one hero to defeat. On that day, Iron Man joined with the Mighty Thor, the Incredible Hulk, the Ant-Man, and the Wasp to battle the mystical powers of Loki, the Norse God of Evil. After defeating Loki, the united heroes decided to stay together to face challenges too great for any one of them to deal with alone. Thus were born the Mighty Avengers (Avengers #1, Sept. 1963). Soon after the Avengers formed, they discovered the frozen form of Captain America, revived him, and invited him to join the team.
Nicknames: Golden Avernger, "Shellhead" (usually used by the Thing) |
Family Howard
Anthony Stark
--Father;
deceased Maria
Collins Carbonell Stark
--Mother;
deceased Morgan
Stark --Cousin Associates,
Colleagues, & Opponents Friends
& Allies The
Avengers The
Fantastic
Four Thor War
Machine (Jim Rhodes) Nick
Fury Hawkeye
(former foe) Black
Widow (former foe) Pepper
Potts The
Mandarin Crimson
Dynamo Titanium
Man Fin
Fang Foom Kang
The Conqueror Immortus Justin
Hammer Madame
Masque MODOK The
Unicorn Hydra AIM Links
and Resources on Iron Man Marvel
Universe Iron Man (Anthony
Stark)--Official
Marvel Universe Webpage. Iron
Man: The Many Loves of Tony
Stark--A look
at a few of the many women romanced by
Tony Stark over the years. The
Religious Affiliation of Comic Book
Character Tony Stark: Iron
Man--An
interesting analysis of the possible
religious beliefs of Iron Man. Comic-Con:
Full 'Iron Man 2' Panel
Report--MTV,
July 25, 2009 Co-founded
The Avengers (Avengers # 1,
1963) Red
and gold armor debuted (Tales of
Suspense #48, 1963) Became
an alcoholic (Iron Man #167-182,
1983-1984) Jim
Rhodes became Iron Man (Iron Man
#169-199, 1983-1985) Tony
Stark returned as Iron Man in red &
silver armor (Iron Man #200, 1985)
Iron
Man fought the Armor Wars against
armored villains and U.S. Government
Guardsmen (Iron Man #225-231,
1987-1988) James
Rhodes took over as Iron Man again
(Iron Man #284, 1992) Tony
Stark resumed role as Iron Man again
(Iron Man #289, 1993) Iron
Man helped found Force Works (Force
Works #1, 1994) Iron
Man armor became sentient, killed
Whiplash (Iron Man #26-30, 2000)
Ultron
took control of armor (Iron Man #46-49,
2001-2002) Tony
Stark appointed as U.S. Secretary of
Defense (Iron Man #73-78,
2003) Iron
Man infiltrated the Thunderbolts
disguised as Cobalt Man
(Avengers/Thunderbolts #1-6, 2004)
Iron
Man helped form the New Avengers (New
Avengers #1, 2005) Tony
Stark appointed Director of
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Civil War #7,
2007) Source:Marvel
Universe Iron Man (Anthony
Stark)--Official
Marvel Universe Webpage. |
Iron
Man # 1 (May, 1968)