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Iron Man (01 - Tony Stark)
Real Name: Tony Edward Stark
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Powers:
Genius-level intellect.
Powered armor suits with a variety of abilities:
- superhuman strength.
- flight.
- a variety of weapons and sensor systems.
Mental ability to interface with and control armor and other technological systems.

Weaknesses:
Recovered alcoholic.

Bio:
A youthful prodigy, Tony Stark entered MIT at a young age and graduated with top honors. Soon afterwards, he inherited the family company, Stark Industries, following the death of his parents. Based upon his own cutting-edge designs, the company flourished, and he quickly amassed a considerable fortune.

While visiting a war zone (originally Vietnam, although later stories placed it in the context of the first Gulf War), Stark was wounded and captured. Pressed into service designing weapons for the enemy, he secretly worked to design a suit of power armor, which provided him with enhanced strength while also serving to keep him alive, protecting him from the shrapnel that had lodged in his heart. Escaping his captors, Stark makes it back to American lines, rescuing a wounded US Air Force pilot, Jim Rhodes, along the way.

After returning to the States, Stark begins to improve his armor designs, setting up the Iron Man alter-ego as his bodyguard while he begins his career as a superhero. A founding member of the Avengers, Stark provides much of the material and technical support for the group, concealing his dual role as a member of the group even from the others. As time goes by, however, Stark's personal life begins to threaten his career as Iron Man. A dependency on alcohol leads to difficulties maintaining his business interests, problems exacerbated by attacks from business rivals Justin Hammer and Obadiah Stane. Eventually, Stane's actions lead Stark to fall deeper into alcoholism, and he actually loses his company; at the same time, James Rhodes, now a long-time friend, takes over the role of Iron Man. Eventually, Stark is able to regain both his corporation and fortune, along with the use of the Iron Man identity, replacing a mentally unstable Rhodes and defeating Stane in combat.

Having sworn to leave the business of arms manufacture, Stark moves proactively against uses of his armor technology for aggressive purposes, disarming both heroes and villains, and going so far as to oppose government and law enforcement groups. Later, following health problems, he fakes his own death and places himself in suspended animation, while Rhodes again takes the Iron Man role, this time in the armored suit known as War Machine. Although Stark does eventually recover, his deception alienates him from Rhodes.

Following a conflict with his own temporarily sentient armor, Stark's heart is replaced with an artificial organ, fixing many of his health problems, but leading him to require periodic charging, just as in the earliest days of his armored breastplate. Later on, he publicly reveals his identity as Iron Man, and accepts a position as Secretary of Defense, a role he fulfills through the events leading up to the Avengers being disbanded. In the meantime, a self-administered exposure to the techno-organic Extremis virus leads to new abilities whereby he now carries certain portions of his armor control systems within his body, allowing him to control his suit remotely and interface with other electronic information systems, as well as increasing his reaction time and own ability to heal.

Recently, Stark heads the government project to instate the Super-human Registration Act, leading to conflicts with several of his past allies. The pro-Registration side ultimately triumphs in this struggle, and Stark is elevated to director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and head of the Initiative Project, dedicated to creating a roster of different teams, each serving as a government-trained and -licensed superhuman police force on a state-by-state basis.

Notes:
Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck & Jack Kirby. Has an Ultimate-universe counterpart [see Iron Man (Ultimate)].

First Appearance: Tales of Suspense (1959) #39

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Movie Appearances:
Iron Man (2008)
The Invincible Iron Man (2006)

Video Game Appearances:
Captain America and the Avengers (1991)
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005)
Marvel Super Heroes (1995)
Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 : New Age of Heroes (2000)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Punisher (2005)
X-Men: Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)

Group Affiliation(s):
Avengers (01 - Original Team)
Avengers (02 - New Avengers)
Avengers (03 - The Initiative)
Force Works
Illuminati
Legion of the Unliving
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Stark Enterprises
Stark Industries
Stark International
Stark Solutions
The Initiative
West Coast Avengers

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