On May 29, 1978 Anthony Edward Stark was born to Howard and Maria Stark. He defined his father as cold and calculating since he was absent when he was younger. He got annoyed when his father was around since all he spoke of was Captain America this and that. Though at age four her stole the spotlight when he built his first circuit board. When he was six he made his first engine and seventeen he graduated MIT as summa cum laude. Tony says even at the age of fourteen he was still taken care of by a nanny.
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When Tony was twenty-one his parents were killed in a car accident. Howard Stark's lifelong friend Obadiah Stane became the CEO of Stark Industries. At age twenty-one that same year, Tony became the new CEO and ushered in a new era for his father's legacy, creating smarter weapons, advanced robotics, and satellite targeting. He changed the face of the weapons industry.
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On New Year's Eve in 1999, Stark, with his scientist paramour Maya Hansen, met Ho Yinsen who introduced Tony to Dr. Wu. After Tony arrogantly avoided crippled scientist Aldrich Killian, who wanted Stark's backing in his endeavor Advanced Ideas Mechanics. Tony completely forgot about the man, after promising to meet him on the roof, in favor of spending time with scientist Maya, offering some brief observations on her work and then leaving the morning after, unaware that Killian would become vengeful of Tony's set up.
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In the midst of his early life he became friends with lieutenant colonel James Rhodes which he calls Rhodey. He hired Virginia 'Pepper' Potts as his personal assistant whom also became a friend. He hired Harold Hogan as his personal bodyguard but he also drives him around as needed.
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Skipping an award ceremony this forced Obadiah Stane to accept the award in his place. Tony of course was gambling in a nightclub which Rhodey confronted him about. On the way home reporter Christine Everhart wanted to ask questions but they ended up sleeping together.
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The next day he embarked on a trip he was 3 hours late for to Afghanistan. On the business trip to demonstrate the Jericho missile his convoy was bombed by a missile from his own company. He lost consciousness and later woke up with an electromagnet attached to his chest which is hooked up to a car battery, the electromagnet keeps embedded shrapnel from entering his heart and killing him.
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The terrorist group Ten Rings holds him captive demanding he build them a Jericho Missile. Instead, he and fellow captive Dr. Yinsen secretly build a crude but strong power armor fueled by a miniature "arc reactor", a smaller version of a power source previously invented by Tony.
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Dr.Yinsen is killed in the ensuing escape attempt when he stalls the guards to buy Tony enough time to power up the suit. In the suit Tony kills several terrorists, destroys their weapons stockpile, and escapes, though his suit is destroyed as he crash lands in the desert. Upon being picked up by the Air Force and returning to the United States, Tony declares that his company will, for the time being, no longer manufacture weapons. His father's friend and business partner, Obadiah Stane, tells him that this move is blocked by the board members shortly after.
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Tony removes himself from the public eye to concentrate on building another suit. He refines he size and flight capability. During this time he asks Pepper to help take the old reactor from his chest and install the new one. Once its done he tells her it will be destroyed but the later gifts it back to him with the words 'Proof that Tony Stark has a heart' circled around it.
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Christine Everhart shows him pictures of his weapons in the hads of terrorists during his first appearance since being back in the states. He soon realizes that Obadiah has been supplying weapons the U.S. Troops and terrorist groups. Obadiah confesses that he was the one to shut Tony out of the board during his recovery.
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Faced with the realization of what his company has done, Tony dons the power suit and flies to Afghanistan, rescuing Yinsen's village from the Ten Rings. In destroying their weapon stockpiles, he accidentally draws the attention of the United States Air Force and his friend and company military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes. Two F-22 Raptors are ordered to take out the unknown target, and during the confrontation one of the Raptors loses its left wing when it accidentally collides with Tony. The pilot ejects shortly afterwards, but his parachute jams. Realizing this, Tony dives down to help the pilot release his parachute before escaping.
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Tony sends Pepper to find the shipping records of Stark Industries, so he can track down the illicit shipments and destroy them. While hacking into the system, she discovers that it was Obadiah who hired the Ten Rings to kill Tony, but they had reneged on the deal when they realized who the target was. She also discovers that Obadiah has recovered the power suit prototype and has reverse engineered his own version. His team of scientists cannot engineer the miniature arc reactor to power the new suit.
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When SHIELD was investigating the Iron Man armor, they tried to hack Stark's home computer, but Stark detected them and tracked the signal of the SHIELD satellite through a shell corporation which he blew up.
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Obadiah, upon realizing Pepper's discovery, steals Tony's own arc reactor from his chest to power his new suit, leaving Tony to die. Using his first reactor Tony battles with Obadiah atop Stark Industries and the surrounding streets, defeating him when the full-sized arc reactor that powers the lab is deliberately overloaded by Pepper. Afterwards, Tony's alter ego is dubbed "Iron Man" by the press.
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Rhodey had Tony go to the hospital. When Tony asked what hospital they were going to, Rhodey said it was a "surprise", when they were actually heading to a SHIELD base where Agent Coulson was waiting for them. Coulson explains to Stark he is not efficient in battle, and Stark asks Rhodey what is going on. Rhodey tells Stark he may be getting recruited. Stark claimed he knows how to fight. Coulson then presents Stark and Rhodey their headquarters explaining to them what they do at SHIELD.
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Coulson then told them that they had Pepper Potts schedule a conference about the battle. When Stark asked what he should say in the conference, Rhodey bets that they will give him a script and hopes Tony will stick with it, SHIELD contacts advise him to state that Iron Man is Tony's bodyguard. Instead of following their advice he announces to the press that he is Iron Man.
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Tony arrives home and is greeted by a mysterious visitor standing by the window. He reveals himself as Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD, warns him that he is not the only 'super hero' in the world, and mentions the Avengers Initiative. After Fury offered Stark the opportunity to join the Avengers Initiative, Stark rejected the offer and told Fury to leave, but Fury warned him that he will keep an eye on him.
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Sometime after revealing that he's Iron Man, Tony uses his suit to have some fun on a yacht with some girls, and he later tells his personal chauffeur and bodyguard Harold "Happy" Hogan that he missed out on the fun.
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When he returned home, Rhodey told him that ever since he revealed to everyone that he is Iron Man, he discovered a new hobby: covering for Tony. Tony simply joked saying that he was there for business unrelated to the military.
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As they went downstairs, Rhodey asked him if he was the one who hit the depot in Pavlodar. Tony said if he thought that he was interested in a Ten Rings sect in cahoots with rogue Russian nationalists, then that would be his next vacation spot, they could do worse in Kazakhstan in Spring. Rhodes confirmed that the Ten Rings were involved, but at least the Hostages were okay, as they could've died. Tony told him that nobody will die on his watch. Rhodey claims that it was a matter of protocol and that Tony was making people nervous by rushing and dealing with situations before they can officially deploy him. Tony appreciated that the military wanted him to work with them, but told Rhodey to try living with the Arc Reactor sitting in his chest, pointing out that if it wasn't for the reactor, he wouldn't be Iron Man.
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Rhodey informed Tony that his superiors had him writing an evaluation of Iron Man. JARVIS tells Tony about an emergency at Al Kut as Rhodey receives a phone call about the situation. He then asks Tony to do reconnaissance before going to Al Kut, but Tony told him that people were dying, so he put on his armor and left. In Al Kut, Stark defeated all of the Ten Rings members and saved the news crew that was over there. Later in the Gulf of Aden, he took out a boat of Somali Pirates.
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While visiting his father's mansion, Tony remembered something his former butler Edwin Jarvis said: "Time heals all wounds". JARVIS asked him why he was installed there, Tony said it was a force of habit, stating that Jarvis had always been there and was always the happiest to see him when Tony visited from Boarding School.
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Tony checked his father's library, and told JARVIS that his father never let him go in there, he always had to sneak in when Howard was out of the house, but never found anything good in there. JARVIS interrupted Tony telling him that they had an incoming Priority Alert.
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Tony declared that it was time for another vacation in the desert. Tony then headed to Afghanistan where he called Pepper who was waiting for him in a board meeting at Stark Industries. He told her to keep his seat warm and to keep a smile like everything was fine. In Afghanistan, the Ten Rings had planted mines, so Stark thought they were trying to leave a message for him and decided to leave a message of his own, by firing his Magna-Drone which retrieved all of the mines.
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When Tony returned from Afghanistan, Pepper and Rhodey visited. Pepper asked if he had a "nice holiday" and Rhodey told him that Justin Hammer had started to get friendly with his superiors and that Stark was coming across as more and more independent when it came to the work he's doing for them.
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Rhodey received a call informing him that the Aerodynamic Marvel was shot down and fell into enemy territory. Rhodey told Tony that they had a trained airman to pilot the machine and he had been taken captive. Tony put his armor on and went to save the pilot. Once successfully saving the pilot, General Ross ordered Stark to land on Cairo West Air Base immediately. Stark then met with Ross who informed him that they had picked up on a shoot-out with the Congolese army and yet Stark didn't return fire, stating that when someone fires on an American, that American has to fire back. He also told Stark that by claiming that he won't manufacture any more weapons, he was distancing himself from his father's legacy. Stark warned him if he heard about another innocent being put in harm's way that there will be consequences. Stark then left Egypt and returned home.
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As Tony was driving to a meeting on Gorani Insurance, Pepper called him telling him that he gets easily distracted; telling Tony to make to the meeting on time. Tony is then stopped by the police, and Pepper thinks Tony did something wrong, but Tony assures her he didn't do anything. One of the officers tells Tony there was a museum robbery, in which five men stole over a hundred million dollars worth of impressionist paintings, and they escaped in a red SUV. Stark tells Pepper why he was stopped, but she isn't persuaded because it made him more late for the meeting and tells him to not stop for anything else.
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However as he drives, Stark passes by an attractive woman and he stops to ask if she had a flat tire, which she confirms. She also tells him she's late for a meeting. Stark then changes the tire and asks for her number, saying to write it on the tire, enter it on his phone, or wait till fate brings them together again.
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After she leaves Pepper calls again asking if he got dumped. Stark says that he's just waiting for fate and tells her she should have told him that she was still on the phone. Pepper jokes saying that if she had told him, she would missed all the fun and then reminds him to not miss the meeting. As they talk, Tony encounters the thieves the officer told him about, and sees the paintings inside the SUV. They see Stark, but Tony goes to his Audi, where he picks the glove off his suit, defeating the thieves.
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Stark then arrives at the meeting where he realizes the woman he encountered earlier was Evetta Gorani. Tony finds out that Gorani Insurance insured the museum the thieves robbed, and his actions saved the company over 100 million dollars by retrieving the stolen property.
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Six months after revealing his Identity to the world and has since then helped maintain world peace. Tony appears as Iron Man at the grand Opening of The Stark Expo in Flushing Meadows, New York, continuing the Legacy his Father started. Unfortunately Tony's life isn't as good as it appears. He is faced with two threats: One in the form of his own heart, it seems the Arc Reactor palladium core is poisoning him causing him a slow painful death due to over uses of the Iron Man armor.
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The second threat is from a Senate committee hearing, led by Senator Stern, demanding that Tony should release his technology of the Iron Man armor for military applications. Tony refuses, believing that it's not in the best interest of the American people for the military to possess that which they'll use as a weapon that could very well be used against America.
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Senator Stern tries to turn Tony's best friend Lt. Colonel James Rhodes against him in an effort to force him. His competitor Justin Hammer tries to plead his case in the matter, Tony takes this opportunity to embarrass both Justin and Stern with a collection of video footage of Justin and others around the world attempting to recreating the complex technology. Tony arrogantly states that it will take years before anyone will be able to successfully recreate the tech.
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Tony returns to his home where he and JARVIS try to find a solution in finding a new power source for the Arc Reactor. Uncertain of his outcome of survival, Tony appoints his former personal assistant Pepper CEO of Stark Industries, replacing her with Natalie Rushmann.
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Growing increasingly despondent and thrill-seeking as a consequence of what he believes to be his impending death, Tony races at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Ivan Vanko, who has constructed an arc reactor of his own, along with whip-like energy weapons, attacks Tony. With the aid of Pepper and Happy Hogan who hands him his portable briefcase armor. Tony dons the suit and defeats Ivan.
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Afterward, Tony pays Ivan a visit in a French prison to find out how he acquired the technology. During the conversation, Ivan reveals that he is the son of Anton Vanko, who collaborated with Howard on the first arc reactor but was deported back to the Soviet Union and died in poverty. Ivan blames the Starks for his family's fate, and seeks revenge. Ivan also mentions he's fully aware of Tony's current heart poisoning, saying it's a painful way to die.
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On Route back home with Pepper to celebrate his upcoming Birthday, Tony attempts to tell her the truth behind his current series of reckless acts. Wanting to escape from all his current problems Tony tries to convince Pepper to take a detour in Italy.
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Unfortunately due to the media pressure of the recent incident in Monaco with Whiplash has everyone on edge demanding that Tony turn over the technology now. Ivan escapes prison thanks to Justin who intends to use Ivan's knowledge of Tony's technology to create his own army of armored soldiers to discredit Iron Man.
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Tony throws what he believes will be his last birthday party, having about 72 hour to live, gets roaring drunk while wearing the Iron Man armor and indulges in dangerous activities, forcing his friend, Rhodey, to intervene. Rhodey dons Tony's Mark II armor and after almost destroying Tony's house in the resulting fight, delivers the armor to the military.
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The next day, Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, approaches Tony, revealing Natalie as undercover agent Natasha Romanoff and that Howard was a SHIELD founder.
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Fury gives Tony some of Howard's old material to aid in finding a cure for the palladium poisoning. A hidden message in the diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo proves to be a diagram of a new element's atomic structure. With the aid of his computer JARVIS, Tony synthesizes the new element and cures himself. Afterward, Ivan contacts Tony, revealing he is still alive and set on revenge. Tony dons the newly-constructed Mark VI armor and files off to the Expo.
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At the Expo, Justin unveils his new military drones, captained by Rhodey wearing a heavily weaponized version of the Mark II armor known as War Machine. Tony as Iron Man arrives to warn Rhodey, but Ivan seizes control of both the drones and Rhodey's armor, setting them to attack Iron Man.
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Pepper has Hammer arrested while Tony's bodyguard Happy Hogan and Agent Romanoff race to Hammer's Queens facility. They find Ivan has already left, but Natasha is able to turn over control of the Mark II armor to Rhodes.
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Eliminating the remaining drones, Tony and Rhodey are confronted by Ivan in his new, more powerful suit of armor. He is defeated when Tony and Rhodey fire repulse rays at each other, triggering an explosion beside Ivan. Too injured to continue the fight, Ivan ignites his and drones' self-destruct bombs, apparently killing himself in the process.
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Tony races to save Pepper amid a series of explosions. Pepper quits her position as CEO. Rhodey departs with the Mark II armor without serious objection from Tony.
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At a debriefing, while showing news footage of another superhuman event, Fury informs Tony that while Iron Man is a suitable candidate for the "Avengers Initiative", Tony himself is not. SHIELD. wants Tony in a consultant position, to which Tony agrees on the condition that Senator Stern present himself and Rhodey with their medals for bravery. Now Tony is a SHIELDs Associate.
CRYSTALLIZED IRON ARMOR - The armor has evolved from a bulky iron suit to a highly complex matrix of molecularly-aligned fully crystallized ultra high carbon iron.
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ENERGY CONVERSION - The armor is also able to absorb and convert nearby solar energy and electrical channeled into the suits itself to recharge it.
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ENHANCED DURABILITY - His armor is very durable, capable of withstanding tremendous amounts of punishment. It can withstand high caliber bullets with ease. He can also withstand rockets, missiles, torpedoes, high powered lasers, and such, taking little to no damage.
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LASERS - Standard lasers that can be used as weapons or for welding, including UV laser to penetrate light-permeable shields.
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LIFE SUPPORT - The armor has a self contained life support system in it. As long as he suit has power, the life support system will hold. It's the last thing to go off line unless the security protocols are overridden.
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MULTI-BEAM - As the name implies, the Multi-beam can fire multiple energies at the same time. Generally used with the energy that armor has absorbed.
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ONBOARD COMPUTER - The armor has an internal onboard computer operating system that aids Stark in providing strategies, background information on opponents, surroundings, the status of the suit, and prevents a lock on from targeting systems.
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OVERRIDE - When required, armor systems including strength amplification, durability amplification, and repulse intensity can be greatly increased, by bypassing safety circuits and limiters.
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POWER CELLS - Most of his armors are powered by a combination of solar converters, electrical batteries and an on-board generator that uses beta particle absorption as a fuel source.
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PULSE BOLTS - Extremely powerful plasma discharges that propagate in strength over distance, but implode if they get overloaded.
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REPULSOR RAYS - The armor's primary energy weapon. A particle beam weapon, standard equipment in the palm gauntlets; can repel physical and energy-based attacks, traveling as a single stream or as a wide-field dispersal. It's damage potential is extremely lethal, from being able to go through 2 inches of steel like paper to blasting a hole through a mountain. They can be powered up to make a larger beam or a Full Form repulse Ray, which does 360 degrees of attacks
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SENSOR ARRAY - Known sensors include radar.
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SMART MISSILES - The Smart Missile is one that can target the weak points of a structure, object, or foe to inflict maximum damage with a minimal payload.
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SUPERHUMAN SPEED - Even when not traveling for extended distances, the armor enables the wearer to move and react at very high speeds. The armor can typically reach speeds in excess of Mach 8 in flight as well.
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SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH - He is capable of lifting up to 100 tons when wearing his armor and can achieve higher levels of strength when powered by a sufficiently more powerful source.
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TRI-BEAM - This unique version of the Unibeam runs on direct power from the chest plate, draining it's energy rapidly if not fully charged. It has considerable knockback.
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UNIBEAM - A powerful searchlight, capable of projecting beams in virtually every light spectrum. Also used as a powerful weapon that can destroy anything in its path.
