Iron Man(Anthony Stark)(1459)

Tony Stark is a genius inventor and billionaire industrialist, who suits up in his armor of cutting-edge technology to become the super hero Iron Man.

Early Life
Born on May 29, 1970 to legendary innovator and weapons developer Howard Stark Jr, Tony Stark's early life was often dominated by the absence of his father whom he would later describe as 'cold' and 'calculating'

Tony Stark was born a genius and one of two sons, with the other son being Gregory.

However from an early age he quickly stole the spotlight with his brilliant and unique mind. At age four he built his first circuit board, at age six his first engine, and at seventeen he graduated summa cum laude from M.I.T..

Despite Howard's determination to have Tony continue Stark Industries' legacy, Tony set out to create his own company from scratch so to leave his father's shadow, a promising small business called JT Technologies he was working on with his girlfriend Josey Gardner. Unfortunately, Howard continued pressuring Tony, and he managed to sway his son away from his dreams. Tony reluctantly joined Howard's side, and as a consequence, Josey left him.

When his parents were killed in a car accident, Howard Stark's lifelong friend and ally, Obadiah Stane, stepped in to fill the gap left by the legendary founder. At age twenty-one, Tony became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company after the inheritance of Stark Industries, a chief weapons manufacturer for the U.S. military.

With the keys to the business empire, he ushered in a new era for his father's legacy, creating smarter weapons, advanced robotics, and satellite targeting. Stark Industries did pioneering work in medical technology and in combating world hunger with their Intelli-Crops program. Tony's influence changed the face of the weapons industry by "ensuring freedom and protecting America and her interests around the globe."

Although he developed a strong reputation in his field, Tony rarely seemed interested in the work of others

As he grew up a cynic, alcoholic womanizer, Stark also became a world-wide celebrity and a brand name. His company was the third biggest in America, and he was the world's third-richest man.

Inventing the Iron Man Armor
While overseeing a military demonstration of his technology in Siancong, in May of 2008 to introduce his new cluster missile design, an extremely destructive, multi-warhead weapon called the "Jericho", to the United States Air Force, his convoy was attacked by militant accomplices of terrorist-leader Raza and he was knocked unconscious. He woke up to find that he had been severely injured by shrapnel piercing his chest, and had been captured by the militants, yet had survived thanks to his fellow captive, Dr. Ho Yinsen.

Yinsen had made a high powered electromagnet to hold the shrapnel in place, preventing it from puncturing his heart and thus keeping him alive. Stark was ordered by their captors, a terrorist group calling themselves the Ten Rings, to build them a new version of the Stark Industries' Jericho missile. He grudgingly agreed, but instead used the time to build a powered suit of armor he had seen as a child along his Grand fathers designs with a miniature Arc Reactor to keep him alive. During his escape, Yinsen was killed in an attempt to stall the guards long enough to buy Stark enough time to charge the suit. After the suit was powered up he broke out and destroyed all stock they had of Stark weapons, and used a rocket booster to get clear of the scene. After crashing into the sand he abandoned his armor, and traveled for some time before U.S. military helicopters found him and carried him to safety.

Becoming a Super Hero
Upon returning to the United States in late August, Stark declared that Stark Industries would no longer manufacture weapons, a move which his business partner Obadiah Stane told him was quickly blocked by the board members. He decided to recreate his armor suit with a vastly upgraded design featuring flight capability, and built a more powerful and reliable arc reactor, both to power his pacemaker and the suit. This experimental test model gave way to a more refined third generation suit, heavily armed, and painted in a vivid red and gold theme that would become his trademark through many more successive generations of his armor.

Faced with the realization that his weapons designs had fallen into the wrong hands, Stark donned the MK III suit and flew to Afghanistan to stop the Ten Rings. He stopped the group and destroyed their Stark weapon stock, while accidentally drawing the attention of the United States Air Force and his friend Lt. Colonel James Rhodes. They sent two F-22 jets after Stark to shoot him down, but Stark managed to escape them, and Rhodes covered up the incident after he found out that Stark was piloting the armor, stating that the altercation was a training exercise.

While he was working on improving the suit he discovered that Stane had been dealing under the table to both sides in the conflict. He sent his assistant Virginia "Pepper" Potts to hack into the Stark mainframe. While he was back at home Stane stunned him with a device that induced temporary paralysis, and then stole the arc reactor from Stark's chest. Stark went back to his lab after the paralyzing device wore off and tried to get the old reactor before he went into cardiac arrest. With the help of his personal A.I. computer, J.A.R.V.I.S., he was able to put the arc-reactor in his chest.Using his first reactor, which was not designed to power his latest armor, Stark suited up once more and went to confront Stane. He battled with Stane atop Stark Industries and the surrounding streets, defeating him when the full-sized arc reactor that powered the lab was deliberately overloaded, under Stark's instruction, by Potts. Stark's reactor reactivated after having almost failed completely from the blast.

Afterwards, Stark's alter ego was dubbed "Iron Man" by the press. Stark held a press conference where his government contacts expected him to state that Iron Man was Stark's own bodyguard. However, after stumbling into a loaded question by one of the press reps, he ultimately made his identity as Iron Man public instead.

Tony refashioned himself as a superhero, using his latest invention. Iron Man became a global phenomenon after he saved the Vice-President from an assassination attempt.

Alcoholism and a New Iron Man
In recent years Tony Stark's greatest nemesis has been alcoholism. As a wealthy socialite, alcohol had been a constant part of his life. When his company, which had changed its name from Stark Industries to Stark International, was threatened with the takeover at the same time he was experiencing oppressive personal problems, Stark began to abuse alcohol.

During this time, Stark's friend James Rhodes, who had gone to work for Stark after leaving the military, assumed custody of the Iron Man armor and operated as Iron Man in his stead.

Avengers Assemble(2010)
Iron Man initially thought of declined joining the Avengers, as he is accustomed to working alone, but he became a founding member of the Avengers. During the Avengers first mission, Iron Man is wounded and begins to suffocate under his mask. Iron Man helps the Avengers during the Chitauri attack and the Hulk's rampage.

Over the Next Ten years the Avengers would work together along with SHIELD to help the Planet.

2020 Disaster
On the anniversary of their foundation, the Avengers planned a celebration to commemorate the event. These included opening their West Coast Headquarters in San Francisco and revealing their own helicarrier, the Iliad, along with its Terrigen reactor.

Initially absent from the event, Tony arrived on the Iliad during the main event, unintentionally interrupting Ross's speech. Walking onto the VIP balcony. Almost immediately after joining his teammates on stage, Taskmaster's forces began their attack on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Flying out with Thor to scout out the incident, Iron Man engaged with the group and their vehicles, reporting his findings to the team. Among his discoveries were the use of Pulsar Tanks and the use of stolen SHIELD technology. Iron Man also helped minimize the damage and rescue civilians caught on the bridge, most of which caused either by the Hulk or Taskmaster's Sonic Bomb. After Masters and his army were dealt with, the Avengers realized the attack was merely a distraction to bring them away from the Iliad As he headed back to help Captain America, Stark watched in horror as the helicarrier exploded and crashed down in the bay.

Afterwards
After the tragic events, Stark attempted to defend the Avengers in congress hearings after Ross and Rappaccini submitted reports indicating they were responsible. However, these were undermined when Banner had admitted that the team posed a threat to the world, leading to their disbandment. Having lost the faith of the World Stark nearly lost his company to rival company, He saved it by making Pepper Potts CEO, Tony retreated to his family estate Golden Acres, making his home in a trailer on the estate. He also began to bear a grudge against Banner, believing the latter's testimony had destroyed their chances of saving the world. Stark Industries still took a heavy hit and went from at the time the Number One Company in the world to 12th in a matter of weeks. Many of Stark's designs were sold and later implemented into the subsequent technologies, including various Iron Man suit designs, The Arc Reactor Technology was the only "special" Tech he held all the rights too and was truly the only one to know how to construct properly.

Powers
Tony has no inherent powers, however the arc reactor that was in his chest provided a source of energy with which he can power high-demand equipment, most notably his series of Iron Man armor suits, the energy output of the reactor when it run on palladium was 8 gigajoules per second. Iron Man's primary powers come from his Iron Man armor