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( October 2009 ) Maria Stark Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Iron Man # 104 ( Nov. 1977 ) Created by Bill Mantlo ( writer ) George Tuska ( artist ) In - story information Alter ego Maria Collins Carbonell Maria Stark is a fictional character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. She is Howard Stark 's wife and Tony Stark 's mother. Contents 1 Fictional character biography 2 Other versions 2.1 Ultimate Marvel 3 In other media 3.1 Television 3.2 Film 4 References Fictional character biography Maria Stark was born Maria Collins Carbonell. In her adulthood, Maria married Howard, and together they had a son that was not her biological son Anthony `` Tony '' Stark. Maria was unsuccessful in preventing Tony from seeing Howard 's alcoholism, something Tony would later face on his own. Howard secretly programmed the Mistress AI that controlled the Arsenal robots with Maria 's brain patterns. On the Ides of March, Maria and Howard were killed in a ' planned ' car accident ( possibly arranged by the Roxxon Oil Company ). Afterwards, Tony ran his father 's company, started a charity in his mother 's name ( which donated funds to finance various charities and renovation projects as well as the Avengers ) and later became Iron Man. Other versions Ultimate Marvel The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is renamed as Maria Cerrera, the second wife of Howard Stark. Maria was a brilliant scientist who suffered a genetic accident while she was pregnant with her and Howard 's child. After Maria died during childbirth, Howard uses a newly invented biological armor to save the life of their son named after Antonio Cerrera ( Maria 's brother ) who died at a young age. Years later, Loni ( Howard 's first wife ) tells Tony twice that she wishes she could have been Tony 's mother under different circumstances, but Tony still prefers his own mother. While what has been depicted is retconned as an in - universe fictional TV show about Iron Man 's life, the actual Ultimate version of her character is briefly mentioned by her other son Gregory Stark when joking says how Gregory `` came out of ( Maria ) before ( Tony ) '' but this has since been discounted. In other media Television Maria Stark appeared in the 1990s Iron Man animated series, voiced by Dimitra Arliss. She is seen in the episode `` The Origin of Iron Man '' Pt. 1. Maria Stark is alluded in Iron Man : Armored Adventures. Her image was used in the episode `` Iron Monger Lives '' by Madame Masque 's mask to impersonate in order to mess with Tony Stark after the de-activated the Iron Monger armor via Extremis. Film Hope Davis portrays Maria Stark in Captain America : Civil War. In the film, it shows her death along with her husband 's was carried out by the Winter Soldier for Hydra. Producer Kevin Feige revealed that another actress had been cast to appear as the character in Iron Man 3 in a flashback sequence that did not make the final cut of the film. References Jump up ^ Avengers Annual # 9 ( 1979 ) Jump up ^ `` Iron Man ( Anthony Stark ) ''. marvel.com. Retrieved October 13, 2013. Jump up ^ Iron Man - The Iron Age # 2 ( 1998 ) Jump up ^ Ultimate Iron Man # 0 - 5 Jump up ^ Ultimate Comics : Avengers 3 # 3 Jump up ^ Breznican, Anthony ( May 8, 2016 ). `` Iron Man 's mom : Let 's talk about her for Mother 's Day ''. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016. hide Iron Man Don Heck Stan Lee Larry Lieber Jack Kirby Characters Supporting Avengers Black Widow Bethany Cabe Captain America Doctor Doom Friday Rumiko Fujikawa Nick Fury Guardsman Maria Hill Happy Hogan H.O.M.E.R. Hulk Edwin Jarvis Pepper Potts S.H.I.E.L.D. 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Question: who plays tony stark's mom in civil war
Answer: Hope Davis