Tony Stark Tony Stark ( superhero alias Iron Man ) is a minifigure released in the Marvel Super Heroes theme in 2013 . Description . He has dark brown hair and his face is scared on one side with a confident smile on the other . He has a black torso , hips , and legs with dark stone grey arms and flesh hands . His torso is printed with a bit of his neck and collar , his blue circle ( with a small triangle ) arc reactor , the two symmetrical lines down the front sides , grey along the sides , and the muscles ' cut on his shirt . The back is printed with the muscles ' cut on his back , the symmetrical lines from the front , and large dark grey parts on his shoulder blades which have two white arrows on them . A small line runs from the circles to the bottom of the torso . His appearance in " LEGO Marvel Super Heroes " is nearly identical to his physical minifigure , except that his face is the 2012 Avengers face . His abilities in the game are to hack into computers and use the Iron Man suits . Background . " Main article : Iron Man " Anthony " Tony " Stark was the son of weapons manufacture Howard Stark . Tony believed when he was young his father didn ' t love him . After his father died , Tony took over his father ' s company Stark Industries , created many weapons , and became a selfish billionaire playboy . During a weapons demonstration in Afghanistan , he was captured and held hostage in a cave along with Ho Yinsen , who saved his life by removing most of the shrapnel and placing an electromagnet in his chest which Stark upgraded to an arc reactor . There his eyes were opened as he saw where his weapons were going and built his first suit of armor , the Mark 1 and escaped . He announced that Stark Industries would no longer make weapons . In secret , he perfected the suit he escaped with and became Iron Man , announcing it to the world . He was later dying from a Palladium poisoning caused by his chestpiece , causing him to behave recklessly . This later caused the Mark 2 to end up in the hands of Colonel James " Rhodey " Rhodes , later becoming War Machine / Iron Patriot . Nick Fury and Black Widow gave him the necessary equipment to create the vibranium needed to save his life and he fell in love with his assistant Pepper Potts . He was a founding member and co - leader of the Avengers , which also included Captain America , Thor , Hawkeye , Black Widow , The Hulk , Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch . Originally assembled to stop Loki and the Chitauri from taking over the Earth , the team later faced Ultron . Stark later had the shrapnel removed from his chest along with the arc reactor , and destroyed the rest of his Iron Man armours , as a sign of devotion to Pepper . His enemies include Iron Monger , Justin Hammer , Whiplash , and Aldrich Killian / The Mandarin . LEGO Marvel Super Heroes . In the level " Rebooted , Resuited " he and Captain America go to Stark Tower to get his Mark 42 suit due to the villains at Ryker ' s Island destroying his other suit . They realize they have been locked out by Mandarin and Aldrich Killian , who has overwritten the system . After they break in and Mark 42 is found , they battle the two villains on the top of the building . Killian is defeated , but Mandarin takes over the Hulkbuster armour , and they battle . Mandarin is then defeated .