Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Anthony Edward Stark, also known as Anthony Stark, Tony Stark, Mark One and Iron Man, is one of the major characters from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Tony Stark was the arrogant son of wealthy, weapon manufacturer Howard Stark. Tony cared only about himself, but he would have a change of heart after he was kidnapped by terrorists and gravely injured. Pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction, Stark instead created a suit of armor powerful enough for him to escape. Tony uses his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place as the invincible Iron Man. Stark's super hero identity led him to become a founding member of the Avengers.
Despite his flaws, Stark is devoted to truly make the world a better place. This desire has sometimes caused Stark to resort to morally questionable methods, as long as the end justifies them, including his crusade to safeguard his technology (leading him to confront heroes such as Stingray and the Captain), and the superhuman Civil War, during which Iron Man was hell bent on implementing the Superhuman Registration Act, because its failure would have led to a harsh response from the government. However, Iron Man has shown to be ridden by guilt over this type of course of action, which developed into self-hate. Tony Stark has been described as "man enough to do what needs to be done, even knowing full well what it will cost him." Stark's self-hating tendencies have also led to Stark being suicidal, and undervaluing his own life, specially in favor of others'.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* A-Next
* Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel
* Age of Ultron
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* All-New, All-Different Avengers
* Armor Wars
* Astonishing X-Men
* Avengers
* Avengers & X-Men: Axis
* Avengers Academy
* Avengers Assemble
* Avengers Classic
* Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* Avengers Forever
* Avengers Mech Strike
* Avengers Spotlight
* Avengers Unconquered
* Avengers Universe
* Avengers vs. Atlas
* Avengers vs. X-Men
* Avengers West Coast
* Avengers West Coast Annual
* Avengers/Invaders
* Avengers/Thunderbolts
* Avengers: Back To Basics
* Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II
* Avengers: Millennium Infinite Comic
* Avengers: Prime
* Avengers: Tech-On
* Avengers: The Children's Crusade
* Avengers: The Initiative
* Avengers: The Origin
* Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective
* Black Panther
* Big Town
* Bullet Points
* Cable
* Captain America
* Captain America & the Mighty Avengers
* Captain America/Iron Man
* Captain America: Sam Wilson
* Captain America: Steve Rogers
* Captain Marvel
* Carnage
* Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand
* Civil War
* Civil War Chronicles
* Civil War II
* Civil War: Front Line
* Contest of Champions
* Contest of Champions II
* Daredevil
* Dark Avengers
* Dazzler
* Deadpool
* Doctor Strange
* Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme
* Domination Factor: Avengers
* Earth X
* Empyre
* Excalibur
* Essential Amazing Spider-Man
* Essential Avengers
* Essential Captain America
* Essential Defenders
* Essential Fantastic Four
* Essential Hulk
* Essential Iron Man
* Essential Marvel Two-In-One
* Essential X-Men
* Eternals
* Exiles
* Exiles Ultimate Collection
* Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America
* Fantastic Four
* Fantastic Four Adventures
* Fantastic Four Annual
* Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne
* Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan
* Fantastic Four: Life Story
* Fantastic Four: The End
* Fear Itself
* Fear Itself: The Fearless
* Force Works
* Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
* Galactus the Devourer
* Giant-Size Avengers
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Heroes for Hire
* House of M
* Hulk
* Hulk Smash Avengers
* I Am An Avenger
* Incredible Hulk
* Indestructible Hulk
* International Iron Man
* Invaders
* Invincible Iron Man
* Iron Man
* Iron Man 2020
* Iron Man & The Armor Wars
* Iron Man and Power Pack
* Iron Man Annual
* Iron Man Noir
* Iron Man vs. Whiplash
* Iron Man/Hulk
* Iron Man/Thor
* Iron Man: Bad Blood
* Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin
* Iron Man: Extremis Director's Cut
* Iron Man: Fatal Frontier
* Iron Man: Hypervelocity
* Iron Man: Legacy
* Iron Man: Legacy of Doom
* Iron Man: The Inevitable
* JLA/Avengers
* Journey into Mystery
* Knights of Pendragon
* Marvel 1602: New World
* Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man
* Marvel Action: Avengers
* Marvel Adventures Super Heroes
* Marvel Adventures: Avengers
* Marvel Adventures: Iron Man
* Marvel Age
* Marvel Apes
* Marvel Comics Presents
* Marvel Crossover
* Marvel Double Feature
* Marvel Fanfare
* Marvel Heroes
* Marvel Heroes Reborn
* Marvel Holiday Special
* Marvel Icons
* Marvel Knights Spider-Man
* Marvel Knights: 4
* Marvel Legends
* Marvel Masterworks
* Marvel Masterworks: Avengers
* Marvel Masterworks: Captain America
* Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel
* Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man
* Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man
* Marvel Mix
* Marvel Monster Edition
* Marvel Pocketbook
* Marvel Previews
* Marvel Super Action
* Marvel Super-Heroes
* Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine
* Marvel Tales
* Marvel Team-Up
* Marvel Top
* Marvel Triple Action
* Marvel Two-in-One
* Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble
* Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble Season 2
* Marvel Universe Avengers Infinite Comic
* Marvel Universe Avengers: Ultron Revolution
* Marvel Zombies
* Marvel Zombies 2
* Marvel's Greatest Comics
* Marvel: Your Universe
* MAX
* Modern Masters
* Moon Knight
* Ms. Marvel
* New Avengers
* New Avengers: Illuminati
* New Thunderbolts
* New Warriors
* Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
* Not Brand Echh
* Nova
* Onslaught Reborn
* Original Sin
* Paradise X
* Runaways
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Secret Invasion
* Secret Invasion Chronicles
* Secret Wars II
* She-Hulk
* Silver Surfer
* Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
* Spider-Girl
* Spider-Man
* Spider-Man Comics Weekly
* Spider-Man Kidz
* Spiderman
* Spiderman: Marvel Team-Up
* Strange
* Strange Tales
* Sub-Mariner
* Superior Iron Man
* Superior Spider-Man
* Tales of Suspense
* The Amazing Spider-Man
* The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
* The Astonishing Spider-Man
* The Avengers
* The Avengers Annual
* The Avengers United
* The Defenders
* The Irredeemable Ant-Man
* The Immortal Hulk
* The Incredible Hulk
* The Incredible Hulk Weekly
* The Incredible Hulks
* The Infinity Crusade
* The Infinity Gauntlet
* The Infinity War
* The Last Defenders
* The Marvels
* The Mighty Avengers
* The Mighty World of Marvel
* The New Avengers
* The New Warriors
* The Order
* The Pulse
* The Sensational Spider-Man
* The Spectacular Spider-Man
* The Thanos Imperative
* The Thing
* The Totally Awesome Hulk
* The Ultimates
* The Ultimates 2
* The Ultimates 3
* The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
* The Uncanny X-Men
* Thing is Big Ben
* Thor
* Thunderbolts
* Titans
* Tony Stark: Iron Man
* U.S. War Machine
* Ultimate Avengers
* Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates
* Ultimate Comics Armor Wars
* Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
* Ultimate Comics Ultimates
* Ultimate Extinction
* Ultimate Fantastic Four
* Ultimate FF
* Ultimate Human
* Ultimate Iron Man
* Ultimate Iron Man II
* Ultimate Marvel
* Ultimate New Ultimates
* Ultimate Power
* Ultimate Secret
* Ultimate Six
* Ultimate Spider-Man
* Ultimate Universe
* Ultimate War
* Ultimate X-Men
* Ultimatum
* Uncanny Avengers
* Universe X
* Venom
* Vision
* War Machine
* War of the Realms
* Warlock and the Infinity Watch
* West Coast Avengers
* Wolverine
* Wolverine and Deadpool
* Wonder Man
* World War Hulk
* X-Men
* X-Men Deluxe
* X-Men Extra
* X-Men: Legacy
* X-Statix
* Young Avengers
== Trivia ==
* Stan Lee based Stark's personality on Howard Hughes, explaining, "Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-millionaire, a ladies man and finally a nutcase."
* "Stark" means "strong" in several languages, including German and Swedish.
* As of 2016's International Iron Man #7, Tony was 35–34 years old.
* In-universe, the exploits of Iron Man (like those of many heroes), are adapted by Marvel Comics in authorized comics. Since Iron Man's identity was a secret for a long time, when Marvel was eventually given consent to fabricate backstories for heroes with secret identities, the company envisioned Iron Man's alter-ego as a "Top Gun type" blue-collar worker who took the risks on Tony Stark's equipment and designs, living life fast because he knew it could end the next day. The process was made complicated due to the times Iron Man was allegedly killed in action and replaced.
* For his sixteenth birthday, Tony was gifted a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda.
* Tony Stark once went to a fan convention posed as an Iron Man cosplayer.
* Tony Stark's blood type is A+.
* Iron Man is unlockable after beating 2003's Tony Hawk's Underground video game.
* As of Iron Man (Vol. 4) #7, Stark was the 36th richest man in the world.
* According to himself, the greatest day of Tony's life was when the Avengers found Captain America frozen in a block of ice.
* As director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and an Avenger, Iron Man had Ultimate Clearance Level.
* Iron Man is an atheist. While he acknowledges the existence of gods, he refuses to believe in them in the sense of placing faith on them.
* Tony suffers from major depressive disorder.
* Tony is the owner of the Roswell Army Air Field, a location mistakenly associated with Area 51.
* Tony Stark has three doctorates.
* Stark hates J. R. R. Tolkien.
* Stark is a Gemini, meaning he was born between May 21 and June 20.
* Thor once commended Iron Man telling him that he was as much a god as any immortal he had ever known.
* Tony Stark discovered the existence of sterile neutrinos on a bet (or possibly a dare, he doesn't recall correctly).
* Tony has his own Google-like search engine, called "Starkle."
* Tony has used the e-mail addresses TStark@StarkIntl.com and iamironman@starkunlimited.com.
* Squirrel Girl's call ringtone for Tony on her phone is Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
* Tony Stark has set up a scholarship program for aliens, dimensional travelers, clones, and artificial intelligences, as well as other students outside the norm.
* One of Tony's cars has the licence plate STARK 1. The car with the STARK 2 plate was gifted to Pepper Potts.
* The password to Tony's holographic workboards at the Avengers Mountain is "wgp0m0tm," a reference to "Good Technology" by the Red Guitars.
* In Tarot #3 the two halves of Iron Man merged with the halves of Thor and Valkyrie to create Eiserne Jungfrau and Gadget.
* The character of Nathan Stark on the television show Eureka is inspired by Tony Stark.
* Tony Stark made a brief behind-the-scenes cameo appearance in Super Friends #5 by DC Comics. He telephoned a Super Friends telethon and spoke with Batman, wherein he pledged $75,000 to the Heart Fund.
* According to a 2006 estimate by the American business magazine Forbes, Tony Stark's network is $3.0 billion.
* Stark considers himself more attractive than Robert Downey, Jr., and has been stated to be more attractive than him by others also.
* While unconfirmed, it is heavily implied that Tony Stark is bisexual. In 2015's Superior Iron Man #8, Tony wakes up after apparently having had a threesome with another man and a woman. And in 2018's Tony Stark: Iron Man #4 after becoming an item with Janet Van Dyne, Tony apologizes to both women and men for no longer being on the market. Additionally, his dating profile received male matches, presumably meaning his selected preferences included men.
* According to the Sorcerer Supreme Agamotto, there must always be a Tony Stark in every existence, and the Phoenix has stated that Earth-616's Tony Stark is particularly indispensable.
* In Thor (Vol. 6) #7, Thor pranks back Tony Stark by exposing his personal phone number as 212-970-4133. This number is valid, and callers will be answered by a pre-recorded message from Tony Stark explaining that he had to stop using the number because of Thor. He also directs the caller to www.tonystarkironman.com, which redirects to a Marvel.com page about Thor (Vol. 6) #7. A video of a call to this number can be viewed here.
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== External Links ==
* Anthony Stark (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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