Iron Man

**Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark** is a human male, child prodigy, billionaire, and scientist from Universe AC-7. He is the founder of Stark Solutions, the rightful heir to Stark International, son of Howard Stark, and best friends of James Rhodes and Pepper Potts. At the age of 16, Tony was in a plane accident caused by the Mandarin, seemingly costing his Howard's life and leaving Tony with shrapnel imbedded in his chest. His heart was subsequently required to be powered by a battery in his chest to prevent the shrapnel from entering. Six months later, Tony would replace the battery with an ARC reactor. Believing that Howard's colleague and acting CEO of Stark International, Obadiah Stane, was behind the attack. Tony donned an advanced suit of armor of his own making, and set out to get answers from Stane, but opted instead to stop a runaway train on a collision course with the Stark building. After stopping the train and saving lives, Tony's alter ego became famous, resulting in him using the suit to protect New York City from harm and uncover the mystery of his father's death, taking up the persona of **Iron Man**.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

* Tony Stark
* Iron Man
* Tony
* Stark
* Mr. Stark

## General Information

### Relatives

* Howard Stark (father)
* Maria Stark (mother; deceased)
* Andros Stark (grandson; possible future)

### Affilations

* Team Iron Man
* Stark International
* Stark Solutions
* Tomorrow Academy

### Occupation

* Student at Tomorrow Academy
* Founder of Stark Solutions
* Leader of Team Iron Man

## History

### Early Life and Corporate Son

Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was born on May 29, 2001 to Howard and Maria Stark in Manhattan, New York. Tony went to public school in his early childhood, but rarely had friends. His only friend was James "Rhodey" Rhodes, the son of his family's lawyer, Roberta. At some point in his life, Maria passed away, leading to Howard pulling Tony from public school to keep him close to him. Staying isolated from school, Tony excelled in the corporate world, developing new technologies for Stark International, his father's company, to the point that scientists of the company were unable to figure out how Tony made most of his inventions actually work and why he did it so complicated.

### Plane Crash

By 2016, Tony had become an important part of Stark International. One day in his lab, he created a suit of armor that he planned on impressing his dad with before meeting up with Howard. The two proceeded to travel to an archeological dig site uncovered by Stark International before returning home on a their private jet, Howard proceeded to tell his son about the story of the Ten Makluan Rings, ancient Chinese rings that were capable of producing magic, however Howard believes it to be some form of advanced technology that no one understands. Tony initially brushes it off as nothing, excited to show his father his armor.

Tony excused himself from his seat, and went to get his latest invention when a bright light engulfed him. Sensing danger, Tony donned his armor as the plane crashed, surviving in the process, but at the cost of damaging his heart.

### Normal Life

Six months later, Tony by that time had moved into James Rhodes' house, and he had developed a heart condition, that made him wear a artificial heart on his chest. Stark International had now come under the control of Obadiah Stane, Howard's colleague who was obsessed with creating weapons for the US military. Despite being furious about Stane's leadership, Tony accepted his new life as a normal teenager, as it was what his father wanted for him, and he woul'd be able to inherit the company until he was 18. Tony enrolled at Tomorrow Academy with Rhodey as a student, but quickly found out that all the books and most of the advanced topics and computers out-of-date. However the real problem was that Tony was vastly intelligent, not the school.

One day during school, Tony would go to the roof for some peace and quiet, where he would meet Patricia Potts.

## Personality

Tony Stark is serious, selfless, and has a no-nonsense attitude. He is also reckless, stubborn, and overconfident, like his comics counterpart. When referring to his abilities, he knows that he is the best, and every time he is proved wrong, he refuses to give up until he overcomes the difficulty. Tony has very little knowledge of social life and has problems interacting with normal people (mostly those who are not as smart as him), this trait is something that he shares with Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.

Despite his "lone wolf" persona, Tony genuinely cares about his friends and is deeply concerned about their safety, which is why he always tries to do everything on his own and then ends up getting scolded by either Rhodey, Pepper, or both. He eventually learns to trust them to the point where he creates a suit of armor for Rhodey's exclusive use as his partner (War Machine) and for Pepper's exclusive use as his second partner (Rescue).

Initially, Tony had a tendency to trust the wrong people, who could easily fool him by playing on his emotions. The more tragic their story sounded (especially if topics such as revenge mostly on Obadiah Stane or family issues are brought up), the more Tony was willing to help, even if his friends opposed to the idea. This has led to Tony becoming somewhat paranoid when meeting new people, hero or villian. He reluctant to trusting Spider-Man upon first meeting him, especially since he was wearing the Iron-Spider armor. It wasn't until Pepper and Rhodey convinced him to trust the hero that he relaxed.

Unlike Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, or The Captain, who keep their identities a secret from the general public (save for those who learn on their own), Tony and his friends' identities are well-known by the general public in their universe.