Iron Man

## Tony Stark

**Iron Man** (real name **Anthony Howard "Tony" Stark**) is the protagonist of the *Iron Man* films and one of the two main protagonists of the Infinity Saga in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Initially a self-centered businessman and drunk womanizer, Tony changed the error of his ways after was kidnapped by the terrorist group known as the Ten Rings made a suit of iron with the help of fellow Ho Yinsen. He began a career as a superhero and saved the lives of many, including winning the heat of the love of his life, Pepper.

## Background

Tony was born on May 29 1970 to Howard and Maria Stark. However Tony was being watched by Edwin Jarvis since His parents always busy working. Stark proved to be a brilliant and unique child prodigy, he attended MIT for two years starting at age of 14.On December 16, 1991, when Stark was 21, his parents went away to the Bahamas to stop the super soldier serum from getting into the wrong hands. Unfortunately They died from a car crash. His fathers wish was for Tony to run Stark Industries and help the world.

## Comics

Anthony "Tony" Stark was the adopted son of Maria and Howard Stark and his biological parents were a HYDRA spy named Jude and a SHIELD agent, Amanda. He was briefly a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and had a short-lived romance with Gamora.

## Appearances

### *Iron Man*

While on a trip to Afghanistan, Tony and the Afghanistan soldiers are ambushed by The Ten rings who want him to build the ultimate weapon. All the soldiers were killed except for Tony, who was kidnapped and brought to a cave were The ten rings kept him. there he met Ho Yinsen. Yinsen helped remove the shrapnel from Tony's heart from it killing him. Later they were integrated by Abu baker who tells them they will let them go if they make a weapon. Tony says he refuses and they drown his head in water as punishment for his refusal. Tony walks around the base and sees weapons his company made lying around. Abu hands him a picture that shows a big canon like gun and he tells tony to build it. Later that afternoon, Tony and Yinsen start their build. Instead they turn it into a suit. Tony later suits up to kill all of them and escape. Tony succeeds but at the cost of yinsen's life. Tony crashes in the sand, suit in bits. His friend Rhodey Rhodes finds him while finding him and takes him back to America were his assistant Pepper Potts is waiting. Tony hold a press conference and tells critics that he is shutting down the weapons manufactory. As time goes on, tony made more and more suits. Tony realizes his friend, Obadiah Stane, Was the one behind all of the Ten rings actions about him building the weapon. Tony heart is stolen by Obadiah Stane but Tony used the heart pepper gave him as a gift. At night he battles Obadiah later killing him and nearly himself. tony hold a press conference the next day and tells them about the incident the night before. His Former "lover" Christine brown claims that the mysterious figure everyone saw was just a bodyguard In a suit. Tony says that's not true. he then claims 'I Am iron man".

### *Iron Man 2*

After revealing his identity as Iron Man, he holds a conference at Stark Expo about making a better future. When going to his car he is approached by a member of a court who tells him that the next day will be a court hearing at 9:00am about Tony as Iron Man with Justin hammer, a wealthy business man who hates Tony, of course the disagreement with Tony being Iron Man as the suit is a 'weapon' and considered 'Dangerous'. Tony snaps and tells them that he saved billion of people from being killed by a evil maniac. He than is watched by undercover S.H.E.I.L.D agent Natasha Romanoff or her undercover name Natalie Rushman. She watches Tony to make sure he doesn't do anything sketchy or Iron man related. He goes to Monaco were he is to race in Grand Prix, which Justin, Pepper and Natasha didn't know about until he was on TV. Tony who was halfway trough racing, had his race car split in half by Whiplash's electric whip. he was attacked by whiplash before he suited up and took him down. Tony's heroism was all over the news. he Meets nick fury who tell them that whiplash is the son of Anton Vanko, his dads rival. he is continued to be watched by Natasha. while not allowed to go anywhere, he creates a new element for his new suit. Later when Vanko teams up with Hammer, He kills ivan and Justin gets put in custody. After that Iron man was no longer considered a threat.