Iron Man

Iron Man
Alternate Identity	Tony Stark
Powers and Abilities	Powerful armored suit
Team Affiliations	Avengers
Other Info Animated Universe Appearances Iron Man Fantastic Four "The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus" "To Battle The Living Planet" "Doomsday" Spider-Man "Venom Returns" "Carnage" "The Spot" "Arrival" "The Gauntlet of the Red Skull" "Doom" The Incredible Hulk "Helping Hands, Iron Fist" The Avengers: United They Stand "Shooting Stars" Voice Actor(s) Robert Hays Francis Diakowsky (The Avengers: United They Stand)

Tony Stark was definitely not his father’s son. Whilst Walter Stark showed a great passion for Stark Enterprises, Tony only cared about his own enjoyment. When Justin Hammer sabotaged SE that resulted in an accident which killed his father, Tony began becoming the son his father wanted, and made Stark industries more successful than ever.

The Mandarin later kidnapped Tony Stark. The Mandarin demanded he build him an invincible suit of armor so he can conquer the world. Tony suffered serious injuries to his spine whilst The Mandarin held him hostage. Once Stark, along with Yin Sen, had finished inventing the armor, he used it to escape from The Mandarin he then used it to fight evil and used his engineering skills to put his fathers memory to rest.

Using his new armor to fight crime, Iron Man began leading his own superhero team, in Forceworks. They would often team to fight the Mandarin and his team of villains, featuring the likes of Whirlwind, Blizzard and The Living Laser.

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Iron Man in the Incredible Hulk

His attempt to marry Julia, ended disastrously after he left her at the alter, not sure of his true feelings for her. Business rival Justin Hammer, who was responsible for the accident that killed Walter Stark, soon became hounding him again, and attempting to take his life. After attacking Hammer on his own property, Iron Man injured his chest after taking a direct hit from a missile. He upgraded his armor in order to attempt to heal his chest. In an attempt to end Justin’s threat on his life, Tony faked his own death, to trick Hammer. It worked, but at a dear price. Forceworks, no longer feeling they could trust Tony left him, and worked on their own.

Obsessed with being the lone wolf, Iron Man worked alone, only occasionally helped by Jim Rhodes, War Machine. He continued to run Stark Enterprises and lead a dual life as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark and as Iron Man. Shellhead later reformed Forceworks after a resurrected Mandarin tried to conquer Asia with his anti-technology field. He then admitted his true feelings for Julia.

Iron Man in Spider-Man

In Spider-Man, Iron Man helped Spider-Man defeated Carnage and Dormammu, when Carnage stole an inter-dimensional portal device that Stark industries designed. Spider-Man then later chose Iron Man as one of the hero’s he had to lead to fight the Secret Wars.

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Iron Man in Fantastic Four

His next appearance was in the Incredible Hulk, although he made a cameo appearance as a member of the Avengers in FF. In it, Tony Stark originally supplied Bruce Banner with the materials and funds to make his gamma reactor. After it’s disastrous results, Banner fled to Hollywood in hopes that Tony could help cure him. After suffering from amnesia from a fall, Iron Man fought The Hulk and eventually defeated the brute. Updating Bruce’s cure design, Tony set up an experiment to cure Bruce, but General Ross pulled the plug before it could be completed. Ross and his Hulk busters attacked Stark Enterprises, and Iron Man and War Machine retaliated. After a battle with The Hulk in his Hulkbuster armor, the amnesic Hulk recovered his memories and flee from the military. Iron Man then confronted Ross, asking who they should the bill of damages to, the Pentagon or SHIELD.

His final appearance was in Avengers: United They Stand in Shooting stars. Were Iron Man helps the Avengers defeat the Zodiac in a Stark enterprises space satellite.

Iron Man in Avengers: United They Stand