Anthony Stark

Anthony Stark, or more commonly known as Tony Stark or Iron Man was a weapons manufacturer for the United States Army. After a weapons demonstration in Afghanistan, he was captured by the Ten Rings. Tony said he would make the Jericho Missile for them, but actually makes an electromagnet that can run a life for hundreds of year, or something big for 15 minutes. Tony then (with the help of Yinsen) make a set of armor, with missiles and flamethrowers for them to escape. After two close calls with the Ten Rings, they finally activated it, but only with Yinsen's sacrifice. Tony battled his way through hallways and tunnels until he reached the exit. Tony used his flamethrowers to ruin all of their weapons, and escaped with the armor. When Tony was finally found by lieutenant Colonel, James Rhodes, he was brought back to America where he would eat some cheeseburgers, and stop producing weapons in Stark Industries until further notice. After Tony got a little better, he decided to work on a secret project. He redesigned the Mark I armor, and named it Mark II. After some tests and tweaks to it, the Mark II armor was ready to fly. After a test flight, Tony went soring out of his garage, and headed for the city. He flew at amazing speed. Tony tried to break the record for altitude on a small craft (which was held by the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"). Tony failed due to icing, and lost power for some time. However, Tony was able to deploy flaps, and get his thrusters going again before any casualties. After the test flight, Tony worked on the Mark III armor, which he painted gold and hot-rod red. After he went to a party where he talked to Obadiah Stane about them double dealing under the bus, Obadiah told Tony the truth, but said it was the only way he could protect him. After the Mark II Armor was complete, Tony went to Gulmira, Yinsen's hometown. Tony battled the Ten Rings' men there, and won. After fighting a tank, Tony rocketed off, only to be marked by F-22 Raptors. James Rhodes called Tony asking him where he was, and Tony gave him several answers throughout the call. After the Raptors locked onto him, Tony "had to split" and avoided any danger of bullets. After some tricky moves, Tony hid under one of the Raptors, and was flung off, but crashed into the wing of the other Raptor. The pilot ejected, but had to have his jammed parachute unjammed by Tony. After Tony returned home, Pepper Potts was there, and saw him taking off his armor, which was full of bullet holes. Later, TOny told Pepper that there was nothing but the next mission, and she quit. But, after Tony got all soft on her, she finally downloaded the information that Tony needed, some quick info about their dealings, and the Iron Monger Armor. Later, after Tony received the papers, Obadiah came and stole Tony's ARC Reactor, which nearly killed him except that he still had the electromagnet that was an "antique". After he got in his suit, going to fight Obadiah, James looked at the Mark II armor, and said next time. Tony arrived, and fought Obadiah, who said that his suit was better in every way. Tony tested that and flew up high even though his suit was running low on power. After He asked about the icing problem, he smashed Obadiah on the head, hoping that he won. But, that was not the last of Obadiah. Tony and Obadiah battled it out one last time, until Pepper manually overloaded the reactor, which killed Obadiah, but ont Tony. After being treated, Tony was given cards by Agent Coulson that was supposed to be his speech, where he was, and who he was with. But, after reading some of it, he claimed, that he was Iron Man.

After Tony reopened the new Stark Expo, Tony made an exciting entrance with fireworks as he jumped out a plane. He told the audience some new things about the Expo, and checked his blood toxin. After that, he went back home to his mansion on Malabu. Tony had to constantly swap out his palladium in his ARC Reactor for him to survive. Tony then boxed with Happy when Natasha Romanoff came in, asking for his fingerprint so he can sign over the business. Tony then asked her to step into the ring, and for Happy to give her a lesson. While doing the transition, Natasha defeated Happy, and Tony said that he "wanted one". Soon after, Tony went to Paris with Natasha, Happy, and Pepper, where he drove a race car knowing that he was going to die soon. During the race, Ivan Vanko, son of Anton Vanko arrived, and used his armor to try and kill Tony for his father's deeds to Anton. Tony survived the wreck, and was nearly sliced in half, but Happy and Pepper gave him his armor. He managed to defeat Vanko, but lost his armor. Tony then crushed the ARC Reactor that was powering his suit. Tony then went to visit Ivan, and had a nice chat about his suit. Just when Tony was about to leave, Ivan said that palladium in the chest is a painful way to die. Soon later, when Tony was having his last birthday ever (or so he thought), Rhodey came, and got in the Mark II armor. James and Tony fought, and James fled with the suit. The battle left Tony's house destroyed. The next day, Tony met Nick Furry while he was eating donuts on top of a donut on top of a donut shop. Nick gave Tony a box of old recordings, notebooks, and other supplies. In one of the videos, Howard said that Tony was his greatest creation, and that he was the only one who could unlock the technology to the future. Tony looked at the table in the video, and went to Stark Industries headquarters to get the table. He brought it back and studied the globe in the center, which looked like a atom. Tony realized what it was, and was quick to make it into the thing that would be a compatible replacement for palladium. Tony tested it out, and it worked good. Then, Tony got a call from Ivan Vanko and tried to trace it, but Vanko hung up before. All they knew is that it came from NY. Tony, with his new Mark VI armor. Tony asked Justin Hammer where Vanko was. Justin said that he had no idea. There were no answers until the drones activated, and the War Machine Mark Armor put a lock on Tony. Tony brought the battle away from the Expo, and managed to destroy a ton of drones. When they were in the "kill box" after they got trapped by some drones, they battled the drones, and defeated them. Soon, Ivan Vanko showed up with his new armor. Together, Tony and James defeated Ivan, but he rigged all the drones to blow, including himself. Tony flew back to save Pepper, and got her just in time. They went up to a roof, where she resigned from her position as CEO, and where they had their first kiss. James replied with, "You two look like two seals fighting over a grape". Tony told him to go, and he did, but with the armor. Afterwards, Nick gave Tony a file for the Avengers initiative. However, Iron Man was approved, but not Tony Stark.