Post by Iron Man on Feb 26, 2007 2:05:50 GMT -5
Full Name: Tony Stark, born Anthony Edward Stark
Code Name: Iron Man
Former Aliases: Cobalt Man, Iron Knight, Hogan Potts, Spare Parts Man, The Golden Gladiator, The Golden Avenger
Identity: Publicly known
Age: Unknown
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 225 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Sex: Male
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Place of Birth: Long Island , New York
Education: Advanced degrees in physics and electrical engineering
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Howard Anthony Stark (father, deceased), Maria Collins Carbonell Stark (mother, deceased), Morgan Stark (cousin), Isaac Stark (ancestor)
Occupation: CEO of Stark Enterprises, adventurer; former Secretary of Defense
Area of Operation: New York City, New York
Group Affiliation: Avengers; formerly Force Works, Queen's Vengeance, Illuminati
Known Powers: Formerly none, but after being critically injured during a battle with the Extremis-enhanced Mallen, Stark injected his nervous system with a modified techno-organic virus to save his own life. This fused Stark's armor to his body, allowing him to store the inner layers of the Iron Man armor in the hollows of his bones as well as control it through direct brain impulses. He is also able to remotely connect to external communications systems such as satellites, cellular phones, and computers throughout the world. Because the armor's operating system is now directly connected to Stark's nervous system, its response time has been significantly improved. The Extremis armor grants him super speed reactions and a healing factor able to regrow whole organs. He was able to stop Crimson Dynamo's heart and restart it.
Abilities: Genius level intellect, which allows him to create a range of sophisticated inventions, notably including the Iron Man armor. Also possesses a keen business mind.
The Iron Man armor provides Stark with superhuman strength, and physical protection. It also allows Stark to fly using the jet boots. The armor contains a variety of weapons including repulsor rays, pulse beams, missile launchers, lasers, tasers, and flamethrowers. The unibeam in the center of his chest can emit various types of light energy and his helmet contains communication devices, scanning equipment, and recording devices.
History: Born to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark, Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark was born with extremely high intelligence. At the age of 15 Stark entered the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he graduated at the top of his class. At the age of 21 he inherited Stark Enterprises when his parents were killed in a car accident.
During the Vietnam War, Stark Enterprises developed and deployed mini-transitors that Tony thought would aid the war effort. While checking on one of his several factories in the region that had fallen victim to recent acts of sabotage, Tony was injured by exploding shrapnel from a hidden 'booby-trap' and eventually captured by Vietnamese warlord Wong Chu. Chu forced Tony and another captive, famed physicist Ho Yinsen, to create weapons for him. All the time the shrapnel was slowly working on Tony’s heart, killing him. Tony and Yinsen created an iron suit that would keep Tony alive and allow them to escape. During the escape Yinsen was killed, sacrificing himself to provide Tony with more time to change for the first time into Iron Man. Needless to say, Iron Man made short work of Wong Chu and his men before fianlly escaping the warlord's encampment.
On his way back Tony met Helicopter pilot James Rhodes and returned to America. Jim Rhodes would eventually become Iron Man’s partner War Machine. While there he improved the Iron Man armor and made Iron Man Tony Stark’s personal bodyguard. In his early years Tony Stark became the corporate sponsor of the superhero group the Avengers and as Iron Man help found the group with Thor, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the Hulk. Notable villains from these early days included Mandarin, Hawkeye, and the Black Widow.
Although Anthony Stark promotes a rich playboy persona, his life is far from perfect. His most prominent difficulty is his battle with alcoholism. Other problems included repetitive losses of companies by takeover, bankruptcy, and other occurrences. He has gone so far down as being homeless and giving the Iron Man identity to Rhodes at one point. But Stark has always recovered. He started a new company, Circuits Maximus, and was able to return as Iron Man. When Stark International’s new Chief Executive Officer, Obadiah Stane, tried to take over Stark’s new company, Stark retaliated and managed to take back his company.
All during these events Tony Stark’s health was declining. After a heart transplant that saved his life, Tony still had health issues. His armor’s cybernetic interface was causing his nervous system to deteriorate. It became so bad that he had to fake his death and enter suspended animation to survive. At this point Rhodes became Iron Man once more but this time dawned a new armor created by Tony called the “Variable Threat Response Battle Suit” which was latter known as the War Machine armor. When he awoke Rhodes was so enraged that he left Tony and made War Machine into a solo hero.
Once Tony’s armor became so sophisticated that it became sentient. At first Tony allowed the armor to do his job as Iron Man but it became increasingly dangerous. At one point it committed murder, slaying the villain, Whiplash. When this occurred, Tony had no choice but to face the armor. During the confrontation, Tony went into cardiac arrest due to an injury he previously sustained while battling Whiplash. Proving itself a hero, the armor ripped out its own components creating a cybernetic heart for it’s creator and sacrificing itself in the process.
Tony revealed to the world that he was Iron Man. After this revelation he took the post as the President’s Secretary of Defense to monitor the use of his technology by the United States Military. He was forced to step down from that position when the Scarlet Witch caused the Avengers to disassemble. He publicly stated that he would no longer be Iron Man but that there would always be one. Of course Tony continued to be Iron Man while maintaining a secret identity. Recently, Tony injected himself with a Nanotech virus that integrated many of his suits functions with his own biological systems. He had also been a member of a group known as the Illuminati along with Professor Charles Xavier, Reed Richards, Blackagar Boltagon, Dr. Stephen Strange, and Namor for many years, secretly.
Recently, During a televised raid of a house containing select villains that had recently escaped from the super villain facility at Ryker's Island prison during a massive breakout, the escaped villain Nitro let off a massive explosion that killed the majority of the New Warriors, as well as the children at a nearby elementary school, and the residents of the surrounding neighborhood. In the wake of the tragedy, Capitol Hill proposed the Superhuman Registration Act, a government movement to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards.
This event triggered negative public opinion against the super heroes, in which sole blame from the public was placed. Captain America was propositioned by S.H.I.E.L.D. to become part of the enforcement of super heroes to register. After he refused, and after being attacked by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Anti-Superhuman Response Unit, he was forced underground.
Iron Man, however, is in full support of the act.
Code Name: Iron Man
Former Aliases: Cobalt Man, Iron Knight, Hogan Potts, Spare Parts Man, The Golden Gladiator, The Golden Avenger
Identity: Publicly known
Age: Unknown
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 225 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Sex: Male
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Place of Birth: Long Island , New York
Education: Advanced degrees in physics and electrical engineering
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Howard Anthony Stark (father, deceased), Maria Collins Carbonell Stark (mother, deceased), Morgan Stark (cousin), Isaac Stark (ancestor)
Occupation: CEO of Stark Enterprises, adventurer; former Secretary of Defense
Area of Operation: New York City, New York
Group Affiliation: Avengers; formerly Force Works, Queen's Vengeance, Illuminati
Known Powers: Formerly none, but after being critically injured during a battle with the Extremis-enhanced Mallen, Stark injected his nervous system with a modified techno-organic virus to save his own life. This fused Stark's armor to his body, allowing him to store the inner layers of the Iron Man armor in the hollows of his bones as well as control it through direct brain impulses. He is also able to remotely connect to external communications systems such as satellites, cellular phones, and computers throughout the world. Because the armor's operating system is now directly connected to Stark's nervous system, its response time has been significantly improved. The Extremis armor grants him super speed reactions and a healing factor able to regrow whole organs. He was able to stop Crimson Dynamo's heart and restart it.
Abilities: Genius level intellect, which allows him to create a range of sophisticated inventions, notably including the Iron Man armor. Also possesses a keen business mind.
The Iron Man armor provides Stark with superhuman strength, and physical protection. It also allows Stark to fly using the jet boots. The armor contains a variety of weapons including repulsor rays, pulse beams, missile launchers, lasers, tasers, and flamethrowers. The unibeam in the center of his chest can emit various types of light energy and his helmet contains communication devices, scanning equipment, and recording devices.
History: Born to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark, Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark was born with extremely high intelligence. At the age of 15 Stark entered the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he graduated at the top of his class. At the age of 21 he inherited Stark Enterprises when his parents were killed in a car accident.
During the Vietnam War, Stark Enterprises developed and deployed mini-transitors that Tony thought would aid the war effort. While checking on one of his several factories in the region that had fallen victim to recent acts of sabotage, Tony was injured by exploding shrapnel from a hidden 'booby-trap' and eventually captured by Vietnamese warlord Wong Chu. Chu forced Tony and another captive, famed physicist Ho Yinsen, to create weapons for him. All the time the shrapnel was slowly working on Tony’s heart, killing him. Tony and Yinsen created an iron suit that would keep Tony alive and allow them to escape. During the escape Yinsen was killed, sacrificing himself to provide Tony with more time to change for the first time into Iron Man. Needless to say, Iron Man made short work of Wong Chu and his men before fianlly escaping the warlord's encampment.
On his way back Tony met Helicopter pilot James Rhodes and returned to America. Jim Rhodes would eventually become Iron Man’s partner War Machine. While there he improved the Iron Man armor and made Iron Man Tony Stark’s personal bodyguard. In his early years Tony Stark became the corporate sponsor of the superhero group the Avengers and as Iron Man help found the group with Thor, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the Hulk. Notable villains from these early days included Mandarin, Hawkeye, and the Black Widow.
Although Anthony Stark promotes a rich playboy persona, his life is far from perfect. His most prominent difficulty is his battle with alcoholism. Other problems included repetitive losses of companies by takeover, bankruptcy, and other occurrences. He has gone so far down as being homeless and giving the Iron Man identity to Rhodes at one point. But Stark has always recovered. He started a new company, Circuits Maximus, and was able to return as Iron Man. When Stark International’s new Chief Executive Officer, Obadiah Stane, tried to take over Stark’s new company, Stark retaliated and managed to take back his company.
All during these events Tony Stark’s health was declining. After a heart transplant that saved his life, Tony still had health issues. His armor’s cybernetic interface was causing his nervous system to deteriorate. It became so bad that he had to fake his death and enter suspended animation to survive. At this point Rhodes became Iron Man once more but this time dawned a new armor created by Tony called the “Variable Threat Response Battle Suit” which was latter known as the War Machine armor. When he awoke Rhodes was so enraged that he left Tony and made War Machine into a solo hero.
Once Tony’s armor became so sophisticated that it became sentient. At first Tony allowed the armor to do his job as Iron Man but it became increasingly dangerous. At one point it committed murder, slaying the villain, Whiplash. When this occurred, Tony had no choice but to face the armor. During the confrontation, Tony went into cardiac arrest due to an injury he previously sustained while battling Whiplash. Proving itself a hero, the armor ripped out its own components creating a cybernetic heart for it’s creator and sacrificing itself in the process.
Tony revealed to the world that he was Iron Man. After this revelation he took the post as the President’s Secretary of Defense to monitor the use of his technology by the United States Military. He was forced to step down from that position when the Scarlet Witch caused the Avengers to disassemble. He publicly stated that he would no longer be Iron Man but that there would always be one. Of course Tony continued to be Iron Man while maintaining a secret identity. Recently, Tony injected himself with a Nanotech virus that integrated many of his suits functions with his own biological systems. He had also been a member of a group known as the Illuminati along with Professor Charles Xavier, Reed Richards, Blackagar Boltagon, Dr. Stephen Strange, and Namor for many years, secretly.
Recently, During a televised raid of a house containing select villains that had recently escaped from the super villain facility at Ryker's Island prison during a massive breakout, the escaped villain Nitro let off a massive explosion that killed the majority of the New Warriors, as well as the children at a nearby elementary school, and the residents of the surrounding neighborhood. In the wake of the tragedy, Capitol Hill proposed the Superhuman Registration Act, a government movement to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards.
This event triggered negative public opinion against the super heroes, in which sole blame from the public was placed. Captain America was propositioned by S.H.I.E.L.D. to become part of the enforcement of super heroes to register. After he refused, and after being attacked by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Anti-Superhuman Response Unit, he was forced underground.
Iron Man, however, is in full support of the act.