Tony Stark (Earth-13124)

{{Character Template|CurrentAlias = Iron Man|RealName = Anthony Stark|Aliases = Golden Avenger, Armored Avenger, Shellhead|Identity = Public|Alignment = Good|Affiliation = Avengers, Stark Industries|Relatives = Howard Stark (father, deceased), Maria Stark (mother, deceased).|Universe = Earth-13124|BaseOfOperations = Stark Tower, Avengers Mansion|Gender = Male|Height = 5' 10"|Weight = 146 lbs|Eyes = Blue|Hair = Black|UnusualFeatures = *As a result of excess bullying as a child, Tony has a scar on his left eye.|Citizenship = American|MaritalStatus = Single|Occupation = Industrialist, billionare, playboy, adventurer, vigilante|Education = College dropout|Origin = During a conflict in Afghanistan, Stark was captured by terrorists and, with a piece of shrapnel in his heart, and was about to die. Constructing a suit of iron armor that would also help with his recovery, Stark broke out of captivity and journeyed back home to the United States where he built an advanced suit of armor and become the armored superhero Iron Man.|Creators = Max Carroll|Quote = I am Iron Man.|Speaker = Tony Stark|HistoryText = ===Early Life=== Tony Stark was born to up and coming industrialist Howard Stark and his wife Maria Stark. As a child, Tony, along with being gifted with prodigy-level intelligence, was frequently bullied at school due to his vast wealth, often being called a "spoiled trust-fund brat" by the other children. Howard signed his son up for several classes for self-defense, including taekwondo, judo, boxing, and karate.

Teenage Orphan
By the time Tony was 17, his parents had been killed in a car accident, forcing the Stark family's part-time butler, Edwin Jarvis, to go full time and serve as a father figure to Tony. Around this time, Tony also began taking several types of drugs, such as cocaine and marijuana, to help with his increasing depression over his parents' deaths. Edwin successfully enrolled Tony in rehab when he discovered this addiction.

CEO of Stark Industries
When Tony was 25, he was placed as the new CEO and owner of Stark Industries. However, with this position came many new challenges. Stockholder Obadiah Stane became increasingly jealous of Tony's success and popularity and began to secretly plot against him. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts, Tony's crush, became the secretary of the company and Tony's assistant.

Becoming Iron Man
While overseeing a military demonstration of his technology in an active war zone, Tony tripped a booby trap that killed his escort and lodged shrapnel in his chest. The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by the terrorist leader Wong-Chu, and was informed that within a week the shrapnel would penetrate his heart and kill him. Wong-Chu falsely promised Stark that if he built a powerful weapon, he would be allowed to undergo an operation to save his life. Even though Stark realized the tyrant was lying, he agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools.

Stark was given access to a small laboratory with another captive, the renowned Asian physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Professor Ho Yinsen, whose work Stark admired in college. With Yinsen acting as his assistant, Stark designed and built an electrically powered suit of armor with a pacemaker-like device that enabled Stark's heart to keep beating, the armor was also equipped with heavy offensive weaponry.

Donning the suit, Stark connected it to its power source, an electrical generator. Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. In the least fortunate turn of events, Wong-Chu decided to check on his prisoners. Knowing that if they were found all of their work was for nothing, Yinsen decided to sacrifice his own life by distracting Wong-Chu, giving Stark the extra time he needed to charge the armored suit fully. As the Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong-Chu's guerrilla troops. Then, still clad in his armor, which was necessary to keep his heart beating, Stark made his way toward the front lines, trying to escape enemy territory.

Tony eventually managed to return to the United States, where he decided to discontinue Stark Industries' weapons program, much to the anger of Stane. Tony then decided to improve on the Iron Man armor.|Powers = None. Powers provided by Iron Man armor.|Abilities = Seemingly those of his Earth-616 counterpart.}}