Iron Man (Earth-28997)

Tony Stark, one of the most brilliant men on the planet. Recently, as secret organization has been working its way out of the wood work. An organization known as Hydra. Stark had been kidnapped by the global group, and was forced to create weapons of mass destruction for the group. One day, Stark created an armor to help him escape from the underground bunker in Iraq. He now tries to fight crime as The Invincible Iron Man.

Early Life
Not too much is known about Tony Stark's youth at this point. All that is known is that his parents, Howard and Martha Stark were killed in a plane crash when he was ten years old.

Obidiah Stane was his mentor throughout his teenage years. He taught him everything he needed to know about the company before he would eventually own everything.

Stark went to college when he was just fourteen. His brilliant mind allowed him to surpass all of his classmates. He went on to getting a Masters in Engineering, which is what he wanted to do since he was a kid.

Continuing an Empire
When Stark turned eighteen, he was granted a stake in his parents company and given a job as an Engineer, which is what he went to college to do. He rose through the ranks fairly quickly for a man of his age. He then brought the attention to Obidiah Stane that Stark Industries would triple their profits if they entered the weapons design business. The board of directors were hesitant about the idea at first. But, soon realized that Stark's idea would help the company jump into the next century.

Stark then invented thing never thought possible. Invisible sonar suits, guns with triple the regular ammo, drones that are undetectable by regular satellites. Stark started making quite an empire for himself, as well as continuing his father's such a long time ago.

Stark became the CEO of Stark Industries when he was twenty-five. He had proven himself to be his father's son, even smarter maybe. At first, Stark was hesitant to take his father's company. But was convinced by Stane to take his rightful place as the CEO of the company.

Man Made of Iron
When Tony Stark turned thirty-five, he had an epiphany. He wondered why should the men and women of the country need their face showing in battle. This made him want to develop a new mask that would protect people from shots to the face. But, being the overachiever that he is, he decides to make an entire armor based off of his mask concept.

It took him over six months to complete the first armor. It was nice, sleek, and really gray.

Hydra Attacks & Kidnapping
Soon after Tony Stark finished his first Iron Man armor, Stark made a press conference to announce his newest creation. Hydra decided to take this new creation, as they new that they wouldn't be able to buy such a thing on the black market. They attacked the press conference, killing over thirty people in the process. Though, they weren't able to get ahold of the armor, as Stark built a contingency where the suit would blow itself up if the need arose.

Hydra decided that they still wanted the armor, so they kidnapped Stark as collateral. Either he built the armor, someone paid his ransom, or they'd kill him. Stark spent six months of his life in Iraq, he had a seventh month deadline, which made things even more stressful. But, Tony was not trying to recreate the Iron Man armor. He was trying to create a virus that would infiltrate and contact JARVIS, his homemade computer program, to get a hold of one of the only people he trusted. Jame Rhodes, Stark's best friend, found Stark two weeks later. Stark was rescued.

Returning Home
Tony, the man who had spent the last six months at a Hydra base in Iraq, was finally home. Many of Stark's colleagues were happy to see him return home after so long. Obidiah especially was genuinely happy to see him. He was ecstatic to see everyone as well. That was until he saw that someone had taken over his job. Pepper Potts, the CEO of Advanced Idea Mechanics, was now the CEO of Stark Industries. He screams in both joy and hatred to see that woman again. They kinda have a love/hate relationship going on. Obidiah explain to Stark that shes more than happy to step down for you to have your position back.

The first act he has as the CEO is stop all weapons designing for the foreseeable future. The Board of Directors try to veto the order, but he's already made it public, and the last thing they need is another story published by J. Jonah Jameson saying how bad the company is.

Nick Fury then comes personally to Stark, saying that SHIELD has relied on their weapons for over a decade. They were Stark's first costumers. Stark explains that he's seen what the other side is willing to do with his weapons, and they he won't have any part of it. Fury explains that Stark shouldn't worry about the villains, that is his job. Tony explains that it isn't good enough anymore, and someone needs to stop them before the do something even more drastic.

Iron Man
Stark then develops a brand-new armor. Since the armor has already been designed, it only took him two weeks to actually piece it all together. The armor is almost identical to the past version. With the only difference being that the armor is red and yellow.

Stark starts off fighting off regular thieves and killers. Trying to get the feel of his suit just right. So, when he goes to fight Hydra, he won't be a rookie against them. The media gets a hold of Iron Man and is able to ask him some questions. The main question in particular was, "Who do you work for?" With Iron Man replying, "I work for Tony Stark."

Those simple words changed things. Stark was getting questions left and right. Soon Rhodes, Pepper, and Obidiah found out about his little escapades. They weren't too happy about it.