BIO

Anthony Stark, son of industrialist and inventor Howard Stark, demonstrated his mechanical aptitude and extraordinary inventive genius at a very early age, enrolling in the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) at the age of 15. Soon becoming an honor roll student Double majors in Mechanical and Computer Engineering and Theoretical Physics easy for him and he graduated only three years later. Eventually going on to P.h.Ds in both as well as three doctorates. When he was 21, he inherited his father's business, Stark Industries, and within a few years turned it into a multi-billion dollar industry complex.

After an incident in the middle east, in which Tony was kidnapped by terrorists from an army convoy in the proces falling into harms way of one of his own world renown heat seeking 'Stark missiles'. The resulting shrapnel began to inch toward the genius's heart via his chest. He was then attached to a magnetic device hooked up to a car battery which kept him alive. He was held in a cave with one Yinsen (the same doctor who performed the quick surgery) , where in he was forced to create 'Jericho' missiles on the terms he would be released after ward. Tony agreed, knowing the terms were void in order to get his hands on equipment to create the miniaturized arc reactor. A device that created its own magnetic field, which effectively would keep him alive and prevent any missile fragments traveling any farther. He then decided to instead of creating the missile; build an Iron Suit, a means of escape for both him and the doctor. His plan was a complete success, other then the death of his friend which profoundly affected Stark, "So you are a man who has everything, and nothing."--Yinsen.

After his escape Tony later becomes obsessed with the Iron Suit concept, upset and outraged by the ideas his weapons, built to help people, were being used against those he was trying his hardest to protect. He discovered his close friend, and near family, Obehdiah Stane was dealing his weapons under the table. When he confronted his friend, 'Oby' coddled him, as he usually did, not telling him enough about what he needed to know, overruling him and ignoring his key part in the company.

This eventually ended in Obediah trying to kill Tony in a last ditch attempt to take the company and the Arc tech for his own Iron Monger suit. Resulting in an ultimate showdown between the two. Ending in Tony Stark's hospitalization and Oby's death. After a press conference was called in which despite advisement Tony announced "I am Iron Man."

Under constant pressure from the government to surrender his Iron Man suit, Tony continues to insist it is a shield, not a weapon. The initial material, the 'palladium core' was slowly poisoning the genius, which he kept a secret for a long time. After failed attempts at finding a replacement Fury gives him some of his father's old material [ He has a few secret daddy issues, and doesn't really like to talk about it.]; a hidden message in the diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo proves to be a diagram of the structure of a new element. This new cleaner and more powerful element now keeps him alive and powers his suit.

Though he eventually became a member of the Avengers he was initially told at a de-briefing that Iron man was a highly suitable candidate for the initiative, however, Tony Stark was not. But when the norse God Loki launched an invasion on the earth, S.H.I.E.L.D put aside the fact Stark 'Doesn't play well with others' and recruited him.

During the events of Loki's attack on New York Tony was notified of a Nuclear weapon headed for Manhattan, while the worm-hole was still left open by the tesseract Iron Man re directed the missile and carried it into space. Despite knowing it was a 'one way trip'. Risking his life to save the island. He did eventually fall back to earth, initially unconscious. The fall out of the events of New York culminating in Shawarma.

After the events of New York, Tony returned to his house in California, though his renown has spread still yet farther, and he took to using his suit as transportation. He soon fell into an unsteady relationship with Pepper, his obsessive hobby with the suits dragging him away from her and into the lab until late hours, even for days on end. He often experienced nightmares on the few occasions that he did manage to sleep, and suffered from anxiety attacks on regular occasions. While perfecting his newest armor varient (a more updated mark 7) Mark 42, he learned of a chain of terror attacks orchestrated by a man named the Mandarin. An attack on a friend sent Tony on a personal vendetta against the terrorist.

Despite being over all successful Tony Stark has a long history with Alcohol and alcohol abuse. Often driven do it by a deep seeded and hidden self loathing. He was also quite the ladies man, smooth of manner and apt with those of the female persuasion. Often sharing his bed with a variety of different partners.