Iron-Man (Tony Stark )

Anthony "Tony" Stark was born to Howard and Maria Stark in Manhattan, New York City. Tony lived with his parents in Stark Manner but was often left in the care of Edwin Jarvis, the family butler. Howard Stark, due to the pressures of maintaining the family business, "Stark Industries," had became an alcoholic. Seeing his son as a weakling, Howard's motto for Tony was that "Starks were made of iron". Howard was sometimes caring, informative and a loving parent but his alcoholism caused him to often lash out at his family. Tony began reading tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The knights in shining armor in his stories combined with his growing interest in engineering created an obsession with Tony about creating a literal man of iron. He drew his first concept of the suit he and built a model of his "iron man" with a Constructor Set. One Christmas Eve, Howard forced Tony to drink a glass of bourbon. Tony drank the glass in order to obtain the approval of his father. This first drink later became the first step in Tony's long struggle with alcoholism. Tony took to inventing things to deal with his pain and losses in life. When Tony reached the age of 7, Howard had Tony placed in a private school. There, Tony continued to enjoy stories about King Arthur as well as taking interest in Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama and the Wright Brothers. Soon, he made friends with another boy known as Tiberius Stone. The two developed a friendly competition with each other, in both academics and athletics. Their friendship endured into their teenage years. As Tony continued his high school career, he was known as the resident genius. Tony's favourite science professor, Ted Slaught, taught Tony to maintain an open mind in his scientific pursuits and be more flexible with his ideas. Tony continued expanding his education and engineering skills. By the age of 19, he had succeeded in getting the US Army's attention. So, Tony utilized his skills for them and developed "Seedpod" bombs. Tony eventually became a class valedictorian and earned double majors in both physics and engineering. However, Tony began to find that things were too easy and grew bored. He began to search for danger and excitement He drove fast cars, sky dived, and alpine skied.However with each new conquered challenge, Tony quickly grew bored and often turned to drinking for solace.By the end of his teens, Tony had breezed through high school, and universities including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He met another brilliant mind known as Bruce Banner at the Oxford University. When Tony was 21, he inherited his father's business and turned it into a multi-billion dollar industry in a few years. He went to Afghanistan to supervise a field test for one of his transistorized weapons. He ignored the concerns that security was insufficient and tripped on a booby trap. Due to this, a piece of shrapnel was lodged in his chest. Then, he was was taken captive by the revolutionary leader Wong-Chu and was informed that the shrapnel would penetrate his heart and kill him in a week. Chu told him that if Tony built a powerful weapon, he would let him to undergo an operation. Knowing he did not have much time left, Tony agreed. Stark was given access to a small laboratory with another captive, Professor Ho Yinsen. With the renowned Asian physicist and Nobel Laureate acting as his assistant, Tony designed and built an electrically-powered suit of armour instead. The armour also contained an "arc reactor," a device that kept the sharpnel away from his heart. He donned the suit, while Yinsen sacrificed himself to allow the armour to charge, and escaped. Soon afterward, Tony donned one of his battle-suits in order to prevent thieves from stealing parts from it. This made him realise that the suit was too dangerous. The next afternoon, he attended a tennis match in the Forest Hills. There, he brought along his armor, which he was going to take to a nearby laboratory for tests. Terrorists invaded the match and threatened to kill everyone with a bomb. He captured the terrorists and saved the spectators by throwing himself on the bomb. Thus, Tony decided to combat evil and "Iron-Man" became a hero in the public's eye.