does the suit make the man even if the
man made the suit welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of Tony Stark
otherwise known as Iron Man as with most
comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily fall off the original
storyline which unfolded in 1963 s tales
of suspense number 39 unlike many Silver
Age comic book characters Tony Stark was
an adult and an entrepreneur well before
he became a superhero the son of Howard
Stark a wealthy industrialist and head
of Stark Industries Tony was a brilliant
scientist billionaire and a playboy
while in Vietnam developing weapons to
help the United States government during
the war Stark was wounded by a booby
trap and captured by Vietnamese
guerrillas led by the evil Wang Chu with
a piece of shrapnel lodged in starts
chest and inching towards his heart Wang
Chu ordered him to build the Vietnamese
a super weapon in exchange for the
surgery that would save his life
suspecting a double-cross however stark
used the supplies he was given to build
a magnetic device that would keep the
shrapnel from reaching his heart with
assistance from fellow captive professor
yinsen stark began construction of an
armored metal suit that he could use to
escape before the suit could be
completed
yinsen was forced to sacrifice himself
to by stark sometime to power up the
suit using the same magnetic device that
he was using to keep himself alive he
had more time
hey I’m gonna go buy you some time
with the Iron Man suit completed Tony
defeated Wang Chu and his militants
leaving the enemy camp in ruins
of course this first Ironman suit was
rough and nothing like the iconic red
and gold suit we know and love today
said suit Iron Man armor mark 2 first
appeared in tales of suspense number 48
after being defeated and nearly killed
by the villain mr. doll Stark had to
construct a less bulky suit that
wouldn’t put his greatest reign on his
heart equipped with his new suit
stark confronted mr. doll again and
defeated the villain Ironman would
eventually get his own comic series in
1968 in the first edition of this series
the origin story was briefly retold as
Tony was once again captured by Wong Chu
and eventually escaped by building a
suit made of iron Iron Man would later
become a founding member of the Avengers
mr. stark Kevin after hearing that the
Hulk was on the loose causing severe
destruction Tony decided to confront the
green menace an epic clash between Iron
Man and the Hulk followed before Thor
flew in and explained that it was in
fact Loki who had framed the Hulk
working all together Iron Man Thor the
Hulk ant-man and wasp defeated Loki and
agreed to name their newly assembled
team the Avengers
just like his origin story iron man’s
abilities have been revised and modified
throughout the years with some of the
biggest advancements being made more
recently Tony strengths are his mind and
his money which uses to make
technological additions to his current
suit or even to make all new ones for
specific situations all of Tony’s powers
come from his various suits which he’s
able to control thanks to the device in
his chest now called an arc reactor of
course it also helps that he can
constantly upgrade his suits with
weapons that he develops through his
company Stark Industries one of the
biggest changes to Tony’s powers was
that he was injected with the extremis
virus after a battle with the extremity
Han Stalin the extremis virus gave stark
increased powers because it allowed him
to partially merge with the Iron Man
suit and gave him the ability to control
the suit using his own brain Tony would
later lose the extremis virus in later
issues like all comic book heroes
Ironman has gone through numerous
reimagining perhaps none more prominent
than in the ultimate storyline an
alternate modernized Marvel Universe
here we are introduced to Stark in New
York as he battles alongside fellow
Avengers against an invading alien race
known as the Chitauri
in this continuity Tony is once again
portrayed as a playboy millionaire
though he constantly doubts his own
abilities as Iron Man aside from the
comics Ironman has appeared in various
media in the 1960s he starred in his own
segment of the animated series the
Marvel superheroes and more recently
he’s appeared as a major character in
the Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
most prominently though the Iron Man
character has grown in popularity quite
recently thanks to Robert Downey jr.
portrayal in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe all right man that’s kind of
catchy it’s got a nice ring to it I mean
it’s not technically accurate the suits
a gold titanium alloy but it’s kind of
evocative to amateur
are you a fan of Iron Man I am Iron Man
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com nice work kid
you
man made the suit welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of Tony Stark
otherwise known as Iron Man as with most
comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily fall off the original
storyline which unfolded in 1963 s tales
of suspense number 39 unlike many Silver
Age comic book characters Tony Stark was
an adult and an entrepreneur well before
he became a superhero the son of Howard
Stark a wealthy industrialist and head
of Stark Industries Tony was a brilliant
scientist billionaire and a playboy
while in Vietnam developing weapons to
help the United States government during
the war Stark was wounded by a booby
trap and captured by Vietnamese
guerrillas led by the evil Wang Chu with
a piece of shrapnel lodged in starts
chest and inching towards his heart Wang
Chu ordered him to build the Vietnamese
a super weapon in exchange for the
surgery that would save his life
suspecting a double-cross however stark
used the supplies he was given to build
a magnetic device that would keep the
shrapnel from reaching his heart with
assistance from fellow captive professor
yinsen stark began construction of an
armored metal suit that he could use to
escape before the suit could be
completed
yinsen was forced to sacrifice himself
to by stark sometime to power up the
suit using the same magnetic device that
he was using to keep himself alive he
had more time
hey I’m gonna go buy you some time
with the Iron Man suit completed Tony
defeated Wang Chu and his militants
leaving the enemy camp in ruins
of course this first Ironman suit was
rough and nothing like the iconic red
and gold suit we know and love today
said suit Iron Man armor mark 2 first
appeared in tales of suspense number 48
after being defeated and nearly killed
by the villain mr. doll Stark had to
construct a less bulky suit that
wouldn’t put his greatest reign on his
heart equipped with his new suit
stark confronted mr. doll again and
defeated the villain Ironman would
eventually get his own comic series in
1968 in the first edition of this series
the origin story was briefly retold as
Tony was once again captured by Wong Chu
and eventually escaped by building a
suit made of iron Iron Man would later
become a founding member of the Avengers
mr. stark Kevin after hearing that the
Hulk was on the loose causing severe
destruction Tony decided to confront the
green menace an epic clash between Iron
Man and the Hulk followed before Thor
flew in and explained that it was in
fact Loki who had framed the Hulk
working all together Iron Man Thor the
Hulk ant-man and wasp defeated Loki and
agreed to name their newly assembled
team the Avengers
just like his origin story iron man’s
abilities have been revised and modified
throughout the years with some of the
biggest advancements being made more
recently Tony strengths are his mind and
his money which uses to make
technological additions to his current
suit or even to make all new ones for
specific situations all of Tony’s powers
come from his various suits which he’s
able to control thanks to the device in
his chest now called an arc reactor of
course it also helps that he can
constantly upgrade his suits with
weapons that he develops through his
company Stark Industries one of the
biggest changes to Tony’s powers was
that he was injected with the extremis
virus after a battle with the extremity
Han Stalin the extremis virus gave stark
increased powers because it allowed him
to partially merge with the Iron Man
suit and gave him the ability to control
the suit using his own brain Tony would
later lose the extremis virus in later
issues like all comic book heroes
Ironman has gone through numerous
reimagining perhaps none more prominent
than in the ultimate storyline an
alternate modernized Marvel Universe
here we are introduced to Stark in New
York as he battles alongside fellow
Avengers against an invading alien race
known as the Chitauri
in this continuity Tony is once again
portrayed as a playboy millionaire
though he constantly doubts his own
abilities as Iron Man aside from the
comics Ironman has appeared in various
media in the 1960s he starred in his own
segment of the animated series the
Marvel superheroes and more recently
he’s appeared as a major character in
the Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
most prominently though the Iron Man
character has grown in popularity quite
recently thanks to Robert Downey jr.
portrayal in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe all right man that’s kind of
catchy it’s got a nice ring to it I mean
it’s not technically accurate the suits
a gold titanium alloy but it’s kind of
evocative to amateur
are you a fan of Iron Man I am Iron Man
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com nice work kid
you
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