Your email. Register for notifications Enter your email address here to receive our monthly bulletin of IP news and developments. I confirm. Please read our privacy notice. Staff member. Having managed to use his superior maneuvering systems to hide underneath of the jets itself without being seen, Stark called Rhodes and revealed his true identity to him in an attempt to have the attack called off, with Rhodes being horrified that he had sent some of his own equipment into an active war zone without informing him.
While Rhodes tried to stop the attack, Major Allen , however, order the pilots to take the shot when they could get clear view of him. However, while trying to evade the attack, one of the Raptors lost its left wing when it accidentally collided with Stark during the chaos of the battle. The pilot ejected shortly afterwards, but his parachute jammed.
Without hesitation, Stark dived down to help the pilot release his parachute before escaping. While heading back towards the United States of America , Stark spoke with Rhodes about what excuse he could then use to explain what had happened. Stark's secret is discovered by Pepper Potts. Once back at his mansion , Stark was then helped out of his armor by both Dum-E and U , finding the experience fairly painful as they struggled to find a way to get him back out.
During this, Stark was soon discovered by Pepper Potts who had just walked into his workshop to find him still half in his armor. Stark joked that it was still not actually the worst thing that she had ever caught him doing while Potts was horrified to see bullet holes in the armor.
He was soon joined by Pepper Potts whom he requested go into his office in Stark Industries Headquarters to hack into the database in order to find out where his weapons were being sold to the Ten Rings so he could go in using his armor and destroy them. Potts, however, refused to help him on his mission as she feared that going into these active war-zones would result in him being killed, but Stark refused to listen.
Stark explains his new purpose to Pepper Potts. Stark noted that for years Potts had stood by his side when he and Stark Industries had been creating the weapons and now, she was planning on leaving once he finally began doing the right thing and protecting the people he had endangered like Ho Yinsen. Stark noted that since his kidnapping he had finally learned what he was meant to do with his life. Hearing how sincere Stark was about this mission, Potts took the hard-drive and agreed to help him.
Stark is left to die by Obadiah Stane. While inside his mansion , Stark attempted to answer a call from Potts when he found himself unable to move. To his horror, he found Obadiah Stane looking down on him while using a Sonic Taser. Stane confessed that he had arranged Stark's kidnapping while he ripped out the Arc Reactor from Stark's chest, causing him to go into cardiac arrest.
Stane mocked Stark by comparing him to his father while promising to kill Potts before walking away. Stark is given back his original Arc Reactor. Having regained some control of his body, Stark desperately tried to make it to his workshop to regain his original Mark I Arc Reactor to save his life.
However, Stark collapsed inches away from it and was unable to move and minutes from death. Stark was then found by James Rhodes who he explained the situation to while being helped back up.
Stark prepares to confront Obadiah Stane. Having been told Potts had recruited Phil Coulson and an entire team of S. To combat this, Stark put his suit on and prepared to battle Stane. While Rhodes admired the armor which he called the coolest thing he had ever seen, Stark told him to keep the skies clear from the United States Armed Forces while he then flew out of his mansion. Stark fights against Obadiah Stane.
Stark flew straight to the Stark Industries Headquarters where he discovered Obadiah Stane was attempting to execute Pepper Potts , so he charged down and knocked Stane aside, crashing into the motorway and then through a Roxxon Corporation lorry. Stane responded by picking up a minivan holding a family and attempting to throw it at Stark, who put all his suit's power into the Arc Reactor to knock Stane back.
Having just caught the minivan and put it down, Stark was briefly run over by the family who were terrified by the experience. Stark hovers just above Obadiah Stane. As Stark recovered, Stane struck again, hitting him with a passing motorcycle and smashing him into a nearby bus. While he was striking him, Stane still continued to mock Stark by claiming that he had built Stark Industries up from nothing back when Howard Stark had been killed.
Stane then fired a missile at the bus, as Stark was consumed inside the fireball but was still protected by his suit, despite being launched high into the air. Stark is chased down by Obadiah Stane. While Stark hovered in the air, Stane complimented him on his upgrades before noting that his armor had upgrades of its own before flying into the air to then chase Stark down. As they considered what to do, J. Stark knocks Obadiah Stane out of the sky. As they soared higher and higher above Los Angeles , Stark soon found that the superior power of Stane's suit allowed him to quickly catch up with him.
However, once Stane had managed to grab hold of Stark, claiming that his own armor was more advanced in every way, Stark revealed to him that he had not solved the icing issue his Mark II Armor had encountered, causing Stane's suit to lose power and then proceeded to fall out of the sky.
Stark is attacked by Obadiah Stane again. Losing his own power in his suit, Stark quickly returned to Stark Industries Headquarters where he attempted to get out of the suit, only to be immediately confronted by Stane yet again. Without one of the gauntlets, Stark found himself at a disadvantage as Stane got him in a bear hug and attempted to crush the suit with Stark still inside, until Stark managed to deploy his flares to briefly blind Stane, allowing him to get away for a moment.
Stark considers how to defeat Obadiah Stane. While hiding from Stane, Stark told Potts that all his current attempts to defeat Stane were not working so he decided to make a new plan. Stark ordered Potts to overload the main Arc Reactor inside the building and blast the roof with energy in an attempt to defeat Stane. While Potts made her way back into the building, Stark also told her to wait until he had gotten himself clear, promising to buy her some time by fighting Stane. Stark damages Obadiah Stane 's armor.
Stark proceeded to jump onto Stane's back and ripped out important pieces of the armor, taking out his targeting system and effectively blinding Stane. However, Stane soon managed to rip Stark off his back and then threw him across the rooftop, taking off his own helmet as a result.
Stark was then left almost defenseless with barely any power left in his suit to fight back against Stane, who opened up his armor and revealed himself. Stark blocks Obadiah Stane 's gunshots. While he crushed Stark's helmet, Stane began mocking Stark by claiming he had finally made his father proud before shooting at him, with Stark managed to block with his gauntlet before the glass floor underneath him was destroyed.
While Stark held on, Potts told him to get off the roof. Stane noted that by trying to rid Stark Industries of weapons, Stark had inadvertently created the greatest one ever while Stane would then use to finally kill him. Stark nearly dies upon defeating Obadiah Stane. While Stane struggled to aim his missiles at him, Stark ordered Potts to overload the Arc Reactor, which caused a burst of electricity which blasted Stark out of the way while frying the Stane's armor, also killing Stane inside.
Stane then fell inside the Arc Reactor, causing a massive explosion while Stark fell unconscious from the ordeal. Stark almost died from the lack of power to his Arc Reactor, but J. In the wake of the Duel of Los Angeles as well as his own near-death experience, Stark was aided by James Rhodes who tried to get Stark into an ambulance to see if he had any internal injuries.
However, the ambulance was a fake one sent by S. Now that they could finally get to talk to Stark, Phil Coulson talked to him after they had dropped him off at a small theater.
Coulson viewed Stark's fighting strategy from his fight with Obadiah Stane on a projector screen. He told him he needed to become a real fighter and that he would be trained by skilled S. The next morning, news had spread of Stark's new alter ego, dubbed "Iron Man" by the press.
Stark then held a press conference where Agent Coulson gave him a detailed fabricated cover story about his and Stane's whereabouts and advised him to state that Iron Man was his personal bodyguard.
However, during the course of the conference, in a moment of self-clarity, Stark instead announced to the public that he himself was indeed Iron Man. Stark is introduced to Director Nick Fury.
That night, [19] Stark arrived home and was greeted by a visitor who was standing by the window. He revealed himself as Nick Fury , Director of S. Iron Man performed acts of heroism around the world. News outlets began crediting him as "the man who stabilized East-West relations" and Stark was chosen as "Person of the Year" by Time magazine. Unfortunately, Stark's own life was not as good as it appeared, as he was facing a double threat.
The first was in the form of his own heart: the Arc Reactor palladium core was poisoning Stark due to overuse of the Iron Man Armor. To maintain appearances, he was forced to drink homemade medicine to counteract the symptoms. Meanwhile, Stark was also aware that the United States Armed Forces were constantly looking to confiscate all his technology.
Iron Man entering at the Stark Expo conference. Six months after revealing his own identity to the world and helping maintain world peace, [25] Stark appeared as Iron Man at the grand opening of the Stark Expo in Flushing Meadows, New York City , continuing the legacy his father, Howard Stark , had started. Treating the crowd to the Ironette Dancers and a speech in which he boasted about giving the world its longest running period of uninterrupted peace, Stark left the stage with a video of his father playing.
Stark and Happy Hogan leave the Stark Expo. Stark then left the Expo with Happy Hogan helping to keep the press at bay, signing autographs and meeting Larry Ellison and Larry King on their way out before he was then confronted by a beautiful U. Marshal who was waiting beside his car.
The Marshal then informed Stark and Hogan that he was now required to attend a congressional meeting in Washington, D. Stark and Pepper Potts at the hearing. The second threat was from a senate committee hearing, this time led by Senator Stern , demanding that Stark release the technology of the Iron Man Armor for military application.
Stark refused, believing it was not in the best interest of the American people for the United States Armed Forces to possess it since they would use it as a weapon that could very well be used against America if other various countries were able to recreate the Arc Reactor technology. Stark humiliates Stern and Justin Hammer. Senator Stern tried to turn Lt. Colonel James Rhodes against Stark in an effort to force his decision.
Competitor Justin Hammer tried to plead his case on the matter; Stark took this opportunity to embarrass both Hammer and Stern with a collection of footage of Hammer Industries and other entities around the world attempting to recreate the technology. Stark arrogantly stated that it would be years before anyone would be able to successfully recreate his tech and he had "privatized" world peace. Stark returns to his Malibu mansion. Returning to his mansion , Stark was greeted by J.
While Stark listened to the news, he pulled out his Arc Reactor and examined the damaged palladium core which was slowly killing him, with J. Uncertain of his chances of survival, Stark decided to appoint his former personal assistant Pepper Potts into the role he no longer was interested in, the CEO of Stark Industries. When Potts arrived in his workshop, she and Stark had an argument about his own lack of interest in his company and their resources ever since becoming Iron Man, at which point Stark informed her that he had decided to promote her.
Although Potts did not at first believe that he was being serious with this idea, Stark had Dum-E deliver some champagne to them as he confirmed that this would be happening and she was the perfect person to take over the job from him. Stark and Happy Hogan box together. While doing some boxing training with Happy Hogan , during which he used dirty boxing techniques to gain the upper hand, Stark saw the arrival of Potts and a notary from the company, "Natalie Rushman", who was actually Natasha Romanoff , an Agent of S.
Although Hogan hit Stark around the head, he proceeded to kick him away and beat him into surrendering before inviting Romanoff into the ring. Stark looked into Romanoff's eyes before inviting Hogan to train with her instead. Stark and Pepper Potts discuss "Natalie Rushman". Stark then sat down with Potts to discuss "Rushman", with him bringing up her "history files" and noting that she even spoke Latin and had once been a lingerie model.
While they were speaking, Stark and Potts witnessed Romanoff using a leg move to pin Hogan to the floor, before she exited the ring and asked Stark to sign the paperwork handing Stark Industries over to Potts. Once Romanoff was gone, Stark told Potts that he needed her as his new assistant. Stark and Pepper Potts meet with Justin Hammer. There, Stark and Potts encountered Justin Hammer , who smugly tried to show off that he was being interviewed by Christine Everhart for an upcoming piece with Vanity Fair ; Stark quickly made it clear of his own romantic history with Everhart and noted that Hammer Industries had lost their contract with the United States Armed Forces due to Hammer's embarrassing performance at the senate committee hearing.
Taking some time away from Hammer, Stark excused himself to check his blood toxicity level in the bathroom. He saw that the Arc Reactor 's poisoning of his body due to the levels of palladium was now emitting into his skin. Looking up at the mirror and seeing that he likely did not have much time left until he would eventually die from this poisoning, Stark began questioning what he would like to do with these last few months that he likely had left. Stark decides to race in the Monaco Grand Prix.
Growing increasingly despondent and thrill-seeking as a direct consequence of what he believed to be his impending death, Stark decided to take the Stark Industries car intended for the track and race it at the Monaco Grand Prix. As he stepped into the car, with all the cameras now facing him, Stark gave a look which he knew would be viewed by Hammer, much to his annoyance as Stark would once again be taking the spotlight away from him.
Stark's car is destroyed by Ivan Vanko. As Stark drove around the track, Ivan Vanko , who had successfully constructed an Arc Reactor of his own, along with whip-like energy weapons , attacked him, using the whips to cut off the front of his car and cause it to crash along with several other race cars.
Stark had managed to crawl out of the car before it could be sliced in half. Despite his best efforts to fight back, Vanko's armored weapons managed to get the better of Stark, who was defenseless.
Stark considers how to escape from Ivan Vanko. As Vanko prepared to rip Stark apart, he was forced to use his own wits and cunning to escape the deadly whips Vanko was using.
Managing to get behind Vanko, Stark struck him on the back of the head with a car door, but Vanko proved to be unaffected, forcing Stark to dodge out of the way of his attacks.
He then tricked Vanko into striking the whips onto gasoline, causing an explosion which separated the pair from each other for a brief time. Stark is saved by Happy Hogan 's arrival. With Vanko proving himself too strong to be beaten without his armor, Stark seemed to be running out of options as he was backed into a corner.
However, he received aid with the sudden arrival of both Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan , who had driven their own car into the race track and successfully managed to crash it into Vanko, pinning him against the wall and briefly knocking him out cold. Stark then prepared to quickly make his escape. Iron Man dons his Mark V Armor.
However, while Stark moaned about Stark Industries ' seeming lack of security at the event, Vanko continued to fight despite still being pinned to the wall and began ripping Hogan's car apart with furious strikes from his electric whips. This forced the terrified Potts to then hand Stark his portable briefcase armor , allowing him to don the Mark V Armor ready to do battle against his would-be assassin in the middle of the track, with Iron Man having the upper hand. Iron Man being electrocuted by Ivan Vanko.
Using his new suit, Iron Man attempted to subdue Vanko by firing his repulsor rays at his attacker, but Vanko was able to block those blows with his own armor before using his whips to strangle Iron Man. Vanko flung him across the racetrack into Hogan's car and then back the other way, tightening the whips around Iron Man's neck and shocking him with volts of electricity, which were slowly destroying the suit.
Iron Man successfully defeats Ivan Vanko. Not allowing himself to be defeated, Iron Man managed to build up his own strength and began wrapping the whips around himself in order to get closer towards Vanko.
Once he was close enough, Iron Man punched Vanko in the face a few times before ripping the Arc Reactor out of his chest and crushing it. As Vanko was being dragged away by the police, he laughingly claimed that Iron Man had now lost while Iron Man studied Vanko's Arc Reactor, crushing it in shock. Stark visits Ivan Vanko 's prison cell. Afterward, Stark decided to pay a visit to Ivan Vanko personally while he was being held in Batiment B3 , France to learn how he had acquired the Arc Reactor technology, being led there by Lemieux.
Once they were alone, Stark commented on Vanko's armor and even suggested ways that he could improve it, thinking that he would never actually get a chance to. Stark wondered why Vanko would use the technology to kill him rather than for more tangible personal gain. Stark and Ivan Vanko speak in private. Vanko revealed that he was the son of Anton Vanko , who had collaborated with Howard Stark on the first Arc Reactor but was deported back to the Soviet Union and died in poverty.
Vanko blamed the Stark family for his family's fate, and sought revenge, warning that Stark would die now that he proved Iron Man was not invincible. Stark retorted that Vanko would still be in prison either way. As he left, Vanko mentioned Stark's current blood poisoning, taunting that it was a terrible way to die. Stark speaks to Pepper Potts on his private jet. Despite Ivan Vanko having been imprisoned for his crimes, the response to another man using the Arc Reactor technology was immediate, with many people, including Senator Stern , commenting on Stark's failure.
While on his private jet returning to the United States , Stark made breakfast for Pepper Potts as they discussed the aftermath of the attack. Stark even suggested that he quit being Iron Man from now on and almost confessed to Potts of his current state, but backed out.
Stark is berated by James Rhodes. Stark returned to his mansion where he and J. Stark learned Anton had worked for Stark Industries in the s before being deported under the orders of Howard Stark whilst Vanko was a Soviet physicist arrested for illegal weapons dealing. He was later visited by James Rhodes , who came to warn Stark about the military's wish to take his suits.
However, he recognized Stark's unwell state and assisted him by changing the Arc Reactor's palladium core. Rhodes then tried to convince Stark that he did not have to go through his journey alone but Stark remained skeptical. Stark shares a drink with Natasha Romanoff. The next night, feeling more depressed about his future as the poisoning neared its peak, Stark considered canceling his birthday party after learning he had only a week left to live.
He was then visited by Natasha Romanoff , undercover as "Natalie Rushman", who prepared Stark a drink and gave him a choice of watches to wear. He posed these questions to Romanoff, asking what she would do on her final birthday. Romanoff replied that she would do whatever she wanted, with whomever she wanted to do it with. Stark openly flirts with Natasha Romanoff. Stark decided to attend what could very well be his last ever birthday party and quickly got himself very drunk, partying with the many guests who had come to celebrate.
He invited Natasha Romanoff , still known to Stark as "Natalie Rushman", to wear one of his gauntlets and fire it at an ice sculpture, taking great pleasure in the destruction before joining the other attendees. Stark then drank even more alcohol shots to become further intoxicated and even harder to keep in control.
While wearing the Mark IV Iron Man Armor and indulging in many dangerous activities, such as using his repulsor blasts to destroy a watermelon, Iron Man was watched by Pepper Potts who attempted to make him stop, being advised by James Rhodes that this was a terrible time to be acting so reckless.
Despite Potts taking the microphone away from Iron Man and trying to tell the guests that it was time to go home, Iron Man would not listen to reason and instead insisted that his party keep going as he continued to misuse his suit to entertain his drunk guests within his mansion , much to Potts' and Rhodes' dismay as they looked on in concern.
Iron Man faces down James Rhodes. In the end, Iron Man's actions became more and more dangerous and foolish, forcing his friend, Rhodes, to intervene. Iron Man ignored him and instead requested that Adam Goldstein put on a good song for the incoming fight. The pair clashed as they flew through room to room, using whatever weapons they could find to try and subdue the other, including throwing heavy weights at each other before Rhodes managed to throw Iron Man into his upstairs bedroom.
Iron Man threatens to shoot James Rhodes. Eventually, after almost destroying the entire mansion in the resulting fight , Iron Man managed to subdue Rhodes by smashing his head down on the kitchen counter, before roaring at the onlookers to force them to flee the scene.
After Rhodes recovered and knocked him against the fireplace, Iron Man dared his friend to take his shot as they both fired their repulsors at each other, causing a massive explosion. Iron Man is greeted by Director Nick Fury. While he was relaxing in the morning sun, Nick Fury , Director of S.
Iron Man talks with Director Nick Fury. Taking a seat inside, Iron Man once again informed Fury that he was not interested in joining the Avengers before rudely asking if he should look at Fury's eye or patch.
Fury reassured Iron Man that somewhere there was a cure and he simply had not discovered it yet, despite Iron Man insisting that he had already looked everywhere and found nothing. Stark and Nick Fury discuss Howard Stark.
Returning to Stark's mansion , they discussed the history of Anton Vanko who had been working with Howard Stark in creating the Arc Reactor before he was deported for selling secrets on the black market, where he then raised his son, Ivan Vanko , in Siberia.
Before he departed, Fury revealed that Howard was one of the founders of S. Stark watches his father 's various film reels. Nick Fury gave Stark some of his father 's old material to aid in finding a cure for the palladium poisoning. Stark found several items, including Howard's notebook with drawings of a " hypercube " and two Captain America comic books. He remained dismissive and bitter over these past relics until watching an old tape of his father, in which Stark discovered a hidden message where Howard told him that he was proud of his son and viewed Stark as his greatest creation.
Stark has a meeting with Pepper Potts. And he doesn't use that original armor as a superhero back in the United States. In fact, he doesn't actually take on a superhero name at ALL. The media likely is either referring to the actual term "iron man," meaning "an incredibly strong or robust man" or the Black Sabbath song, which obviously existed in this universe BEFORE Iron Man's debut, unlike in the comic book universe, where the song came out years after the character.
Little did they know then what a phenomenon their race would become, and how many lives it would impact. She is passed for the title, but does not give up; she crawls to the finish line, unknowingly creating one of the most iconic moments in IRONMAN history. Today, hundreds of thousands of triathletes from around the world have challenged themselves to prove to friends, loved ones, and even just themselves that "Anything is Possible.
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