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-Doctor Doom
-Kind: character
-Page: Victor von Doom (Earth-616)
-Full name: Victor Werner von Doom
-Also known as: Doctor Doom
-Other aliases: All-Father; Baron of Iron; Beast of the Balkans; Destroyer of Worlds; Doctor of all dictators; God; Hans; King of Magic; The New Apprentice; Vincent Vaughn; Victor the First; Santa Doom
-First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 5
-Created by: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
-Identity status: Public
-Species / origin: Human
-Reality: Earth-616
-Citizenship: Latverian
-Place of birth: A Romani camp outside of Hassenstadt, Latveria
-Education: College studies in the sciences (expelled before degree completion); self-educated to graduate level and beyond in most sciences; self-taught knowledge of the mystic arts of magic; studied under Cagliostro; stated to possess multiple doctorates.
-Occupation: Formerly:; Sorcerer Supreme; Supreme Monarch of Latveria; Emperor of "United Latveria"; Scientist; Earth's Representative in The Galactic Council; Baron of Hassan; Baron of Krozi; Would-be conqueror; Leader of an order of Tibetan monks; God-Emperor of Battleworld
-Base of operations: Hell; Formerly:; Castle Doom, Doomstadt, Latveria; Doom Island; Library of Worlds; Latverian Embassy, New York City; The Council, Doctor Doom's Castle (Upstate New York); Doomstadt, Battleworld
-Affiliation: Formerly:; Parliament of Doom (leader); Galactic Council; Romany; Zefiro Clan; U.N.; Doom Academy (leader); Savage Avengers; Guardians of the Galaxy; Terrific Three (Earth-18067); Thors (leader); Black Swans (leader); Doom's Avengers (founder and leader); Magneto's supervillain group; Future Foundation; Intelligencia; Cabal (Dark Illuminati); Knights of the Atomic Round Table; Imagined Order; Kingdom of Doom (founder and leader); Acts of Vengeance Prime Movers; Ally of Namor; Employer of the Terrible Trio; Hydra (Heroes Reborn); Ally of Layla Miller; Legion Accursed
-Relatives: Bob Doom (fifth cousin); Vinnie von Doom (cousin, deceased); Alina von Doom (cousin); Winsor (adopted nephew, deceased); Valeria Richards (goddaughter)
-Marital status: Single
-Gender: Male
-Powers: Doctor Doom's potential in the mystic arts comes from the Roma heritage of his mother. It all started after her death, when he came across the trunk containing his mother's various mystical artifacts, that he spent years mastering. He further developed his abilities with a secret order of monks in Tibet, within five years he mastered all they knew and surpassed their abilities himself. He further developed his abilities by traveling through time and learning lost Dark Arts from Morgan Le Fey. However the majority of his powers came from the Haazareth Three, and upon angering them most of his sorcery was removed and he was trapped in Hell as punishment. Even without the support of the Haazareth Three, Doom has an extensive knowledge and mastery of the mystic arts and lost forms of magic, and has shown himself capable of not only performing a multitude of spells and rituals purely of his own innate mystical skills, but to do so on a level rivaling some of the best practitioners of magic on Earth. Doctor Strange originally considered him magically proficient but only a mid-level mage, but after Strange stepped down as the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, he considered Doom one of the most powerful practitioners of sorcery and a potential Sorcerer Supreme to replace him. His knowledge and power is great enough to hold his own against the likes of Morgan le Fay and Doctor Voodoo, and his knowledge of spell-craft likely surpasses Doctor Strange.; Spell Casting: Doom is a very powerful sorcerer capable of casting prodigious spells. He once cast a spell that sent Morgan Le Fay back to 1,000,000 BC, casts a spirit reversal spell that cripples the Sentry, and casts a spell that protects him from Red Skull Onslaught's telepathy. Doom has used the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to bind Iron Man, or even the Seven Suns of Cinnibus where he blasted the hero Blue Marvel unconscious proving his capabilities of manipulating extra-dimensional mystical energies.; Teleportation: Doctor Doom can teleport himself, as well as others, wherever he wants using magic.; Interdimensional Teleportation: Doom could travel to other dimensions, including accessing the dreamtime.; Portal Creation: To perform his teleportation spells, Doom can open magical portals.; Banishment: Doom has shown the ability to banish an object or being from a specific place to a certain place he chooses.; Purification: Doom has the ability to purify any kind of objects or entities through spells. He has magically purified and exorcise the demon-possessed Masque.; Healing: Doom has demonstrated the ability to instantly heal himself and any other living beings. After his arm was cut in half by Skaar he heals it back together. He was also able to stitch Valeria's body back together after he unintentionally killed her by blasting Magic-imbued shards of his armor in an omnidirectional manner.; Concussive Blasts: Doom can generate and manipulate energy to project blasts of concussive force with different shapes and intensities, enough to overpower Wiccan.; Force Field: Doctor Doom has demonstrated his ability to project powerful and impenetrable mystical energy fields and shields. He once creates a magic shield to block Morgan Le Fay's attacks that was strong enough to disintegrate other people it hit. He holds her off for a while and is eventually hit, but notice that what nearly disintegrated other people doesn't even get through his armor.; Telekinesis: By using sorcery, Doom was shown to manipulate objects from a distance with fine control. He can pull guns from the hands of his opponents. He has also used this ability to bind strong opponents from moving, such as the Thing.; Flight: Doctor Doom can fly using magical energy. He has also demonstrated the ability to levitate, as he did while meditating in the lotus position.; Necromancy: Doom learned from Morgana Le Fay how to create an army of monsters. He can thus summon hordes of demonic creatures. He can also summons creatures from an another dimension.; Material Bestowal: Upon declaring Spider-Man as Earth's new champion to face off against the Scions of Cyttorak, he bestowed upon him an arcane armor to protect his physical form.; Time Travel: With the aid of his magical abilities and technological expertise, Doom has occasionally traveled through time.; Elemental Manipulation: Doom could create a blizzard within seconds.; Power Nullification: Doom has repeatedly blocked the Fantastic Four's powers via sorcery.; Chaos Magic: Through supreme mastery, Doctor Doom was able to use Chaos Magic and completely neutralize the X-Gene, including that of Omega-level mutants like Storm, albeit temporarily.; Astral Projection: As most magic wielders, Doom can project his spirit or astral form out of his physical body in order to travel into the spirit world or the astral plane.; Illusion Casting: He can create realistic illusions in the minds of others to trick them, such as when he disguise Nadia Van Dyne.; Mind Control: Very few know of Doom's mystic-based ability to control minds. He mind controls the Hood and forces him to point his gun at his own head and later shoot his own ally when Doom commands him to.; Psionics: Throughout his history, Doom has mastered some minor psychic abilities. Those skills originate from his encounter with aliens and mutants, naming the Ovoids and the Marquis of Death. Doom once claimed that he had evolved as a being, though it is not clarified how or to what extent and in later issues this seems to have been ignored by writers. The following powers however are usually considered to be a part of Doom's skillset. Finally, those skills are the result of personal mental development and are not to be confused with magic.; Mind Transference: By training with an alien race, Doom has gained the ability to switch his mind with that of another nearby human being with whom he has made eye contact, a process which he learned from the alien Ovoids. Doom once changed his body with Human Torch. However, Doom prefers his own body and only uses this transference power as a last resort.; Hypnosis: Doom is able to hypnotize individuals, as he did with a kraken on Counter Earth.; Technopathy: Doom can exert technopathic control over certain machines, most notably the Doombots, but can control other technologies too, as he did with his suit's charger, describing his ability as latent telepathy.; Cosmic Awareness; Energy Absorption; Summoning; Telepathic Immunity; Telepathy
-Abilities: Super-Genius Intelligence: Doctor Doom's most dangerous weapon is his intellect. He is one of the top mortal minds on the planet. He even cured Ben Grimm of his Thing form. Doctor Doom's Time Platform is one of numerous inventions; Master Martial Artist: During his time in Tibet, Doom was presumably trained in martial arts by the monks. He is vastly skilled in many combat techniques, both armed and unarmed. He has been trained by the best sword masters on Earth and can achieve very powerful nerve strikes. His combat skills are so great that he managed to kill a lion with his bare hands, to be indistinguishable to Daredevil while in his suit, and to wield Captain America's shield as skillfully as Steve Rogers himself. He was also able to defeat Black Panther in close combat even when his suit was depowered and incapacitate Taskmaster on pure hand to hand, without the aid of technology or magic.; Expert Occultist & Magical Knowledge: Years of extensive training and studying under various magical experts, as well as years of time travel, battling supernatural enemies and learning various lost arts of magic and mysticism have made Doom incredibly knowledgeable in the occult and the wider fields of magic altogether.; Peak Human Conditioning: Doom has trained his body to the level of the finest human athlete. He is well-built, fast and agile. He has also displayed great reflexes and equilibrium. Victor once claimed that he was training and building himself physically for years, so as to be ready to face the demonic beings called from Mephisto during their annual confrontation. His physical strength and durability match even those of Daredevil.; Indomitable Will: Doom has phenomenal determination, fearlessness, and strength of will. Indeed, he has the strongest will on Earth. Hence, he was able to resist psychic attacks from Emma Frost and the mind control of the Purple Man using only his will, to reject the mystical armor that the Soulsword provides the wielder on sheer willpower alone and while he was tortured in Hell, he refused to let a single audible indication of pain exit his mouth. Doom's willpower could be considered even godly as, after having stolen the Beyonders' omnipotent abilities for himself, he was capable of creating an entire new planet from the remnants of incursion points between collapsing worlds, that new planet was Battleworld. He held this world together with his will.; Highly Influential Connections: As Monarch of Latveria, Doctor Doom has access to technological and military hardware. He also has command of conventional military forces; Charismatic Leader: Doom is able to attract people's positive attraction, especially to the citizens of Latveria, even when his plans are failing. He is also a skilled politician and strategist and has occasionally been the leader of numerous teams, including the Cabal and the Fantastic Four.; Diplomatic Immunity: As the leader of a sovereign nation, Doctor Doom often visits the United States or the United Nations for political reasons. He enjoys diplomatic immunity during these trips, and his embassy is considered foreign soil. He has even been escorted by Captain America himself. After renouncing his status as ruler of Latveria, it is likely he lost this status. After reconquering Latveria, it's likely he regained it.; Artist: Doom has shown himself to be a talented artist. He painted a duplicate of the Mona Lisa while using Layla Miller as his model.; Pianist: Doom has shown himself to be a talented pianist. He has played various compositions of his own creation.; Master Swordsman: Doom has been shown being proficient in sword combat, having been trained by the best teachers - until he overcame them all - and being able to out-duel Warlord Krang in swordsmanship.; Master Weaponry and Vehicles Proficiency: Victor is highly proficient in the use of weapons, mostly those of his own creation, such as battle suits, ray weapons and bombs, but he also utilizes rifles, guns and grenades with great aiming ability. He has also been shown as a capable driver of vehicles such as the Excavator and the Gyroscopic Aircraft; Multilingual: Besides English, he speaks all languages spoken in Latveria, those being Latverian, German, Hungarian, and Romany and possibly several others.; Master Chef: Doom is an expert cook. He described his potatoes dauphinoise as "the stuff of legends".
-Weaknesses: Ego: It has been shown in the past that Doom can be manipulated by pandering to his sense of superiority, especially over Reed Richards. Spider-Man was able to gain his assistance concerning unknown technology by saying Reed could not figure it out. This ego is also the main reason for his vendetta against Reed, as he cannot accept that Reed understood his equations better than he did.
-Equipment: Titanium Armor: Dr. Doom's original armor is a nuclear-powered, computer-assisted battle suit. It was magically forged at a monastery in Tibet, but since then has been repaired by normal (technological) means.; Enhanced Strength: The armor gives Dr. Doom the ability to lift (press) several tons. He has held his own against Spider-Man and Hulk in hand to hand combat. The armor also grants him such strength he can pulverize a diamond with no effort.; Enhanced Durability: The armor is fashioned of a high-strength titanium alloy enchanted with magic and has been shown durable enough to take a blast from the Infinity Gauntlet to point-black range, with little to no harm. The armor managed to withstand a massive explosion of energy at ground zero , from the Marquis of Death - which destroyed the entire capital of Latvia and the rest of the country.; Video Communicator: Built into the right wrist is a video communicator, which he can use to stay in contact with his bases from any point on Earth.; Electric Shock: The outer surface of the armor can generate a massive electric shock on command.; Electrical Field: Also known as Electrical Force Field, the Electro-Magnetic Amplifier and Neural Disruptor, this mechanism allows Doom to generate a point-blank electric shock causing enormous damage to anyone daring enough to touch Doom - for example, someone in melee with him. It also affects, to a lesser extent, nearby people not in direct contact with Doom's armor. Anyone affected is susceptible to falling unconscious. Doom used this device to kill his clone and also to knock down Elvin Haliday and even Colossus, who had resisted previous attacks. It was however not enough to stun The Thing in the latter's mutated, "spiky" state.; Magnetic Polarity Controllers: Besides manipulating metal, this device allows Doom to redirect Magneto's power against him.; Teleportation device: Doom's armor is able to teleport him across a short-range of distances; Link to Doom's Time-Platform: An invention Doom can use to travel through time; Flight: Dr. Doom's suits of armor are upgraded to give him the power of flight without the use of jet-packs.; Jet-Packs: The typical suit of armor has twin jet-packs mounted at the waist, though other suits (or modifications of the original suit) contain a single jet-pack mounted on the back.; Concussive Blasts: Concussive bolts of force can be fired from the gauntlets, fingertips, palms and faceplate of the armor, though the mask only generates force blasts when it is not being worn.; Force-Field: The suit's best defense is the force-field generated by the armor, which has a maximum radius of eight feet (and so can encompass others); Infrared Vision: Infrared scanners in the helmet allow the wearer to detect heat sources, permitting night vision and the ability to see invisible persons (unless they do not give off or can somehow mask their heat signature).; Recycling System: The armor is self-supporting, equipped with internal stores and recycling systems for air, food, water, and energy, allowing the wearer to survive lengthy periods of exposure underwater or in outer space.; Sensor Systems: Optical scanners in the helmet allow the helmet's eyepieces to be used as high-powered telescopes, and parabolic ear amplifiers fitted inside the helmet allow Doom to detect extremely faint sounds and unusual frequencies within the audible range for humans.; Vacuum Resistance Doom's armor allows him to survive in space, underwater or at toxic environments.; Solar Energy Absorption: A thermo-energizer allows the armor to absorb and store solar and heat energy, and use it to power the armor's other systems; Thermal Units: This device hidden on Doom's gloves allowed him to spray a cloud of yellow mist with special properties to nullify invisibility powers of a character in an area. Once this enemy was located, Doom could easily change to a different attack.; Personal Adapters: Using this device Doom can absorb multiple forms of energy.; Special protection against other machines: Doom's armor is impervious to some of his other devices, such as the Disintegrator. His suit was also unhackable by the Extremis; Splinters of the True Cross: Doom has claimed that his armor contains splinters of the True Cross, along with other such defenses (presumably to protect him from undead enemies, i.e. Dracula) Considering Doom's capabilities to time travel, there is possibility of this being true.; Optional Systems: The following devices could be added to Doom's armor at his whim, but Doom himself only carried them if he felt he would need those:; Energy Fist; Fingertip Darts; Image Projector; Inhibitor Ray; Instant Hypnotism Impulser; Intensified Molecule Projector; Ionic Blade; Knuckle Rockets; Mini-Missile Launcher; Nerve Impulse Scrambler; Neuro-Space Field; Sleeping Gas; Refrigeration Unit; Sonic Drill; Stun-Shocker; As a genius-level inventor and monarch of a sovereign nation, Doom can attain many other pieces of equipment as needed.; Cloak of Levitation: As the new Sorcerer Supreme, Doom got hold of Strange's Cloak that allowed him to levitate.; Eye of Agamotto: As the new Sorcerer Supreme, Doom got hold of Strange's Eye of Agamotto.
-Weapons: Doom is sometimes shown carrying a sword in his belt.
-Transportation: Time Platform; Teleportation and levitation via his own powers, technology; A wide variety of personal and political vehicles via his resources as a monarch; Cloak of Levitation
-Unusual features: Burn scars on his face
-Notes: In Latveria, Doom has his own holiday - Doom's Day, which is an enormous celebration.; One of Doctor Doom's traits that often makes him stand out is his tendency to refer to himself in third person.; Because of his status as ruler of Latveria, Doom typically has diplomatic immunity. This is perhaps his greatest asset, as any attempt to kill him would be a breach of international law - It has been used to prevent his death at the hands of the Fantastic Four, and resulted in Captain America acting as Doom's escort/bodyguard whilst he was making a diplomatic visit to America.; Doom has learned magic from several powerful individuals, including Doctor Strange and Morgan Le Fay. Doom has also taken apprentices of his own, such as Layla Miller.; A limited series titled Victor von Doom was written by Nick Spencer with artist Becky Cloonan before being cancelled.
-Trivia: In one retcon, the scar that Doom originally received from the explosion of his arcane device was, while large, not horribly disfiguring. In his eagerness to assume his masked persona, he donned the faceplate of his first suit of armor while the metal was still smoking from the forge. The burns he suffered from this act were thought to have made him truly hideous. However, this was later itself retconned in the series Books of Doom Vol 1.; The original story of his scar was that the explosion of his demonic portal actually did cause a hideous disfiguring scar, and to suit his own hubris, he donned the infamous mask.; After the Secret Wars, the Beyonder appeared in Fantastic Four Vol 1 288, where he explained that he had pulled Doom from a different time. He then rectified the situation by reordering Doom's appearances to fit the time-stream.; Doom is allegedly a user of the FaceSpace social network, and friend to Nuwa.; Doctor Doom made a cameo appearance in the pages of DC's JLA #1. In the scene, Doom and Wolverine are executed by a super villain team known as the Hyperclan. The scene was written by Grant Morrison.; In Captain Britain and MI13 Vol 1 10, Doom states he has studied under one of Dracula's greatest enemies. This does not refer to Abraham van Helsing but rather Cagliostro. Doom has also shown that he did not recognize Dracula's title of Count.; Doom killed his first person at the age of sixteen, however it was in self-defense.; Doom states that his self-awareness began when he was within his mother's womb. Doom theorized that his mother's contact with demons is what made this possible, further stating that their "... touch opened [his] mind too clearly and too early".; Benjamin Grimm may have been responsible for the accident that disfigured Doom, saying that he had tampered with Doom's machine some time before the accident.; Doom owns three Renoirs, having previously possessed four, but ordered one to be destroyed merely because it displeased him.; Dr. Doom was featured on stamp Vol 1 84 of the Marvel Value Stamps "A" series. It was published in Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 33 in May, 1975.; Latveria has its own version of The Beatles' song "All You Need Is Love", which replaces "love" for "Doom."; Even though Doom was expelled from college before finishing his only known higher studies, he claims to possess multiple doctorates. Also, he began calling himself "Doctor Doom" before completing any higher education, as he took on the name immediately after hearing "Doctor Reed Richards" on the news while still in the Himalayas.; Doom has splinters of the True Cross which was said to be the Cross where Jesus Christ was crucified. Doom holds these stakes in his armor in case he comes across Dracula.; Doom has a shrine wall to Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal.; Victor appears to see some of himself in Jesus, since he considers himself a savior, and has quoted him during a confrontation with Mephisto.; Doom believes that mutants are not the next step in humanity's evolution, but instead serve to force the humans to evolve.; When Doom took over Strange Academy, he installed an "Anti-Reed Society."; Famous British-American rapper MF Doom fashioned his on-stage persona after Doctor Doom. He featured the character on the cover of his 1999 debut solo album Operation: Doomsday. His controversial body doubles were even referred to as "Doombots."
-History:
-This is an abridged version of Victor von Doom's history. For a complete history see Victor von Doom's Expanded History; ===Early Years===; Victor von Doom was born in a Romani camp outside Hassenstadt, Latveria. His mother, Cynthia, was killed in a bargain with Mephisto that went wrong. Despite his father's attempts to care for her, a noblewoman died and Werner von Doom fled with a young Victor on a cold winter's night. Victor survived the cold, but unfortunately his father did not. Doom sought to increase his knowledge of both science and magic in order to rescue his mother, whose death he blamed on Mephisto. In his youth, Victor fell in love with a woman named Valeria von Frazen, but she resisted his advances.; ===Becoming Doctor Doom===; The State University in Hegeman, New York offered Victor a scholarship. While attending classes there, he met Reed Richards and Ben Grimm for the first time. They developed a dislike for each other, leading to Reed Richards commiting the first prank he had ever pulled, changing Victor's last name on a trophy to "Doof."; Richards and Doom were intellectual peers. The two debated esoteric theories day and night that amazed faculty members, who compared their brilliance to that of Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci. While Richards designed his starship, Doom became obsessed with developing a machine that could project the astral form of a being into other dimensions, seeing it as a way to free his mother's soul from Mephisto's clutches. Reed pointed out a flaw in Doom's calculations, but Doom arrogantly ignored his warnings, feeling Reed was trying to upstage him, likely due to their dislike for each other. The machine exploded, scarring Doom's face. He was soon expelled by Herbert Eagle for conducting unethical experiments. From then on, he blamed Reed Richards for the destruction of his face as well as his expulsion.; Disgraced and bitter, Doom traveled the world. Eventually he came upon a small Tibetan village of monks who assisted him in creating a suit of armor. He returned to his homeland of Latveria to overthrow the leader and declare himself king. He then began to use his country's resources in order to further his plans of world domination. These schemes led Doom into conflict with the Fantastic Four on many occasions, as well as many other super heroes.; ===The Fantastic Four===; Doom first confronted the Fantastic Four by holding Sue Storm hostage. Doom forced the other members of the team to travel back in time using his time platform to retrieve the mystical Stones of Merlin. Later, he duped Namor into teaming up with him to destroy the team. His next scheme was swapping minds with Mister Fantastic, but was discovered, returned to his body, and shrunk to sub-atomic size. He ended up in the world of Sub-Atomica, where he quickly took control using his scientific knowledge and began plaguing the Fantastic Four with shrink rays. He was again defeated by the Fantastic Four with the aid of Ant-Man. His next attempt at defeating the Fantastic Four involved using the Terrible Trio, a group of thugs who had been given powers by Doom. This venture ended with him being transported into outer space by a solar wave. He was later found floating in space by Rama-Tut, who revealed to Doom that he was one of his ancestors. Believing that they might in fact be the same person, they decided that Rama-Tut would return to the future after sending Doom back to Earth. Back on Earth, Doom again clashed with the Fantastic Four. This time, they defeated him by hypnotizing him into believing he had destroyed the group.; The hypnotic spell was eventually broken by a Latverian stage magician who had come to Doom's castle to entertain him. Doom, realizing he had been tricked, was furious and traveled to America to take his revenge on the Fantastic Four, who incidentally had lost their powers. Despite the Four having no powers, Doom was again defeated, this time with the aid of Daredevil. His next attack came when he manipulated an army of the world's super villains to attack the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm.; When Doom battled and defeated the Silver Surfer, he stole the Surfer's powers and surfboard, becoming one of the most powerful beings on Earth. With these new-found powers, he was able to finally defeat the Fantastic Four. He then began running amok causing havoc all over the world. After another confrontation with the Fantastic Four, Doom was tricked into flying into the barrier Galactus set up around the Earth, and the Surfer's powers and surfboard returned to their rightful owner.; ===Camelot===; Doctor Doom and Iron Man traveled to Camelot where Stark thwarted Doctor Doom's attempt to solicit the aide of Morgan le Fay and Doctor Doom swore deadly vengeance for that interference, which had to be indefinitely delayed in the interest of returning to the present day.; ===An Heir to the Throne===; After reclaiming the Latverian throne from a mad Prince Zorba with the help of the Fantastic Four, Doom took a young Latverian boy named Kristoff Vernard who was orphaned by Zorba's forces under his wing and made him his heir.; ===Secret Wars===; Another coup came on Battleworld during the first of the so-called Secret Wars, an event during which the powerful and mysterious Beyonder kidnapped several heroes and villains from the Earth to have them fight with the promise of giving the winners their heart's desire. Doom became the leader of the villains, and after their defeat, escaped his holding cell and constructed a device out of the body of Klaw, to drain the power of Galactus. Using his stolen power he was able to attack his true target, the Beyonder. Doom lost the battle, but as the Beyonder came closer to dissect and study Doom, he managed to activate a device in his chest plate which hovered barely within his reach. Doom drained the Beyonder and became even more powerful. Too powerful, in fact--Doom was unable to rest, lest he destroy the universe with a dream. The Beyonder had however survived. He took possession of Klaw's body and used Klaw's guile to trick Doom into losing control of his stolen power, reclaiming it and defeating him. The Beyonder then vanished, with Doom and Klaw.; ===Emperor Doom===; As part of a plan to conquer the world, Doom kidnapped Zebediah Killgrave, the mind-controlling super villain known as Purple Man, and imprisoned him within a gigantic Psycho-Prism which not only bestowed Purple Man's powers on Doom, but also augmented them to a global scale.; Using this device, Doom manipulated the United Nations and every government to legally name him emperor of the Earth. Under Doom's command, the planet saw prosperity, equality, and the end of war and hunger, but at the cost of every citizen's free will. Additionally, Doom began to feel that his victory was almost meaningless, due to any lack of challenge to achieve or maintain his goal.; One challenger to Doom's rule surfaced in the form of the Avenger Wonder Man, whose unusual physiology rendered him unaffected by Doom's mind-control. After freeing several of his fellow teammates from Doom's control, Wonder Man attacked Doom Island, the location of the Psycho-Prism. Doom's dissatisfaction caused him to give up on a chance to prevent the heroes from destroying the Psycho-Prism. Thus, the citizens of the Earth broke free from Doom's control, and the Earth soon returned to its status quo.; === Freeing his Mother ===; Doom eventually freed his mother's soul with the assistance of Doctor Strange. Strange had won the Aged Genghis' contest and was obligated to answer the request of the runner-up. The scheme to free his mother required Doom to incur her undying hatred; by volunteering Strange to take her place, Cynthia von Doom was so disgusted at her son that she became too pure to remain in Hell and departed for Heaven. Strange wondered if Doom had been aware of this outcome when he made the deal, but Doom simply mused that his mother's hatred was a price he was willing to pay to ensure her freedom.; === Counter-Earth ===; When Franklin Richards was kidnapped by Onslaught, Doom (who saw this as an opportunity to steal the being's powers) joined the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and the X-Men to battle Onslaught in Central Park. An enraged Hulk was able to crack open Onslaught's shell. However, Onslaught remained as pure psionic energy, and separated Hulk and Banner, planning to spread across the planet. Thor plunged into Onslaught, trying to contain him. The Fantastic Four, the majority of Avengers, the Hulk-less Banner, and even Doom (who was grabbed by Iron Man) followed. Thanks to this sacrifice, the X-Men finally managed to destroyed Onslaught.; Doom, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers and Banner were believed dead, but were instead saved by Franklin, who created a pocket dimension called Counter-Earth to keep them safe. After several months away, the missing heroes returned from Counter-Earth in a massive ship breaching the dimensional barriers. Doom attempted to take over the ship in mid-flight, leading to a battle with Thor which left both men adrift in dimensional space for a time.; Doom's travels took him back to Counter-Earth. He took over the world and moved it from the pocket universe to his original universe with magic and technology, putting it in the same orbit as Earth, only on the opposite side, creating a Counter Earth. Eventually he was overthrown and returned to his rightful planet.; === Valeria ===; Due to a series of complex events involving the resurrection of Galactus, Susan Richards became pregnant with a child she had previously miscarried. Once again, she experienced problems with her pregnancy. With Reed away, Johnny Storm contacted Doom for help, correctly guessing that Doom would be unable to refuse a chance to succeed where Reed failed. Doom used a problem Johnny had with his powers, an inability to 'flame off' without technological support, caused by being overcharged with energy from the Negative Zone, to save Sue's daughter. Doom channelled Johnny's excess energy into Sue to keep her alive. After the birth, Doom's only apparent condition for his aid was that he be allowed to name Sue and Reed's daughter, calling her 'Valeria' after his long-lost love.; Valeria's birth inspired a new plan where Doom made Valeria his familiar while seeking out her namesake as part of a deal with a trio of demons known as the Hazareth Three. By sacrificing his old lover, Doom was granted magical powers on the level he would possess if he had spent the past years studying sorcery rather than science. This began by making Valeria's skin becoming his new armor. With this new power, Doom trapped Franklin Richards in Hell, immobilized Doctor Strange, and neutralized the FF's powers. He tortured Sue, Johnny, and Ben and taunted Reed by leaving him in his magical library. Doom compared this to giving a dog a road-map and concluded that it would be impossible for Reed to achieve sufficient magical skill to be a threat to him. However, Reed was able to release Doctor Strange's astral self from Doom's traps, which allowed Strange to give Reed a sufficient crash-course in magic for Reed to free the rest of the team and trick Doom into angering his demonic benefactors, prompting them to take him to Hell.; ===Hell & Back===; Determined to ensure that Doom wouldn't be a further threat, Reed took control of Latveria to dismantle all of Doom's equipment. Simultaneously Reed subtly drove his family away so he could trap Doom and himself in a pocket dimension where Doom would never threaten anyone again. However, this plan backfired when the rest of the Four attempted to rescue Reed, which resulted in Doom transferring his spirit into Sue, Johnny and Ben respectively. Reed was forced to kill Ben his best friend to stop his greatest enemy. Doom was returned to Hell, and Reed was later able to use the same machine Doom once tried to create to travel to Heaven and restore Ben to life.; When Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor, fell to Earth, it passed through time and space, momentarily breaching the gateway to Hell and providing Doom with an escape route. Upon his return to Earth, Doom regained control of Latveria, used its military to locate Mjolnir, and attempted to seize its power for himself, believing the hammer had chosen him to be its wielder by freeing him from Hell, but he soon discovered that he was not worthy.; === Civil War ===; During the super hero Civil War, Reed Richards and several other heroes defeated a Doombot in New York City. Doom himself may or may not have been responsible. In another ploy to gain leverage during this time of disunity, Doom proposed an alliance between Latveria and the Black Panther's country of Wakanda. Black Panther and his new wife, Storm, however, saw through Doom's intrigue.; ===Atlantean Refugees===; So Doom sought to align his country with another. Following the destruction of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, Doctor Doom made Latveria into a refugee camp for the Atlanteans and struck an alliance with Loki in his plot to manipulate Thor to unwittingly release his Asgardian enemies.; ===Doctor Doom Arrested!===; Iron Man led S.H.I.E.L.D. forces and the Mighty Avengers to Latveria when it was discovered that one of Doctor Doom's satellites carried the 'Venom Virus' released in New York City. Using time travel, Doctor Doom had been involved in a romantic relationship with Morgan Le Fay at the time in exchange for her tutelage in the mystic arts. This arrangement was interrupted when the Mighty Avengers arrested Doctor Doom and incarcerated him for crimes against humanity. During the battle, Doctor Doom, Iron Man, and the Sentry stumbled through an open time travel portal, trapping Doctor Doom and his opponents in the past. Doctor Doom and Iron Man managed to return all three to the present.; ===Fantastic Force===; Doctor Doom was released from prison by the Fantastic Force, a group from a distant future returned to the present. The Fantastic Force kidnapped Doom and the Human Torch to use them as a power source for a time travel device that was made from the dead body of Galactus. The whole plan of the Fantastic Force was led by the future Sue Storm. In the end, Reed Richards and Sue Storm not only found a home for the future refugees, but also freed Doctor Doom and the Human Torch. In what should have been a happy ending, Doctor Doom killed the future Sue Storm, to "restore his honor."; === The Cabal ===; In the aftermath of the Skrull Invasion, Doctor Doom became a member of the Dark Cabal alongside Norman Osborn, Emma Frost, Namor, Loki, and the Hood. Due to Doom's status, Dracula approached him to secure a non-aggression pact - between both Doom and the Cabal - before attacking Britain. Doom, who loathed Dracula, refused to acknowledge his regal standing.; Morgan le Fay traveled to present day Latveria to punish Doctor Doom for failing to come through on his end of their bargain. The Dark Avengers went to Doctor Doom's aid after Morgan le Fay defeated him in mystical combat. Norman Osborn rescued Doom from mystical paralysis, and they linked their armours to access Doom's time cube in order to go back in time and stop Morgan le Fay. Doom either could not or would not destroy le Fay, despite having the power to do so, because her future was intertwined with his. Instead, Doom sent her back in time, forcing her to battle her way back to her present, and thereby distracting her from fighting Doom and the Dark Avengers. Doom showed contempt for Osborn and his "ignorance" to the time stream and went back to the present and undid all that le Fay had done to the Dark Avengers. Then Doom magically restored Latveria and rebuilt his castle with use of the time cube.; === Marquis of Death ===; After his initial capture and release for crimes against humanity, Doom revealed that he had been taught everything by a master, someone that was far more powerful and evil than he himself, and that he would soon be returning. When his master, the Marquis of Death, arrived, he was displeased with what Doom had been doing in the two decades since his departure. He expected Doom to be the vicious ruler of the Earth, not the ruler of a small country constantly defeated by heroes such as the Fantastic Four.; After playing with his mind, he beat Doom and banished him to the Pliocene Age to die. With his new apprentice, the Marquis of Death began to torment the Fantastic Four as punishment, but was defeated by them. When Richards chose not to finish off his defeated foe, the Marquis' Apprentice, revealed to be Doom, did it for him. Dr. Doom waited for years in the past using all his knowledge and sorcery to survive. He then became the Marquis' Apprentice once more and waited for the moment that the Marquis would be weakened enough for him to gain his revenge, and it came when he faced Mr. Fantastic. Doom declared that all rivalries between him and Richards had long been settled to his satisfaction.; === Asgardians in Latveria ===; When the Asgardians moved from Asgard, which was floating above Broxton, Oklahoma, to Latveria on Loki's suggestion, Doom secretly began capturing Asgardians, experimenting on them to discover what gave them their immortality. He even mutilated some Asgardians by converting them into cyborgs, serving his twisted ambitions. He set these cyborgs loose upon Balder and company. However, Thor came to avenge his people and engaged Doom in combat. After realizing that he could lose, Doom fled and entered the weapon he had been working on: a new version of the Destroyer Armor. He reengaged Thor and began to beat him down, with Thor unable to hurt him. Realizing that Doom's armor was powered by a battery, Thor held off Doom until the suit's power finally ran low, forcing Doom to retreat.; Doom had one last meeting with Norman and his Cabal, but still refused to side with Norman. To show off his power, Norman unleashed his 'secret weapon' on Doom and defeated him. But Doom was obviously prepared for this sort of attack, as he had sent a Doombot in his place. The Doombot unleashed advanced technology to attack the Cabal and Norman's Dark Avengers. Doom had made it clear that no one could control him.; === The Doomwar ===; When Doom learned of a xenophobic group of Wakandans known as the Desturi, he began his plans for gaining access to the vast amounts of vibranium located in Wakanda. Vibranium has the ability to be magically charged and has infinite power potential, something Doom had figured how to use to make himself virtually unstoppable. Doom developed nanite cameras which were dispersed into all Wakandans, making them unknowing spies for Doom. With all the security information of Wakanda available to him, he was able to gain access to the vault that contained the country's vibranium. In a last ditch effort to stop him, T'Challa rendered all Wakandan vibranium inert and useless.; ===Intelligencia===; Long ago, Doom betrayed the Leader and his super villain group the Intelligencia. The group later reformed and planned to 'lobotomize' their competition and capture eight of Earth's greatest minds, including Doom. Doom was captured by the Intelligencia using the Hulk Robot.; ===Children's Crusade===; When the Young Avengers helped Magneto find his daughter Wanda, they found her with no memory of her past and betrothed to Doctor Doom. He was revealed to have played a part in increasing the power levels of the Scarlet Witch through the Life Force, leading to the events which disassembled the Avengers and the alteration of reality known as M-Day.; When the Young Avengers traveled back in time with Wanda, they were able to restore her memory, and thus her powers. Back in the present, Doom stole the Life Force from Wanda in an effort to become fully omnipotent. He offered to make perfect the lives of all those present and even revive the dead, only if he became the king of the world. The Young Avengers, the Avengers and the X-Men refused, instead battling him until his new powers overloaded, leaving him powerless again. He escaped, teleporting himself away after taking responsibility for all of Wanda's actions, stating that she was only a puppet, and only he was powerful enough to create that kind of chaos.; ===To the Future Foundation===; After the death of the Human Torch, Doom joined the Future Foundation with the condition that Reed Richards would restore the intelligence he lost at the hands of the Intelligencia. He helped the team search for the Richards' of alternate universes and was kidnapped by "Reed-Alpha", who brought him to Latveria and confronted Kristoff von Doom, who had taken over as ruler. There, with the help of the Future Foundation, they rebuilt Reed-616's "Bridge", a device that allowed Reed to peer into alternate realities and travel to them at will. While on the Bridge, "Reed-Alpha" freed Doom to help battle the Mad Celestials. Rather than taking his chance to escape, Doom stayed and fought for Latveria. Ultimately, Doom lost the battle and seemingly died.; === Return ===; With no knowledge as to how he survived the blast from the Mad Celestials, Doom woke up in the middle of the ruins of the Interdimensional Council of Reeds, where Valeria had left him a present: the full army of lobotomized Doctor Dooms from alternate realities who were previously captured by the Council, along with two Infinity Gauntlets from other universes. With these resources, Doom created the Parliament of Doom. He later returned to again rule Latveria, and was targeted by Lucia von Bardas and the Red Ghost, who wanted to get revenge on Doom for past indiscretions.; Doom journeyed to the universe that one of his Infinity Gauntlets had belonged to, which was now empty and desolate, and used the gauntlet to breathe life into it anew. He separated magic and science, creating the basic rules for their existence, created new lifeforms and made himself their ruler. On a world where science and magic were wed, his creations turned on him and six rulers divided Doom's Infinity Gems between them. Reed and Nathaniel Richards entered this universe to save Doom after being told by Valeria that he was in grave danger. They managed to convince five of the rulers to pardon Doom and managed to escape the clutches of the sixth, bringing Doom back to their universe. Upon their return, Doom declared that he and Richards were even again.; ===Incursion in Latveria===; After his return, Latveria became the site of an incursion, a collision between Earth and one of its alternate universe counterparts. This incursion was different, however, in that it was controlled by a mysterious group known as the Mapmakers, who had rigged the other Earth to explode and wished to mark Doom's Earth for potential expansion. Doom fought off the Mapmakers' servants, the Sidera Maris, with the help of his adopted son Kristoff Vernard, whilst unbeknownst to him, the Illuminati blew up the other Earth. After the incursion ended, Doom was alerted to a rock that had fallen from the sky, which was in truth the Mapmakers' beacon. Doom contacted Reed Richards and Stephen Strange in order to confront them about the Illuminati's presence in Latveria and the incursion, but to his fury, they refused to give him answers and Reed warned him not to contact him in regard to the incursions again.; ===AXIS===; After imprisoning Loki due to the manipulations of an older Loki, Doom discovered that his people were fighting one another and rallying against him. After beginning to have bad thoughts himself, Doom realized that Latveria was under a telepathic attack. He used a spell to protect himself, and discovered that the Red Skull had been responsible for this attack. Meanwhile in Castle Doom, Loki had been freed by Valeria, who used his truth sword Gram to release a "truth wave" which stopped the telepathic influence over Latveria. Soon after, Magneto arrived in Castle Doom to recruit Doom into a team of villains to stop the Red Skull, who had now become the "Red Onslaught".; Doom journeyed to Genosha with the rest of the villains that were recruited by Magneto. They destroyed one of the Skull's Stark Sentinels, which was keeping some of the heroes who had defied the Skull captive. Doom and the Scarlet Witch began to cast an inversion spell to alter the moral compass of the Skull in order to defeat him. The spell was successful, but it accidentally also affected everyone else on the island. After the island was covered by the spell, all of the villains disappeared without a trace, including Doom. Doom returned to Latveria, changed into a selfless and kind man due to the spell, ready to make amends for his past sins. Knowing that the (now-inverted) Scarlet Witch would come to Latveria for revenge on Doom due to his past manipulations, Doom created a device capable of channeling a portion of the Witch's powers. With the help of an Avengers team assembled by Valeria, Doom managed to get hold of a portion of the Scarlet Witch's powers, which he used to make right one of his past misdeeds, the murder of Cassie Lang, and bring her back to life.; Wanda managed to finally confront Doom, who was saved by Magneto and Quicksilver. While Magneto and Pietro tried to convince Wanda not to cross the line and take Doom's life, Doom fled to another dimension, where he made a pact with a demigod to bring Doctor Voodoo back to life. Voodoo's brother Daniel possessed Scarlet Witch in order to make her cooperate and help Doom cast a re-inversion spell. After teleporting to New York, where the inverted heroes and villains were fighting, the inverted Red Skull helped Doom and Daniel cast the spell, which successfully brought almost everyone back to normal, including Doom.; Victor took advantage of the confusion brought by the re-inversion and abducted the Red Skull to Latveria, for experimentation.; ===Time Runs Out===; Over the following months, Victor worked with a team of scientists to reverse-engineer the Mapmaker artifact he had gathered from the incursion that took place in Latveria. The Mad Thinker successfully managed to map their entire network. Doom planned to use the Molecule Man, whose energy frequency matched with the beacon's, to oppose whatever was the origin of the incursions and the decay of the Multiverse. The Molecule Man took Doom elsewhere, a blank void from where they subsequently traveled backwards through the mists of time and the various planes of reality.; Doom and the Molecule Man travelled to the past to an alternate reality to witness the origin of said reality's Molecule Man. The journey restored the Molecule Man's mind and he told Doom of his origins. The Molecule Man was a singularity across every single universe, a "bomb" created by the Beyonders to detonate across the entire Multiverse at once. If a Molecule Man died, his universe died with him, so if every Molecule Man died at the same time, the entire Multiverse would die simultaneously. The Molecule Man killed his counterpart early and convinced Doom that in order to diminish the charge to save the Multiverse, he had to prematurely kill every single Molecule Men before they could fully go off in 25 years. However, the Molecule Men's deaths caused tiny contractions in the Multiverse, as per the Beyonders' design, which began the incursions.; Eight years after the beginning of his journey, when Doom had killed thousands of Molecule Men, he encountered one who would be the first of his Black Swans, a cult he would form around the religious concept of himself, under the identity of "Rabum Alal" (the "Great Destroyer"). A group of Black Swans, including Yabbat Ummon Tarru, rebelled against Doom's original path and sought a new one. They destroyed other Earths during incursions as an offering to Rabum Alal and to buy more time for other universes (for every Earth destroyed during an incursion, two universes and one of the Earths were saved).; Even if Doom's actions resulted in the destruction of realities, Doom attempted to save as much as he could from the destruction, believing that setting off the Molecule Men earlier would diminish the charge of the explosion the Beyonders had planned. However, he later realized the futility of his actions, as the Beyonders had built the Molecule Men "too well" and killing them was still causing the Multiverse to die, so Doom changed course and began capturing Molecule Men in order to create his own bomb to destroy the Beyonders.; In the present, Doctor Strange and the Black Priests attacked the Library of Worlds to hunt Rabum Alal, who had been believed to be one of the main causes of the decay of the Multiverse. Doctor Doom presented himself as Rabum Alal to Strange and clarified that the real destroyers of the Multiverse were the Beyonders. In a last ditch attempt to save the Multiverse, Doom took Strange and the countless captured Molecule Men to confront the Beyonders. By weaponizing the Molecule Men, Doom was able to take out the Beyonders at the cost of thousands of universes, leaving only a dozen, and the power wielded by those Beyonders were then channeled into the last Molecule Man, thus stealing their omnipotence for Doom.; ===Secret Wars===; Secret Wars Vol 1 5; When the Multiverse finally perished in the final incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610, Doom used the power of the Beyonders to salvage the remains of several realities and built a patchwork planet: Battleworld. He ruled as God Emperor Doom with the help of Sheriff Stephen Strange, his right hand, and the Foundation, his left hand. The Molecule Man, who was the container for the power of the Beyonders, continued empowering God Emperor Doom and remained hidden in a chamber. During the early days of Battleworld, Doom encountered an alternate version of the Fantastic Four, one in which Reed Richards did not exist. Their Sue Storm fell in love with Victor, and they had two children, Franklin and Valeria.; As eight years went by, Doom and Strange twisted the memories of the inhabitants to the point they would no longer remember what had existed before Battleworld. Even though he was an omnipotent ruler, Victor ultimately felt he was failing his duty as a god; he thought he was not capable of properly inspiring his people, and even though Battleworld was the perfect world he wanted, he considered himself its only flaw.; The relative monotony of Doom's reign was interrupted with the discovery of an empty vessel in the domain known as Utopolis, a life raft that had been built by the survivors of Earth-1610, the villainous Maker and the Cabal. The vessel had allowed them to survive the final incursion and kept them in suspended animation for the eight years that had passed.; Sheriff Strange recognized the design of the raft, which was that of a similar vessel he had found three years earlier and had kept hidden in his Isle of Agamotto. When Strange investigated the vessel of his proprietary, he freed its occupants, the survivors of Earth-616, among which were Mr. Fantastic, Namor and Black Panther.; After being informed of the nature of Battleworld and its ruler, the survivors of Earth-616 helped Sheriff Strange confront the Maker and the Cabal, who had been finally pinned down by Battleworld's police force, the Thors. Doom remained unwilling to take part in the conflict, until he saw Mr. Fantastic in the scene, which is when he immediately teleported to Utopolis, and stopped the fray, demanding the newcomers to recognize his authority. When the Phoenix refused to submit to him and attacked Doom with his flames, Doom shrugged off the attack and executed Summers by breaking his neck with one hand. To prevent Doom from prejudicially acting upon the interlopers, Stephen used his magic to teleport them away. Following the disappearance of the Cabal and the heroes from Earth-616, Doom confronted Strange for disobeying him, and ultimately killed him after Stephen accused him of being afraid of Richards.; Doom later commanded Valeria and the department of science of Battleworld, the Foundation, to find the interlopers, pinning Strange's murder on them. Three weeks later, Battleworld was in disarray, with disorder having escalated into open rebellion in several domains, with somebody called "the Prophet" forming an army against Doom. The Prophet, who was later revealed to be none other than the Cabal's Maximus the Mad, and his army marched forward to Castle Doom. Some of Doom's allies started fighting against him, namely the Thors, who had been convinced to fight against their god by the Thor survivor of Earth-616.; When he decided to step into the fight, Doom was confronted by Black Panther and Namor, with the former having acquired an Infinity Gauntlet from Sheriff Strange's sanctuary. After a battle that took them through the different planes of reality, Doom bested Black Panther, but he soon realized the fight was a distraction. He teleported to the Molecule Man's chamber, which had been found by Mister Fantastic. The Molecule Man partially stripped Doom from his power in order to allow a fair fight. During the furious confrontation, Doom accused Richards of believing he could have done better had he had the power of the Beyonders, and when Reed conceded he did, so did Doom. On the grounds that both agreed, the Molecule Man gave the power of the Beyonders to Reed, destroying Battleworld in the process.; With the power of the Beyonders he had received from the Molecule Man, and with help from his revived family, Mister Fantastic began to restore the Multiverse as the Eighth Cosmos, including Earth-616. After accepting that Doom was going to eternally resent him, Reed decided to alter Victor's memories so he believed he was dead, on the hopes that Victor could become a better man if he no longer pursued ultimate power and believed his biggest rival was gone. In addition to altering Victor's memories, Reed cured him of his scars before returning him to Latveria.; ===Infamous Iron Man===; The feeling of unfulfillment left in Victor during his tenure as a deity prompted him to look for other ways to find personal realization. While rethinking his life, Doom was ultimately struck with the notion that if the selfish act of ultimate power wasn't his calling, maybe the opposite could hold true. Thus he set out to become a force of good in the world. This new perspective also led Doom to abdicate his throne and leave his kingdom behind. Before departing Latveria, Victor appointed the top military mind in the country, General Karadick, as temporary head of state so he could help Latveria transition into a free state.; In order to make more apparent his transition to the side of the angels, the now-unarmored Victor decided to become an ally to Tony Stark, a man he had always secretly admired and deemed as an equal. Iron Man first encountered this new version of Victor when he was following the the trail of Madame Masque. Doom revealed his intentions to turn over a new leaf, and eventually helped Stark exorcise the demon-possessed Masque. Doom remained on high alert, in case new demonic incursions appeared.; During the second Civil War, Doom tried to help Stark regain his composure following the tragic loss of his best friend Jim Rhodes and the destruction of the Stark Tower. When this conflict ended with Stark falling into a coma, Doom saw Stark's fall as a message that directed the form his penance would need to take, and he decided to pick up the mantle of Iron Man. Mephisto objected to Doom's attempt at redemption, and tried to torment him using a simulacrum of his dead mother. At the same time, S.H.I.E.L.D. attempted to capture Doom for his past crimes. In the middle of this gauntlet, Victor found solace in a reluctant ally, Tony Stark's ex-girlfriend Amara Perera, whom Victor impregnated. In the end, Mephisto was banished, and Doom started slowly gaining S.H.I.E.L.D.'s trust.; In an attempt to learn of Reed Richards' whereabouts, Doom had broken into the Baxter Building and took interest on a peculiar device left for The Thing which he couldn't activate. Victor eventually decided to return it to its rightful owner, believing that only he could activate it. Victor subsequently followed him, as well as the Human Torch, to Monster Isle and accidentally became its ruler, defeating the pair before the former island leader, Mole Man, or his challenger, Googam, could. He had both Mole Man and Googam sent "deep into the earth," and left the island thinking that the Thing was unsuccessful at finding the Multisect, though secretly the Thing had actually recalled its hidden location.; ===The Return of Doom===; Doom's sudden turn against the super villain community sparked grievances that resulted in a group of villains led by The Hood joining forces to take down Victor. After the villains besieged Doom several times, the final battle occurred when The Hood attempted to take over Stark Industries, which happened not long after Stark had secretly recovered from his injuries. Tony confronted The Hood and stumbled into Victor. Doom took on The Hood and the demon possessing him one-on-one, and his face was severely burned by the demon in the process. Following the villains' defeat, Victor retreated to the ruins of Castle Doom.; During Victor's seclusion, the country fell under a tyrant regime. Doom was inspired by the leader of the resistance, Zora Vukovic, to pull himself together and take control back of Latveria. Afterward, Victor imbued Zora with the Power Cosmic, turning her into her right hand the champion of Latveria named Victorious. In an attempt to capture Galactus and turn him into a source of power for Latveria and the world, Doom lured the cosmic entity to his country. With the help of the Fantastic Four, Victor succeeded in entrapping Galactus in Mount Doom. However, he arrested the team for trespassing into Latveria. The Fantastic Four managed to escape before Doom could execute them on live broadcast. In the process, the Invisible Woman publicly shamed Victor by turning his armor invisible, exposing his scarred face to the whole world.; ===Framed and Conquest of Symkaria===; As the conflict between Latveria and Symkaria became more heated, Doom had send one of his Doombots to join the discussion at the United Nation Assembly. However, the Hitman then shot a bullet-like device at the Doombot which allowed Countess Karkov to get access to all of Doom's Doombots and hack them, making them attack New York, supposedly on the behalf of Doom. Doom eventually took back control of the Doombots; however the damage had already been done, which prompted Doom to dismantle them.; As the situation kept on escalating, Doom begun seeing vision of himself as the great ruler of the world and with a happy family. When terrorists disguised as Latverians blew up the Antlion Space Station — and thereby creating a black hole — they framed Latveria and Doctor Doom for its destruction and many lost lives, in order to have Dimitri Fortunov replace Doom. In an effort to not heat up the conflict, Doom willingly surrendered and was arrested. While being escorted to New York, the jet transporting Doom was attacked. Luckily, Kang freed Doom which allowed him to save himself from the falling jet. As Doom had become wanted, Morgan le Fay contacted him and offered him shelter. After telling her about his visions, she had Doom meet the Witness who could tell the future. However, Doom was then shot in the head by Taskmaster, killing him. He was then sent in Hell where he was confronted by Mephisto and his lover, Valeria. After defeating the demon he was returned to life by Death in le Fay's apartment where he blasted the hero Blue Marvel unconscious. After that, he went to the A.I.M. headquarters, where he battled Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K.; After visiting Fruzsina Markovich, the woman he had married in his visions, he and Kang proceeded to return to Latveria. While on the road Doom was able to get his hands on the Ultimate Nullifier, prompting Kang to betray Doom, but Doom was able to retaliate, and moved on, leaving Kang behind. After returning to Latveria, he reunited with his loyalists and questioned each them about their loyalty. All were sincere, except for Vasily Makeyev who was revealed to be the traitor. After giving the Nullifier to Zora, he went at night to Dimitri Fortunov and forced him to stab his face before killing him.; Following his vision of his sons having scarred their own faces to emulate their father, Doom broke down leaving Victorious to comfort him and returned the Nullifier to him. Doctor Doom proceeded to take back his post as ruler of Latveria. Despite still seeing him as a mass murderer, the world's leaders asked him for help dealing with the black hole. Doom agreed on the condition that he would be allowed to take over Symkaria without interference. The Latverian forces invaded the neighboring state in little time and Doom killed Karkov in a sword fight. After successfully conquering Symkaria, Doom confronted Ionela Novotny, a Symkarian spy posing as a member of Doom's Children and mother of Victorious. He ordered his herald to kill her mother to which she complied. However, after all of this Doom was still haunted by his past as a villain and vowed to change himself for the better, and become the kind hearted ruler of Earth.; He constructed a laser able to reduce the activity of the black hole and cease the black hole itself. Despite every calculation showing a positive outcome, Victor became obsessed by Reed's good luck wish. He thought he mocked his project and that could be lead to a disaster, so he rearranged the settings of the laser. These modifications proved to be wrong and instead accelerated the black hole's activity, which seemingly destroyed the Earth.; Through this accident, Doom traveled beyond the black hole and discovered that his visions weren't about his future, but they were of another universe, where Victor abandoned his obsessions and became a peaceful man. The black hole was actually a wormhole and because the Antlion acted as a membrane that lead to a quantum entanglement between the two realities, their minds were interwoven and they could see one another's world. The Victor of this world showed the impressive progresses made in this universe, which comprised a galactic alliance with aliens superpowers such as the Kree, Badoon, Skrull and Shi'ar; and the collection of every artifact such as the Mandarin's ten rings, the Ultimate Nullifier, the Winter Casket, and the Watoomb's Scepter. Doom was almost convinced of the superiority of his alternate self. However, when he remarked his continuing obsession about Reed Richards as ludicrous and deemed his armor ridiculous, Doom killed his counterpart and destroyed the universe with the Ultimate Nullifier. This action apparently closed the wormhole and brought Doom back to his native universe. It also fulfilled Death's prophecy about Doom as her greater servant.; ===The Last Annihilation===; In preparation for a looming conflict called the Reckoning War, Doom set out to steal power from the Faltine lord Dormammu. Before leaving the planet to enact his plan, Victor arranged a political marriage with Victorious to give Latveria a queen. Doom invited the Fantastic Four and offered to forgive all past transgressions, but the ceremony went awry when Zora admitted at the altar that she had had a fling with the Human Torch even though it had happened before the engagement. In the end, the wedding ceremony did not go on, and Doom claimed to the television anchor that the broadcasted royal wedding was merely a pretense and ruse devised by Victorious to root out enemies invited to the ceremony. The unmarried Doom declares he may someday find a suitable bride but he had yet to do so, and dismisses Victorious. In retaliation, Doom bombarded Johnny with an extra dose of cosmic rays, making him unable to turn off his flame.; Doom left to space and an ally of his named Sister Talionis manipulated a Skrullian cult to enact a ritual that made Ego the Living Planet become possessed by Dormammu, launching the dark lord's own campaign of conquest. Doom intercepted the Guardians of the Galaxy and attempted to force them into his service, but he was subdued and instead formally joined the team. In the process of stopping the new threat, Doom and the Guardians carried out a ritual to free Chitauri Prime from Dormammu's possession, which allowed Victor to siphon a portion of the Faltine's power and imbue his armor with it. Following Dormammu's defeat, Doom left the Guardians.; ===Reckoning War===; When the Brotherhood of the Badoon launched an invasion of Earth, Latveria was one of their targets. As Doom and Victorious were defending the country, Doom recognized the Badoon's weaponry as beyond their technology and realized the Badoon's invasion was a distraction for something bigger. So, he left and put Victorious in charge of defending Latveria. Doom then broke into Camp Hammond, which was being used to store dangerous artifacts and retrieved the Tactigon. He next went to the Florida Everglades and waited for the Cormorant to appear, knowing that he would be coming after the Tactigon. After holding off Cormorant, Doom located Cormorant's master Helmsman through his telepathic link with his Cormorant and used magic to transport him to the Everglades. Doom then killed Helmsman to grant Cormorant his freedom so he could aid him in stopping the Reckoning War.; Using the Nexus of All Realities in Man-Thing's Swamp to travel to the Watchers' planet of Planet T-37x, Doom and Cormorant confronted the Reckoning's leaders as they approached the Apex of All Reality. The fight was short-lived, however. Wrath used a code word to cause the collar around Cormorant's neck to rob him of his ability to fight while Doom's Tactigon was destroyed by Rapture's War-Blades.; ===Absolute Doom===; Seeking to finally achieve his goal of a perfect world through his own domination, Doom traveled to a Zero Point Continuum reality in search of the power within Pandora's Box. Assuming the identity of the Wanderer, Doom took on a ghostly form to observe the Loopers at various points across the Island. Meanwhile, he joined Wasteland Warriors and began manipulating their leader, Megalo Don, to further his own goals. These manipulations eventually paid off when Megalo Don triggered an explosion which revealed the location of Pandora's Box.; With the location of Pandora's Box now revealed, the Wanderer soon betrayed the Wasteland Warriors and revealed his true identity to be Doctor Doom. He then absorbed as much power as he could from Pandora's Box and, in turn, used it to kill his former ally Megalo Don as well as many others who sought to oppose him. Doom then used his new powers to transport a few locations from his reality, including the Raft, Castle Doom, and Doomstadt, to the Island in order to help him establish his new Kingdom of Doom there. In furtherance of this goal, Doom recruited Mysterio, Emma Frost, and Meowtooth to serve as lieutenants of his organization.; Prior to his demise at hands of Doom, Magneto sent out a signal for help to Earth-616, leading numerous heroes from that reality to travel to the Island to help the the Underground in their mission to oppose Doom. In order to counter the growing insurgency against his rule, Doom placed Mysterio in charge Doomstadt, Emma Frost in charge of the Raft, and his favorite Doombot in charge of protecting Castle Doom.; Meanwhile, Doom disappeared from the public eye and sought to create a new set of armor that would allow him to absorb the full contents of Pandora's Box. Using the power of an arcane forge, Doom successfully creates a new set of armor using parts of Pandora's Box and uses to absorb the rest of the magic contained within the box. While Doom was still inside of the arcane forge, the Underground and their allies attempted to use Iron Man's Rift Beacons to send the forge, and Doom along with it, back to his Doom's native reality. This plan fails however when Doom successfully uses magic to shield the forge.; Afterwards, Doom emerged from the forge and used his now greatly enhanced power to grow to a gigantic size and launch of series of devastating attacks. These attacks killed several Loopers, scattered the Rift Beacons, and nearly killed key Underground member Captain Jones. Doom would have continued his rampage were it not for the intervention of Hope, who used Captain America's Shield to block Doom's magic and attack his eye, damaging his armor and leaving him in a weakened state. Using this as an opening, the army of Loopers assembled by the Underground, alongside the Avengers and X-Men, continued their assault on Doom until the Rift Beacons were brought back online. The Underground then used them to create a rift which sucked out all of the Pandora's magic within Doom and teleported him back to his own reality.; ===All-New Sorcerer Supreme===; All of a sudden, the entire world became covered in Darkforce, completely blocking out the sun and paving way for the vampires to launch their worldwide invasion. Whereas most countries fell to the vampires, Doom was prepared for such a situation, having cast a spell that killed every vampire that crossed Latveria's borders. Taking advantage of this event, Doom sought to portray himself in a good light and gain additional power. He recruited the students of Strange Academy and brought from Madripoor and back to Latveria, where he was approached by Strange's astral form and his wife Clea who wished for his assistance. Doom revealed to them that the instigator of all of this was actually the progenitor of all vampires, Varnae, who at last had taken possession of Blade's body.; He then requested Strange to be given the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme in order to be granted enough power to undo Varnae's machinations, and although wary of this Strange agreed, but on the condition for him to return the title once the world was saved. As the new Sorcerer Supreme, Doom combined his powers with those of the students, and after Varnae was defeated, he managed to clear the sky, but also causing the vampires to lose their weakness to the sun. With that over, Doom twisted his promise to he give Strange the mantle back after he saved the world from every threat. He banished Strange back to his body, and announced to the entire world that he was now the new Sorcerer Supreme and their savior.; Immediately after the world returned to normal, Doom retreated and hid within Latveria which had been surrounded by a magical barrier that made him untraceable. Doom, in his astral form, summoned the Avengers in the Registan Desert where he demanded to know why they didn't use their powers to make the world a better place. He then showed them all a vision of an utopian world that could've been possible thanks to them, but the heroes responded that if they used force to change people it would most likely lead a worse scenario, as their job was to protect the world while humanity had to save itself.; Having inherited the covenant between Strange and Cyttorak which required the Sorcerer Supreme to battle the Scions of Cyttorak, Doom refused to carry out this task himself and instead decided to leave it to someone else. He decided to give the task to Spider-Man and equipped him with an arcane armor and the Reeds of Raggadorr that would resurrect him eight more times if he died in his confrontation with the Scions. Some magical beings attempted to forge a sword to kill Doom in the Astral Plane, and although Doom killed them, they hid the magic sword in medieval Europe. Annoyed by this, he influenced the Black Knight to trick his nemesis Reed and Sue Richards into finding the sword for him, allowing him to destroy it. Doom then attempted to kill them, but Reed, having learned some magic, teleported himself and Sue back home to Earth, where Doom was ready to announce his new world order.; ===One World Under Doom===; Within a single day, every single world leader mysteriously and allegedly willingly swore fealty to Emperor Doom. All of the world's nations became United Latveria, though he allowed the governments to remain, so long as they answered to him. He promised to the world two things: the first was to end all war and the second was to provide both elite health care and education for all people. By killing Baron Zemo and replacing him with a Doombot, he turned the infamous terrorist organization Hydra into a force of good. As the heroes, including the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, were skeptical about all of Doom's changes, they revealed Doom's trick to Hydra but inadvertently caused Hydra to revert back to their villainous ways, which Doom used to gain public support. Emperor Doom also claimed his dinosaur counterpart as his steed and dispatched his Doombots to recover any rogue units, feeling as though it was unbecoming of his new station to have rogue or nearly-destroyed copies of himself across the globe.; Doom was challenged by Mr. Fantastic on 616 TV, which in turn was a distraction for the Scarlet Witch, Invisible Woman, and Black Widow to infiltrate Doomstadt and uncover his plan. To their horror, the citizens of Latveria were imprisoned in Doom's castle for months and their souls were being harvested to be used to power Doom's magic. They sent the visuals to Reed, which he would then expose Doom's deeds to the audience. The two began fighting, with Doom proclaiming that he would sacrifice a million more souls for power. The broadcast was sent across the globe with Doom becoming an enemy to the entire world.; Emperor Doom fought the combined forces of the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men, who were attempting to prevent him from creating a fixed point in reality. During the battle, Doom was confronted by Mr. Fantastic, who fought him using magic in the astral plane. As the battle ensues, Doom had the advantage, due to Richards' lack of experience and mastery over magic, defeating him and absorbing his magic to add onto his own, but spared him for his goddaughter, Valeria Richards.; After defeating Reed, Doom was confronted by Valeria in his mindscape. While she was thankful for him sparing her father, she then pleaded for Doom to stop. She went on to say that he could not hold the entire population by force, to which he replied that he will prove it and sent her back to where she came from. With their conversation ended, Doom continued fighting the heroes, even going as far as using chaos magic to temporarily shut off the mutants' X-Genes. Doom then encountered Squirrel Girl, who was used as a distraction, as the Thing wielding Stormbreaker attacked Doom, sending him flying. Doom then enacted his final attack to create the fixed point in reality. He charged his armor with all his power and magic to ensure that his rule will stand for eternity. His armor exploded off his body, sending shards flying throughout the battlefield and creating the fixed point. With the heroes defeated and Doom victorious, he did not realize that multiple shards of his armor stabbed into Valeria, who arrived at the battlefield moments before he performed the attack. She weakly attempted to call out his name before her head fell from her body, killing her.; Horrified by what his actions caused, Doom used magic to hold her soul before she passed on and stitch her body back together. He tried to use his own powers in an attempt to resurrect her, only for it to fail. He opened a door to the Vishanti to make them resurrect her, only for them to refuse to hear him, to which he attacked them in an attempt to make them listen. With no options left, Doctor Doom traveled to the realm of the Living Tribunal. He would then bargain with them to break the fixed point in reality he created and resurrect Valeria in exchange for everything in his power. Initially, the Living Tribunal refused, only for Doom to let them see his soul and the love that he carried for her, willing to make any sacrifice to bring her back. In the end, the Living Tribunal agreed and revived Valeria, along with breaking the fixed point in reality Doom created, with Doom dying. In his final moments, Doom would spend it with the person he hated the most, Reed Richards. He would go on to tell Richards that he was dying, to which Reed believed that he came to him to save him or forgive him. Doom would deny this, saying the Reed is incapable of saving him. He would go on to explain that he traded his life for Valeria's, along with his titles, planet, and soul, before asking if she was alright. Reed would tell him "yes," to which Doom would say that it was worth it. Doom's body would fade away, with his final words to Reed being "take good care of my world," as his mask is the only thing left of him. As Reed picked the mask up, it would reveal Doctor Doom's will and testament inscribed on the inside of the mask.
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-Iron Man
-Kind: character
-Page: Anthony Stark (Earth-616)
-Full name: Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark
-Also known as: Iron Man
-Other aliases: Anthony of York; Director Stark; Engineer; El Hombre de Hierro; Hogan Potts; Ice Age Man; Kl'Riki Dulu; Kr'Ali; Man of Iron; Martini; Mark; Master of Machines; Professor Traski; Randall Pierce; Richard Franco; Space-Knight; Spare Parts Man; Tetsujin
-First appearance: Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39
-Created by: Stan Lee; Larry Lieber; Don Heck; Jack Kirby
-Identity status: Public
-Species / origin: Human; formerly a cyborg
-Reality: Earth-616
-Citizenship: American; Bulgarian
-Place of birth: Sofia, Bulgaria
-Education: Class valedictorian at MIT with double major in physics and engineering, multiple PhDs
-Occupation: Mechanical Engineer; adventurer; inventor; industrialist; founder of the Maria Stark Foundation; founder of Stark Unlimited; Formerly:; CEO of Stark Industries; president emeritus of Resilient; liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers; United States Secretary of Defense; Executive Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.; CEO of Stark Solutions, Circuits Maximus, and Stark International
-Base of operations: Hellfire Club, Manhattan, New York City, New York; Formerly:; Bronson's Cabs Depot, Jersey City; Avengers Mountain, North Pole; Tony Stark's Brownstone, New York City; Thirteenth Floor, New York City; Stark Unlimited HQ, Washington Square Park, New York City; C.I.T.T.; Avengers Tower (Rebuilt)/Avengers Tower (Original), New York City; Stark Industries Airfield, New Jersey; Stark Island, San Francisco Bay, California; Troy; Tony Stark's Penthouse, New York City; Avengers Mansion, New York City; Avengers Compound, Los Angeles; Resilient HQ, Seattle; homes in Alexandria, Virginia, Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles
-Affiliation: Avengers (founding member and former leader); West Coast Avengers (leader); Hellfire Club; Stark Unlimited (CEO); Alcoholics Anonymous; Illuminati; Defenders; formerly:; Avengers West Coast (part of Kree delegation during Operation Galactic Storm),; Space Friends,; Darkhold Defiled,; A.I. Army; Stark Industries (CEO); Circuits Maximus; Red Team (Earth-15513); Avengers (Heroes Reborn); Axis; Stark Resilient; S.H.I.E.L.D. (director); Guardians of the Galaxy; Initiative (leader); Pro-Registration Super Hero Unit (leader); New Avengers; Mighty Avengers (Initiative); Mighty Avengers (Pym); Maria Stark Foundation; Stark Solutions; Force Works; United States Department of Defense; The Mighty; Knights of the Atomic Round Table; Damage Control; Imperio Techworks; Queen's Vengeance
-Relatives: Edward Stark (adoptive uncle, deceased); Morgan Stark (adoptive cousin)
-Marital status: Single
-Gender: Male
-Powers: Tony Stark currently possesses no biological enhancements. At one point he had gained superhuman abilities due to interactions with certain types of technologies, namely the Extremis virus, but they have become inaccessible ever since.
-Abilities: Super-Genius Intelligence: Quite apart from the powers granted him by the suit, Tony Stark is far more than a mechanical engineering prodigy who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with honors at the age of 17. With an intelligence classified as super-genius, he easily is one of the smartest people on Earth. Furthermore, this extends to his remarkable ingenuity dealing with difficult situations such as foes and deathtraps where he is capable of using his available tools, like his suit, in unorthodox and effective ways, for example when he built the first Iron Man Armor in captivity. Stark claims to be the one who invented cloak technology.; Computer Hacking Skills: He has been able to hack technology from the Kree, a race centuries more advanced than humans, even developing nanites encoded with a virus capable of shutting down the Supreme Intelligence. He has also hacked technology from the Skrulls, and Eternals; Robotics: Stark has been able to repair advanced artificial beings such as Vision and the Original Human Torch. He was chosen by Ultron to rebuild his body.; Tony's genius allows him to act as a futurist, a person capable of intuiting the future based on current trends, to the point of foreshadowing that a situation like the Superhuman Civil War was going to happen years before it did. This ability also extends to a much smaller scale, with Tony being capable of predicting with accuracy the way an interaction with a given individual will go down even before talking with them, a faculty that makes it really hard for human interactions to surprise him, and causes him to sometimes finish other people's sentences.; Stark can use his superior intellect to the levels of dividing his consciousness with the help of Stark Datashades and perfectly operate three portions of his consciousness at the same time, being able to move, fight, talk and process information in three different bodies at the same time. Tony has been mentioned by Eternity to be the world's greatest engineer, and by Reed Richards to be the world's best multitasker.; Master Engineer: He is an excellent engineer and mechanic capable of fixing almost any, if not all machinery.; Master Businessman: Stark is extremely well-respected in the business world, able to command people's attentions when he speaks on economic matters by virtue of the fact that he is savvy enough to have, over the years, built up several multi-million-dollar companies from virtually nothing. He is known for the loyalty he commands from and returns to those who work for him, as well as his impeccable business ethics. He also strives to be environmentally responsible in his businesses, and in one case, immediately fired an employee who made profitable (but illegal) sales to Doctor Doom. He states that if he wanted to, he could give away his entire fortune and build it up again within a week. Stark most notably turned his father's munitions firm into a multinational corporation that covered virtually all contemporary scientific industry when barely in his early twenties.; Master Tactician: He is a brilliant tactician capable of quickly formulating battle strategies and new plans if the situation changes, like being able to elaborate different complex plans in order to defeat different enemies in difficult situations, and be victorious. Even going as far as to simultaneously put Reed Richards in check on five different boards playing chess, a game he didn't learn until later in his life, leaving Richards totally astonished.; Expert Combatant: Stark was trained in unarmed combat by Captain America, Black Widow, Black Panther, and Shang-Chi, making him a quite physically formidable combatant on his own when the situation demands it. He has managed to fight Hammer Industries guards, defeat five Skrull soldiers in single-handed combat, Stark Industries security guards, numerous Voldi gladiators, handle his own against Madame Hydra, and bare-handedly confront several ninja.; Skilled Swordsman: While not his strongest skill, Tony used to fence in college. However, Stark admits that he's rusty due to the fact that he doesn't engage in regular practice. He was able to dual Elizabeth Braddock before ultimately losing to her superior sword skills.; Skilled Marksman: Tony knows how to handle firearms, mainly the ones he has produced.; Multilingual: Apart from English, Tony can speak different languages fluently, including Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, and Korean. He also might know multiple Middle Eastern languages, at one point noting that Urdu wasn't his strong suit in particular. Stark watches the news in four languages.
-Equipment: Avengers Identicard; Armor: Iron Man wears a sophisticated suit of body armor containing various offensive weaponry. He has a number of suits aside from the current model; some are mission-specific or prototypes for testing, others are older models kept for nostalgia or for research. He has developed a special briefcase to carry his armor in. A few models are too big for the case and require a separate module. As the multi-billionaire head of a global corporation and a genius-level inventor, Stark can procure or develop additional technology as needed as possible.; ====Iron Man Armor====; Iron Man's primary powers mostly come from his armored suit.; Suiting up the Iron Armor: Originally, Iron Man's armor was put on manually. Since the Model 2 armor, the only parts needed to be snapped on his body were the torso, the arm-leg "adaptors" (the cuffs of the gloves and boots), the fingers and the back of the hands, and the boots' soles. Metallic meshes were pulled magnetically from the adaptors to the other sections of the armor in less than two seconds.; The Model 4 suit allowed for every section of the suit to be stored in the torso, with an ultrasonic signal proceeding from Stark's wristwatch and I.D. bracelet activating a polarizing unit in the chest-beam, which caused the shoulder and collar rings to expand in a 3D form, letting out the sleeve and leggings of the suit, which were expanded upon reaching the forearm and calves by memory circuits into the cuffs of the gloves and boots, and then encasing his hands and feet. Meanwhile, the mask slid over his head from behind. This process took micro-seconds.; The Model 8 armor and later suits required again for the entire parts of the suit to be snapped on. The Model 16 armor was able to be stored compactly and fly towards Tony, if necessary, quickly encasing him.; The Model 19 armor had the mesh covering the entire body made of S.K.I.N., a liquid metal, automatically covering the entire body once the chest piece was placed on it. Gloves, boots and torso had to be put manually.; After injecting himself with Extremis, Stark was able to store his suit's undersheath in the hallows of his bones, being able to make it cover his skin at will. A signal sent from the lockchip in his arm caused the rest of the pieces of the armor to be pushed towards Tony using vectored repulsor field, being able to equip his armor in "the blink of an eye."; After losing Extremis, Tony's new Model 37 armor was composed of neurokinetic user-controlled morphologic nanoparticle bundles that resided in Stark's body, and formed a fibrous wetweb of iron and platinum, that could be commanded to form any type of structure upon Stark's skin, from weaponry to clothing. Once that armor was rendered inert and expelled from Stark's body, Tony used several machines to suit himself up. The suit could also fly towards him and encase him incredibly fast.; After being morally inverted, Stark's new suit, made up of liquid smart-metal which hardened instantly on connection with the user's body, featured symbiotic "building blocks," creating a psionic bond between the suit and Tony, allowing the armor's start-up to be completely psionic and not rely on tech.; =====Armor Capabilities=====; Superhuman Strength: He's capable of lifting up to 100 tons when wearing his armor, and can achieve higher levels of strength when powered by a sufficiently more powerful source. When She-Hulk got into a major frenzy, Tony was able to put her down in one punch. In fact, Iron Man has been able to slightly harm the Sentry with a punch. In addition, he was once described as one of the strongest beings the world has ever seen. His exact strength heavily depends on which armor he is currently wearing.; Superhuman Speed: Even when not traveling for extended distances, the armor enables the wearer to move and react at very high speeds, shown for example when he was able to outmaneuver Spider-Man and the Human Torch.; Flight: The armor can typically reach speeds in excess of Mach 10, however Iron Man has been recently depicted as able to reach orbital escape velocities (5 miles per second) and up to speeds that can outrun black holes. Use of the jet boots provide enough power to lift a load of about 500 tons. Most recent suits are even able of reaching warp speed.; Power Cells: Most of his armor are powered by a combination of solar converters, electrical batteries and an on-board generator that uses beta particle absorption as a fuel source. Current models after Iron Man Armor Model 37 use a set of five Repulsor Tech generators to be powered.; Energy Conversion Power Recharge: The armor is also able to absorb and convert nearby or far away energy sources, such as heat, solar, electrical, magnetic, geo-thermal or kinetic energy or energy from the planet itself into electricity, or even drain energy directly into the batteries for recharge.; Self-Contained Life-Support System & Environmental Protection: The armor can be completely sealed for operations in vacuum or underwater, providing its own life support, and is shielded against radiation, biological, chemical, corrosive, kinetic, and electrical attacks as well.; Magnetism: The armor can generate magnetic fields to pull or push metal objects at will.; Anti-Magnetism: The armor Tony has to negate the effects of magnetism on it. This skill is used often to be immune to the powers of Magneto. This skill can be triggered when the armor picks next wave magnetism.; Onboard Computer: The armor has an internal on-board computer operating system that aids Stark in providing strategies, background information on opponents, surroundings, the status of the suit, and prevents a lock on from targeting systems.; Sensor Array: Known sensors include radar/lidar, night vision, and physiological/medical scanners that allow Stark to take and monitor the vitals of other people, including heart and brain scans. These scans also provide Stark with real-time personal physiological data. They are also capable of an all-environmental scan for atmospheric content or life forms—including astral energy projections.; Override: When required, armor systems including strength amplification, durability amplification, and repulsor intensity can be greatly increased, by bypassing safety circuits and limiters. However, there is a chance that this can result in a complete system failure of the armor. An example of this mode is when Iron Man easily lifted a 16,000 ton Nuclear Reactor, and flew into the sky and threw it into the sea. In effect, the Iron Man utilized this resource on the Hulk once, and the armor ends up completely inert. Additionally, it has been further referred that Iron Man can only temporarily reach this extreme power level, and it presumably was also used in other circumstances. The range of the Override can be controlled as only reaching his very limit and staying at it for a long time will cause a system failure. This range goes from a safe 800% to 3200%, up to a very dangerous 5000%. Thus, his armor seems to avoid the collapse resulting from the Override for immediate use, but he doesn't use it continually during a prolonged period of time.; =====Defensive Powers=====; Crystallized Iron Armor: The armor has evolved from a bulky iron suit to a highly complex matrix of molecularly-aligned fully crystallized ultra-high carbon iron/steel hybrid alloy enhanced by magnetic fields over layers of other ultra hyper alloys like titanium alloy and or tungsten/vanadium alloys reinforced with carbon nano-tubes creating a shell that is pliable, yet capable of amazingly high resilience and protection.; Enhanced Durability: His armor is very durable, capable of withstanding tremendous amounts of punishment. It can withstand high caliber bullets with ease. He can also withstand rockets, missiles, torpedoes, high powered lasers, and such, taking little to no damage. Future armors were fully resistant against electricity, fire, heavy impacts, energy blasts, take zero Kelvin and up to the Sun's temperatures, even some of Thor's attacks (see Thorbuster). The suit can withstand almost unlimited kinetic and thermal impact, as well as most forms of radiation thanks to its refractory coating. The armor can survive anything short of a nuclear explosion at ground zero. The suit automatically protects its wearer when he enters an intrinsically hostile environment, such as outer space or deep sea. The armor even has specialized circuitry that guards against telepathic attacks. Tony is very confident in his suit's defensive abilities, when he was caught in a nuclear explosion, he was only thinking about women and completely forgot about what was happening around him.; Energy Shield: Energy shielding that can protect the user from harm. It is also capable of reflecting attacks and staying mobile. At 2% power, the shield is strong enough to withstand a nuclear explosion. It is even capable of protecting its user at the point blank of a nuclear explosion caused by a material even more radioactive than Uranium, Phlogistone. The suit's shielding can resist a force blast from the Spectral Mandarin Ring, a beam of energy so powerful it can destroy the bonds between atoms and molecules, and magic.; =====Offensive Powers=====; Repulsor Rays: The armor's primary energy weapon. A particle beam weapon, standard equipment in the palm gauntlets; Unibeam: A powerful searchlight, capable of projecting beams in virtually every light spectrum. Also used as a powerful weapon that can destroy anything in its path. It fires a boosted form of the Monobeam with some energy backing it up.; Tri-beam: This unique version of the Unibeam runs on direct power from the chestplate, draining its energy rapidly if not fully charged; Multi-beam: As the name implies, the Multi-beam can fire multiple energies at the same time. Generally used with the energy that Tony Stark has absorbed.; Pentabeam: The Pentabeam has microwave lensing projector that allows for directed beams of ultra-high multi mega-joule electrons, protons, acoustic energy, and neutrons.; Omnibeam: Rather than only firing beam type attacks, the Omnibeam can generate heats at 25,232 degrees Fahrenheit, extremely powerful lights causing irreversible blindness in the enemy, and emit ultrasonic attacks capable of stunning even superhumanly durable foes and even causing disintegration. The other way the Omnibeam is fired is by absorbing or draining any energy in Iron Man's vicinity, drawing it into his chest reactor and converting it into billions of petawatts and firing it.; Lasers: Standard lasers that can be used as weapons or for welding, including UV laser to penetrate light-permeable shields.; Pulse Bolts: Extremely powerful plasma discharges that propagate in strength over distance, but implode if they get overloaded.; Energy Blade: Based on the same design Tony Stark used to build Captain America's energy shield, this laser sword, emitted from his right arm, could also be flattened into a shield on his hands, or spread over the entire armor to encase the armor in a protective covering.; Pulse Barrage: Pulse Barrage is one of Iron Man's standard long-range attacks. Because of its extremely low energy consumption, Pulse Barrage can be a very effective attack. an upgraded Red Pulse Barrage has the ability to penetrate through foes hitting others behind them, and the ability to ricochet off walls hitting more targets.; Smart Missiles: The Smart Missile is one that can target the weak points of a structure, object, or foe to inflict maximum damage with a minimal payload.; Hyper-velocity Impact: The program Hyper-velocity allows Tony to think and move at a much faster time frame than everyone else, allowing for quicker attacks. Also, it could create an electrical bubble if Tony is going fast enough.; Plasma Discharge: A plasma discharge is given off when the suit comes into contact with Vibranium.; Telepathic Microscopic Tasers: Tony created this device to prevent telepathic beings using its powers. They are stored in the armor's electric jet. Once inhaled by a telepath, the more he/she tries to use his/her psychic powers, the higher is the voltage of an electric current released in his/her body. It can be lethal if the telepath doesn't stop trying to use his/her powers.; Telepathy Inhibitor: Tony's Iron Man armor is capable of blocking telepathic signals, even those of beings as powerful as the Red Onslaught.
-Weapons: Various repulsor weapon systems by Iron Man armor.
-Transportation: When not traveling in his armor or using a Quinjet as an Avenger, Stark owns a number of vehicles. Some of them have been modified, such as a Ferrari capable of flight.
-Notes: The place of Tony Stark's origin as Iron Man has been subject to changes over the years since his first appearance in 1963 due to the effects of Marvel's Sliding Timescale. Originally in Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39, it was in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. This was maintained in several retellings (namely Iron Man Vol 1 1, Iron Man Vol 1 47, Iron Man Vol 1 68, Iron Man Vol 1 122, and Iron Man Vol 1 144). The explicit mention of Vietnam and the Vietnam War was first omitted in 1985's Weapons Locker Vol 1 1, which only mentions Tony becoming Iron Man in Southeast Asia after being taken prisoner by communist insurgents. In Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe Vol 1 6, a year later, the location became a now-unspecified Southeast Asian country. For the most part, the location remained ambiguous for decades, with the exception of 2002's Iron Man Vol 3 50 implying that it was Vietnam again (but not during the Vietnam War), with Stark mentioning that the conflict he was caught on had sparked "before the stink of Agent Orange had faded away." Agent Orange was a chemical agent used during the Vietnam War by the American military. The biggest deviation in the setting of Iron Man's origin to date was presented in 2004's Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 1, which took the setting from the Southeast Asian jungle to the Middle Eastern desert, in Afghanistan specifically. This continued in 2009's Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 18, in which Stark revisits the cave in Afghanistan where he first became Iron Man. However, 2019's History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 2 established that Stark's kidnapper Wong-Chu had operated in the fictional Siancong (located in Southeast Asia) during the Siancong War. While the main story of History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 3 didn't specify if Stark was kidnapped there, only mentioning that he was captured in Asia, the issue's Annotations feature did establish that Stark became Iron Man in Siancong.; The reason for Stark's visit to the location where he became Iron Man has also changed over the years. In Tales of Suspense #39, it was to supervise the implementation of his micro-transistors on miniaturized American weaponry during the Vietnam War. In Iron Man #144, the new weapons for the military that Tony was testing were enhanced by his "theories of reverse magnetism." Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #6 mentioned again the transistor-powered miniaturized artillery, but the Vietnam War was effectively wiped from Iron Man's origin, with a secret mission against communists in power being the reason for Stark's visit. While the ambiguity of the location was maintained in Iron Man Vol 1 244, this issue again placed Iron Man's origin during an active armed conflict, and it only mentioned that Stark was in the battlefield to test a new weapon. Iron Man Vol 1 267 presented the biggest change to the reason for Stark's visit. In this issue, he visits Southeast Asia to investigate a disruption in the supply chain to his factory in the region (secretly orchestrated by the Mandarin as a lure), and there is no involvement of the American military. Iron Man Vol 1 288 additionally establishes that Tony decided to take personal interest in the problems at his overseas plant out of boredom. The angle of Tony being on a visit during an armed conflict was used again in Iron Man Vol 1 319 and Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man Vol 1 1. Iron Man: The Iron Age Vol 1 1 and Iron Man Vol 3 1 returned to the reason for Stark's visit being a disruption in the supply chain, before going back to the context of the armed conflict in Iron Man Vol 3 31. In Iron Man Vol 3 50, the conflict was a "secret war" against the drug trade. In this issue, Stark had been enlisted to build a reinforced battle armor for soldiers and visited the war zone to fix a design glitch in the suits. In Invincible Iron Man #1, Stark visits the location of his kidnapping (changed to Afghanistan) as a consultant to help the military look at ways to contain Al-Qaeda. Invincible Iron Man Vol 4 593 simply states that Stark was on a weapons demonstration. The Annotations feature of History of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #3 favors the version of Iron Man's origin story in which he was visiting one of his plants before being kidnapped.; Other details surrounding Iron Man's origin have varied over the decades. For instance, in Tales of Suspense #39, after Stark sets off a booby trap that fatally injuries him and kills the squadron escorting him, Wong-Chu's guerilla finds him alive and takes him in since they expect him to be somebody important. Wong-Chu only learns who Stark is after confiscating documents in his possession, and orders him to build him weaponry with Yinsen. Iron Man #267 and #268 greatly alter the narrative behind Stark's kidnapping; The specific place of Stark's confinement while kidnapped has also changed in recent years. From Tales of Suspense #39 and even after the location of his kidnapping was changed to Afghanistan, Tony was held captive in a shack at a small settlement. Starting with 2009's Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 18, the setting was changed to a cave, and this modification was reflected in later comics like Invincible Iron Man Annual #1, Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 500.1, Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #3, Iron Man Annual Vol 2 1 and Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 4) #593. In these last five issues mentioned, the device keeping Stark's heart beating during captivity is changed. Rather than an entire chestplate, Tony is shown having an arc reactor implanted on his chest.; The inclusion of Raza as one of Stark's kidnappers, the place of confinement being a cave and Tony wearing an arc reactor rather than a full chestplate were inspired by the origin story of Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008's Iron Man film.; Tony wouldn't cover up his secret identity by claiming Iron Man was his bodyguard until several issues after his first appearance. He initially claimed that Iron Man was simply a close friend of his, who happened to be close by whenever he needed to be in action. The first person to suggest Iron Man worked for Tony Stark was Gregor Shapanka when he found himself cornered by the Golden Avenger brief moments after attacking the Stark Industries vault, but Iron Man awkwardly rebuffed his claims. By Tales of Suspense Vol 1 51, Iron Man being Stark's bodyguard had become Stark's established alibi since the Scarecrow mentions hearing that Stark kept Iron Man around for that purpose.; Stark didn't suffer from alcoholism up until a few issues prior to Iron Man Vol 1 128, the issue that featured the story "Demon in a Bottle." Tony's addiction was then retroactively included as part of his past, to the point his father Howard was also eventually depicted as an alcoholic.; Tony has described himself as not having knowledge of biology and only being a engineer, however he has has been portrayed as a multidisciplinary scientist many times such as Tales of Suspense Vol 1 41 and Mighty Avengers Vol 1 8.; While not as emphasized as it is the case with other prominent super heroes, Iron Man also has a policy against killing enemies.; Tony Stark became the first human to make use of the powerful Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers Vol 4 12.; Nolan North voices Iron Man in Fortnite.; Stark has built customized armors for different Marvel heroes, them being: Hawkeye, Captain America, Spider-Man, Mister Fantastic, Black Widow. An occasion had him outfit the aforementioned Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Wolverine (Laura Kinney) all at once.; Stark's suits have been stolen by different Marvel characters: Punisher, Gambit, Deadpool, Squirrel Girl and Tyger Tiger (though she had seized It from black market arms dealers).
-Trivia: Stan Lee based Stark's personality on Howard Hughes, explaining, "Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-millionaire, a ladies man and finally a nutcase."; "Stark" means "strong" in several languages, including German and Swedish.; As of 2016's International Iron Man Vol 1 7, Tony was 34–35 years old.; In-universe, the exploits of Iron Man (like those of many heroes), are adapted by Marvel Comics in authorized comics. Since Iron Man's identity was a secret for a long time, when Marvel was eventually given consent to fabricate backstories for heroes with secret identities, the company envisioned Iron Man's alter-ego as a "Top Gun type" blue-collar worker who took the risks on Tony Stark's equipment and designs, living life fast because he knew it could end the next day. The process was made complicated due to the times Iron Man was allegedly killed in action and replaced.; For his sixteenth birthday, Tony was gifted a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda.; Tony Stark once went to a fan convention posed as an Iron Man cosplayer.; Tony Stark's blood type is A+.; Iron Man is unlockable after beating 2003's Tony Hawk's Underground video game.; As of Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 7, Stark was the 36th richest man in the world.; According to himself, the greatest day of Tony's life was when the Avengers found Captain America frozen in a block of ice.; As director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and an Avenger, Iron Man had Ultimate Clearance Level.; Iron Man is an atheist. While he acknowledges the existence of gods, he refuses to believe in them in the sense of placing faith on them.; Tony suffers from major depressive disorder.; Tony is the owner of the Roswell Army Air Field, a location mistakenly associated with Area 51.; Tony Stark has three doctorates.; Stark hates J. R. R. Tolkien.; Tony used to watch Star Trek as a kid. It was about the only TV show that wasn't a documentary that his father would let him watch.; Stark is a Gemini, meaning he was born between May 21 and June 20.; Thor once commended Iron Man telling him that he was as much a god as any immortal he had ever known.; Tony Stark discovered the existence of sterile neutrinos on a bet (or possibly a dare, he doesn't recall correctly).; Tony has his own Google-like search engine, called "Starkle."; Tony has used the e-mail addresses TStark@StarkIntl.com and iamironman@starkunlimited.com.; Squirrel Girl's call ringtone for Tony on her phone is Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."; Tony Stark has set up a scholarship program for aliens, dimensional travelers, clones, and artificial intelligences, as well as other students outside the norm.; One of Tony's cars has the licence plate STARK 1. The car with the STARK 2 plate was gifted to Pepper Potts.; The password to Tony's holographic workboards at the Avengers Mountain is "wgp0m0tm," a reference to "Good Technology" by the Red Guitars.; In Tarot Vol 1 3 the two halves of Iron Man merged with the halves of Thor and Valkyrie to create Eiserne Jungfrau and Gadget.; The character of Nathan Stark on the television show Eureka is inspired by Tony Stark.; Tony Stark made a brief behind-the-scenes cameo appearance in Super Friends #5 by DC Comics. He telephoned a Super Friends telethon and spoke with Batman, wherein he pledged $75,000 to the Heart Fund.; According to a 2006 estimate by the American business magazine Forbes, Tony Stark's network was $3.0 billion at the time.; Stark considers himself more attractive than Robert Downey, Jr., and has been stated to be more attractive than him by others also.; While unconfirmed, it is heavily implied that Tony Stark is bisexual. In 2015's Superior Iron Man Vol 1 8, Tony wakes up after apparently having had a threesome with another man and a woman. And in 2018's Tony Stark: Iron Man Vol 1 4 after becoming an item with Janet Van Dyne, Tony apologizes to both women and men for no longer being on the market. Additionally, his dating profile received male matches, presumably meaning his selected preferences included men.; According to the Sorcerer Supreme Agamotto, there must always be a Tony Stark in every existence, and the Phoenix has stated that Earth-616's Tony Stark is particularly indispensable.; In Fortnite, Iron Man was brought by Thor to the Apollo island, alongside many heroes and villains include She-Hulk, Groot, Captain America, Wolverine, Storm and Doctor Doom to help Thor stop Galactus from devouring The Zero Point. Later, he helps The Seven alongside the Avengers to defeat the Imagined Order in the Artemis island. He was later summoned again, by Magneto to help Reality: UN-88 The Underground to stop a Pandora's Box empowered Doctor Doom. Finally, he was summoned one final time in Reality: 783 alongside many heroes and villains across the Omniverse to fight the Dark Presence.; In Thor Vol 6 7, Thor pranks back Tony Stark by exposing his personal phone number as 212-970-4133. This number was valid for a time, and callers would be answered by a pre-recorded message from Tony Stark explaining that he had to stop using the number because of Thor. He also pointed the caller to www.tonystarkironman.com, which redirects to a Marvel.com page about Thor (Vol. 6) #7. A video of a call to this number can be viewed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9ezN5ghyE here].; Some time after the events of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 2 40, Stark began employing several Skrull refugees, having them impersonate him when he was unavailable. This means that some of his appearances ever since Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Vol. 2) #40 could have been Skrulls masquerading as him.; Tony's favorite mocktail is a drink called the "California Quinjet" that is prepared with orange juice.; Stark has bought the restaurant chain Wolfgang Puck.
-History:
-This is an abridged version of Tony Stark's history. For a complete history see Tony Stark's Expanded History; ===Birth and Adoption===; Anthony "Tony" Stark was born to two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Amanda Armstrong and Jude. Jude was a secret Hydra double-agent with little regard for anybody but himself and regularly sold out fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. He was almost responsible for Amanda's own death at the hands of an assassin. However, he fell in love with Amanda before sending her to her death and decided to save her. After this incident they got to know each other and began a relationship. Two years later, Amanda became pregnant. A week before giving birth to the baby, Jude decided to reveal his true allegiance to Amanda and its implications in Jude's timely intervention that saved her life. The subsequent discussion escalated, and Amanda killed Jude.; Traumatized by this development, Amanda asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to ensure her future baby would find a safe and happy home. However, director Nick Fury followed the same procedure used for unwanted pregnancies in the agency, and the baby was left in an orphanage in Sofia, Bulgaria after Amanda birthed him in a local hospital. Fury's associate and famous industrialist Howard Stark learned of this and decided to find the baby and adopt him, keeping the name Amanda wished he retained: Anthony.; In addition to Howard and his wife Maria suffering the latter's inability to give birth again, they needed to find a healthy boy to act as a decoy in place of their secret firstborn, Arno Stark. Arno's gestation had been extremely difficult, and his birth was only made possible with the help of an alien robot, the Rigellian Recorder 451, who had agreed to help the baby survive in exchange for the opportunity to bioengineer him, so he could accelerate humanity's technological growth in the future.; However, as 451 genetically modified the baby in the womb, Howard had discovered the robot hid some sort of kill switch, that would compromise the life of his son in the future, for which Stark developed a "biococktail" to interfere with it behind 451's back. Once Arno was born, 451 left the Earth. In a turn of events, Howard's interference with 451's machinations caused the newborn to become fatally ill. The Starks decided to keep the baby hidden in the Maria Stark Foundation Hospice. In addition to filling the void left by Arno's fatal illness, Tony's adoption would prevent 451 from learning of Howard's meddling if it ever returned to Earth.; ===Early Life===; Tony grew up completely unaware of the existence of Arno or that he was adopted. While loved unconditionally by Maria, Tony suffered from a strained relationship with his father, both due to the contrast of Tony's sensitive and reclusive nature with Howard's glorification of physical prowess and Howard's ever-increasing drinking habits, which caused him to verbally abuse Tony and suffer from mood swings. This last factor caused Tony to turn to electronics as a coping mechanism at barely five years old, as he started to believe hardware to be comprehensible and reliable, whereas people were unpredictable and hard to understand. Tony's world couldn't find order, but the things he built did.; In order to toughen his son, Howard sent Tony to boarding school at the age of seven, much to Maria's dismay. In the following years, Tony learned of discipline of body and strength of character as Howard intended, while spending his free time reading alone. At the age of thirteen, the stories of Arthurian legends opened Tony the doors to a new world of dedication to a cause greater than oneself, of chivalry, honor, and armored heroes.; After Maria urged Howard to bring Tony home, the boy met Meredith McCall, his first love and, unfortunately, the daughter of Howard's greatest business rival. Their relationship didn't develop beyond being a summer love, due to the combined interference of Meredith's father and Howard. Meredith was sent to live with relatives, and Tony was scheduled to go to Europe for education, with neither being told where the other was. The break-up was numbed by Tony's routine at Cambridge University in England, where he met another girl named Cassandra Gillespie. Worse luck, Cassandra was also the daughter of a rival weapons manufacturer of Howard. Their relationship and Tony's attendance at Cambridge were both cut short by Howard, who believed the recently-established relationship to be nothing but a way for the Gillespies to get information on Howard through Tony. Tony doubted Howard and even tried to run away with Cassandra, but she eventually admitted that while she had fallen in love with Tony, their relationship had started as a ploy of her mother.; Tony later finished his studies back in the States, enrolling at MIT and effortlessly graduating as class valedictorian with double majors in physics and engineering while still in his teens. Around this time, Tony met Dr. Ted Slaght during a symposium. The physicist became a mentor to Stark, and taught him values beyond the importance of science, like the significance of guiding the search for knowledge with an ethical compass, and carrying an open mind. Tony's mental dexterity caused him to drift into his twenties as a shiftless thrill-seeker in the search for the challenges mundane life lacked. However, he would also lose interest in the dangerous hobbies he mastered, like skiing, parachuting, and hang-gliding.; When he was nineteen, Tony's parents died in a car crash and he inherited his father's business, Stark Industries. Within a few years, he turned it from solely a munitions firm to a multinational corporation with a range of interests covering virtually all types of contemporary scientific industry, and the leader at the cutting edge of electronics. Tony also bought the company that built the car his parents were driving when they lost their lives and fixed the flaws in their brake system. Tony's new life as a CEO provided him with new challenges. But as the company grew bigger, his job became less exciting, and Tony fell into self-indulgence once again.; ===Inventing the Iron Man Armor===; While overseeing a military demonstration of his technology in Siancong, Tony tripped a booby trap that killed his escort and lodged shrapnel in his chest. The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by the terrorist leader Wong-Chu, and was informed that within a week the shrapnel would penetrate his heart and kill him. Wong-Chu falsely promised Stark that if he built a powerful weapon, he would be allowed to undergo an operation to save his life. Even though Stark realized the tyrant was lying, he agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools.; Stark was given access to a small laboratory with another captive, the renowned Asian physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Professor Ho Yinsen, whose work Stark admired in college. With Yinsen acting as his assistant, Stark designed and built an electrically powered suit of armor with a pacemaker-like device that enabled Stark's heart to keep beating, the armor was also equipped with heavy offensive weaponry.; Donning the suit, Stark connected it to its power source, an electrical generator. Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. In the least fortunate turn of events, Wong-Chu decided to check on his prisoners. Knowing that if they were found all of their work was for nothing, Yinsen decided to sacrifice his own life by distracting Wong-Chu, giving Stark the extra time, he needed to charge the armored suit fully. As the Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong-Chu's guerrilla troops. Then, still clad in his armor, which was necessary to keep his heart beating, Stark made his way toward the front lines, trying to escape enemy territory.; James Rhodes, a pilot with the United States Marines, had been shot down by rockets while he was on a reconnaissance mission. Rhodes managed to land safely and was attempting to get his helicopter air-worthy when he encountered the wandering Iron Man. After Iron Man helped Rhodes fight off an attack by enemy forces, Rhodes allowed him to drain the helicopter's batteries to recharge his armor. The two continued to make their way back to American forces and stumbled upon a hidden rocket base. Stealing an enemy helicopter, they destroyed the site and flew to the nearest American base.; Back in the United States, Stark redesigned his chest plate, which contained a pacemaker-like device, reducing the chest plate's size and weight so he could wear it under his normal clothing. Required to wear the armor's chest plate at all times to keep his heart alive and beating, Stark decided to put the rest of the armor to regular use as well.; After redesigning the entire armored suit to match the lighter chest plate, Stark made the existence of the suit public. He concealed the suit's true origin, as well as the fact that he himself had to wear the chest plate to live. Stark made it known that he would soon manufacture the suit, which he called "the human machine," for sale to be then public.; ===Becoming a Super Hero===; Soon afterward, Stark donned one of his battle suits in order to prevent thieves from stealing parts from the other copies of it. This experience made him realize that the suit was too dangerous to be made available to the public. The next day Stark revealed what had happened to him in the war zone to Joanna Nivena, his then fiancé. Together they attended a tennis match in Forest Hills, N.Y. that afternoon. Stark brought along his armor, which he was taking to a nearby laboratory for tests. Terrorists who threatened to kill everyone present with a bomb invaded the match. Joanna urged Stark to don the armor to stop the terrorists. Stark did so, captured the terrorists and saved the spectators by throwing himself atop the bomb. Iron Man thus publicly became a hero, and Stark had a new sense of purpose, having decided to combat evildoers as Iron Man.; Wishing to retain some degree of anonymity, Stark established the fiction that Iron Man was his paid bodyguard wearing a suit of armor that he had invented. Only his most trusted aides learned Stark, and Iron Man were one and the same. One of these early confidantes was "Happy" Hogan, whom Tony hired as his chauffeur. Hogan fell in love with Tony's secretary Pepper Potts, whom Tony eventually fell in love with as well. Even though Potts reciprocated Tony's feelings, she eventually began a whirlwind romance with Hogan, which ended with the two of them getting married.; At first, Stark used his Iron Man identity mostly to combat spies, like the Actor, and criminals who threatened Stark Industries, like the Melter or Mr. Doll.; During this time, the original Crimson Dynamo attacked Stark Industries, but Tony Stark persuaded him to defect. Also, Stark faced off for the first time against the Mandarin, who would become one of his most recurring enemies.; Later, he expanded the scope of his alter ego's activities to battle any force or person who threatened the security of America or the world. As Iron Man, he became a founding member of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", the team of superhuman champions known as the Avengers. Stark donated his Manhattan mansion to the Avengers for their exclusive use.; As an Avenger, Stark would go on to participate in many missions over the years, although he sometimes had trouble reconciling his private affairs with his responsibilities in the Avengers. With the other remaining founders after the Hulk left, he was among those who discovered the frozen form of the heroic Captain America, still frozen since World War II. He was also the Avenger who sponsored the membership of Hawkeye, a man whom he had briefly fought with, after realizing his good intentions. Hawkeye was one of the new Avengers who joined when Stark and the other founders decided to take leaves of absence.; Over the years Stark constantly refined and modified the design of his armor. From a bulky, transistorized iron suit, he eventually built a relatively lightweight, integrated circuit, magnetically-polarized suit with more human-looking articulated musculature. Stark's extraordinary genius in theoretical mechanics has enabled him to keep his suit of armor state-of-the-art. Stark eventually underwent heart transplant surgery so that he was no longer obligated to wear his metallic chest plate.; For moral reasons, Stark eventually decided to stop manufacturing armaments and devoted his company to other areas of technology.; ===Illuminati===; In the wake of the Kree-Skrull War, Stark initiated a meeting in Wakanda with Professor X, Mister Fantastic, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, and Namor to form a clandestine, unnamed group to devise strategy and policy regarding overarching menaces (the "Illuminati"). Stark's original goal was to create a governing body for all super heroes in the world to answer to. However, the different beliefs and philosophies, besides the fact that many heroes chose to conceal their real identities, made Stark's plan impractical. Despite this, the group agreed to share vital information.; ===Alcoholism and a New Iron Man===; In recent years Tony Stark's greatest nemesis has been alcoholism. As a wealthy socialite, alcohol had been a constant part of his life. When his company, which had changed its name from Stark Industries to Stark International, was threatened with the takeover at the same time he was experiencing oppressive personal problems, Stark began to abuse alcohol. Although he managed to recover quickly from his first serious bout, the compulsion to drink remained a constant temptation. The second time he succumbed to alcoholism, due to even more devastating personal problems than the first time, Tony Stark went on a several month binge during which he was cheated out of Stark International, had all Iron Man suits destroyed (except one), lost the leases on his various apartments, and had his personal assets frozen so that he could not touch his fortune. All of this was the result of the machinations of the mysterious entrepreneur Obadiah Stane, who took over Stark's company, renaming it Stane International.; During this time, Stark's friend James Rhodes, who had gone to work for Stark after leaving the military, assumed custody of the Iron Man armor and operated as Iron Man in his stead.; When Stark finally regained his sobriety, he joined with Rhodes and two of his friends, Morley Erwin (late of Stark International) and his sister Clytemnestra Erwin of Richmond Enterprises, to set up a new electronics firm in California named Circuits Maximus. In its brief existence, Circuits Maximus became a prestigious and successful firm.; While the armor was in his custody, Jim Rhodes became increasingly enamored with being Iron Man and, upon Stark's return to sobriety, feared that Stark would ask for it back. The cybernetic helmet had never been properly calibrated to Rhodes' brain patterns; he began to have severe headaches and his thinking was clouded. As a result, Rhodes began to manifest hostility toward Stark. As part of his therapy, Stark constructed a simple suit of armor based on his original design with no intention of donning it until he felt in control of his alcoholism. When Rhodes began acting irrationally, however, Stark felt obligated to put on this crude suit of armor to prevent Rhodes from doing harm. Stark managed to subdue Rhodes and made necessary recalibrations on the cybernetics. For a brief time, Stark and Rhodes used their respective suits of armor as Iron Men, although Stark did so reluctantly. At the suggestion of the West Coast Avengers chairman, Hawkeye, Stark designed and built his most sophisticated armor to date, presumably so that the Avengers could find someone to wear the suit and bolster the team's strength.; However, soon after its completion, Obadiah Stane became alarmed at Stark's steps toward recovery. Circuits Maximus was bombed, injuring Rhodes and killing Morley Erwin. Desiring vengeance, Stark donned the untested new armor and sought out Stane. Stane himself put on a suit his engineers had built using Stark's plans and met Iron Man in battle as the Iron Monger. Losing the battle against Stark, Stane committed suicide.; Stark decided that although one is never truly cured of alcoholism, he could also not deny the responsibility of being Iron Man. He resumed his career as Iron Man and joined the new West Coast branch of the Avengers.; ===Founding Stark Enterprises===; Stark also managed to reclaim control of his fortune, although he decided not to claim ownership of the company formerly known as Stark International. Rather, he founded a new technological design and manufacturing company, Stark Enterprises, based in Silicon Valley in Northern California. Stark Enterprises quickly became a highly successful and innovative company.; ===Armor Wars===; Stark learned that an industrialist calling himself Spymaster had stolen the plans for the many secret technological innovations found in the Iron Man armor. Spymaster had then turned these plans over to Stark's most powerful and antagonistic business rival, Justin Hammer, who in turn had made them available to criminals. These criminals had then incorporated the stolen technological innovations into their own armored battle suits. Outraged that his inventions were being used for criminal activity, and even for killing, Stark determined to deprive these criminals of his secrets. He planted a computer virus in Hammer's computer system that would wipe out all traces of the plans for Stark's Iron Man technology. As Iron Man, Stark sought out and caught many criminals and others (such as the United States government's Guardsmen) who wore a battle suit utilizing his technology. He implanted devices called 'negator packs' on their armor to fuse the circuits, rendering the suit useless. With the computer records of the plans for his technology gone, presumably it could not be used in reconstructing the suits. Iron Man accidentally killed the second Titanium Man (also known as the Gremlin) in the course of these "Armor Wars."; The United States government branded Iron Man an outlaw as a result of these and other vigilante actions, and his longtime Avengers comrade Captain America was among those opposing him. Stark publicly claimed that he had fired Iron Man in displeasure over his illegal activity. He even went so far as to create a false history for "Randall Pierce," allegedly the original Iron Man's identity, which he turned over to the government. Shortly afterward, Iron Man was apparently destroyed in combat with government forces.; In fact, however, Stark had survived. He created an even more sophisticated armored battle suit to wear as Iron Man using technology far more advanced than that which Spymaster had stolen from him. Stark continued to go into action as Iron Man, but publicly claimed that the previous Iron Man was dead and that another employee of his whose identity was being kept secret was now wearing the armored suit.; ===Stark Shot===; Later, Kathy Dare, a former lover of his with an unstable mind, shot Stark. The gunfire severely injured Stark's spine and it appeared he could be crippled for the rest of his life, unable to walk. However, he could still function normally within his Iron Man armor. A microchip device was later implanted in Stark's spine that enabled him to walk and move normally once again. During this time, Stark was part of a team of Avengers that traveled into Kree space when Earth's sun was endangered by their attempt to use the sun as a power source for a hypergate in their new conflict with the Shi'ar, which led to Stark leading a group of Avengers to kill the Kree Supreme Intelligence when its actions destroyed a sizeable portion of the Kree empire to try and jumpstart the species evolution.; The 'bio-chip' that allowed Stark to walk proved problematic and degenerative nerve damage occurred. This was aggravated by the attack of Kearson DeWitt, a madman who claimed Stark had stolen his father's designs. DeWitt had Stark's nervous system attacked with a techno-organic virus, but Stark was able to survive. He temporarily had to be placed in cryo-stasis, with James Rhodes taking his place as CEO. Soon after recovering, Stark was injured from feedback from a 'telepresence' system to remotely control his Iron Man armor and battle Ultimo. Stark eventually recovered after extensive rehabilitation.; Stark was forced to restructure Stark Enterprises when several of Stane's business decisions were leaked to the press. This also caused a number of other heroes to confront Iron Man, such as the Hulk regarding gamma bomb production plants.; Stark also quarreled with Rhodes over several good-intentioned but wrong decisions Jim made as CEO (such as selling off nuclear assets to a dummy company secretly operated by A.I.M.), as well as his actions in Imaya. Rhodes was still angry Stark had lied to him about his nerve damage condition. The two briefly clashed in battle, ultimately repaired their friendship.; ===Force Works===; Tony agreed to end the West Coast Avengers after internal tensions over past conflicts, but formed Force Works instead. Intending for this team to try and preempt natural and man-made disasters rather than just reacting to events, Stark provided his team with full access to his cutting-edge technology.; ===Immortus and Younger Self===; Later, while under the influence of Immortus, Stark committed a number of horrible acts and was killed. Stark was temporarily replaced by a younger version of himself from another timeline. This was corrected when Franklin Richards brought him and the other heroes who sacrificed themselves against Onslaught back. When the replacement Tony Stark returned to the Marvel Universe, he was merged with the Earth-616 Tony Stark who was resurrected thanks to Franklin Richards. Shortly after returning he subjected himself to judgment by his fellow Avengers and was exonerated.; ===Stark Solutions===; Stark declined to challenge the Fujikawa acquisition and formed a new company, Stark Solutions. Injuries from battling the Mandarin and other foes revealed a danger of long-term armor exposure. The armor's power systems and insulation were significantly redesigned to compensate. Jocasta's AI was recovered from Sunset Bain.; The Sons of Yinsen, who became worshipers of his mentor and the Iron Man technology, contacted Tony.; ===Secrets and Lies===; When Iron Man defeated the villain Mentallo, Tony took advantage of the situation and used Mentallo's global mind control device to erase all knowledge of his often-compromised secret identity from every person on Earth. He then revealed it to those people he deemed trustworthy, causing them to remember the memories he had buried.; ===Sentient Armor===; While fighting Whiplash during a storm, Iron Man's armor became sentient. This would be later revealed due to the Ultron Imperative. The Safe Armor developed a feeling of over protection, and tried to replace Stark, but ultimately sacrificed itself to repair damage to its creator's heart caused during a fight.; ===S.K.I.N. Armor===; After this experience with the Sentient Armor, Tony suffered an uncharacteristic bout of technophobia, and decided to give up being Iron Man and Tony Stark. He gave away his fortune and adopted the persona of 'Hogan Potts' and posed as a simple worker at Askew Electronics, incorporating a new alloy called S.K.I.N. into his armor designs. After a test run against the Shocker, Iron Man faced A.I.M., the Ghost, and finally Ultron, after the villain revealed his role in manipulating the Sons of Yinsen, the sentient armor, and corrupting the S.K.I.N. technology.; Stark investigated an early military armor that had been distributed to rebel forces around the world.; Temugin also made his presence felt, challenging Iron Man for the apparent death of his father, the Mandarin.; ===The Best Defense===; The U.S. military attempted to claim older model Iron Man armor. Their pretense was that Stark had not patented the technology and that he violated agreements made after the Armor Wars by continuing to adventure as Iron Man. At the same time, a new Secretary of Defense was needed. Stark vied for the position and halted a disaster involving the technology as Iron Man.; ===New Avengers===; The Avengers were disassembled due to the actions of an unbalanced Scarlet Witch, which led to the deaths of Ant-Man, Vision, and Hawkeye. During this crisis, Stark was manipulated by the Scarlet Witch to suddenly threaten a Latverian ambassador at a UN meeting. Additionally, Clarence Ward used stolen armor to kill nearly all of Stark Industries' board and Rumiko Fujikawa, Stark's girlfriend. In light of the incidents, Stark resigned as Secretary.; Six months later, a massive breakout was executed at the Raft. While flying around the city, Iron Man arrived at the prison to aid Captain America, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Matt Murdock, and the Sentry in keeping prisoners in after a prison break. Steve believed this event, the gathering of heroes by chance to fight a common foe, was a signal that the Avengers needed to be reformed. Tony was initially reluctant to make a new team but eventually agreed. The New Avengers used the Stark Tower as their headquarters.; ===Extremis===; Stark returned to work at a hectic pace, often sleeping in his lab. A former classmate of his named Maya Hansen asked for help, a super-soldier project named Extremis had been given to a small terrorist group. Iron Man battled the augmented terrorist Mallen, but suffered massive injuries. Being forced to use Extremis on himself, Iron Man healed and found himself able to directly interface with technology, especially with his new armor. Going after Mallen again, the terrorist forced Tony's hand, and he had to kill him.; ===Civil War===; Learning of the government's plans to instigate a Superhuman Registration Act that would force costumed super-powered individuals to reveal their identities to the government and sign on as licensed agents, Iron Man at first sought to defeat the proposal, even going to such lengths as to hire the Titanium Man to attack the hearing on the act as he testified in order to manipulate opinion in his favor. However, Tony's opinion of the Act changed, seeing it as a new means to achieve the goal that he had sought in forming the Illuminati, and to tie the knots of friendship between humans and super heroes. Additionally, Stark believed that the environment of fear caused by events like Nick Fury's Secret War or the House of M was going to cause the Act to pass unconditionally, and it was better to support and diffuse it at the moment before any further events made the conditions of the super-heroic community worsen.; After a disaster in Stamford, Connecticut involving the group of amateur heroes the New Warriors fighting a super villain in which over 600 people died, mostly being children from a school, the public opinion against super humans turned and fast-tracked the Act into law. The new law split the hero community in two. Tony knew that with no major representative in favor of the SRA, the government would've applied harsh measures, and that going to the "good old days" wasn't an option. Because of that, he decided to provide a fairer path and lead the pro-Registration forces himself. The anti-Registration side was led by Captain America. In his first major public action as a supporter of registration, Stark again unmasked as Iron Man.; As part of his measures to deal with the anti-Registration forces, Iron Man, Yellowjacket and Reed Richards created the Prison 42 in the Negative Zone, a holding facility specially designed to contain rogue super heroes, for as long as the Civil War lasted. It was a temporary measure because heroes could easily escape from prisons like the Raft. The trio also built a cyborg clone of Thor and used nanobots to control the Thunderbolts as a task force to hunt down unregistered heroes.; The Pro-Registration forces proceeded to set a trap for the Anti-Registration side. They surrounded them, and Iron Man tried to reach a truce to stop fighting and work together to reach a middle ground. However, Captain America rejected Iron Man's proposal, and attacked him, leading to a direct conflict between the two sides, during which the Thor clone malfunctioned, and killed Goliath in cold blood. Events like this led Tony to doubt himself. People like Miriam Sharpe, the mother of one of the victims of the Stamford incident, and Tony's best friend Happy Hogan would motivate him to carry on. Shortly after, Happy would be attacked by Spymaster in an attempt to get Iron Man and succumb to his injuries. He was rushed to a hospital and placed on life support but died shortly afterwards.; Prior to the events of the Civil War, Stark assisted fellow New Avenger Spider-Man and his family. Peter Parker came to regard Stark as a mentor, became his assistant, and accepted a new technologically enhanced costume from him. Stark also convinced Spider-Man to unmask and go public with his identity as well. However, Peter's feelings of being manipulated and unease about the rightness of Stark's cause grew until Stark revealed a prison for super humans he and Mister Fantastic had built in the Negative Zone. When Spider-Man attempted to escape from Stark Tower, after secretly moving his family out, in order to join the Resistance, he attacked Stark, who had confronted him. However, due to Spider-Man's override of the suit given to him by Stark and some unexpected intervention by the Punisher, the web-slinger managed to escape and was now considered a traitor by Stark and the Pro-Registration side.; During an attempt to free the prisoners from Prison 42, the Anti and Pro-Registration sides clashed in combat, and were taken to NYC by Cloak. Eventually, Captain America would realize the conflict was being tackled the wrong way and surrendered. The Anti-Registration side was granted amnesty, with Cap agreeing to go on trial for his actions during the Civil War.; However, while in custody, Captain America was killed in an assassination orchestrated by the Red Skull. Stark was devastated by his friend's death and left unsure on how to proceed. In a letter Steve had written before his death, he asked Tony to ensure that the Captain America legacy lived on and to look out for Bucky Barnes. Tony was instrumental in getting Bucky to assume the mantle of Captain America.; ===Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.===; During the Civil War, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill suggested that Tony would become the next acting head of S.H.I.E.L.D.. She cited his higher qualification than her, and the fact that it would "piss the right people off". After the dust settled, Stark was appointed with the position of Director.; Iron Man would help in forming the Mighty Avengers, led by Carol Danvers. On their first mission, Stark unexpectedly underwent a bizarre metamorphosis, the end result being the creation of a new being all together, a fully nude cyborg woman of immense power. This being was a merging between Tony Stark and Ultron, Ultron having taken over Tony's extremis armor and overwritten his DNA to turn him into a clone of Janet Van Dyne with silver-metallic skin. With Ultron in control of Tony's body, she went on a rampage, attempting to wipe out humanity, fighting the Sentry to a stalemate, and killing his wife, Lindy Lee. Stark was soon purged of Ultron with a virus created by Hank Pym and returned to normal.; Iron Man and the other Illuminati were responsible for exiling Hulk from Earth, and were the people Hulk sought revenge on when he returned. Luckily, Stark saw this possibility as an eventuality, and was prepared to engage the Hulk with a brand new Hulk-Buster armor. The battle between them destroyed most of New York City, and blows were thrown so powerful that no other hero could get close enough to help or act. Stark Tower collapsed on top of the two during the battle, and ultimately, Hulk took Tony captive to the Stadium with the rest of his captured heroes. Once all of Stark's sources (and comrades) were exhausted, he rendered the Hulk (who had been weakened from his fight with the Sentry) unconscious with orbiting military satellite lasers he helped install during his appointment as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He had to draw money from numerous sources (most notably S.H.I.E.L.D. itself) to repair Avengers Tower and the several damaged buildings and structures of New York.; As Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Man investigated the death of Nebraska Initiative member, Gadget and stumbled upon her investigation of hundreds of missing persons. Realizing that Stark was a danger to his work with Prometheus Gentech, Inc. in creating a new super-soldier, Secretary of Defense Jack Kooning had him depowered from his Extremis Armor and placed on leave for mental strain. Stark secretly returned to Nebraska and with the help of Leonard Samson and Captain Ultra discovered that Prometheus Gentech was using the missing persons as test subjects for the Extremis virus and that Maya Hansen was unwittingly working for a reborn Mandarin to create an aerosolized version of the virus which he intended on unleashing to create a race of superhumans. Iron Man, forced to use outdated armor, confronted the Mandarin and a cadre of Extremis-enhanced combatants at the Prometheus laboratories. He ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to take out the complex with a miniature warhead contained within the gravitational pull of a black hole, thus limiting the damage just to the laboratory, as he tried to escape the event perimeter. Mandarin escaped to China with Maya Hansen and pretended to be Tony Stark and convinced her to give him the sequence for the aerosolized virus. Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. were taken into custody by the Commission on Superhuman Activities for their release of the nuclear device in Nebraska. Stark's main witness, Jack Kooning escaped to Myanmar and enlisted the help of Xang "King" Kong in tracking down the Mandarin but was killed by him before he could take him out with a sniper rifle. Stark is convicted, but Dugan orchestrated an attack on the United Nations over which S.H.I.E.L.D. has jurisdiction as a distraction for Stark to escape and to track the Mandarin to China. In defeating the Mandarin, Stark is forced to cut off part of his foot to remove the Extremis armor dampener but was able to redirect the virus-containing rockets by sending them to an extremely high altitude and killing the virus. Having saved the day, he was cleared of all charges and reinstated as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D..; During the Skrull Invasion Stark's armor was infected by an alien cyber virus which ultimately purged him of the Extremis virus. Stark discovered Spider-Woman herself was the Skrull Queen Veranke who nearly deceived him to join ranks with her. He was saved by Ms. Marvel who upon Tony's request left him with Black Widow who acted as his defense until he could fix his damaged armor to a point to where it was fully functional. Tony led the heroes of New York against the Skrull invaders. His armor however, began to fail in midst of the battle forcing him to return to Avengers Tower for another one. The President of the United States was less than reasonable regarding Stark's action and ultimately removed Stark as director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and disbanded the entire agency itself. Although the battle against the alien invasion had been won, Tony suffered a great loss. His technology was nonfunctional, his corporations were in dismay, he had many new enemies, and little to no allies willing to help him with any of his problems.; ===Dark Reign===; After the invasion, the U.S. government also disbanded the Avengers, handing control of the Initiative over to Norman Osborn. Iron Man was later a member of Henry Pym's Mighty Avengers. Before fighting the threat of Chthon, Iron Man helped to subdue the Hulk. He left the team after realizing he was not yet ready to be a part of it.; With his Extremis powers failing, Stark was able to upload a virus that destroyed all records of the Registration Act, thus preventing Osborn from learning the identities of his fellow heroes. The only copy of this database remained in Stark's head, while he was now on the run in one of his extra armors, and his remaining armor in Stark Tower were now in Osborn's hands. Iron Man managed to gain a new armor and fought Namor in the Stark Undersea Base. Stark was able to outsmart the Atlantean and escape the collapsing base. Osborn then placed a bounty on Stark's head, offering mountains of gold to the Hood's gang. The members of the secret organization the Cabal gathered to discuss many issues, among which was the hunt for Stark. Stark was losing intelligence by the day which slowed his thinking time and caused him to not be able to pronounce difficult words correctly. He started gathering and assembling parts to make his Iron Man suit easier to navigate and control as it was becoming more and more difficult for him to do so. He later abandoned it for the Dynamo Armor, which he borrowed from Dimitri Bukharin. Tony was later tracked down by Pepper but the two were captured by Madame Masque.; He managed to escape with Pepper's help but was forced to leave her behind so she could fend off Masque. He then made his way to Siancong, but before he could reach his destination, he was shot down by militants. With his armor destroyed, Tony was forced to abandon it and proceed on foot to his destination, the secret laboratory that Stark worked with Ho Yinsen as a captive in developing the first Iron Man Armor. Dusting off the outdated computer systems, Stark was able to reactivate the old suit, which was now the only armor simple enough for his deteriorating mind to operate.; When Osborn personally caught up to the debilitated Stark and beat him savagely, Pepper Potts broadcast the beatings, costing Osborn credibility and giving Stark public sympathy. Stark went into a vegetative state, having previously granted Donald Blake (Thor's alter ego) power of attorney.; ===Stark Disassembled===; A holographic message stored in Pepper's armor revealed that Stark had developed a means of 'rebooting' his mind from his current state prior to his destruction of the database. Blake and Bucky resolved to use it to restore him to normal despite Stark's offer in the message to stay in his current state if it would make things easier and Pepper's own uncertainty about the fact that Tony could come back when so many others could not.; The procedure on how to reboot Stark was very complicated. First, they had to place Pepper's electromagnet implant onto his chest, which would be fueling his entire biology. Then they jacked in the hard drive that Maria Hill recovered, which was a backup copy of his brain before he underwent the Extremis injection and then they activated the implant by channeling Thor's lightning through Captain America's shield connected to it.; Meanwhile, in the last remaining vestiges of Stark's mind, he was in a barren wasteland, digging for the lost relics of his life, assisted by a couple named Howard and Maria. However, every time he found something, giant machines resembling his own Titanomechs would attack, causing the illusion to reset. He eventually found he was digging for an iron chest plate, resembling the original version of his armor.; Back on Earth, Pepper, Rhodey, and Captain America sent in Doctor Strange to help Tony after the first attempt to revive him failed. The Ghost interrupted the doctor's ritual, but Tony Stark manually overcame his coma and used the Ghost's ghost phone to transport the assassin away. It was then everyone realized Tony's backup memory drive was not quite complete, as he was awed by the events he read about on his computer after the skirmish, which included the Civil War, Captain America's assassination, the Secret Invasion, and Dark Reign.; ===Siege===; During most of the Siege of Asgard Tony Stark was out of commission, but returned wearing an older version of his armor, disabling Norman Osborn's stolen Iron Patriot armor and signaling the return of all three main Avengers; including Thor and Steve Rogers. He was instrumental in the defeat of the Void, by ramming a H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier into the villain at full speed, weakening him, finally giving Thor the chance to kill him.; ===Heroic Age===; In the aftermath of Siege, the superhuman registration act was repealed thanks to the efforts of Steve Rogers, who now took over the position of the overthrown Norman Osborn. Iron Man reunited with Thor and Steve Rogers and rekindled their relationship while setting their past differences aside. Iron Man and Thor were assigned to Avengers along with Bucky Barnes as Captain America while Steve Rogers headed the Secret Avengers. Iron Man was slightly troubled that he may not be able to take orders from Steve, but Steve told him that Maria Hill would oversee the Avengers.; With a new lease on life, Tony built a new model of armor with the help of Mister Fantastic and announced that he would make a new company, Stark Resilient, to rebuild his former wealth and to extend his repulsor technology as a civilian energy source, pulling from making government weapons.; Meanwhile, Sasha Hammer and Justine Hammer from Hammer Industries filled in the gap in military technology left by Stark Industries, with their own Detroit Steel Armor. They attempted to sabotage Stark's attempts at testing and presenting the new repulsor car developed by Stark Resilient, but failed. During a race to test the car, drones controlled by the Hammer girls and Detroit Steel attacked the event, in an attempt to destroy Stark Resilient's plans and prove Detroit Steel's superiority over Iron Man. However, they failed, and Stark managed to save the event and even use it as a stunt to promote the repulsor car.; ===Fear Itself===; During the Serpent's bid to rule Earth, Tony fought Mokk in the streets of Paris, France, where all citizens had been turned into living statues. Finding himself unable to defeat Mokk with conventional methods, Tony entreated Odin to allow him to design magically powered weapons in the forges of Nidavellir.; Haunted by the casualties and his failure, Tony began drinking again. Odin appeared and after discussing with Tony, the All-Father proposed for him to create magical weapons at Nidavellir. Tony, determined not to fail again, restored his sobriety. With these weapons, the Avengers defeated the Serpent's Worthy and Skadi, while Thor defeated the Serpent himself but paid with his life. Days later, Tony destroyed the weapons at Nidavellir and after discussing with Odin, the god brought back to life the "statues" of the Parisians who weren't broken. Also, Stark offered the Dwarf Splitlip a place to work at Stark Resilient and to quit drinking.; ===Long Way Down===; A few days later, the Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane started deploying numerous revamped and upgraded villains of the Golden Avenger to make acts of wars over the world. The Mandarin also used a photo of Iron Man having his armor in short cut to manipulate the press into reporting that Tony Stark had been drunk, compromising Stark's image as an appropriate pilot of the armor, ultimately making the military force him install a device that allowed them to shut down the Iron Man armor when necessary. Stark realized that he was being played by the Mandarin, so he came up with a counter-plan, which began with faking War Machine's death and resigning from being Iron Man.; After Mandarin's plan led to a tragedy within Resilient, Stark contacted the villain to ask him what he wanted. The Mandarin subsequently revealed he had been inside Tony's systems for a long time ago, and forced him to become his slave, making Tony build the Titanomechs with Ezekiel Stane at the Mandarin City.; Months later, Stark and Stane had built three Titanomechs, where the Mandarin placed three of his rings. Tony and Ezekiel convinced three of the Mandarin's prisoners, Whirlwind, Blizzard and Living Laser to join him in a rebellion against their "master." Additionally, Resilient was able to use the microbots known as the Swarm to track down Tony's repulsor tech and find him.; The tide of the battle against the Mandarin and the Titanomechs was turned in favor of Iron Man and his allies when the Triumph Division and the Dynasty heeded Resilient's call for help. Resilient was also able to remotely use the Swarm to revamp Tony's systems, and give him control over the mist of microbots, which he weaponized to destroy the Titanomechs. Meanwhile, Stane had taken the Mandarin one-on-one and killed him.; Stark returned to Seattle, and after isolating himself in order to create new technologies and think about his life, he decided to take some time and clear his mind in the process by going to space.; ===The Secret Origin of Tony Stark===; When Tony returned to Earth, he created a new armor to test new technologies. After many aspects of his life were questioned upon defeating numerous people who got their hands on the Extremis virus, Tony decided to accept an offer Star-Lord made to him and joined the Guardians of the Galaxy to explore the universe.; During his voyage in space, Tony Stark was faced by a rogue Rigellian Recorder called 451, who claimed he had met Tony's father, and was the one responsible decades ago for allowing to Tony be born. The Recorder revealed he had supposedly genetically engineered Tony in-womb, providing him with his intelligence and wits, and also that he modified Tony to let him be the only future pilot of a giant armor called Godkiller which would be the nuclear deterrent of Earth. Tony was forced into piloting the Godkiller, but somehow couldn't. 451 discovered his long-time plan had no profit, and decided to destroy his consciousness along with the Godkiller. Tony managed to escape from the Godkiller with the brain-dead body of 451.; Upon returning to Earth, Tony investigated why he couldn't pilot the Godkiller, and discovered the hidden secret that he wasn't the baby 451 modified at all, but an adopted son used as a decoy to prevent 451 from finding the actual boy. Tony finally located his long-time secret adoptive brother, Arno Stark, who was no longer in danger as 451 was now dead. Reunited with his genius brother, Tony decided he could use the millennial information stored in 451's database and the intellect of Arno to help build a better world.; ===Superior Iron Man===; During a confrontation against the Red Skull, who was empowered by Charles Xavier's brain, the Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom cast an inversion spell to alter the moral axis of Skull's mind in order to defeat him. The spell was successful and the Skull was beaten, but it also affected the moral compass of those present on the scene, unleashing the inner evilness and selfishness of numerous heroes. A reinversion spell with the purpose of getting everything back to normal would later be cast, but Tony would avoid it using a special shielding to escape the spell.; Once again egocentric and determined, Iron Man relocated to San Francisco, where he secretly infected the entire city with a dormant new version of the Extremis virus via the water supply, to make the achievement of perfection available for everyone in the city. Using an "Extremis 3.0 app" for phones, the virus could be triggered inside an individual, giving the impression that the virus was downloadable. However, his plan had a second phase. After a month of free Extremis, he started charging each user of his Extremis App $99.99 a day for the renovation of this technology.; After a multitude of battles with several heroic figures, including Daredevil, Pepper Potts, and an artificial intelligence copy of an earlier, non-inverted version of his mind, and the ally-turned-enemy Teen Abomination, Tony's utopian vision for San Francisco fell through on account of a public relations campaign run by Pepper that destroyed the faith that the San Franciscans had in him, vilified Extremis 3.0, and revealed Tony Stark as "the monster [he'd] become," forcing him to work without his friends if he even wanted to secure his vision.; ===Time Runs Out===; Sometime before his space journey, Tony and the rest of the Illuminati reassembled to investigate a newly-surfaced threat known as incursions, occurrences in which universes collided with their respective planet Earths as the focal point, and the only way to prevent the death of one's own Earth was to destroy the other. Because of this, the Illuminati had to prepare themselves for the prospect of killing an innocent planet for survival. In order to ensure that threats of lesser importance could be handled accordingly so the Illuminati could focus on the incursions, Tony revamped and expanded the Avengers into a multi-purpose versatile unit. Tony additionally constructed a Dyson Sphere called Sol's Hammer in order to weaponize the Sun, and helped reverse-engineer the Antimatter Injection System. The futility of their efforts to tackle the incursions and the necessity to hide their knowledge of it from the rest of the world took an emotional toll on Tony, to the point the Illuminati's ally Black Swan described him as a "man coming to the end of himself."; Early into the incursion crisis, Captain America had denounced the acceptance of his fellow Illuminati of the prospect of destroying other worlds. His teammates wiped his memory from any knowledge about the incursions, but Rogers re-learned about them after being exposed to the explosion of the Watcher's eye, which revealed to everyone caught in its blast deep secrets pertinent to each person. Steve confronted Iron Man about it, and declared the Illuminati public enemies.; At this point, Iron Man had been affected by the inversion spell. An attempt at reclaiming Wakanda from the Cabal that Namor had created to destroy incursive Earths resulted in Tony being held captive in the Necropolis. After the Cabal had been apparently killed following a truce made by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Illuminati, the Illuminati returned to Necropolis and freed Tony, who was forced to flee due to the Illuminati's unwillingness to let Stark be there with them when they met Rogers and the Avengers, to prevent old fires from being stoked.; When the Shi'ar and their allies arrived at Earth in order to destroy it, as it was the focal point of the Multiverse's decay, the Avengers and the Illuminati tried to retaliate against the enemy fleet. However, they failed. As they ran out of options, Iron Man flew to Sol's Hammer in order to use it.; Iron Man successfully destroyed the Shi'ar fleet, saving the Earth, but the final incursion was on the horizon. With only a few minutes before the event, Steve confronted Tony to settle up. The ensuing fight between the two old friends led Steve to force Tony to admit that he had lied to him and all of their allies, when he had known about the incursions all along, but Tony also confessed that he wouldn't change a thing. The final incursion started, and Earth-1610's planet Earth started approaching Earth-616's planet Earth while Tony and Steve kept fighting. Earth-1610's S.H.I.E.L.D. launched a full invasion to destroy Earth-616, and Tony and Steve were crushed by a Helicarrier. The two Earths ultimately collided, destroying each of the universes.; ===The Second Civil War===; When the Prime Universe was brought back to existence, any sign of Tony's moral inversion disappeared, having returned to his normal self. Eight months into the future, Tony made an unlikely ally in the allegedly reformed Victor von Doom during an adventure investigating the returned Madame Masque. Doom became a key player in Masque's defeat and continued supporting Stark, much to Tony's skepticism.; Soon after, the super hero community was divided upon learning the existence of an Inhuman named Ulysses Cain who had the ability to profile the future. Tony opposed Captain Marvel's idea of actively using Ulysses' abilities to preemptively tackle any threats, suggesting it was dangerous to take his visions for granted for several reasons. The fact that it was possible to prevent the events Cain saw meant he didn't have access to anything set in stone, additionally, little was known about how Ulysses' powers worked, including their efficacy. Stark also brought into question the morality of stopping and punishing somebody for a disaster they could potentially cause but might not even know they'd do.; Shortly after this first display of tensions between Captain Marvel's and Tony's ideals, Stark decided to begin a search on the identity of his biological parents. Once he ran into a dead end, Tony visited the orphanage in Sofia, Bulgaria where he had found he was adopted. Following a failed attempt to continue the research on his own that led Tony to re-encounter his old flame, Cassandra Gillespie, he was informed by the administrator of the orphanage about the discovery of hidden hospital records from Tony's mother, kept in secret by the former administrator after Tony's birth records had been taken with him. Stark learned that his biological mother was music producer Amanda Armstrong, and he met her.; Following the family reunion, the tension between Iron Man and Captain Marvel increased resulting from two different occasions when she heeded Ulysses' visions resulted in tragedy. First, War Machine died and She-Hulk was put in a coma during a preemptive ambush on Thanos. Later, Bruce Banner was murdered by Hawkeye allegedly the split second before he was going to transform into the Hulk when Banner was being interrogated due to one of Cain's visions foreseeing him Hulking-out with catastrophic consequences.; After Captain Marvel arrested an innocent finance banker named Alison Green based on nothing more than a vision from Ulysses that turned out to be wrong, Iron Man enlisted the help of several super heroes who opposed profiling to attack the Triskelion and rescue Green. The ensuing battle between Iron Man's and Captain Marvel's forces was cut short when a new vision announced Captain America's death at the hands of the new Spider-Man Miles Morales at the steps of the Capitol Building. Black Panther subsequently deflected Captain Marvel's side publicly, giving Iron Man and his allies enough time to teleport away.; Iron Man and Captain Marvel came to blows one last time after both Spider-Man and Captain America travelled to Washington, D.C. to prove the vision wrong. Tony lost the fight and slipped into a coma, surviving solely due to secret alterations he had done to his body keeping him alive. His body was placed in a stasis pod in the Triskelion, where Beast set out to investigate his condition. Meanwhile, Ulysses' powers had evolved beyond the ability of human comprehension, and he left the Earth to join other cosmic entities.; In the aftermath of Tony's fall, Victor von Doom decided to take up Iron Man's mantle in order to both help establish his new position as a hero and carry on Stark's legacy. A digital copy of Stark's mind became active and located Riri Williams, a prodigy teenager with affinity for suits of armor who had caught Tony's attention shortly before the war, in order to train her into becoming a hero. At the request of Tony's will, Amanda Armstrong became the CEO of Stark Industries to prevent the company from falling to the hands of its board of directors. Tony's comatose body was taken to the Stark Industrial Complex in Dover, and it remained in a bio-restructuring pod until his body was reconstituted cell by cell, resulting in his sudden awakening. He disappeared from the Stark facility and went into hiding until he fully recovered, only approaching his mother once to ensure her he was safe. In hopes it could turn out that Rhodey wasn't dead but in a similar state as he had woken up from, Tony exhumed his body from the Arlington Cemetery. After performing the necessary procedures to kick-start Rhodey's biological system, Tony returned him to life. Rhodey joined Tony in fighting The Hood to prevent Stark Industries from falling on his hands. Tony subsequently took down his own biological father, Jude, who had stepped out of the shadows after decades of keeping his resurrection at the hands of Hydra a secret.; ===Stark Unlimited===; Not long after making his return official, Tony rebranded his company as Stark Unlimited, a think tank that doubled as an ideas incubator for new suits, turning Iron Man into a collaborative project, which additionally returned to the idea of creating a specific armor depending on the situation. During this time, Iron Man rejoined the Avengers, marking the collective return of the Big Three—himself, Captain America and Thor—to the team, as well as the adoption by the heroes of a new base of operations, the carcass of a long-dead Celestial, refurbished into the Avengers Mountain. Tony also reconnected with fellow founding member the Wasp, and started dating her.; Despite his reinvigorated new lease on life, Tony was constantly haunted by the fear that he had lost his humanity due to the process that returned him, which reconstructed his body cell by cell. Tony's worst fear was exacerbated when he was trapped inside a virtual world of his own making called the eScape. The eScape's rogue operating system named Motherboard claimed to have discovered that there was no genetic trace of the original Tony Stark in Tony's body. Additionally, while brainwashed by Motherboard, Tony started drinking again, and his rekindled urge to drink carried over to the real world when he broke free from the digital nightmare.; After becoming merged with his own armor on a molecular level during confrontation against Ultron, Tony used a remotely-piloted Nano-Iron Man Armor to venture into his own body to reverse the damage, and found microscopic manufacturing labels stamped in his very own cells. Because of this, Tony became convinced that he was an artificial being, and a simulation of the real, late Tony Stark. Following Ultron's defeat, Tony's brother Arno laid claim to Stark Unlimited, arguing that since the bio-restructuring pod used to create Tony's new body was of his design, Tony was of his property, as well as everything that belonged to him. Afterwards, Arno poured all of his resources into creating his own armor, taking the mantle of Iron Man from Tony as well.; ===Robot Rebellion===; After disappearing from the public eyes for weeks, Stark fully embraced his identify as an artificial intelligence. Donning a recreation of his Model 1 Armor, Tony adopted the identity of Mark One and became the secretive leader of the A.I. Army, a counter-movement of artificial life forms such as robots and androids fighting against rising oppression. Tony helped the A.I. Army and other robots hide from prosecution through the Thirteenth Floor, a solid-light construct hideout.; The A.I. Army's liberation efforts were regularly countered by Arno, who became the premier force of A.I. oppression. Tensions came to a head when Arno intended to globally broadcast a software patch to make any robot inflected with it subservient, forcing Tony to come directly to blows against his brother. During this confrontation, Arno revealed to Tony that he intended to band together humanity and robotkind in order to fight a non-existent looming threat called the Extinction Entity, a delusion caused by Arno's relapsing illness. Tony refused to believe Arno's claims, and the encounter ended with Tony plummeting to his death after managing to disable the broadcast. Seconds before hitting the ground, Tony's consciousness was pulled from his body into the Thirteenth Floor by his ally A.I. Friday.; While Tony was coming to terms with his identity and ultimately desisted from the idea that he wasn't the real Tony Stark, his allies took his body to the Stark Unlimited HQ and used genetic material obtained from both of Tony's parents in combination with a bio-pod to fully restore his body, doing away with any artificial cell replacements. After downloading his consciousness back into his body, Tony took his allies to the Stark Space Station to stop Arno's new plan to mentally control humanity instead of robots. Using his new Virtual Armor, Tony overwhelmed his brother. Coming to the realization that he couldn't convince Arno that the Extinction Entity wasn't real before he could enslave humanity, Tony used the Virtual Armor to submerge Arno into a virtual dream in which the Extinction Entity was real and he managed to defeat it, also turning the suit into a life support system to prolong Arno's life. With robot oppression waning, Tony managed to take control back of his life, and reclaimed the mantle of Iron Man.; ===Empyre===; Shortly afterward, Stark and the rest of the Avengers found themselves drawn to an intergalactic conflict between the plant-based alien race named the Cotati and the newly-formed Kree/Skrull Alliance. The Cotati capitalized on their pacifist reputation to earn the Avengers' protection, painting themselves as innocent targets of genocide, when in reality the Alliance had united to stop the Cotati's own efforts to destroy all animal life forms. Tony in particular had been telepathically persuaded by Cotati leader Quoi to accede. The Avengers eventually learned the truth when the Cotati revealed their true nature, and their unwitting intervention helped the plant aliens cripple the Alliance's fleet. Tony secluded himself in the Avengers Mountain to devise a plan to stop the Cotati's subsequent invasion on Earth, creating a bespoke armor for Mister Fantastic to neutralize the Cotati's ability to control plants, which proved crucial in Quoi's eventual defeat. When the Alliance was briefly hijacked by former Skrull Empress R'Klll, they attempted to detonate the Sun with a device called the Pyre so to destroy the Earth, and the Cotati along with it. Stark used the Avengers Mountain's teleportation systems to remotely tamper with the Pyre, single-handedly preventing the Sun's meltdown.; ===Big Iron===; Driven by a desire to escape from the baggage of previous years, Stark resigned from the board of Stark Unlimited to embark on a journey of self-discovery. Moving away from his high-tech lifestyle and also breaking up with the Wasp, Tony settled in a brownstone in Manhattan and began donning a retro-inspired Iron Man armor to take a hands-on approach in doing good in the world. He was quickly joined by his former Avengers acquaintance Hellcat, who helped Tony take the right steps in his new approach to life and became his crime-fighting partner.; During this time, the symbiote god Knull invaded the Earth. Stark obtained a powerful symbiote by mutating a symbiote-dragon with Extremis and merging it with his armor, creating the Extrembiote. He used it to fight against Knull's forces and take over a symbiote-reanimated Celestial. Discovering that Carnage had resurfaced, Iron Man reached out to Agent Anti-Venom and later attempted to use the Extrembiote to help, but it was assimilated by Carnage, leaving Tony hospitalized.; When the recipient of Stark's latest investment turned out to be the returned android Korvac, Iron Man and Hellcat found themselves locked in a pursuit to stop the villain from reaching Taa II to regain his godhood via the Power Cosmic, and in the process became romantically involved. After getting his neck broken by Korvac, Tony was forced to have his armor fastened to his body and to take morphine to stay in fighting form, developing an addiction to it. Iron Man continued the pursuit alongside Hellcat, War Machine and a team of ragtag heroes later dubbed the "Space Friends." Following a battle royale between Tony and his allies, and Korvac and his acolytes, both rivals exposed themselves to the Power Cosmic and attained godhood. Iron Man overpowered Korvac, left him to the Abstract Entities, and returned to Earth. Although he intended to use his new nigh-omnipotence for the betterment of the world, the Iron God became corrupted by the Power Cosmic, only coming back to his senses once he killed his allies in a fit of rage. Following a moment of self-reflection with Hellcat's help, Tony reverted the damage and relinquished the Power Cosmic. Afterward, he was confronted by an escaped Korvac just as the symptoms of his morphine withdrawal began manifesting. Stark goaded Korvac into forgoing his godhood as well, and the villain had a change of heart after severely beating Tony. He took Tony to a hospital and subsequently committed suicide. After recovering from the beating, Tony admitted himself to a rehabilitation clinic to overcome the withdrawal symptoms.; Iron Man's brushes with the cosmic proved helpful when the Avengers intervened in a conflict between the mutant nation of Krakoa and the Eternals. The new Prime Eternal, Druig, declared war on mutantkind to assert his power. Eternals Ajak and Makkari, and mutant mastermind Mister Sinister worked with Iron Man to reanimate the Avengers Mountain into a new Celestial that could force an end to Druig's war. Vestiges of Tony's cosmic transformations resulted in his nervous system being used as blueprint for the new Celestial. However, when the Progenitor awoke, it declared individual judgment on each person in the world to determine its fate. Iron Man provided the key to the defeat of Druig's biggest asset, the Eternal Uranos, by hacking into the teleportation system of the Eternals' armory so that they could be turned against him, and later led a fruitless effort to fight the Progenitor once it declared the end of the world. Ultimately, Stark and a strike team infiltrated the interior of the Progenitor. During their incursion, the Progenitor telepathically addressed Tony and judged him favorably. The strike team reached the Progenitor's core as it was preparing to destroy the world, and Tony proved crucial in changing its mind, appealing to the part of the Celestial that came from himself. Convinced that its judgment was flawed and that it had to make amends, the Progenitor sacrificed itself to undo the damage and casualties from its effort to destroy the Earth.; ===Feilong's Takeover===; After Stark sacrificed most of his fortune to buy up the entire catalog of a black market network called Source Control to keep it off the streets, the human supremacist mogul Feilong blindsided Tony and seized control of Stark Unlimited, becoming the legal owner of all of his technology. Tony was forced into clandestinity just as Feilong and the anti-mutant think tank Orchis dealt a multi-pronged blow on mutantkind, who had recently established their own sovereign nation in Krakoa. With Feilong having defiled Tony's technology to build Stark Sentinels, Iron Man allied himself with mutant telepath Emma Frost. Tony joined the Hellfire Club as its new Black King, pretending to have been beaten into retirement by Feilong while secretly becoming one of the pillars in scheming a counter-offensive against Orchis' oppressive anti-mutant regime. As part of his furtive modus operandi, Tony ditched his Model 70 Armor in favor of a brand-new stealth suit called the Model Nil, which allowed him to continue being Iron Man, and serving on the Avengers, from the shadows.; Growing closer to Emma Frost, and marrying her undercover alias of "Hazel Kendal" in a sham wedding to telepathically prod Feilong's mind, Stark unearthed his true inheritance: a theoretical metal discovered by his father Howard which was nothing other than the mutant-harvested Mysterium. Tony sought to use it to craft his counter-measure against Feilong's Stark Sentinels: a skyscraper-sized Sentinel Buster Armor built on Nidavellir with Ironheart's help, piloted through Tony's most powerful armor yet, the Model 72. During the X-Men's final battle against Orchis, Tony lured Feilong and the Stark Sentinel armada to Australia, where he engaged them with his new giant armor. Although Feilong felled the Sentinel Buster Armor by ramming his own War Machine Sentinel into the suit's power source, Iron Man delivered him a decisive beatdown. However, the A.I. allied with Orchis turned against their human allies in a bid to destroy all organic life. With assistance from Magneto using his powers as a battery, Stark reawakened the Sentinel Buster long enough to decimate the remaining supply of Stark Sentinels, clearing the way for the X-Men's victory against Nimrod.; ===The Improvised Iron Man===; Although Emma amicably turned down Tony's offer to further pursue their romance, as a parting gift she used her powers to funnel money from various criminal sources to restore his fortune. Taking back the reins of Stark Unlimited, Tony quickly tried to pivot the company away from weapons manufacturing. However, A.I.M. took advantage of the transitional state and the Feilong-appointed Board of Directors to ally themselves with Roxxon and offer a bid for the company. With the support of demonic entities represented by the demon Belasco, Roxxon resurrected Justine Hammer, who devised a ploy to compromise almost the entirety of Tony's armory with a magic-infused virus and cannibalized the Mysterium Armor for her own Iron Monger Armor. Tony managed to stop the merger when Belasco revealed his involvement to the board, and he persuaded the demon's benefactors to withdraw their support. When they turned on the board in requital, Iron Man negotiated their safety in exchange for annulling the merger and resigning. However, Tony was left with an Improvised Armor he had jerry-rigged from scraps, since Belasco's masters didn't extricate him from their magical malware.; With the help of Ironheart and the Scarlet Witch, Tony began slowly purging his armory of the virus. He was still employing the Improvised Armor when Doctor Doom used the powers of Sorcerer Supreme to broker the allegiance of the world's leaders and named himself Earth's emperor. The desperation to defeat Doom drove Tony to retrofit the Improvised Armor with pieces of the Iron Monger, but its own corrupting magic seeped into Tony's mind, prompting to take drastic measures like allying himself with the terrorist Latverian Patriotic Front. In the end, Tony's protégé Vishte Taru embraced the dark power of the Iron Monger and orchestrated a terrorist attack on Latveria in hopes to defeat Doom himself and keep Tony's hands clean. Tony managed to defeat Vishte, while Doom later fell victim to his own hubris and gave up his world dominion. Some time later, Tony somehow regained the Mysterium Armor, but retired the suit in favor of the new Model 75 Armor.
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-Magma
-Kind: character
-Page: Amara Aquilla (Earth-616)
-Full name: Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla
-Also known as: Magma
-Other aliases: Allison Crestmere
-First appearance: New Mutants Vol 1 8
-Created by: Chris Claremont; Sal Buscema; Bob McLeod
-Identity status: Secret
-Species / origin: Mutant
-Reality: Earth-616
-Citizenship: Nova Roman; Krakoan
-Place of birth: Nova Roma
-Education: High School level courses at Xavier Institute
-Occupation: Adventurer; Formerly:; teacher; student
-Base of operations: Formerly:; Krakoa; Studio X; Xavier Institute; 1128 Mission Street, San Francisco; Utopia; Massachusetts Academy
-Affiliation: New Mutants; X-Corps; Formerly:; X-Men; Studio X; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (forced by Mesmero); 198; X.S.E.; X-Corporation (L.A.); New Hellions; Paragons Squad; Hellions; Gladiators
-Relatives: Maya (alleged cousin); Maya's unnamed son (alleged 1st cousin once removed)
-Marital status: Single
-Gender: Female
-Powers: Earth Manipulation: Magma can control the movement of tectonic plates within the short range.; Magma Manipulation: Magma can summon molten rock from deep within the earth.; Magma Mimicry: When using her powers, Magma's body shines with light and gives off tremendous heat.; Fire Generation and Manipulation: Magma can project blasts of flame.; Regeneration: She also has the ability to heal simultaneously when touched by some heat substance.; Heat and Fire Immunity
-Abilities: Multilingual: Amara was raised speaking Latin in Nova Roma and later learned English while studying at Xavier's School.; Fencing: Magma is a skilled swordswoman due to her training in Nova Roma.
-Weaknesses: She could unintentionally create major earthquakes and large-scale volcanic activity by losing control of her temper and becoming unusually angry.
-Equipment: Magma's costume is made from Unstable Molecules and is not harmed by the tremendous heat she generates.
-Trivia: Aquilla seems to be a spelling variation of "aquila", Latin for "eagle." Aquila was also the name of the eagle-standard used as a symbol of the Roman legions.
-History:
-===Early Life===; Amara was born and raised in the lost colony of Nova Roma settled by the Roman Empire shortly after the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Resting deep within the Amazon Jungle's of Brazil the city remained hidden for centuries. As the daughter of Senator Lucius Aquilla, her upbringing was that of privilege prestige, but not without the the looming shadows of political intrigue. Nova Roma, though secluded from the modern world, was not immune to internal strife. An Inca faction within the colony, lead by Senator Marcus Gallio under the sway of his wife the immortal witch Selene, Black Priestess, sought to usurp its republican ideals and subjugate its populace to imperial rule. Under Selene's influence, dark rituals and sacrificial ceremonies cast a pall of fear over the colony, threatening its very existence.; In the midst of this turmoil, Senator Aquilla, resolute in his opposition to Selene's plans, found himself confronted with a harrowing dilemma: the safety of his beloved daughter, Amara. Recognizing the grave peril posed by Selene's faction, Senator Aquilla made a heart-wrenching decision, he orchestrated Amara's escape from Nova Roma, disguising her as a native Brazilian. Thus began Amara's journey wrought with uncertainty and solitude as she ventured beyond the confines of her homeland. Guided by her father's love and the imperative of survival, she navigated the untamed wilderness, her identity concealed from those who sought to do her harm.; ===New Mutants===; Amara remained in hiding for years until she was captured by the New Mutants, who were on an expedition in the Amazon jungle. They learned of her disguise, but then both Amara and the New Mutants were captured by soldiers of Nova Roma and imprisoned. Now held prisoner by Selene, Amara was to be sacrificed. Selene used her mutant powers to drain Amara's life energy into her own body. The New Mutant, Mirage, attacked Selene. This distraction caused Selene to release Amara from her control, but Selene knocked Amara into a pit of lava. Somehow, rather than harming Amara, her immersion in the lava awakened her latent mutant powers. Together, Amara, with her new-found powers, and the New Mutants defeated Selene and helped thwart Senator Gallio's attempt to kill Senator Aquilla and seize power. Amara was instructed to go to the United States with the New Mutants and there learn about modern civilization.; Amara did so, reluctantly, and became a member of the New Mutants, under the code-name Magma. In the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the New Mutants were tutored, by Professor X, and trained in the use of their powers, in the Danger Room. At first, Magma experienced culture shock, however, she soon got a handle of modern civilization, including such things as computers and electricity. Amara also made quick progress in the use of her powers, being able to melt tunnels into the ground with the walls cooling down in mere seconds.; As a form of payback, Empath turned Amara and Sunspot over to the Gladiators where they are forced to battle for entertainment by a former New Mutant, Karma.; Later, Amora the Enchantress kidnapped the New Mutants to Asgard. While attempting to escape, Magik used her teleportation discs and the Enchantress' magic affected the destination and the New Mutants were separated through time and space. Amara ended-up in Svartalfheim and was seduced and transformed into a fairy by the Dark Elves. After the New Mutants defeated Amora, the X-Men arrived to assist them in rescuing Storm and Amara was restored to her natural state. After their adventure in Asgard, the New Mutants found themselves under the guidance of a new teacher, Magneto.; ===Hellions===; While at a Hellfire Club event, Magma was told by Selene that Selene had killed her mother and, later, recognized her grandmother, many times removed, in a statue depicting the ancient Moon Goddess, Selene. Selene approached her to claim having been both the model for the statue and the ancestor in question, stating that their lives, heritage, and destiny were bound far more closely than she ever dreamed. Magma refused to believe her claim and Selene smashed the statue, stating it was a forgery. Upon returning home, Amara received a letter from her father, stating that she had learned enough from the outside world and it was time to return home and marry.; Mirage accidentally revealed that Amara's heart's desire was the Hellion, Empath. Mortified, Amara left to her room and fantasized life among the Hellions, at the Massachusetts Academy again. After hearing of an animal creature that was being mistreated after capture, the New Mutants abducted Bird Brain in a contest with the Hellions, where Amara and Empath revealed their mutual attraction to each other, and, after returning home victorious, Amara decided to return to the Massachusetts Academy. Amara later left the New Mutants and joined the Hellions, stating that she was sent to learn about civilization and she wished to learn from the Hellions now.; ===Return to Nova Roma===; While living with the Hellions, Amara was ordered by her father to return home to her arranged marriage and Emma suggested she comply. Emma also ordered Empath to accompany Amara. Amara, then, returned to South America with Empath. On the plane ride there, they experienced bad weather and their plane crashed. Amara and Manuel de la Rocha lived in the jungles for a time together, where they grew closer and even kissed, before Amara's father rescued them. Amara sensed something was different about her homeland and its people but could not discern what was worrying her.; While awaiting her arranged marriage, Amara was captured by the High Evolutionary's Purifiers, who deemed her a threat, to be de-powered. The New Mutants arrived and rescued Amara and, after Magneto, the White Queen, and the Hellfire Club showed, the children hid and over-heard Magneto state that the Purifiers had almost foiled their plan for Amara. After the New Mutants teleported Amara back to the Xavier School, she asked to be sent back to Nova Roma with her father and Empath, to deal with her problems head-on.; Later, all of the remaining members of the Hellions were killed by Trevor Fitzroy. Warpath, joined by Firestar and Cannonball, who were all once members of the Hellions, went to South America to tell Amara and Empath of the death of their former teammates. While there, they discovered that Amara and all the people of this city had been living a lie. The city had not been founded by ancient Roman settlers. Instead, it was populated by the kidnapped and mind-wiped victims of Selene. She had created the city as a testament to the times she loved most and desperately wanted to relive. With Selene gone from the area, the spell had started to fade. Empath had tried to prolong the scenario as, for the first time in his life, he was happy. The people of Nova Roma started to regain their memories and Amara was told that her real name was Allison Crestmere and that she was a mutant of British descent.; Later still, Magma was captured by the mutant twins Fenris, while Empath and other former New Mutants and Hellions became targets in an elaborate and deadly game organized by the villainous Gamesmaster. They were ultimately freed by X-Force and the New Warriors. Afterward, Magma decided to leave Empath and her friends to search for her family in England.; ===New Hellions===; Allison was not seen again until her appearance in King Bedlam's new Hellions. He called her a "British exile," so it seemed that she did not rebuild her old life as planned. How she came to join him is unknown. However, when King Bedlam unleashed the Armageddon Man on the U.S., Magma did not leave with him and helped X-Force shut down a nuclear reactor and stop the Armageddon Man.; ===Crucified===; Magma later turned up among a group of mutants captured and crucified on the front lawn of Xavier’s mansion by the Church of Humanity. Magma was among the few victims saved from certain death by quick transfusion of Archangel's new healing-factor-laced blood. However, Magma remained in a coma for a time.; ===X-Treme X-Men===; A few weeks later, students Josh Foley and Julian Keller found out about Allison and decided to wake her up with Josh's healing abilities. Magma awoke and let out a powerful blast that nearly demolished the entire wing, then ran away. She joined up with the X-Treme X-Men team in California and reunited with her old friend Cannonball, then ran into Sunspot and Empath as well. Magma no longer thought of herself as Allison and was instead completely back to her Amara persona. How and why this change occurred, and which identity was the true one, is unknown; though it is assumed her first identity was the real one. Amara helped the X-Men fight and temporarily defeat Elias Bogan and his telepath, though she reduced the LA X-Corporation headquarters to slag while doing it.; ===M-Day===; While vacationing in Guadeloupe, she found a new boyfriend. Antonio was a mutant with almost the same powers as Magma. While on a date in the magma of a volcano, the Decimation took his mutant powers away. He incinerated in a blink of an eye. His death temporarily drove her insane causing her to make the volcano erupt and attack a nearby town. She was later apprehended by Empath and brought to the Xavier Institute where she shared a tent with Skids and Outlaw. She was also being manipulated emotionally by the mutant Johnny Dee who was infatuated with her. Because of previous experience with being emotionally controlled, she incorrectly blamed Empath who denied her accusations.; ===New Mutants X-Men Squad===; Magik later returned, stating that she was from the not too distant future and that the world and New Mutants would die without her intervention. Cyclops allowed Cannonball to reorganize the original New Mutants squad. Their first mission was to subdue a recently returned Legion. Eli Bard, a servant of Selene, tracked down the body of Doug Ramsey, with the aid of the reanimated Caliban, and reanimated him as well, with the aid of the Transmode virus. Alongside the resurrected Hellions, Cypher infiltrated Utopia and, while the Hellions went after Emma, he targeted Magma, as commanded by Selene. Amara was beaten into a coma by Doug and after a lengthy battle involving the New Mutants and the Hellions, Douglas was freed from Bard's control by Warlock wielding Magik's Soulsword and rejoined his former teammates. Amara was initially scared of the sight of Doug until he whispered a language he created just for her to understand in her ear and she hugged him.; After the return of the mutant messiah, Hope Summers, and Cable to the mainstream timeline, Bastion and his members of the Human Council attacked her tirelessly. Cyclops ordered the New Mutants to attack one of Cameron Hodge's Right facilities and then to aid Cable and a group of X-Men from William Stryker and his Purifiers. After Bastion systematically eliminated all of the X-Men's teleporters, he encased the entire island of Utopia in an impenetrable dome and, at the center, opened a portal to his original timeline, where Sentinels ruled and mutants and superhumans were outlawed, that poured out wave upon endless wave of Nimrod-Series Sentinels. Amara battled the Nimrods in the airspace around Utopia.; After the attack from Bastion, the team took a vacation and Illyana sensed that Pixie had been captured. Illyana sent Warlock to warn the X-Men and the rest of the team battled the Inferno Babies. After being beaten, they were taken to Limbo. After surviving an attack in Limbo by demons and the Elder Gods, it was revealed that Illyana brought Legion back into the mainstream reality to use against the Elder Gods that General Ulysses and Project Purgatory were planning to unleash.; ===Fear Itself===; When Kuurth attacked San Francisco, Cyclops sent Dani Moonstar to meet with Asgardian death-goddess Hela, in the hope that she can explain what happens. However, on the way to Las Vegas, Dani was forcibly moved to Hel.; Discovering that Dani was gone, the New Mutants sought the assistance of Magik and she explained to them what happened with Dani and told Cypher how he can bring the team to her. However, Doug made a mistake in a spell, and instead of Hel, he teleported the team into a Hell where they met Mephisto. Mephisto offered the New Mutants a deal, he will send them out of Hell, and even teleport them straight into the Hela's domain, in exchange for a date with Magma. Amara agreed, and Mephisto teleported the team to Hel where they almost immediately clashed with the Draumar. To frighten and defeat them, Hela showed the Draumar Nate's memories about his life and a world about which they knew nothing. After the Draumar were gone, the team returned to Utopia.; ===A Date With The Devil===; After rescuing Blink and returning to the New Mutants' new home in San Francisco, Amara prepared for her date with Mephisto. Her teammates begged her to reconsider the deal, especially Bobby, and find another way to pay off their debt. Dani even suggested enlisting the help of Doctor Strange or Ghost Rider to deal with Mephisto, but Amara refused.; Warlock created a tracker bracelet for Amara so that they knew where to find her in case something went amiss. However, Mephisto, aware of the group's suspicion, quickly discarded the item, stating it was too ostentatious. The date itself took place in Hell, with Mephisto and Amara sharing a meal in the third circle of Hell overlooking a lake of lava, erupting volcanoes, and music provided by many of history's great deceased artists.; Claiming the date to be too much Amara insisted to just be given a contract to sign to spare her friends and to be taken home so she could be done with the farce taking place. Mephisto insisted that the request for a date was genuine and that tricking the New Mutants of their souls after being transported to Hell would have been too easy and provide him with no enjoyment. He eventually managed to convince Amara to give him another chance after he told her that he just wanted to be treated like a normal person for once, a sentiment Amara explained the New Mutants shared and was their reason for moving to San Francisco.; Later on, the pair shared a date at a restaurant where Amara had unsuccessfully applied for a job earlier. After the date, Mephisto returned Amara home, and she admitted she had enjoyed herself once Mephisto stopped trying so hard, even leaving him with a goodnight kiss.; The other New Mutants had stayed up waiting for her to make sure she was safe but she promised everything was fine and that she would give them details in the morning as she was exhausted. Unbeknownst to the others Mephisto was outside Amara's window and asked her whether he could call her again, to which she agreed.; Mephisto's relationship with Magma collapsed after she uncovered his dealings with the dangerous Disir, which caused her to call off any chance of furthering their relationship, much to his displeasure. She was later shown exploring romantic interest in Sunspot after repeatedly rejecting his advances.; ===Fearless Defenders===; Amara was later seen enjoying the all-female festivities at New Amazonia after being invited by Hippolyta in an attempt to rebuild her Amazon kingdom. She later fought and helped defeat the forces sent by Caroline Le Fay that were sent to attack the island.; ===Brotherhood of Evil Mutants===; Magma unexpectedly joined the latest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. She participated in an attack on the United Nations and later in the kidnapping of Mayor Bill de Blasio. It was discovered by the X-Men that Magma had been brainwashed by the Brotherhood's leader Mesmero into joining the team and carrying out those attacks. Mesmero's control was eventually lifted, allowing Magma to leave the Brotherhood. She later rejoined the X-Men.; ===X-Men Disassembled===; Magma was one of the many mutants that opposed the crazed X-Man from remaking the world in his image. When X-Man realized that his vision of the world would never come about with the X-Men around, X-Man made his enemies vanish in an instant, including Magma.; ===Age of X-Man===; Magma and the others were transported to another plane of existence by X-Man created in an attempt at a utopia where they and all other mutants would be at peace, altering their memories so they wouldn't resist. Magma became the main stunt coordinator of all the movies that are filmed at Studio X, which mainly featured actors Nightcrawler and Meggan Puceanu.; Amara flirted with Kurt and asked him about going to the fan dinner, which annoyed Meggan because she liked him as well. Later at the dinner, Amara defended the Stepford Cuckoos, saying that the Studio wouldn't be running as smoothly if the girls weren't around, after a group were disgusted by how the sisters flaunted their familial relationship.; While not observed, Magma was presumably returned to the real world when X-Man decided to release the mutants he forced to live in his plane of existence.; ===House of X===; Magma became a citizen of the mutant nation of Krakoa. When mutants attempting to reach a Krakoan gateway near Nova Roma were hunted by strange creatures, Amara returned home with Armor and Boom-Boom, helping the survivors reach Krakoa. She later accompanied the New Mutants to the anti-mutant nation of Carnelia to extract Natashia Repina, a young reality-warper whose uncontrolled nightmares were engulfing a city. Magma, Karma, and Chamber became trapped within Natashia's nightmare, but the team eventually calmed the girl and evacuated her to Krakoa.; Alongside Pixie and Maggott, Magma approached the young vigilantes known as the Children of the Atom and invited them to Krakoa. When the youths were later captured by the U-Men, she joined the X-Men force that rescued them.; After learning the true nature of Krakoa's Pit of Exile, Amara joined Mole, Skin, Bling!, Shark-Girl, and other residents supporting its prisoners. At Mole's urging, she caused an undersea volcanic eruption that weakened Krakoa. However, Sabretooth exploited the resulting diversion and a secret agreement with Cypher to secure his own escape while abandoning his fellow inmates.; ===Fall of X===; During the third Hellfire Gala, Magma helped defend Krakoa from Orchis, firing from the island's lighthouse at the attacking Sentinels. During the ensuing occupation, she joined a X-Corps strike team led by Mirage to liberate Nova Roma from Selene and the Externals. After distracting Selene during her ritual ascension, Magma formed a mutant circuit with Rictor and Khora of the Burning Heart, isolating Selene's palace from the rest of the city and allowing Mirage to carry out X-Corps' plan while protecting Nova Roma.
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-Tombstone
-Kind: character
-Page: Alonzo Lincoln (Earth-616)
-Full name: Alonzo Thompson "Lonnie" Lincoln
-Also known as: Tombstone
-Other aliases: Lionel Thompson; Lonnie the Tombstone
-First appearance: Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 36
-Created by: Gerry Conway; Alex Saviuk
-Identity status: Public
-Species / origin: Human mutated by the chemical Diox-3
-Reality: Earth-616
-Citizenship: American
-Place of birth: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York
-Education: High school
-Occupation: Crimelord; Formerly:; mob enforcer
-Base of operations: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York
-Affiliation: Kingpin; Arranger; Chameleon; Hammerhead; Tombstone's Gang; Formerly:; The Hand; Bengal; Bullet; Big Ben; Sinister Six; Untouchables; Fang Gang
-Relatives: Dump Truck (unspecified relative)
-Gender: Male
-Powers: Mutated Physiology: Alonzo's body was exposed to the chemical Diox-3 which granted him all of his superhuman attributes.; Superhuman Strength: Tombstone possesses sufficient strength enabling him to lift about 6 tons.; Superhuman Reflexes Tombstone's reflexes are enhanced to superhuman levels.; Superhuman Stamina: Tombstone's muscles produce less fatigue toxins than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to affect him.; Superhuman Durability: Tombstone's body is highly resistant to physical injury. He is capable of withstanding high caliber bullets, great impact force, and temperatures as hot as 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as -80 degrees Fahrenheit without sustaining injury. He is also somewhat insulated from electricity. By his own account his skin is as hard as diamonds, although his eyes aren't as durable.
-Abilities: Skilled in the hand-to-hand combat and use firearms.
-Unusual features: Disfigured nose, filed teeth, skin afflicted by albinism and later hardened
-Trivia: In addition to referencing his pallor, Lincoln's alias of Tombstone doubles as a pun on his middle name, Thompson.
-History:
-Lonnie Lincoln was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. His albinism, a congenital disorder characterized by the complete absence of pigment in his skin, made him an outcast among the children his age. He also had a problem with his vocal chords, making him speak in whispers. The only student who didn't ostracize Lincoln was aspiring reporter Joe Robertson, causing Lonnie to misconstrue this lack of hostility as a token of friendship. To make up for his appearance, Lonnie exercised intensively, and ultimately became a school bully. Using his size and muscles to extort money out of his fellow students, Lonnie was nicknamed "Tombstone." In senior year, when he discovered that Robertson was writing an exposé on his activities for the school newspaper, Tombstone felt betrayed and assaulted Robbie to force him to drop the story.; Eight years later, Tombstone had grown to become a mob enforcer in Philadelphia, where Robertson happened to work as a reporter. When Lincoln killed crime boss Ozzy Montana, his employee Isadore Hipper witnessed the murder and contacted the newspaper where Robbie worked. Robbie was about to meet with Hipper when Tombstone killed him, and arrived at their meeting point only to find Tombstone taunting him with the man's corpse. Due to his perceived friendship with Robertson, Tombstone let him go, but later taunted him on the phone, prompting Robbie to flee with his wife back to New York, where he became an acclaimed reporter for the Daily Bugle.; Tombstone continued working as an enforcer. He was arrested several times for many murders, but between witnesses disappearing or recanting their testimony, Lincoln never went to jail. At some point in time, Tombstone had a daughter named Janice. Lincoln was actually a good, if amoral, father to Janice. He proudly remembered helping her with her first scam, where she attended a girl's birthday party and stole all of her gifts. Lincoln would pay her way through law school so she could exploit the law as a financial lawyer, but Janice wanted to be a costumed super villain, much to Lincoln's chagrin. As an adult, Janice would fulfill her dream and adopt the identity of the Beetle.; Over twenty years after Hipper's murder, Tombstone was hired by the Arranger, and moved back to New York to work for him. Tombstone recruited mutant Roland Rayburn, later known as the Persuader. When he spotted Tombstone in the streets, Robertson was overcome with a feeling of responsibility to bring Tombstone down, since he felt responsible for the murders Lincoln had committed for failing to stop him back in high school. Before personally confronting Tombstone, Robbie taped a recording detailing his history with Lincoln as well as the evidence against him and left it to his employee at the Daily Bugle, photographer Peter Parker. When Robertson faced against Tombstone, he tried to kill the mobster with a gun, but he failed since Lincoln was wearing a bulletproof vest. In retaliation, Tombstone squeezed Robbie with his arms, nearly breaking his back and leaving him crippled, but not killing him due to their perceived friendship.; In order to obtain the incriminating tape, Tombstone threatened Parker's wife, Mary Jane Watson, and then summoned him to Atlanta, where Parker confronted and defeated him using his costumed identity of Spider-Man. During their fight, Robertson contacted the Department of Justice to give them his deposition against Lincoln. Tombstone was finally jailed, but so was Robbie since his testimony entailed a confession to being accessory to Hipper's murder. Using his influence, Tombstone ensured that he would be transferred to the same prison as Robbie, Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, in the cell next to his. Lincoln's haunting of Robbie was impeded by a muscular convict known as the Bruiser who had taken a liking to Robbie. He protected Joe until they were ambushed by Tombstone and other inmates, and Bruiser was beaten to death by Lincoln.; After Bruiser's death, Tombstone forced Robbie to contact Spider-Man, luring him into a trap. With the hero drugged and beaten up, Tombstone and his henchmen used him as a hostage to stage a breakout that saw Lincoln taking Robbie away on a helicopter. When Spider-Man, still weakened, clung to the helicopter, Tombstone began kicking him from above. Finally overcoming his fear for Tombstone, Joe grabbed Lincoln and lunged out of the helicopter. They survived the fall, landing on a river, but Robbie was injured. An Amish named Aaron DeWeiss found the duo, and sheltered them at his farm. Tombstone waited for weeks until Robbie healed and challenged him for a final battle, during which Robbie impaled him with a pitchfork. Although the injury wasn't grave, Tombstone felt betrayed that his "friend" would try to kill him, and walked away. Lincoln eventually made his way back to Manhattan, where he met up with his new employer, the crime boss Hammerhead.; Thinking of Robertson as a liability due to his connection with Tombstone, Hammerhead hired the Hobgoblin to kill the reporter, who had been pardoned and was a free man. Tombstone secretly intervened to stop the Hobgoblin, since he didn't want anybody killing Robbie except for himself in due time. Since Hammerhead still wished to kill Robbie, Tombstone himself lured Robertson to one of his operations in a chemical plant to kill him. In the resulting tussle, Robbie accidentally locked Lincoln in a chamber filled with a preservative gas named Diox-3 that mutated Tombstone and made his skin virtually indestructible. After taking over Hammerhead's operations, Tombstone summoned Robbie to Hammerhead's mansion to call off his vendetta against him out of gratitude since Joe had been accidentally responsible for the new powers he enjoyed. After Spider-Man intervened to assist Robbie, a confrontation between Tombstone and Hammerhead saw the mansion explode, and Tombstone fled.; With his reputation having taken a hit following the attempted takeover of Hammerhead's territory, Tombstone took part in an assassination game to join the ninja cult The Hand in hopes of finding a purpose and a place to belong. The game pit Lincoln against Taskmaster in a contest of killings. The vigilante Daredevil intervened to stop the two villains while preventing the deadly Punisher from killing them. After being left hospitalized by the Punisher, Taskmaster informed on Tombstone's plan to pose as a clown to kill City Cultural Affairs Commissioner Christin Harris. Tombstone was left distraught after Daredevil foiled him, but he managed to escape while the hero finished dealing with the Punisher.; Following the Kingpin's fall, Tombstone joined a conference of powerful criminal leaders who intended to divide up the empire left by Fisk. Among the members of the conference were Slug, Hammerhead, Fenris, and their sibling Werner von Strucker. This, and other arguments, caused the conference to degenerate into a shouting, shooting and blasting match.; Tombstone's operations later became a target to a supercriminal known as Deadzone. Moon Knight, who was also after Deadzone, used Tombstone as bait. He took a position as the mobsters limo driver. When he finally attacked he took down Deadzone and Tombstone personally thanked him for his help. Tombstone tried to murder Deadzone while he was unconscious but was stopped by Moon Knight. However Deadzone awoke. As both Moon Knight and Deadzone battled once more, Tombstone escaped in the limo.; Hammerhead began to seize power across New York City. He took over Sandoz making him his right-hand man. Tombstone claimed to have killed Spider-Man, as he emerged from the East River holding his mask. When Tombstone was eventually knocked down by Spidey and the Black Cat, Sandoz surrendered to the police. Lincoln broke out of prison and returned to New York only to face the Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider. Ben followed a trail of bodies to find him and they battled atop a speeding car with an unconscious driver. Ben jumped in front of the truck and stopped it before hit a restaurant full of diners. Lincoln tried to attack Ben but was knocked out when using a street light.; Tombstone later became a bookie and got involved with a client named Conrad O'Shea, but over time he racked up a considerable gambling debt. Conrad hired the "Merc with the Mouth" Deadpool to kill Lincoln. But when Deadpool went to the given address and a bomb exploded. Surviving due to his healing factor, he discovered he had been framed using a doctored video by Lincoln as it was featured on the nightly news. Many heroes went after Deadpool because of this including Punisher, Daredevil and Spider-Man. Working with the Punisher they interrogated Lincoln goons, they find Lincoln's address but he was able to escape on a motorcycle. Spider-Man arrived returned to help and battled Lincoln under a bridge, with the Wrecking Crew, whom Lincoln had hired from The Hood. They took down the Wrecking Crew with ease, Lincoln and Conrad escaped, but Conrad was thrown to Lincoln's hungry pigs. However, Deadpool saved him so he could learn the truth. Conrad had made a bet with Lincoln on the outcome of a basketball game. Shantee Williams the star player had an altercation with Deadpool and decided to pull a gun, sending him to the emergency room, and he needed surgery to reattach his fingers; this caused Conrad to lose the bet. Lincoln agreed to a double-or-nothing bet. He framed Deadpool for the bombing to see if he could survive the next 24 hours. Conrad had bet that Lincoln couldn't kill Deadpool. As Lincoln was about to leave in his helicopter, Deadpool confronted him. Deadpool gained the upper hand, threatening to stab Lincoln in the eye and impale his brain, Lincoln's one vulnerable spot. He confessed and was arrested.; Tombstone was hired by Doctor Octopus to kidnap the unborn son of Harry Osborn and Lily Hollister. Doc Ock believed that the Goblin Formula in his DNA could cure him. Tombstone and Shocker chased the very pregnant Lily, resulting in her giving birth during the fight. Shortly after, Doc Ock arrived to steal the baby. Spidey, however, escaped with the infant and Tombstone followed Carlie Cooper back to the apartment where Lily and Mary Jane Watson were hiding. Tombstone had overheard her mention that she knew Lily personally and reasoned that he could find the infant if Spidey brought it back to its mother. Carlie tried to shoot him but Lily used her remote controlled glider to smash into Tombstone, knocking him out.; Mister Negative next targeted Tombstone's operations, tipping detective Teddy Rangel on the location of one of Tombstone's hideouts. The NYPD stormed the building and captured Tombstone with Spider-Man's help, but Rangel was hospitalized and Tombstone was set free by a judge who got drugs from him.; Luke Cage and Iron Fist visited Tombstone on a mission to recover a necklace for Jennie Royce who had told them it was her grandmother's. He refused to say that he had won the necklace in a card game with The Hood, not from any debt collection. Feeling disrespected by the accusations of being a thief, as well as the very presence of Iron Fist, things rapidly took a turn for the worse, forcing Luke and Danny to fight their way past numerous gangsters as they took the necklace and flee. As the left, Tombstone tried to warn them that the necklace was magical. When he recovered he swore revenge, believing the Heroes for Hire were back together.; Tombstone was one of the many crime bosses assembled by the Kingpin when he was Mayor of New York and put a bounty on the villain Boomerang, who was keeping pieces of the Lifeline Tablet from Fisk. Once he learned Boomerang was roommates with Joe Robertson's son Randy, Tombstone intended to use him as a hostage to lure Boomerang and then kill him to spite Robbie. To his surprise, when he approached Randy's apartment, he saw him kissing his daughter Janice, who he had been dating in secret. Robbie himself learned this separately but concurrently, and each tried to persuade their child to drop the relationship to no avail. Joe and Tombstone would put aside their differences after Randy and Janice were kidnapped by the crime bosses Madame Masque and Crime Master in a bid to take over Lincoln's territories. Working together, Tombstone and Joe managed to save their kids with the help of Spider-Man and Beetle's team, the Syndicate. Afterward, both Lonnie and Joe decided not to let their own grudge interfere in their children's future, and called a truce for anything pertaining to their children's relationship.; Tombstone attended the wedding between Janice and Randy, but the ceremony was soon crashed by the paid assassin Shotgun who shot Lincoln with special bullets that heavily wounded him. After this attack, Peter Parker under the influence of Green Goblin's sins, unplugged the life support of the hospital bed where Tombstone was lying in an unconscious state. The doctors were able to resuscitate Tombstone, and he survived the attempt on his life.; In his absence, the rival criminal gangs took the opportunity to steal his territories, starting the Gang War. Tombstone soon recovered and awoke, and the first thing he did was to comfort Robbie who stood by his son's bed after he himself was shot. He then went to the Syndicate's hideout to ask be updated on the current status of the war. Janice expressed her wish to inherit his territories before going out to fight in the war. Tombstone told White Rabbit to look after his daughter, and then he approached Spider-Man and She-Hulk to ask them for their help in ending this war.; Tombstone, Spider-Man, and She-Hulk fought the Tracksuit Mafia and drove them away from the Meatpacking District. There Tombstone told the two heroes that the Inner Demons were too busy fighting Clan Yulan, and explained to them that he made a deal with Wilson Fisk of the Hellfire Club to finally end the war. However, Fisk told Tombstone that he was instead going to help his son Rose to steal his and Janice's territories, causing a fight to erupt between the two. This led Spider-Man and She-Hulk to fight Fisk's wife Typhoid Mary and the Hellfire Knights, until the former Kingpin received a call and suddenly announced that their battle was now over.; Fisk told them that he made sure Rose stood out of the war and allowed Tombstone to talk to Janice to be assured she was doing fine. Fisk soon departed as he wished to have no part in this war, but not before warning Tombstone that Madame Masque was now in charge of the Maggia. As Madame Masque challenged Janice to one final fight in Central Park, Tombstone, Spider-Man and She-Hulk headed there to ensure her safety. They were joined by Elektra, the second Spider-Man, and Spider-Woman, and together got in the fight between Janice's and Madame Masque's forces, with Tombstone taking on Shotgun. He punched Shotgun so hard, the mind-control sigil put on him by Madame Masque was destroyed, freeing him. Shotgun explained himself to Tombstone, revealing he was an agent sent by the U.S. Government to kill the gang leaders and also revealed that the government had a file on Janice, leaving Tombstone to knock him out. He then reunited with his daughter, but as she prepared herself to fight Madame Masque, Tombstone grabbed her wings and ripped them off. He told her that the winner who would own the criminal territories would be forced to be a monster to keep them, and he refused to let that fate befall her, instead taking that position for himself to spare her. With that over, Tombstone ordered his gang and the Syndicate to retreat from the battle as they were done, leaving Janice behind. Back to their base, Tombstone proclaimed to White Rabbit that they were the only gang that now reigned all over New York City, and to convince the other gangsters that he wasn't to be messed with he planned to publicly kill Spider-Man.; To get to Spider-Man, Tombstone planned to first kill Parker in order to lure the hero out. He pulled up beside Peter and Randy, ordering the former to get inside his limo. Tombstone announced his plan to Peter and went to attack him, only for Parker to dodge most of his strikes. Their skirmish was eventually interrupted by the arrival of She-Hulk and Mayor Luke Cage, having been called by Randy under Peter's instructions. Peter quickly changed into Spider-Man and together with the other two vigilantes knocked Tombstone out to allow the police to arrest him. As Tombstone was accused for attempted murder, he put in a trial in which he pled not guilty, but then his daughter arrived to testify against him. This worked as Tombstone was sent to jail, though he later managed to be released on bail thanks to his lawyer Michelle Le, and planned to get rid of the key witness, Janice, to evade imprisonment. Knowing that the heroes planned to apprehend him, Tombstone sent White Rabbit to go after the supposed location of Janice and Randy to serve as a distraction, while he went to the couple's actual location.; Gun in hand, Tombstone immediately tried to shoot Janice who barely managed to dodge the bullets and escape to a nearby room. There she partially donned her Bettle armor, only for Tombstone to stun her with an EMP grenade, allowing him to start strangling her. In that moment, Spider-Man crashed in through the window and slammed Tombstone into a wall. Tombstone attempted to grab Janice again as she was about to escape, but he himself was grabbed by the hero, which led her to falling out of the window. Tombstone chased Janice through the streets and into an office building where managed to grab her again. Spider-Man caught up to him and as he tackled Tombstone down, Janice clawed at her father's face, leaving bloodied scratches across his eyes. Spider-Man helped Janice escape, causing Tombstone to rush at the hero through a window, falling to the ground beneath.; Janice escaped to a nearby subway as Tombstone resumed his chase. Spider-Man again interfered, fighting Tombstone which gave Janice the chance to board the train and finally get away. An enraged Tombstone began beating Spider-Man who told him that he was doing this to not only to save Janice but also the gangster's soul, and in retaliation the hero struck back at him, causing Tombstone to fall at the path of an oncoming train. Spider-Man quickly got Tombstone out of the way of the train which hit him instead. Tombstone stood over the unconscious hero, and prepared to finally kill him, but decided not to and admitted defeat. He carried Spider-Man's body to the nearest hospital, and soon he was sent back to court. Because of Spider-Man's interference and Janice's disappearance, Tombstone's case was dismissed by the judge. Outside of the court, Tombstone had Parker deliver Spider-Man a message, that being the fact he beat the hero in a fair game, but also his gratitude for preventing him from killing his own daughter.
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