| The fictitious superhero Iron Man first made an | | | | capture, Tony suffers from a potentially deadly |
| appearance in a Marvel Comic entitled "Tales of | | | | blow to the chest that wounds his heart. For |
| Suspense" which was released in April of the year | | | | three months, Tony remains under the instruction |
| 1963. The writer Stanley Leiber with the help of | | | | of those who have taken him captive. During his |
| his brother Larry Lieber conceived the character. | | | | imprisonment, he works on creating an |
| The artist co-creators Don Heck and Jack Kirby | | | | all-powerful suit of armor, which later enables him |
| also were involved in its creation. | | | | to escape, and he consequently saves his own life. |
| Iron Man is not only a philanderer but an engineer | | | | On returning to the United States of America |
| of outstanding ability whose birth name is Tony | | | | prior to his escape, Tony announces his decision |
| Stark. The character is the founder and executive | | | | to cease weapon manufacture. This followed a |
| officer of his own multinational company entitled | | | | successful protest by Obadiah Stane. Tony |
| Stark Industries, a company though which he | | | | reveals that on ceasing weapon manufacture, he |
| assembles military weapons. The character of | | | | will better the armor he has manufactured, by |
| Tony Stark is most famous for possessing | | | | mechanizing it with gold and titanium and instilling a |
| high-level intelligence, herculean strength and | | | | propulsion system to enable its wearer to be able |
| permanence. In addition, he comes endowed with | | | | to fly. However, Tony's assistant Pepper later |
| his own missiles and possesses the ability to both | | | | discovers that Tony was betrayed by Obadiah - |
| repulse energy and fly. | | | | Obadiah had been using Tony's knowledge to build |
| The Iron Man persona was adapted in the live | | | | prototype armor which Obadiah had then |
| American action film Iron Man, which was released | | | | transformed into the ultimate weapon of mass |
| on May the second 2008. The American, Jonathan | | | | destruction. Obadiah had then proceeded to sell |
| Favreau, directed the movie. The film stars the | | | | this weapon to the insurgents. Tony uses his new |
| actor Robert Downey Junior who portrays Tony | | | | suit that is laden with sophisticated devices able to |
| Stark while Gwyneth Paltrow features as Tony's | | | | help him in the fight against crime, to protect the |
| personal assistant and secretary Pepper Potts. | | | | world from peril under the pseudonym of "Iron |
| The actor Jeffrey Bridges portrays Tony Stark's | | | | Man". In order to do this, Tony returns to |
| second in command Obadiah Stane, a character | | | | Afghanistan where he seeks out and destroys |
| that is known to have previously worked with | | | | the arms before launching a mission to prevent |
| Tony's father, in the film. | | | | Obadiah Stane from misusing his very own |
| In the 2008 Iron Man movie, Tony Stark and his | | | | research. |
| military convoy are attacked and captured while | | | | The sequel to the 2008 movie Iron Man will be |
| they are in Afghanistan to demonstrate Tony's | | | | entitled Iron Man 2. The sequel will witness the |
| company's new missile. There is an extreme | | | | return of many of the original actors and |
| motive behind this capture, as Tony's abductors | | | | actresses, including Robert Downey Junior and |
| want him to assemble a weapon of mass | | | | Gwyneth Paltrow. The Iron Man sequel is |
| destruction specifically for their own use. On his | | | | scheduled for release on May seventh 2010. |