Iron Man's Weakness

Eventually, Iron Man's heart is his weakness. Tony's heart condition is discovered by the public and cured with an artificial heart transplant. However, Stark also develops a serious dependency on alcohol.

The first time it becomes a problem is when Stark discovers that the national security agency S.H.I.E.L.D. has been buying a controlling interest in his company in order to ensure Stark's continued weapons development for them. At the same time, Stark's business rival Justin Hammer hires several supervillains to attack Stark.

At one point, the Iron Man armor is even taken over and used to murder a diplomat. Although Iron Man is not immediately under suspicion, Stark is forced to hand the armor over to the authorities. Eventually Stark and Rhodes, who is now his personal pilot and confidant, track down and defeat those responsible, although Hammer would return to bedevil Stark again. With the support of his then-girlfriend, Bethany Cabe, his friends and his employees, Stark pulls through these crises and overcomes his dependency on alcohol. Some time later, a ruthless rival, Obadiah Stane, manipulates Stark emotionally into a serious relapse.

As a result, Stark loses control of Stark International, becomes a homeless vagrant and gives up his armored identity to Rhodes, who becomes the new Iron Man for a lengthy period of time. Eventually, Stark recovers and starts a new company, Circuits Maximus. While Stark concentrates on new technological designs, Rhodes continues to act as Iron Man but steadily grows more aggressive and paranoid. Rhodes goes on a rampage, and Stark has to don a prototype suit to stop him.

When Circuits Maximus comes under assault from Stane, Stark uses the completed next-generation armor to confront Stane in personal combat. Stark's skill proves superior over Stane's unpracticed use of his own variant suit (known as the Iron Monger) and Stark regains his company when Stane commits suicide rather than be captured.

Iron Man's Head

Iron man is wearing a special helmet on his head. The helmet is pressurized so he can travel at high altitudes. Tony Stark has readouts about everything within his visual range, this includes a cascade of information coming at him. Favreau, the Iron Man movie's filmaker says, "what is fun for me is that you can cut inside the helmet and see what he is looking at."

The Origin Of Iron Man

Anthony or also known as 'Tony' Stark is a genius since he was a boy. He entered MIT at the age of 15, and graduating at the top of his class. Tony inherits his father, Howard Stark's, company, Stark Industries after his parents' accidental deaths in a car crash.

While observing the effects of his experimental technologies on the American war effort, Stark is injured by a booby trap and captured by the enemy, who order him to design weapons for them. However, Starks injuries are dire, as shrapnel is in his chest, threatening to pierce his heart. His fellow prisoner, Yin Sen helps Stark use the workshop to secretly design and construct a suit of powered armor that saves Stark's life by keeping his heart beating. Stark uses the armor to escape, although Yin Sen dies during the attempt. Stark takes revenge on his kidnappers, then gets back to American forces, where he meets a wounded American Air Force helicopter pilot, James "Rhodey" Rhodes.

The cover for Iron Man is that he is Stark's bodyguard and corporate mascot. To that end, Iron Man fights threats to his company, Communist opponents such as the Black Widow, the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man as well as independent villains like the Mandarin. No one suspects Stark of being Iron Man as he cultivates an image as a rich playboy and industrialist. Two notable members of Stark's supporting cast at this point are his personal chauffeur Harold "Happy" Hogan and secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts, to both of whom he eventually reveals his dual identity. Meanwhile, Jim Rhodes would find his own niche as Stark's personal pilot of extraordinary skill and daring.

The comic took an anti-Communist stance in its early years, which was softened as opposition rose to the Vietnam War. This change evolved in a series of stories with Stark profoundly reconsidering his political opinions and the morality of manufacturing weapons for the military. Stark, however, often shows himself to be occasionally arrogant and willing to let the ends justify the means.[citation needed] This leads to personal conflicts with the people around him, both in his civilian and superhero identities. Stark uses his personal fortune to not only outfit his own armor but to develop weapons for S.H.I.E.L.D. and other technologies such as the Quinjets used by the Avengers, and the image inducers used by the X-Men.

Iron Man Movie's Stars

Director: Jon Favreau
Writers (WGA): Mark Fergus (screenplay) &Hawk Ostby (screenplay)
Release Date: 2 May 2008 (USA)
Genre: Act ion / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Starring:
Robert Downey Jr. ... Tony Stark / Iron Man
Terrence Howard ... Jim Rhodes
Gwyneth Paltrow ... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts
Jeff Bridges ... Obadiah Stane / Iron Mongerother cast:
Samuel L. Jackson ... Nick Fury
Leslie Bibb ... Christine Everhart Stan Lee
Clark Gregg ... Agent Phil Coulson
Shaun Toub ... Yin-Sen
Nazanin Boniadi ... Ameera Ahmed
Bill Smitrovich ... General Gabriel
Faran Tahir ... Raza Ghostface Killah ... Dubai Tycoon
Sahar Bibiyan ... Gulmira mom
Sayed Badreya ... Abu Bakar
Fahim Fazli ... Omar
Micah A. Hauptman ... Lacy

Robert Downey Jr. is turning out to be an excellent choice for the role. He's got the personal history and the gravitas to pull it off and I'm overjoyed that they didn't go with some 26 year old actor for the role. :-)

Tony Stark / Iron Man

Iron Man Comic

Iron Man / Tony Stark - fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.
Writer-editor - Stan Lee
Writer - Larry Lieber
Artists - Don Heck and Jack Kirby

Iron Man first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). Tony Stark, after being gravely injured and forced to build a devastating weapon, instead created a suit of power armor to save his life and help protect the world as Iron Man. He is a wealthy industrialist and genius inventor whose suit of armor is laden with technological devices that enable him to fight crime.

Throughout most of Iron Man's career, Iron Man has been a member of the superhero team the Avengers. Also he has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic book series and adapted into animated films and TV series, and Academy Award nominated actor Robert Downey Jr. portrays him in an upcoming live-action film.

Forbes has ranked Iron Man among the wealthiest fictional characters on their annual ranking. BusinessWeek has also ranked Iron Man as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics.

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