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.