The story of Iron Man would be about a rich weapons engineer and ladies man, named Anthony Edward Tony Stark, who had his own multinational military manufacturing corporation, Starks Industries and is taken hostage and ordered to design and construct a dangerous weapon for his kidnappers. During the process of being taken against his will, his heart is damaged and he nearly dies. He builds for himself an armored battle suit made of iron, so that he may escape from this hostile situation. After he does successfully, he decides to continue to use this new weapon as a way to do battle against the evils out there like the one's who captured him. Iron Man's persona and looks were inspired by billionaire inventor Howard Hughes. Jack Kirby designed Iron Man's 1st costume and the cover which was typically executed before hand and Don Heck did a heck of a job designing Tony Stark as well as his lovely Pepper Potts assistant in his busy line of work. According to writer Gerry Conway, Tony Starks' injury to the heart is a metaphor and simple illustration of a person scarred deep down inside but on the outside is an indestructible machine.
Iron Man was also part of a band of other heroes called The Avengers, and has gone through many changes in his series' of comics, cartoons and movies and also made a quick cameo in The Incredible Hulk film in 2000.
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Iron Man first appeared in 13- to 18-page stories in Tales of Suspense, which featured anthology science fiction and supernatural stories. The character's original costume was a bulky gray armored suit, replaced by a golden version in the second story (issue #40, April 1963). It was redesigned as sleeker, red-and-golden armor in issue #48 (Dec. 1963); that issue's interior art is by Steve Ditko and its cover by Kirby. In his premiere, Iron Man was an anti-communist hero, defeating various Vietnamese agents. Lee later regretted this early focus.[2][9] Throughout the character’s comic book series, technological advancement and national defense were constant themes for Iron Man, but later issues developed Stark into a more complex and vulnerable character as they depicted his battle with alcoholism (Demon in a Bottle) and other personal difficulties.
From issue #59 (Nov. 1964) to its final issue #99 (March 1968), the anthological science-fiction backup stories in Tales of Suspense were replaced by a feature starring the superhero Captain America. After issue #99 (March 1968), the book's title was changed to Captain America. Iron Man stories moved to the title Iron Man and Sub-Mariner in April 1968, before the "Golden Avenger"[10] made his solo debut with The Invincible Iron Man #1 (May 1968). Lee said that "of all the comic books we published at Marvel, we got more fan mail for Iron Man from women, from females, than any other title ... We didn't get much fan mail from girls, but whenever we did, the letter was usually addressed to Iron Man."[4]
Writers have updated the war and locale in which Stark is injured. In the original 1963 story, it was the Vietnam War. In the 1990s, it was updated to be the first Gulf War,[11] and later updated again to be the war in Afghanistan. However, Stark's time with the Asian Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ho Yinsen is consistent through nearly all incarnations of the Iron Man origin, depicting Stark and Yinsen building the original armor together. One exception is the direct-to-DVD animated feature film The Invincible Iron Man, in which the armor Stark uses to escape his captors is not the first Iron Man suit.
A List of Iron Man titles
- Tales of Suspense #39-99 (March 1963 - March 1968)
- Iron Man and Sub-Mariner (April 1968)
- Iron Man Vol. 1, #1-332 (May 1968 - Sept. 1996)
- Iron Man Annual #1-15 (1970 - 1994)
- Giant-Size Iron Man (Oct. 1975)
- Iron Man: Crash (1988)
- Iron Manual (1993)
- Iron Man 2020 (Aug. 1994)
- Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (Feb. 1996)
- Iron Man Vol. 2, #1-13 (Nov. 1996 - Nov. 1997)
- Iron Man Vol. 3, #1-89 (Feb. 1998 - Dec. 2004)
- Iron Man Annual '98-2001 (1998 - 2001)
- Iron Man: The Iron Age #1-2 (Aug. - Sept. 1998)
- Iron Man: Bad Blood #1-4 (Sept. - Dec. 2000)
- Iron Man Vol. 4, #1-35 (Jan. 2005 - Nov. 2008)
- Iron Man #1-16 (Jan. 2005-May 2007)
- The Invincible Iron Man #17-28 (June 2007-June 2008)
- Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #29-35 (July 2008-Jan. 2009)
- Ultimate Iron Man Vol. 1: #1-5 (Mar. - Dec. 2005)
- Iron Man: House of M #1-3 (Sep. - Nov. 2005)
- Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big In Japan #1-4 (December 2005 - March 2006)
- Iron Man: The Inevitable #1-6 (Feb. - July 2006)
- Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties Of War #1 (Dec. 2006)
- Iron Man: Hypervelocity #1-6 (March - Aug. 2007)
- Marvel Adventures: Iron Man #1-13 (May 2007 - July 2008)
- Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1-6 (Sep. 2007 - March 2008)
- Ultimate Iron Man Vol. 2: #1-5 (Dec. 2007 - Apr. 2008)
- Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual #1 (Jan. 2008)
- Iron Man: Legacy Of Doom #1-4 (April - July 2008)
- Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas #1 - (May 2008 - present)[45]
- Invincible Iron Man #1 - (May 2008 - present)
- Iron Man: Golden Avenger #1 (Sep. 2008)
- Iron Man: The End #1 (Nov. 2008)
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures #1 (July 2009)
- Iron Man & The Armor Wars #1 - (Aug. 2009 - present)
- Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars #1 - (Sep. 2009 - present)
- Iron Man: Iron Protocols #1 (Oct. 2009)
As a team Member
- Avengers Vol. 1 #1-402 (September 1963 - September 1996)
- West Coast Avengers Vol. 1 # 1-4 (September 1984 - December 1984)
- West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 # 1-102 (October 1985 - January 1994)
- West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #1-46 (October 1985 - July 1989)
- Avengers West Coast #47-102 (August 1989 - January 1994)
- Force Works #1-22 (July 1994 - April 1996)
- Avengers Vol. 2 #1-13 (Marvel Comics/Extreme Studios/Wildstorm; November 1996 - November 1997)
- Avengers Vol. 3 #1-84, 500-503 (February 1998 - December 2004)
- New Avengers #1-25
- Mighty Avengers #1-23
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