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Howard Stark (Earth-616)

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Howard Anthony Stark

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Real Name
Howard Anthony Stark
Identity

Alignment

Affiliation
offered membership to the Hellfire Club, rumored involvement with the V-Battalion

Relatives
Isaac Stark (ancestor)

Howard Stark (father, possibly Howard Sr.)
Maria Collins Carbonell Stark (wife, deceased)
Anthony Edward Stark (Son)
Morgan Stark (nephew)
unnamed niece
Arno Stark (grandnephew)
Cynthia Stark (grandniece-in-law, deceased)

Arno Stark Jr. (great-grandnephew, deceased)

Universe

Base Of Operations
Stark Mansion, NYC

Characteristics
Gender

Eyes

Hair

Status
Marital Status

Occupation
Inventor, engineer

Origin
Origin
The father of Tony Stark, usually mentioned in flashbacks.

First appearance
Last appearance

Unknown

Contents

History

Howard Stark was a brilliant inventor. He and his own father worked on various projects, and later founded Stark Industries. During WWII and after, he worked on various government projects. These included the Manhattan Project[1] and housing the 'Arsenal' robots in a hidden subbasement in his mansion. The robots were only supposed to be activated if the US was overrun during a presumed Cold War conflict, but both known models have been accidentally awakened and stopped by the Avengers.

Howard married a woman named Maria and had a son, Tony. He constantly pushed Tony to be the best, telling him that someone must have 'iron in their backbone' to be successful. He had a severe case of alcoholism, something his son would later face on his own.

He was a contemporary of many other powerful businessman such as Warren Worthington II and Creighton McCall. Membership to the exclusive Hellfire Club was offered, but it seems Howard was uninterested in anything other than the lavish parties the club threw. It is believed Howard was also a member of the V-Battalion. He was targeted by the Red Skull (Johann Schmidt), and is rumored to have met the Watcher Uatu.

On the Ides of March, Howard and Maria were killed in a car accident. It has been hinted that the incident was not random and possibly arranged by the V-Battalion. Tony ran his father's company, started a charity in his mother's name, and later became Iron Man.

Powers and Abilities

Strength level

Howard Stark exercised regularly and was in good shape.

Notes

  • Tony has recently mentioned his grandfather was also named Howard. It is unknown if they used the Sr. and Jr. suffixes
  • According to Iron Man #322 his full name is Howard Walter Stark

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  1. ↑ See Iron Man #257
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