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Iron Man (Fictitious character)

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Personal name headingIron Man (Fictitious character)
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Variant(s)Stark, Tony (Fictitious character)
Stark, Anthony Edward (Fictitious character)
See alsoWar Machine (Fictitious character)
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Associated countryUnited States
Profession or occupationSuperheroes Businessmen Engineers
Found inMarvel 3D comic sticker book, 2014: page 5 (Iron Man) page 6 (Tony Stark)
Wikipedia, viewed February 1, 2017 (Iron Man; Anthony Edward 'Tony' Stark; fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics; the character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby; he made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963); an American billionaire playboy, business magnate and ingenious engineer who suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping; instead of building a weapon of mass destruction for his captors, he creates a powered suit of armour to save his life and escape captivity; he later augments the suit with weapons and other technological devices he designed; throughout most of the character's publication history, Iron Man has been a founding member of superhero team the Avengers)
Wikipedia, Oct. 15, 2018 (War Machine; fictional superhero appearing in Marvel Comics; real name is James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes, often referred to as Jim Rhodes; first appeared in Iron Man #118, Jan. 1979; he is Iron Man Tony Stark's best friend and a fellow superhero, having used the names War Machine and Iron Patriot; has also served as Iron Man in Stark's place intermittently over the years)
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