Tony

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Background and History

Main universe

Lin Xu became one of Stark Industries’ major shareholders by trading its stock and consistently supporting Tony’s decisions. After the Avengers split, Tony dealt with Rhodey’s severe injuries and the revelation that Bucky had killed his parents 1 8.

When Lin disappeared, Tony protected Adrian Toomes from arrest by presenting Adrian’s winged Eagle Armor as an experimental Avengers rescue unit. After Lin returned and warned him of Thanos’s planned invasion, Tony prepared his armor and recalled the Avengers, including Steve Rogers 28 64 65 70.

Tony later believed Lin had died fighting an alternate Strange. Grieving his longtime friend, he questioned Steve about the battle; Doctor Doom subsequently urged Tony and Adrian to search for Lin in the Quantum Realm 150 156.

Endgame universe

Lin sent Tony a message from Strange’s phone directing him to rescue Scott Lang from the Quantum Realm. Tony used Scott’s experience to develop a time-travel plan and reconciled with Steve, returning his Vibranium shield 31 33 34.

Tony survived the battle against Thanos and held a second wedding at his Long Island villa. He let Wakanda take most of Sanctuary II’s wreckage, keeping its teleportation projection and space-jump modules rather than arming an American government he did not trust 39 40 42.

Steve later took responsibility for returning the Infinity Stones and Mjolnir. An older Steve gave Tony two bottles of Super Soldier Serum III and asked him to find a successor for Captain America 44.

Other variants

• Battle of New York universe: Tony died carrying two nuclear missiles into Sanctuary I. The Ancient One had helped precipitate the crisis after foreseeing a universe-destroying outcome associated with Tony and Banner 45 48.
• 1991 branch: A twenty-year-old Tony met Lin after Howard hired him as the family butler. Tony eventually called Lin “Uncle” in exchange for a promise of training 80 83.
• Earth-120703: After Deadpool exposed Obadiah’s betrayal, Tony and Maya Hansen developed a Super Soldier Serum using Wade’s tissue, Howard’s research and Hansen’s work. Tony tested it on himself rather than sell it for use against Wakanda 112 131 137.

Appearance

The twenty-year-old Tony in the 1991 branch is clean-shaven with a buzz cut. Lin contrasts him with the bearded, slick-haired Iron Man he is accustomed to seeing 80.

• Earth-120703: After taking the serum, Tony has pronounced muscle definition and stands nearly 1.9 meters tall—about ten centimeters taller than his file records 132.

Personality

Tony is proud, sarcastic and quick to give people nicknames. He is also wary of strangers: he initially confronted an unfamiliar Lin Xu in armor and generally dislikes taking objects from people he does not know 55 56 77 163.

His protectiveness shapes how he approaches heroism. He designs safeguards for Peter Parker’s rescue work and tells Peter that bringing people hope matters more than fighting to the death 28 74.

Tony values scientific talent and readily engages researchers he respects. In Kansas, he warmly greeted Lucius Fox and Silas Stone and invited them to discuss academic questions, despite initially refusing Bruce Wayne’s handshake 160 163.

Abilities & Skills

Engineering and invention

Tony develops powered armor and studies quantum technology. An alternate Tony examined Lin’s future-built quantum locator and incorporated its nanomaterial arrangement and output methods into armor development 56 63.

• Modified Peter Parker’s A15 armor with four additional spider-like limbs for rescue situations 28.
• Explained how the Quantum Realm’s different flow of time could support a plan to reverse Thanos’s losses 34.
• Agreed to build armor from Carrie’s bones to Steve Rogers’s measurements 120.

Earth-120703 serum enhancement

After testing his new serum on himself, the Earth-120703 Tony gained abilities beyond those of an ordinary human 131 132.

• Steve Rogers assessed his strength and speed as roughly twice his own 137.
• He can turn his body into lava, though he initially struggles to control the ability and it is affected by his emotions 137.
• Knife and bullet wounds heal within seconds; his regeneration also leaves him eating substantially more 137.

Equipment

• Iron Man armor — Tony uses powered suits including the Mark 47 and prepares Marks 50 through 60 after Lin’s warning about Thanos 55 65.
• Quantum Tunnel and locator — Technology used for travel through the Quantum Realm; Lin later takes the Endgame Tony’s miniature Quantum Tunnel 34 76.
• Time Watch — Wade Wilson’s device, repaired and used by the Earth-120703 Tony for travel across time and space 131 137 144.

Relationships

• Lin Xu — A major Stark Industries shareholder and close friend of the main-universe Tony. Their counterparts repeatedly meet across universes, with Lin frequently insisting Tony call him “Uncle” 1 56 83 150.
• Howard and Maria Stark — Tony’s parents. In the 1991 branch, Howard and Maria employ Lin as their butler; the Earth-120703 Tony later meets versions of them in another universe 80 134 137.
• Morgan Stark — The Endgame Tony’s daughter. Lin secretly places a protective Seal of Vishanti on her at Tony’s second wedding 31 42.
• Steve Rogers — A fellow Avenger whose friendship with Tony is strained after the team’s split. In the Endgame universe, Tony returns Steve’s shield as a gesture of reconciliation 8 34.
• Rhodey — Tony’s close friend and ally. Tony seeks medical help after Rhodey suffers severe nerve damage 8 28.
• Peter Parker — A young hero Tony equips and guides, particularly in rescue work 28 74.
• Bruce Banner — A scientist and fellow Avenger whom Tony considers one of the few people able to keep up with his thinking 63.
• Clark Kent — The Earth-120703 Tony tutors Clark in physics while staying with the Kents, hoping to develop his remarkable memory and processing ability 145 153.
• Bruce Wayne — Bruce seeks Tony’s instruction in Kansas. Tony says he may consider it if Bruce obtains item 61982 from S.T.A.R. Labs 160.

Story Role: Earth-120703 and Kansas

After using Wade’s Time Watch, the enhanced Tony encountered alternate versions of Howard, Maria and Steve. Howard helped him obtain materials to charge the watch 134 137.

Tony later passed through the Quantum Realm, where a terrifying aura repeatedly tore his skin faster than his healing could spare him pain. He arrived in another world alongside Lin and discovered that Tony Stark existed there as a comic-book character 142 143.

Staying with the Kents under the name Howard Potts, Tony proposed finding Stan Lee and capturing quantum information as a possible route home. He tutored Clark, established a workbench in the Kent warehouse and received equipment and researchers through Wayne Enterprises 145 148 160 163.