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Howard Stark (Earth-616)

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Howard Anthony Stark

[[Image:|200px|center|Howard Stark (Earth-616)]]
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 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.

House of M

In the House of M, Howard was alive; Maria's status is unknown. Howard turned over control of the company to Tony when he turned sixteen. Although officially listed as retired, he worked with Tony to build an armor capable of taking on the Sentinels and powerful mutants during the conflict.

They began to work on Sentinels with Forge and Henry McCoy after being awarded them an exclusive contract. They planned to incorporate a "Vision Project", although there were problems with the control scheme. The two also competed on the wildly popular 'Sapien Deathmatch' television show.

When Tony investigated a resistance group as Iron Man, Sentinels attacked. One, remotely controlled by Howard, scolded him for getting involved. Howard was secretly plotting against Magneto with Hank Pym.

"Genome bomb" locations were discovered by Tony as Iron Man and the House was notified. However, Howard had programmed the Visions and Sentinels to serve him. He said this had all been part of a plan to make the mutants respect Tony for saving them. Tony would then use that as a chance to directly strike against Magneto. Tony refused to go along. Magneto suddenly appeared and personally dealt with Howard, killing him.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Howard Stark exercised regularly and was in good shape.

Weaknesses

None known.


Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.


Notes

  • Tony has recently mentioned his grandfather was also named Howard. It is unknown if they used the Sr. and Jr. suffixes


Trivia

  • No trivia.



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