25 Facts About Edwin Jarvis

Edwin Jarvis is a supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles Iron Man and The Avengers.

In 2012, Edwin Jarvis was ranked 25th in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers".

Edwin Jarvis later moved to the United States where he became manservant to Howard Stark and Maria Stark and watched over the Starks' mansion even after their deaths.

When Iron Man called the Avengers' first meeting and donated the Stark house as the Avengers Mansion headquarters, Edwin Jarvis grew accustomed to the guests and served the Avengers for many years thereafter, acting as a father figure to some of the newcomers.

Edwin Jarvis was there when the first guest, the time-lost Captain America, became a member of the Avengers.

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Edwin Jarvis was the only one to stay with the Avengers for their entire existence, a distinction not even Captain America can claim.

Edwin Jarvis spent some time as the primary babysitter for Franklin Richards, the super-powered son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, when the two Fantastic Four members were residing at the mansion.

Edwin Jarvis served as the sponsor to Silverclaw while the latter was growing up, and the future Avengers member has come to regard him as an uncle.

Edwin Jarvis has been personally involved in many adventures, including leading the evacuation of a stalled subway train during a citywide disaster and battling a demonically possessed car.

Edwin Jarvis defended the floating Hydrobase against a horde of robots built by Doctor Doom during the Acts of Vengeance crisis.

Edwin Jarvis was present when one of the many incarnations of the Masters of Evil attacked the mansion.

Edwin Jarvis personally confronted Loki, risking great danger, after realizing the villain had tricked his way inside the mansion.

Edwin Jarvis tendered his resignation during Iron Man's battle with alcoholism, but returned not long afterwards.

However, it appears Edwin Jarvis recovers from this wound as he is shown to be working again in Civil War: The Initiative.

However, Edwin Jarvis had anticipated a problem based on the Avengers' actions since the group's return from the island, and had already hidden Red Skull away until he could explain the situation to Steve Rogers and was then able to retrieve Red Skull and return the heroes and villains to normal.

Edwin Jarvis is present with the Avengers when they meet Nadia Pym, Hank Pym's daughter through Maria Trovaya who now sports a modified Wasp suit.

Edwin Jarvis barely survived and went into a coma, almost dying before he came under the care of Beast and Nadia to save him from a small parasitic alien inside his head.

Edwin Jarvis once started a pen pal relationship with a young girl who would grow up to be the superhero Silverclaw; it was later revealed that the orphanage, aware of Silverclaw's abilities and Jarvis's ties to the Avengers, chose to assign Jarvis as Silverclaw's sponsor in the hope that his ties to the Avengers could be useful.

Silverclaw's trip to the United States to meet Edwin Jarvis would be foiled when the youth was forced into helping terrorists in a massive attack.

Edwin Jarvis is skilled at self-defence and basic hand-to-hand combat.

Edwin Jarvis was a former boxing champion of the Royal Air Force for three years and had received military combat training and personal tutelage in unarmed combat by Captain America.

Edwin Jarvis was later joined by Tony Stark and the blind Hawkeye.

Ultimate Marvel version of Edwin Jarvis is different from his original version and is much more sarcastic and acerbic towards his employer Iron Man .

Edwin Jarvis was later shot in the head by Natasha, a traitor within the Ultimates team.

Edwin Jarvis's death is a contributing factor to Tony's descent into full-blown alcoholism.

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