23 Facts About Howard Stark

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Howard Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Howard Stark has appeared in several animated television series and films.

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3.

Howard Stark was loosely based on film producer and aviator Howard Hughes.

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4.

Howard Stark was an inventive mechanical engineering prodigy, constantly creating new technology and looking for ways to improve it.

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5.

Howard Stark's relationship with Tony was a difficult one with Howard Stark rarely expressing affection for the boy.

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6.

Howard Stark's death inspired his son to take both business and engineering seriously as Iron Man.

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7.

An avid and brilliant inventor from a young age, Howard Stark was a brilliant scientist throughout his life.

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8.

Howard Stark married Maria Collins Carbonell and together they had a son, and adopted Anthony "Tony" Howard Stark.

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9.

Howard Stark constantly pushed Tony to be the best, telling his son that someone must have "iron in their backbone" to be successful.

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10.

Howard Stark was capable of devotion and respect towards machines, but he appeared to have little to no interest towards his son.

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11.

Howard Stark was targeted by the Red Skull, and is rumored to have met Uatu the Watcher.

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12.

Howard Stark prevented Obadiah Stane from taking control of Howard Stark Industries at least once.

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13.

Howard Stark decided to show Fury the work McCord had been doing as defender of Earth, neutralizing any potential threat for the planet, and offered Woody's job.

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14.

Howard Stark is the father of Howard Stark and the grandfather of Tony Stark.

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15.

Howard Stark is occasionally mentioned in passing throughout the years.

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16.

When Tony Howard Stark uses the Thirteenth Floor to reach the Howard Stark Space Station and confront Arno, Arsenal and Motherboard fight his allies until the arrival of the Extinction Entity.

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17.

Howard Stark had programmed the Visions and Sentinels to serve him.

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18.

Howard Stark said this had all been part of a plan to make the mutants respect Tony for saving them.

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19.

Ultimate Marvel version of Howard Stark is shown dealing with his second wife Maria Cerrera suffering a genetic accident while the brilliant scientist was pregnant.

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20.

Howard Stark sees Tony make his first Iron Man armor with the intent to punish Obadiah.

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21.

Sometime later, Howard Stark was arrested based on planted evidence for Zebediah's murder.

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22.

Howard Stark dies when Iron Man destroys Baron von Strucker's airship.

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23.

Howard Stark became enthralled to the Council of Red, to the point where he killed his son as part of the terms of the deal, and became the Iron Inquisitor, working as Hell's prime weaponer.

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