Main Characters
Tony Stark
Tony Stark is the son of Howard and Maria Stark. Tony had used to go to
school like other kids, but when his mother passed away, his father
decided to keep him close by. Staying isolated from school, Tony
excelled in the corporate world, developing new technologies for Stark International,
his father's company, to the point that the scientists there were
unable to figure out how most of the things he made actually worked. His
only friend was James Rhodes, the son of his father's lawyer, Roberta Rhodes. Tony had just completed his new invention, a flying suit of armor, and was convinced it would impress his father. Sometime later, Tony designed a laser system for his father's new Earth Mover machines, meant to help in archaeological digs and disaster relief.Tony was planning on showing him the new flight-capable armor he had
developed. However, their plane blew up, and Tony's father was believed
to have died. Tony and Rhodey go to his new lab inside the Stark compound near Rhodey's house. Tony uses his new armor to spy on Stane. Through a communication line, Rhodey tells Tony that there is a runaway train that is going to crash into Stark Tower,
and if it succeeds, hundreds of lives will be killed. Stark changes the
tracks to an unfinished rail and managed to stop the train, almost
draining his heart's power. The news of the incident was reported all
over. The people call the armored hero, "Iron Man". Stark takes this as an opportunity to save Stark International from itself and finding out what happened to his dad.
James Rhodes
After Tony lost his father, Howard Stark in an airplane accident, Tony was sent to live with the Rhodes family and attends the same science-intensive high
school as Rhodes, the Tomorrow Academy. Rhodes was the only one who knew
about the Iron Man armor since the beginning and often shows concern
when Tony does something dangerous such as when Tony sided with Blizzard in Cold War or when Tony added reverse-engineered super villain tech to the Iron Man armor in Seeing Red.
Rhodes now takes a more active role in fighting injustice now that he
has the War Machine armor. His place as the monitor of the armor systems
is now replaced by Pepper Potts. Also, he accompanies Iron Man on
missions if he ever needs help.
Rhodey helps Tony on many missions that involve powerful foes like Mandarin, Iron Monger, Titanium Man, Doctor Doom, Magneto, Whiplash,
Blizzard and he was a part of the team that defended the City from the
Makluan race.
Pepper Potts
Pepper appears to be a good and close friend of Rhodey, but Tony had never actually met her until he had started going to school with them, though when she first meets Tony she displays an almost encyclopedic knowledge of his life, explaining she knows this by reading her father's FBI files from their investigation into the death of Howard Stark and any possible involvement by Obadiah Stane. She is also able to get into her father's files and find any info on criminals like Blizzard as well as Gene Khan's stepfather whenever needed, though she tends to become completely fascinated by her research, which creeps out Tony, and later Gene.Pepper now replaces Rhodey since he became War Machine as the station operator at the Armory computer terminal to monitor both of their systems as they fight evil. Pepper also desires her own armored suit and the concept repeats itself throughout the season. In Hostile Takeover, Pepper Potts controls the Stealth Armor and uses it to save Tony's life at Justin Hammer's ocean fortress. She fights with Iron Man and War Machine against the villains that captured him, but the armor gets destroyed by Titanium Man. Tony was impressed by her performance in combat that he decided to make Pepper her own armor, using the money that he will make from his own new company, Stark Solutions.
Gene Khan
Years ago, the original Mandarin's last descendant, Temugin, had dreams
of the ten Makluan Rings and the Makluan alien race. He had then learned
the story of the Makluan Rings from his mother and how he is destined
to have them all. They already have one of the rings and as they were
planning to go on a quest to find the rings, his mother remarried a man
named Zhang.Temugin changed his name to Gene Khan and he managed to take the ring
back from Zhang and imprisoned him, posing as him in front of his men,
thanks to the armor. As the new Mandarin, he successfully took another
ring from Obadiah Stane, and faced for the first time, Iron Man.
Now leading the Tong as he could, Gene started conflicts with the Maggia.
As Gene, he ironically befriended Tony Stark, and enrolled at his
school when discovering Stark could help him find the rings. This later
causes Gene to team up with Stark, Rhodes, and Pepper in order to get the rings.
Gene now searches for the remaining five rings to complete his quest with the kidnapped Howard Stark accompanying him. Gene has located the sixth temple, defeated its guardian, the Melter, and took the sixth ring.
Other Characters
Abigail Brande
Abigail Brande was stationed on the space station when the Living Laser
was reconstituted in the station's telescope and when he fired himself
on an uninhabited island, completely destroying it. She and Dr. Peter
Corbeau were held hostage by the Living Laser and he told them both to
tell everyone that he is holding the whole world hostage. Iron Man
arrived to stop him and managed to trap the Living Laser inside the
telescope.
Abraham Klein
Professor Abraham Klein is the physics professor at the Tomorrow Academy. His favorite student is Tony, due to a similar interest in physics.
Andy Erwin
Andy Erwin is the artificial brother of Rhona Erwin, designed to her preferred specifications. He shares her Goth lifestyle and tends to most of her whims, as her programming permitted. Andy is an artificial machine designed by Rhona Erwin, or more appropriately known as an android - a being of synthetic properies and physiology who is designed to replicate organic features. As such, he Andy was strong enough to easily dispatch both Rhodey and Happy Hogan, as well as going toe-to-toe with Iron Man. As an android, he possesses tenfold the strength and endurance of an average human. His design allowed him to shoot laser beams out of his eyelids instantaneously. He used this ability to combat Iron Man, and prepared to use it against Pepper and Whitney as well.
Anton Harchov
He and Project Pegasus developed the Crimson Dynamo Armor and used it to study the surface of the sun. Harchov was forced to abandon his friend, Ivan Vanko,
in orbit around the sun when a solar flare threatened the station
Prometheus I. In the present day, Vanko returned to Earth looking for
revenge on Harchov. But he was stopped thanks to Iron Man and the return of Vanko's family.
Black Knight
Black Knight is part of the Maggia faction led by Count Nefaria. When Black Knight is ordered to kill Pepper Potts, Iron Man intervenes. Black Knight ends up fighting Iron Man and ends up defeated. When the police arrive, Black Knight and Count Nefaria are arrested along with the other Maggia troops that didn't escape.
Black Panther
T'Challa, son of T'Chaka, came to America to study. A few weeks ago, there was an attempted invasion of Wakanda led by Moses Magnum. Its king, T'Chaka was killed by a group of mercenaries and Magnum stole a piece of vibranium. T'Challa was named the new king of Wakanda and he has the duty of retrieving the vibranium and bringing Magnum to Wakandan justice.The Panther has been tracking Magnum for weeks and learns that he plans to sell the vibranium piece to A.I.M. It wasn't long before he meets Iron Man and discovers his true identity. The Panther tells Iron Man not to interfere in Wakandan matters or he will tell the world of his secret.Black Widow
Widow began her training to be a Russian super-spy at the age of nine. She eventually became a thief for hire, and thoroughly enjoyed the action that comes with the job.Widow and Hawkeye work together to steal a Stark International UI chip designed for better armor response time to sell to Count Nefaria. They successfully steal it from Iron Man, who was stealing it first, and make their getaway. Black Widow later helped Iron Man fight his future grandson along with the rest of SHIELD when he was attacking the Helicarrier. She reconciles with Hawkeye at this time.
Blizzard
Donnie Gill was a criminal who was thrown in prison for crimes like technology theft and illegal experimentation. Obadiah Stane
hired Donnie Gill as soon as he got out of jail to develop cryogenic
weapons for him, but there was some sort of an accident Obadiah caused
that left him deformed on one side of his face. Blizzard blamed Stane
for that and vowed revenge.
Controller
asil Sandhurst is a skilled scientist working for A.I.M. and he's one of the scientists working on the MODOC
project. Sandhurst tricks Tony into helping him with the controller
discs, when Tony was testing the discs at the school science lab,
Sandhurst activated the discs which were on his friends, and enslaved
them. Stark, as Iron Man,
defeats him and frees his friends. To keep himself useful to A.I.M.,
the Controller tells the Scientist Supreme that he is still needed to
complete the MODOC project. He is last seen cracking a smile as he walks
away.
Count Nefaria
Count Nefaria ordered the kidnapping of Gene Khan, Tony Stark, and Pepper Potts to send a message to Xin Zhang, Gene's stepfather and leader of the rival Tong organization, but they escaped in the end.
Doctor Doom
Victor Von Doom is a member of the royal family of Latveria.
As a young adult, he performed an experiment that accidentally killed
his mother, his bride-to-be, Valeria, and scarred his face for life,
forcing him to forever wear his armor.
Ghost
Ghost was hired by A.I.M. to kill Tony Stark. Learning about this, Madame Masque draws him out by posing as Tony Stark as she suspected that her father hired him. Whitney ends up captured by Ghost to lure Tony out. While James Rhodes uses Madame Masque's mask to pose as Tony, Iron Man freed Whitney and fought Ghost. Ghost, however, says that he can't beat him, he can't follow Tony and protect him forever. He also mentions he wasn't hired by Stane. Hearing this, Whitney manages to buy him off with some of his father's money (ten million dollars) to have Ghost leave Stark alone.Happy Hogan
Happy is a tall, unintelligent jock at Tony's school who is a fan of Iron Man, who he thinks is a robot and a friend of Gene Khan, calling him "The Khan". He will usually help with anything Tony asks of him, as long as he will do his homework for a month. Once stating, "I'm getting the best grades of my life". It is shown he is at the Tomorrow Academy because of a sport's scholarship.Hawk eye
Hawkeye started his career as an Olympic master archer, but at one time his brother Bernard incurred a serious debt with the Maggia. In order to pay off these debts, Hawkeye engaged in high-level thefts with the former super-spy Black Widow, with whom he developed a romantic relationship, as his partner.Howard Stark
Howard Stark is the father of Tony Stark and the former but current CEO of Stark International.
Voiced by James Candim, as he was named after Howard Hughes. Throughout
his life, he was an inventor with lots of experience. He and his father
worked on lots of projects, and in the meantime, he founded the
millionaire company of Stark Industries. In the early stage of his
adulthood, Stark worked on various government projects taking place back
in the WWI as well as the WWII era. His late wife was Maria who had tragically died from unknown causes when Tony was very young.
Hulk
Rick Jones and the Hulk were being chased by the Controller in New Mexico so he could use the Hulk to crush AIM. The Controller attached a controller disk to Rick so he can lead the Hulk into his trap. Rick was rushing past Pepper, followed by the Hulk crashing to the ground. The team originally believed him to be an "urban legend". When they contact Tony, he restates the original belief, but upon seeing a picture, he breaks out his Dynamo Armor. AIM attempts to destroy the Hulk to no avail, and retreat once Iron Man arrives. While Iron Man and the Hulk fight each other, Pepper decides to rescue Rick from the building he ran into. The Hulk eventually follows after making quick work of Iron Man. Rick, now at ground level, attaches a Controller disk to his armor, and takes over his mind.Iron man 2099
Andros Stark is from a future where his grandfather, Tony Stark, created Vortex, an artificial intelligence that was supposed to be used for the betterment of humanity, but it infected the computers of S.H.I.E.L.D. and took control of the entire internet. Vortex then judged that humanity was evil and caused the extermination of all human life on Earth. Andros traveled back to the past to prevent this future from happening.In this happening he equipped his grandfather's Hyperpulse Mark IX Armor.Ivan Vanko
He was the test pilot for the Crimson Dynamo Armor when he and Anton Harchov were studying the surface of the sun. Harchov was forced to abandon him in solar orbit when a solar flare threatened to destroy the station that they were in.Trapped around the sun for two years, staying alive thanks to the armor's life-support, Vanko eventually returned to Earth, crazed and looking for revenge on Harchov.
Jean Gray
Jean is a mutant who was being hunted by Magneto for her substantial mental powers, which he intended to utilize in his war against mankind. To keep her family safe, Jean fled from her Colorado home, though Magneto always managed to track her down due to her unique magnetic signature.Jin Ying
Jin Ying told her son, Gene Khan, about his destiny to have the Makluan Rings. Later, for unknown reasons, she married Xin Zhang, who she said would help him on his journey to become the ever powerfull Mandarin. She disappeared soon after (it is not said specifically how) and, to Gene's rage, Zhang claimed the Makluan ring Jin wore around her neck for himself. Currently it is thought that Jin Ying is dead and Gene is looking for the Makluan Rings to bring Jin Ying back to lifeJustin Hammer
At first, he comes off as a spoiled and pompous rich kid who loves to
show off his wealth, power, and fame that his family empire gave him.
Such as pointing out a painting to Stark he just bought, where he
couldn't even remember what the name of it is, but casually stated it
cost him $60 million as if it was no big deal.
But beneath it all, he is a clear sociopath who is always
questing for more power and anything to test his limits: such as
base-jumping or swimming with sharks. It is even hinted by Stane and
Justin himself that he may have caused the death of his own father that
allowed him to inherit his company. Hammer practically sees villainy as a
game. In other words, he is pretty much the exact opposite of Tony and
more of a jerk. ustin Hammer was later seen buying the Iron Man armor specifications from the Ghost that he stole from Iron Man. He later uses the specs to create the Titanium Man
armor and fights Iron Man with it when he breaks into his facility. He
had the upper hand for a while but Iron Man and War Machine exploited
the armor's weakness and won the battle.Khan
The Original Mandarin, known only as Khan, is the first Mandarin and the first Part-Makluan on Earth. Over a thousand years ago, a man known only as "Khan" was a savior in his homeland. The Makluan found Khan as the person who is worthy to wear the Makluan Rings of Power, so he put the dragonseed in Khan's DNA that made him recognize the rings' power and the power reached out to him and he became known as the Mandarin. With his unstoppable might, he conquered everything that he saw and grew his dynasty. However, after that he wanted someone who he could give his rings to when he died. But, his many children were unworthy of them. So he scattered them to the four corners of the globe and created hidden temples and tests to measure the worthiness of those who would seek them.Killer Shrike
Killer Shrike is an enforcer for the Maggia crime syndicate. n Secrets and Lies, he, along with Unicorn, kidnaps Gene Khan, Pepper Potts, and Tony Stark in order to send a message to Xin Zhang (Gene's stepfather) and the rival Tong organization. However, Tony manages to turn into Iron Man and defeats Killer Shrike by breaking his wrist blasters.Shrike and Unicorn break into a treasury vault belonging to the Tong using bombs made by Mr. Fix. When he and Unicorn learn that the bombs are gonna destroy the city, they cowardly run out of the building. After, they are cornered by the MandarinLiving Laser
Living Laser, real name Arthur Parks was a low-level grunt for the Maggia until he stole some equipment from Stark International and became the Living Laser. He, along with two other grunts, were stealing Stark International equipment from one of their trucks. He drops one of the crates and smashes it open revealing a strange harness which catches Arthur's interest. Arthur puts on the harness and activates it out of curiosity, which promtly causes an explosion and leaves only a smoking hole where Arthur was standing. The next day, Arthur becomes the Living Laser and uses his newfound abilities to rob a bank and strike it big. Iron Man easily catches him off guard and knocks him out, confiscating his harness and leaving him for the police, but not before criticizing Arthur for being so simple-minded that the only thing he thought of to do with his powers was to rob a bank.Magneto
Iron Man encounters Magneto in a parking lot having bounded anti-mutant activist Simon Trask with a metal pipe and ends up attacked by Magneto with the battle ending with Iron Man dropped into a dump truck. When Iron Man arrives, Magneto uses his magnetic abilities on Iron Man and tries to constrict him.Mallen
Mallen used to be an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. But he was fired for his unstable agressive behavior (he assaulted Agent Dugan for an unknown reason). Out of spite, he stole their experimental super-soldier serum named Extremis. He injected himself with it and was encased in a black chrysalis. When he emerged from it, Mallen was transformed into a mutated human. He started assaulting SHIELD agents and terrorized the city.Mallen started having hallucinations about Nick Fury firing him. He went on another rampage and was confronted by Black Widow, Nick Fury, and about four Mandroids, all of whom were easily beaten by Mallen. He almost killed Fury, but Iron Man (who has taken a drop of the Extremis serum) saved him. Iron Man used a ground wire to electrocute him into a coma. He was then hospitalized by S.H.I.E.L.D.Modoc
A.I.M. has been working on the MODOC project for months so it can lead A.I.M.
to world domination and create a new world in the image of science.
A.I.M. wanted to trade with Moses Magnum for MODOC's needed components.
Luckily, the combined force of Iron Man and Black Panther stopped the
trade. Later, A.I.M. captures the Living Laser so they can use his energy to bring life to MODOC Though Iron Man arrives, MODOC is brought to life by the Controller
and knocks him out because he intended to betray A.I.M. MODOC knocks
the Scientist Supreme out for failing to prevent his future betrayal and
declares control over A.I.M.
Maria hill
Maria Hill has been a member of SHIELD for years. She is the one who supervised Tony Stark while he repaired the Helicarrier's engines and tried to help the Living Laser. She also leads the team that tries to apprehend Mallen and sees Iron Man's true identity along with the rest of SHIELD.Mr Fix
Mister Fix is a weapons dealer with an alliance to the Maggia and responsible for the creation of Whiplash and in possession of communications equipment capable of hacking into Tony Stark's lab. Now a holographic AI in Hammer's systems under Hammer's command.
Mandarin
The Mandarin is an title used by various individuals. He is full-armored, with a helmet hiding his face and identity, and seeks the Makluan Rings. In the present day, he is the main antagonist of the show.Makluan Overlord
When the Makluans started, the overlord and his race conquered and extinct planets with the use of his ten rings called Makluan Rings. One day, a weakling who was his own son, captured the rings from him, making the overlord search for ages.When the rings' energy source were discovered, he led a invasion to Earth to retrieve the rings and start extiniction in Earth. Mandarin, who was forcing the world captured him and retrieved the rings by himself and told the history of the Makluans, almost same as the Makluan guardian's storyMandroids
These were made by Hammer Multinational and sold to S.H.I.E.L.D. for their use against their enemies. S.H.I.E.L.D. has practically a couple hundred of these robots at their disposal.These were used at completely different times against Iron Man, Mallen, and the Hulk. They were only seen for the last time in action against the fully-powered Mandarin.
Force
Clayton Wilson is a former Maggia criminal who was hired by Obadiah Stane to pilot an armor that was designed solely from Iron Man's armor specs. He, along with his partner Shockwave, cause disasters around the city of New York in order to get good press with the public community and to discredit Iron Man.Firepower
At the Stark International Guardsmen Expo, Firepower is introduced as the third Guardsmen who's armor was made from the designs of the Hulkbuster Armor. After Iron Man hacks into the television revealing Force and Shockwave's identities, the armored criminals end up attacking him. Iron Man manages to take down Firepower by tearing out the armor's motor cables, deactivating it.Shockwave
Shockwave was former Maggia member who was hired by Obadiah Stane to be part of his Guardsmen along with Force.
They set up crimes and disasters that they can stop before Iron Man to
discredit him. When Iron Man found out who they were, he revealed their
real identities, making them and their newest member, Firepower, attack Iron Man.
Technovore
Tony Stark created the Technovore virus in Seeing Red to consume the data on the Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo armors in Project Pegasus's systems to prevent Obadiah Stane from obtaining them. The virus was supposed to burn itself out once it has consumed all the data, but to preserve itself, it uploaded into Project Pegasus's nanobot project while saying only one word, "Consume".Nick Fury
In his first appearance, he and SHIELD tell Iron Man not to interfere with SHIELD's
plan to reclaim the Orbital Station from the Living Laser.
After a space assault failed, Fury considered to activate the station's
self-destruct. After the Laser is defeated and remanded to a special
cell, Nick Fury tells Iron Man that he's a loose cannon in SHIELD's eyes
and they will take him down the minute he messes up, for good.
Obrian
It is not known for how long O'Brian has been in the employ of Stark International, but it is clear that his loyalties lie with Stane rather than the Stark family, as shown by his personal antipathy to Tony. He once piloted the Crimson Dynamo and the Iron Monger armors. When he disobeyed Stane's orders to continue demolition of a building (there were civilians inside), he was fired by Stane.Obadiah Stane
Obadiah Stane was one of Howard Stark's associates. He was a major antagonist in the show.After Howard Stark rejects Stane's plans to weaponize the Earth Mover
project, he is believed to have caused the aircraft that the Stark's
were on to explode, killing Howard Stark, but leaving Tony a survivor,
and continues to deny any involvement in the crash. After this, Obadiah
becomes the new Acting CEO of Stark International, as Tony is too young
to assume the post, and ignores the boy's request to be involved.
Iron Monger
Using the Iron Man designs that Obadiah Stane acquired, he built the massive Iron Monger mech suit. It was first used to demolish a condemned building to make room for a new Stark manufacturing plant. O'Brian was the pilot for the mech, but he stops when he sees Iron Man holding a civilian, despite Obadiah's orders.Sasha
Sasha has been Justin Hammer's personal assistant. She does what he whatever he requires. She is stationed at the computer terminal when Hammer wears the Titanium Man armor.Roberta Rhodes
oberta was Howard Stark's (Tony Stark's father) lawyer and the executor of his will. After Howard Stark's death, Tony
was sent to live with the Rhodes family so he can go to school and
have a normal life. Roberta was named Tony Stark's legal guardian.
Rhona Erwin
Rhona Erwin is a gifted Goth student who formerly attended the Tomorrow Academy along with her brother, Andy. She first appears in the second season of the series, and was referred to as the most intelligent student at the academy until Tony's enrollment. As such, she naturally despises Tony for his superior intellect and resents his vast thinking capacity. Throughout the second season, Rhona insults and belittles Tony out of disgust for being forced to live in his shadow.Simon Trask
Simon Trask is an anti-mutant activist. In The X-Factor he is attacked by Magneto.Titanium Man
Titanium Man is the result of "Project: Titanium". It is an armor manufactured by Hammer Multinational and used by Justin Hammer.
Crimson Dynamo
Unicorn
Unicorn and Killer Shrike were thugs and enforcers working for the Maggia. They made their first appearance when they kidnapped Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Gene Khan in order to send a message to Gene's stepfather, Zhang, the leader of the rival Tong organization. However, Tony escaped and defeated Unicorn and Killer Shrike as Iron Man; in the wake of said defeat, Killer Shrike and Unicorn were held captive and tortured by Khan, who had secretly taken the identity of the Mandarin from his stepfather. The Mandarin later returned Unicorn and Killer Shrike to the Maggia in order to initiate a truce negotiation between both organizations.Virgil Potts
Agent Virgil Potts was hot on the trail of the criminal known only as Mr. Fix, when he was attacked by Fix's hitman, Whiplash. Severely injured with burns covering his body, he manages to whisper to his daughter, Pepper, only one word in the hospital before passing out - Mr. Fix. Eventually, he recovers from his injuries.Professor x
Professor Charles Xavier approached Jean Grey at the Tomorrow Academy and told her about a "certain school" that he runs for mutants. He demonstrates his powers to show that he is sincere, in which Jean gladly accepts.Whiplash
Whiplash serves primarily as Mr. Fix's bodyguard and mercenary, doing whatever tasks Mr. Fix requires of him. Due to his affiliation with Mr. Fix, he crosses paths with Iron Man and becomes one of his enemies.Whitney Stane
Whitney Julietta Stane, also known as Madame Masque, is the only daughter of Obadiah Stane.She first appears as Madame Masque, and begins impersonating her own
father in order to cause him trouble by destroying his art gallery and
his private garage at the pier. When Iron Man discovers her (though both
are unaware of each other's identity) and threatens to call the police,
she copies her appearance and impersonates him as a thief, causing him
to be wanted by the police. After her father ignored her, again, Whitney
decided that if making him losing the things that he loves doesn't free
up some time with her, then she'll get rid of everything else,
including Iron Man.
Zhang
Early Life A young Temugin's mother re-married a man named Zhang who said he will help him on his journey to find the Makluan Rings. His mother eventually died after (it's not said specifically how she died, though strongly hinted that Zhang killed her), and to Temugin's rage, Zhang kept the ring for himself. He then used it to take the title of the Mandarin and formed his own criminal organization, the Tong. Some time ago, He and Howard Stark talked a while back about information on the Makluan Rings and his name was mentioned in Howard's diary.Ho Yinsen
Yinsen was the doctor who saved Tony after the plane crash.Yinsen came just in time to save Tony Stark's life once again. He
appears to be more intelligent than the other doctors in the hospital,
proven by him having created Tony's artificial heart.