Arno Stark

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Arno Stark is the name of two similar fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, appearing as a counterpart of the superhero Iron Man from the multiverse. The first of these characters is best known as Iron Man 2020.

Publication history

Iron Man 2020 first appeared in Machine Man #2 (1984), and was created by Tom DeFalco and Herb Trimpe.

His Earth-616 iteration appeared unnamed in Iron Man #12 (September 2013) and named in Iron Man #17 (December 2013), and was created by Kieron Gillen and Dale Eaglesham.

Fictional character biography

Iron Man 2020

Iron Man 2020 comes from the alternate universe of Earth-8410 and is described as the first cousin once removed of Morgan Stark.[1]

Earth-616 version

Arno Stark
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceIron Man #12 (September 2013; unnamed
Iron Man #17 (December 2013; named)
Created byKieron Gillen
Dale Eaglesham
In-story information
Alter egoArno Stark
SpeciesHuman
Notable aliasesIron Man
AbilitiesArmor grants:
Flight
Superhuman strength and physical resistance
Energy blasts

An alternate equivalent of Arno Stark has since been seen in the mainstream

Mandarin who started searching for hosts to destroy Tony and Troy.[5] The Mandarin-One named Lord Remaker bombed the Troy Central Control and Arno was seemingly killed.[6] However, Arno had deployed his own suit of Iron Man's armor with which he later helped Iron Man and the Trojan Guard fight the enemy forces. After realizing the city would never be safe as long as he was attached to it, Tony quit working directly on Troy, leaving Arno the position of the city's new custodian.[7]

Arno later worked on a remake of the Extremis virus.[8] This Extremis was used to cure Bruce Banner of his head injury.[9] His technology advancements also eventually allowed him to rewrite his own DNA and abate the symptoms of his congenital disease, though he would assume he had fully conquered his sickness.[10]

Following the "Civil War II" storyline, his comatose brother was placed in a rejuvenating pod of Arno's design.[11]

After Tony Stark awoke and laid low until recovering, Arno was recruited into a search party.[12] When Amanda Armstrong was confronted by Hydra double agent Jude, Arno was among those who responded to Mary Jane Watson's distress call.[13]

As he went on a globetrotting journey, Arno met Sunset Bain.[14] He joined up with Sunset Bain's company Baintronics in a plot to steal data from Stark Unlimited.[15] Amidst the crisis in Tony's eScape virtual reality program, Arno hacked Stark Unlimited's surveillance systems and found confronting virtual versions of Howard and Maria called Arsenal Beta and Mistress. He then witnessed Tony using brain power to construct the Godbuster Armor. After Arsenal Beta and Mistress are deleted, Arno salvaged their digital engrams and the Godbuster Armor data.[16]

At the time when Iron Man was dealing with Ultron / Hank Pym's plot to fuse Jocasta with Wasp, Arno used the engrams of Howard and Maria and the bio-restructuring pods to create duplicates of his parents that also had their memories and thoughts.[17] When he discovered evidence that his brother was just a simulation and actually died during the Civil War II storyline, Arno used this to his advantage to acquire Stark Unlimited through a merger with Baintronics. With the combined resources, he built the Iron Man Armor Model 66 as his attempt to recreate the Godbuster Armor. Now having a new destiny, Arno became the latest person to take on the Iron Man mantle.[18]

During the "Iron Man 2020" storyline, Arno had become convinced the Earth was now in danger from the looming threat of an alien A.I. aberration called the Extinction Entity, in reality a delusion caused by Arno's dormant disease which was going to return and kill him in less than a year. He attempted to prevent this by uniting humanity against this cause, the efforts of which would only enslave it. Realizing he wouldn't be able to convince Arno of his delusion, Tony (who had since confirmed that he truly was the original Tony Stark and not a copy) encased his half-brother in a virtual armor that acts as a life support system while also submerging him in a re-made version of Tony's eScape program, creating a fantasy world where Arno defeated the Extinction Entity and could go on to be the hero he'd always wanted to be.[19]

Powers and abilities

Arno Stark has genius-level intellect and an enhanced biology. As Iron Man, he started to wear the Iron Man Armor Model 66.[18]

Other versions

Mangaverse

The

Mangaverse series features Antoinette "Toni" Stark, otherwise known as the superhero Iron Maiden. She is the sister of Iron Man. Toni fights alongside Earth's various superheroes against the Hulk manipulated by Baron Strucker of Hydra as well as Dormammu, sacrificing herself but ends up together with her lover interest Bruce Banner.[20][21]

Ultimate Marvel

The

Thor strikes him with a lightning bolt.[27][28]

Secret Wars

On the Technopolis area of

In other media

The Earth-616 version of Arno Stark appears as a playable character in

appear as well.

References

  1. ^ Machine Man #2. Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #9–12. Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #17. Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #19. Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #20. Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #21. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #22. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Iron Man vol. 5 #26. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Hulk vol. 3 #4. Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Iron Man 2020 vol. 2 #26. Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #17. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ Invincible Iron Man #597-599. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^ Invincible Iron Man #600. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #5. Marvel Comics.
  15. ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #10. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #11. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #18. Marvel Comics.
  18. ^ a b Tony Stark: Iron Man #19. Marvel Comics.
  19. ^ Iron Man 2020 #1-6. Marvel Comics.
  20. ^ Ben Dunn (w), Ben Dunn (a). Marvel Mangaverse: New Dawn, vol. 1, no. 1 (March, 2002). Marvel Comics.
  21. ^ Ben Dunn (w), Ben Dunn (a). Marvel Mangaverse: Eternity Twilight, vol. 1, no. 1 (March, 2002). Marvel Comics.
  22. ^ Ultimate Comics: Avengers #2
  23. ^ Ultimate Comics: Avengers #4. Marvel Comics.
  24. ^ Ultimate Comics: Avengers #5. Marvel Comics.
  25. ^ Ultimate Comics: Avengers #6. Marvel Comics.
  26. ^ Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #4. Marvel Comics.
  27. ^ Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #5. Marvel Comics.
  28. ^ Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #6. Marvel Comics.
  29. ^ Armor Wars #1. Marvel Comics.
  30. ^ Armor Wars #2. Marvel Comics.
  31. ^ Armor Wars #5. Marvel Comics.

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