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Maria Stark was born into a wealthy family in Southampton, New York. In her adulthood, she became a socialite and philanthropist. She dated Obadiah Stane. While staying in Monaco during a flight scale, Maria escaped from her bodyguards at a casino, where she deliberately lost large sums of money at baccarat and was escorted from the premises. Howard Stark (who owned the casino) noticed herself being forcefully escorted by her bodyguards and they followed her back to her hotel room. Maria and Howard formed an unlikely duo as they successfully took down the guards and escaped in a car. Their sudden camaraderie left Maria feeling captivated by this unforeseen adventure.
Maria married Howard sometime later, and together they adopted their son Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark. Maria was unsuccessful in preventing Tony from seeing Howard's alcoholism, something Tony would later face. Howard secretly programmed the Mistress AI that controlled the Arsenal robots with Maria's brain patterns.[1]
On the Ides of March, Maria and Howard were killed in a car accident arranged by the Roxxon Oil Company.[2][3] Afterwards, Tony ran his father's company and started a charity in his mother's name (which donated funds to finance various charities and renovation projects as well as the Avengers).
Duplicate of Maria Starkedit
Iron Man confronted Motherboard and Arsenal on the escape when Arno Stark (Tony's previously unknown brother) went into the escape, discovering that Tony's opponents have the digital engrams of their parents. When the escape system shut down, these digital engrams were salvaged by Arno.[4] Arno became acquainted with the digital engrams of Howard and Maria and was able to give the two a holographic form. With Jocasta's help, the bio-restructuring pods Arno created gave physical bodies to the digital engrams.[5]
During the "Iron Man 2020"storyline, Arno has breakfast with the duplicates of Howard and Maria following a nightmare about the Extinction Entity.[6] After knocking out Mark One (the artificial simulation of Tony Stark) and the two are in living quarters, Tony learned what Arno had done to create duplicates of their parents. Tony mentioned how Motherboard killed F.R.I.D.A.Y. where Maria stated that she did it out of love for her son.[7] At Port Authority, Iron Man catches up to the duplicates of Howard and Maria, who are instructed not to leave the safety of Brain Tower. Their condition gets worse because they left Brain Tower, and Arno had to use his DNA to fill out the missing pieces when creating them. They suddenly stop moving as Arno plans to fix them, and Tony. Arno works on reviving his parents by recreating the Arsenal and Mistress' bodies from the escape.[8] Arno heads to the Stark Space Station with Arsenal and Mistress, who now possess the memories of Howard and Maria. The two tell Arno that they are proud. When Tony uses the Thirteenth Floor to reach the Stark Space Station and confront Arno, Arsenal and Motherboard fight his allies until the arrival of the Extinction Entity.[9] As everyone engaged the Extinction Entity, Tony, Arno, Rescue, Machine Man, Jocasta, Motherboard, and Arsenal pushed the Extinction Entity close to Earth's orbit as the Avengers, Force Works, and the A.I. Army attacked its tentacles. It then turns out that the Extinction Entity was just a simulation and was the result of the disease that Arno thought he was cured of, revealing that the holographic armor made from the escape is now part of Arno's life support and allows Motherboard and Arsenal to download themselves to shape Arno's virtual world.[10]
Other versionsedit
Ultimate Marveledit
The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is renamed Maria Cerrera, the second wife of Howard Stark. Maria was a brilliant scientist who suffered a genetic accident while she was pregnant with her and Howard's child. After Maria died during childbirth, Howard uses a newly invented biological armor to save the life of their son named after Antonio Cerrera (Maria's brother) who died at a young age. Years later, Howard's first wife Loni tells Tony twice that she wishes she could have been Tony's mother under different circumstances, but Tony still prefers his own mother.[11] While what has been depicted is retconned as an in-universe fictional TV show about Iron Man's life, the actual Ultimate version of her character is briefly mentioned by her other son Gregory Stark when he jokingly says how he "came out of [Maria] before [Tony]".[12]
In other mediaedit
Maria Stark appears in the Iron Man episode "The Origin of Iron Man", voiced by Dimitra Arliss.
Maria Stark appears in Captain America: Civil War, portrayed by Hope Davis. This version was killed by the Winter Soldier under Hydra orders, which was covered up and reported to be a car crash. Producer Kevin Feige revealed that another actress had been cast to appear as the character in Iron Man 3 in a flashback sequence that did not make the final cut.[13]
^Breznican, Anthony (May 8, 2016). "Iron Man's mom: Let's talk about her for Mother's Day". Entertainment Weekly. from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Maria Stark news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article June 2010 This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in universe style Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non fictional perspective October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Maria Collins Stark nee Carbonell is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics She is Howard Stark s wife Tony Stark s mother Maria StarkPublication informationPublisherMarvel ComicsFirst appearanceIron Man 104 November 1977 Created byBill Mantlo writer George Tuska artist In story informationAlter egoMaria Collins CarbonellSpeciesHumanTeam affiliationsStark Industries Contents 1 Fictional character biography 1 1 Duplicate of Maria Stark 2 Other versions 2 1 Ultimate Marvel 3 In other media 4 ReferencesFictional character biography editMaria Stark was born into a wealthy family in Southampton New York In her adulthood she became a socialite and philanthropist She dated Obadiah Stane While staying in Monaco during a flight scale Maria escaped from her bodyguards at a casino where she deliberately lost large sums of money at baccarat and was escorted from the premises Howard Stark who owned the casino noticed herself being forcefully escorted by her bodyguards and they followed her back to her hotel room Maria and Howard formed an unlikely duo as they successfully took down the guards and escaped in a car Their sudden camaraderie left Maria feeling captivated by this unforeseen adventure Maria married Howard sometime later and together they adopted their son Anthony Edward Tony Stark Maria was unsuccessful in preventing Tony from seeing Howard s alcoholism something Tony would later face Howard secretly programmed the Mistress AI that controlled the Arsenal robots with Maria s brain patterns 1 On the Ides of March Maria and Howard were killed in a car accident arranged by the Roxxon Oil Company 2 3 Afterwards Tony ran his father s company and started a charity in his mother s name which donated funds to finance various charities and renovation projects as well as the Avengers Duplicate of Maria Stark edit Iron Man confronted Motherboard and Arsenal on the escape when Arno Stark Tony s previously unknown brother went into the escape discovering that Tony s opponents have the digital engrams of their parents When the escape system shut down these digital engrams were salvaged by Arno 4 Arno became acquainted with the digital engrams of Howard and Maria and was able to give the two a holographic form With Jocasta s help the bio restructuring pods Arno created gave physical bodies to the digital engrams 5 During the Iron Man 2020 storyline Arno has breakfast with the duplicates of Howard and Maria following a nightmare about the Extinction Entity 6 After knocking out Mark One the artificial simulation of Tony Stark and the two are in living quarters Tony learned what Arno had done to create duplicates of their parents Tony mentioned how Motherboard killed F R I D A Y where Maria stated that she did it out of love for her son 7 At Port Authority Iron Man catches up to the duplicates of Howard and Maria who are instructed not to leave the safety of Brain Tower Their condition gets worse because they left Brain Tower and Arno had to use his DNA to fill out the missing pieces when creating them They suddenly stop moving as Arno plans to fix them and Tony Arno works on reviving his parents by recreating the Arsenal and Mistress bodies from the escape 8 Arno heads to the Stark Space Station with Arsenal and Mistress who now possess the memories of Howard and Maria The two tell Arno that they are proud When Tony uses the Thirteenth Floor to reach the Stark Space Station and confront Arno Arsenal and Motherboard fight his allies until the arrival of the Extinction Entity 9 As everyone engaged the Extinction Entity Tony Arno Rescue Machine Man Jocasta Motherboard and Arsenal pushed the Extinction Entity close to Earth s orbit as the Avengers Force Works and the A I Army attacked its tentacles It then turns out that the Extinction Entity was just a simulation and was the result of the disease that Arno thought he was cured of revealing that the holographic armor made from the escape is now part of Arno s life support and allows Motherboard and Arsenal to download themselves to shape Arno s virtual world 10 Other versions editUltimate Marvel edit The Ultimate Marvel version of the character is renamed Maria Cerrera the second wife of Howard Stark Maria was a brilliant scientist who suffered a genetic accident while she was pregnant with her and Howard s child After Maria died during childbirth Howard uses a newly invented biological armor to save the life of their son named after Antonio Cerrera Maria s brother who died at a young age Years later Howard s first wife Loni tells Tony twice that she wishes she could have been Tony s mother under different circumstances but Tony still prefers his own mother 11 While what has been depicted is retconned as an in universe fictional TV show about Iron Man s life the actual Ultimate version of her character is briefly mentioned by her other son Gregory Stark when he jokingly says how he came out of Maria before Tony 12 In other media editMaria Stark appears in the Iron Man episode The Origin of Iron Man voiced by Dimitra Arliss Maria Stark appears in Captain America Civil War portrayed by Hope Davis This version was killed by the Winter Soldier under Hydra orders which was covered up and reported to be a car crash Producer Kevin Feige revealed that another actress had been cast to appear as the character in Iron Man 3 in a flashback sequence that did not make the final cut 13 References edit Avengers Annual 9 1979 Marvel Comics Iron Man Anthony Stark marvel com Retrieved October 13 2013 Iron Man The Iron Age 2 1998 Marvel Comics Tony Stark Iron Man 10 11 Marvel Comics Tony Stark Iron Man 15 18 Marvel Comics Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 1 Marvel Comics Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 3 Marvel Comics Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 4 Marvel Comics Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 5 Marvel Comics Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 6 Marvel Comics Ultimate Iron Man 0 5 Marvel Comics Ultimate Comics Avengers 3 3 Marvel Comics Breznican Anthony May 8 2016 Iron Man s mom Let s talk about her for Mother s Day Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on May 12 2016 Retrieved May 9 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maria Stark amp oldid 1213062381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
