This is the aspect of Iron Man's origin that Marvel Studios overlooked and defines Tony Stark
Robert Downey Jr.'s interpretation of Tony Stark in the MCU possibly remembered by viewers of Marvel Studios for a long time. Beyond the work that the actor did in the films of Marvel Studiosif something stood out Hombre de Hierro, it was because of his very marked personality. In fact, Tony Stark version that was seen in the movies matches almost perfectly with a version of the character in the comics, and it's all due to a key origin detail of Iron Man that the MCU decided not to adapt.
This is the aspect of Iron Man's origin that Marvel Studios overlooked and defines Tony Stark
In the comic Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #4, Peter Parker appears reading an essay he wrote about Tony Stark in which he details Iron Man's origin story. Spider-Man Explains how Tony Stark founded his company, Stark Internationaland it is a distant vision different from the stories that have been seen about Tony Stark in Earth-616.
Tony Stark was not born into a rich family and his father did not create a company so that he would have the opportunity to inherit it. In it Ultimate Universe, Tony Stark He came from a humble family where he earned a small fortune competing on children's television shows, which made him a very famous child. As he grew up, Tony Stark He felt an uncontrollable desire to start studying and, after abandoning harvardused what he had earned when he was just a child to found Stark International.
In the official canon, Tony Stark He was originally an arrogant genius. In fact, the representation of Tony Stark Robert Downey Jr. made the character more likable than he originally was. This actually affected the way Tony Stark was written in the comics from then on. Robert Downey Jr. played Tony Stark as if he were a celebritybut he did not pick up the most important reason behind his personality.
While it is true Robert Downey Jr. gave life to Tony Stark like someone really famous, the fact that the MCU has not picked up that aspect of its origin in the Ultimate Universe It's pretty amazing, but there's a reason why picking up that aspect would be something that wouldn't quite work. The complicated relationship of Tony Stark with his father, Howard Stark, would be the reason that explains why it was decided to ignore it. The origin of the Ultimate Universe erases Howard Stark of the life of Tony Starkwhich would have translated into a major problem for the MCU.
Much of the motivations of Tony Stark They find their roots in the problems he had with his father in the past. That would have been impossible to see come true if her origin had been a carbon copy of what happened in the Ultimate Universe. This was the most important reason that led to omitting this key detail about the origin of Iron Man that would have explained the entire personality of Tony Stark.
The comic Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #4 It is now available.
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