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Character
Howard Stark
Built the shield, funded the serum, co-founded S.H.I.E.L.D., and was a considerably better engineer than father.
- Status
- Deceased
- Species
- Human
- First in print
- Iron Man #28 (1970)
- On screen
- 8 entries
Who they are
Howard spends the 1940s inventing the future and the 1980s failing to speak to his son, and the MCU keeps circling back to the gap between the two. Endgame's detour to 1970 is the whole relationship resolved in one conversation neither of them knows they are having.
Connections
Parent of
- Tony Stark
Character
Ally
- Peggy Carter
Character
- Edwin Jarvis
Character
Leads
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
Organisation
Created
- Captain America's Shield
Object
Based at
- Camp Lehigh
Place
- New York City
Place
Guards
- The Space Stone
Object · from captain america the first avenger · until the avengers
Fished out of the Arctic in 1945, looking for someone else.
Was there
- Project Rebirth
Event
Built and ran the Vita-Ray chamber.
- The Valkyrie Crash
Event
Searched the ice for months and found the Tesseract instead.
- The Founding of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Event
Co-founder, and the one with the money.
Appearances
Canonical timeline · 8 entries
Notes are veiled until you track what you have watched, or switch spoilers off in the header.
World War II
1943-
Captain America: The First Avenger2011 · Supporting
The SSR Years
1946-
Marvel's Agent Carter2015 · Cameo · 0/18 ep
The Age of Heroes
2010-
Iron Man2008 · Cameo
-
Iron Man 22010 · Supporting
After New York
2015-
Ant-Man2015 · Supporting
The Sokovia Accords
2016-
Captain America: Civil War2016 · Cameo
The Endgame
2023-
Avengers: Endgame2019 · Cameo
Outside time
-
What If...?2021 · Cameo · 0/26 ep