Iron Man 2020
Iron Man 2020 is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Arno Stark was a male human who was an inhabitant of an alternate reality that was designated as Earth-8410 in the Multiverse.
He came to purchase the exclusive rights to the name Iron Man and the Iron Man Armor that fell into his possession after the original wearers death. (Machine Man v2 #3)
Employed by the elderly industrialist Sunset Bain, he was tasked with hunting down and destroying Machine Man X-51, who had been reactivated by a group of teenage scavengers known as the Midnight Wreckers. Arno utilized his technologically advanced armor to track the fugitives to their hideout, where he engaged the sentient robot in a series of brutal confrontations. Despite his armor's superior firepower and high-tech weaponry, Arno displayed a fatal arrogance that allowed the more compassionate and resilient Machine Man to outmanoeuvre him. During their final clash, he was soundly defeated by the android, who famously declared himself the 'better man' before the villain was forced to retreat. This appearance established Arno not as a hero, but as a corporate enforcer who prioritised profit and power over the altruistic ideals of his predecessor. (Machine Man v2 #2)
Having developed a workable Time Displacement Device, Arno became a front runner for Time Magazine's ‘Man of the Year’ award. In order to maintain the military's backing for this award, Arno was forced to work with them on the Weapon MK-3, the ‘Planet Buster’ bomb, a nuclear weapon developed in secret. After supervising a weapons testing, the weapon within Stark International was activated by Robert Saunders, leader of a radical anti-war faction that sought to demonstrate the dangers of the weapon. Sealing the plant to prevent Saunders escape, Iron Man took out the terrorists, but Saunders' ship crashed and he was vaporized in an explosion. Only then did Arno learn that Saunders had set a time detonation device that could only be deactivated by Saunders' retinal patterns. His wife and son still inside the plant, Arno used his time machine to travel back to the modern era of Earth-616 so that he might get a retinal scan from the young Saunders. He emerged seconds after Saunders had been taken hostage by the criminal Blizzard, who blasted Arno. Not having time to waste in battle, Iron Man unleashed a blast that slew Blizzard. Arno then prepared to scan Saunders' retina pattern, but Spider-Man mistook his actions for an attack, and he snagged the scanner out of Arno's hands. Iron Man blasted at Spider-Man, who dodged, but dropped and shattered the scanner in the process. Realizing he had no choice but to take Saunders with him, Arno then attacked Spider-Man, attempting to make him let the kid go. When one of Iron Man's blasts sprayed Saunders with broken glass, badly scarring him, Spider-Man became furious, attacking Arno savagely. Arno was caught off guard, and his armor malfunctioned, allowing Spidey to virtually demolish his armor. Arno was suddenly time-shifted back to 2020, only to find that the Planet Buster had already gone off, and his main office, his wife, and his son were no more. Meanwhile, back in the modern era, young Robert Saunders, disfigured from the glass, began to contemplate revenge against the man who had ruined his life. (Spider-Man Annual v1 #20)
Sunset Bain of Baintronics Inc. came to face an obstacle in her operations caused by Machine Man and the Midnight Wreckers leading her to enlist the services of Arno Stark. (Machine Man v2 #2)
He then led his forces in assaulting the flying Midnight Wrecker stronghold of Sanctuary that was hidden in the clouds. The sudden onslaught took the rebels by surprise giving Arno an advantage. (Machine Man v2 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Arno Stark was a male human with an athletic build, featuring short, dark hair and a well-groomed moustache that sat above a firm jawline. His facial features were typically set in a stern or arrogant expression. He came to operate under the name of Iron Man of 2020. (Machine Man v2 #2)
As a mercenary, he called himself a specialist whose service was expensive but highly efficient. (Machine Man v2 #2)
It was shown that he looked to fight a worthy foe. (Machine Man v2 #2)
He came to find the revived Machine Man to be worthy of his attention with Arno looking forward to confronting him. (Machine Man v2 #3)
According to one account, he was married with his wife being Cynthia Stark. The couple were noted to had a son together who was a young boy named Arno Stark, Jr. (Spider-Man Annual v1 #20)
Powers and abilities
Arno Stark was a human being with no inherent powers by himself. (Machine Man v2 #2)
He possessed a suit of Iron Man Armor that had a range of equipment and weapons. (Machine Man v2 #2) These included energy blasts being shot from his hands and a chest beam able to pulverise targets. Defensively, the armor could generate an electro-magnetic force-field able to repel debris. (Machine Man v2 #3)
The suit had a set amount of energy reserves that could be exhausted leaving Arno Stark temporarily helpless. (Machine Man v2 #3)
In addition, he made use of other weapons like a three pronged large throwing disk that he could use to injure his target. (Machine Man v2 #3)
It was shown that he led a range of mercenaries that worked him that he called his Iron-Bots. (Machine Man v2 #3)
Notes
- Iron Man 2020 was created by Tom DeFalco and Herb Trimpe where he made his first appearance in Machine Man v2 #2 (November, 1984).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, Iron Man 2020 made a cameo non-speaking appearance in the setting of the animated television series in its Secret Wars season during the episode "New Year's Resolution".
Video games
Appearances
- Machine Man v2: (1984)
- Uncanny Avengers v1:
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