Morgan Stark
| Morgan Stark | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #68 (August 1965) |
| Created by |
Don Heck Al Hartley |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Morgan Stark |
| Team affiliations | Stark Solutions |
| Partnerships | Ultimo |
| Notable aliases | Tony Stark, Brass |
| Abilities | Ultimo, Gambler |
Morgan Stark is a Marvel Comics character.
Morgan Stark first appeared in Tales of Suspense #68 and was created by Don Heck and Al Hartley.
Morgan Stark is the son of Edward Stark, the nephew of Howard Stark and Maria Stark, and the cousin of Tony Stark and Arno Stark. Growing up, Morgan Stark believed that his uncle Howard Stark cheated his father Edward Stark out of the Stark company fortune. In truth, Edward asked Howard to be bought out because he didn’t want a part in the family business. Because of that, Morgan has always tried to take Stark Industries from his cousin Tony.
Morgan Stark first appeared in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #68 (August 1965), a joint venture issues with Captain America. Having returned from Ireland, Happy Hogan resumes work at Stark Industries, and Tony Stark gets a letter from his cousin Morgan asking for help. What Tony doesn't realize is that his cousin Morgan is under the employ of Count Nefaria who is hoping to use Morgan in a plot to destroy Tony Stark, although Morgan would do it "for free". First traveling to the States to pretend to seek Tony's help, Morgan is introduced to the Stark Industries staff and shown around the building. That night as Tony is on his way to a party, he happens to spy a rocket and decides to investigate it as Iron Man. Finding there's a bomb inside, Iron Man rushed back to Stark Industries and calls a bomb squad as Tony Stark. Arriving on the scene, they find the field empty. This whole episode is part of Morgan's plan, and Morgan (hiding in the bushes) uses a visio-projector to make Stark hallucinate and think he's seeing aliens. Using the device on Tony, Morgan begins to make everyone doubt Tony's sanity, and causes Senator Hamilton Byrd (a skeptic who accused Stark deliberately of being a Communist spy) to begin demanding that Stark be stripped of his defense contracts with the US army for fear that he may become a threat to national security. Believing that he is not insane, Stark returns to the original location where he started seeing aliens as Iron Man and begins scanning the area, unaware that Morgan has followed him there as well. Just before Morgan can blast Iron Man with the visio-projector, real aliens from the planet Froma arrive to investigate Earth. They spot Iron Man and begin attacking him, and during the battle discover Morgan as well. Iron Man fights off the aliens and saves Morgan's life.
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