But that big name itself hasn't always been the same. Although the name Stark Industries is very iconic, it's far from the only name the company has gone by. In fact, over the years, Stark Industries has made its way through over five names across all different timelines and medias. Obviously Stark Industries is the main title, and most of the alternate names are just slight variations on that.
For instance, at times when the business has made its way to all different areas of the globe, it has been known as Stark International. It has also gone by the similar name Stark Enterprises. There have also been some slightly less expected variations, like Stark Fujikawa.
It took this name in a storyline where Tony Stark had died and the company was sold off to a Japanese industrialist family.
However, it seems that the name Stark Industries keeps coming back, doubtless excause the name is so iconic. Stark Industries is known for being innovative, and when promoting Iron Man 2 , it seems that Marvel decided it was time to get a bit innovative too.
Rather than relying solely on billboards and premieres to build up hype, they decided to think outside the box and use some unconventional methods to promote the film. The clever method they used was to have Stark Industries recruiters handing out business cards to fans and encouraging them to apply for a job with the company at StarkIndustriesNow.
And they made sure to choose the best and most effective location possible to do so: at the San Diego Comic Con back in Obviously, this got fans hugely excited and, while they might not have gotten jobs at Stark Industries, they certainly went to watch the film.
Unfortunately, the website is now defunct and so those of us who missed it will never get the chance to apply for a job at Stark Industries. We're very bitter about this. Stark Industries is a huge global business and, like all the big corporations, is keen to monopolize as much business as possible.
And just like big corporations do, Stark Industries often tries to achieve this by buying or creating subsidiary companies that either branch the business out into new areas or hone in on a specific area and specialize in it.
And Stark Industries has seemingly excelled at this, having over the years had a total of over 20 subsidiary companies. The companies vary hugely in both name and purpose. They include two electronic companies, Barstow electronics and Askew electronics, and companies that specialize in various electronic equipment. They also include the insurance company Stark Insurance, the company Funtime Incorporated, the chemical company Geffen-Meyers Chemicals, and the fundraising organization the Maria Stark Foundation.
It seems that there really isn't anything that Stark Industries can't do. The companies also vary hugely in how much we know about them: some have been major plot points while others, like Pendyne Incorporated, have been scarcely mentioned. Stark Industries is known for its innovative and frankly awesome inventions. They have created a wide range of weapons and gadgets over the years that always leave fans wishing we could reach into the comics and take them for ourselves-- now there's a technology that Stark Industries should create.
But of all their inventions, the one that sounds the coolest to us is definitely their jet-powered roller skates. Yes, you read that right-- Stark Industries has invented roller skates that use jet power. Imagine being able to skate to class with the speed of something jet-powered, not to mention being able to fly around!
It would definitely make the morning commute more fun, plus you wouldn't have to worry about being late anymore. Okay, so there are definitely a whole bunch of way cooler technologies and inventions in Marvel comics. But still, we want our own pair of jet-powered roller skates right now! As Stark Industries is one of the biggest company names in Marvel, it is frequently used as a go-to for references and Easter eggs.
These pop up in both movies and comic books alike, and is most frequently found in location names, product names, and business talk. This means that Stark Industries is spread throughout the Marvel multiverse like crazy, and can be found pretty much anywhere if you look hard enough. Court houses. M ulti-family housing. Search this site. Schools Medical facilities Libraries Office Complexes.
Shopping Centers Retail buildings Restaurants Production facilities. Police Stations Court houses M ulti-family housing Hotels. The Stark Industries logo from the Howard Stark era.
Stark Industries was founded by Howard Stark during the early twentieth century, a great pioneer in different types of technology and constantly helping the United States Armed Forces with different and innovative weapons, helping the government to create the Super Soldier Serum.
Years later, some of the drones would be acquired by S. In , a bomb manufactured by Stark Industries landed in Sokovia , hitting the apartment building of the Maximoff family. However, it failed to detonate due to Wanda Maximoff 's magic, [6] but still killed her parents. In , Tony Stark was kidnapped by the Ten Rings in Afghanistan , and developed a suit of armor powered with a miniaturized Arc Reactor to escape captivity.
Upon his return to Malibu , he decided the company would no longer produce weaponry, due to the fact that he had discovered his captors now possessed illegal Stark weaponry and technology.
Stark Industries Headquarters , Los Angeles. Stark further developed his armor to create new models, such as the Iron Man Armor: Mark III and started looking for and destroying stolen Stark tech, which he later discovered Obadiah Stane was selling behind his back. Stark faced Stane, who had created his own suit of armor, and killed him in battle at the Stark Industries Factory.
Pepper Potts also procured permits to build a Tower in Washington, D. In , following the downfall of S. However, his company has been sold to the Fujikawa family of Japan and renamed Stark-Fujikawa.
This is an example of storylines set in the future informing the past, as Stark-Fujikawa was a big company in the Marvel comics imprint. Anyway, when Tony returns and re-establishes his identity, he creates Stark Solutions rather than immediately trying to reacquire his old company.
His new enterprise is designed to troubleshoot for other firms, but that never quite gets off the ground. And things get a little messy when he starts dating Rumiko Fujikawa, but Tony tries to keep business out of their relationship for a while. However, he ends it when he realizes he doesn't want to endanger her life by mixing her up with Iron Man's enemies.
But hey, when it rains, it pours. On top of losing his girlfriend, Tony's reputation is soon smeared by his former friend, Tiberius Stone. Disgraced, Tony quits his corporate life, dismantles Stark Solutions, and gives all his money away to the Maria Stark Foundation.
After the failure of Stark Solutions, Tony enacts one of his more bizarre plans. He quietly becomes a humble worker at Askew Electronics named "Hogan Potts. N alloy, he goes after a bunch of his foes before learning that Ultron is corrupting his tech, so Tony abandons it after defeating the Evil Undying. Speaking of old tech, Tony starts seeing it pop up around the world, as he learns the US government has appropriated it.
While dealing with that, he starts dating Rumiko Fujikawa again, and he also restarts Stark Enterprises thanks to a plot device an old friend named Trevor Donahue, who conveniently dies and leaves Tony his fortune. But eventually, Rumiko learns Tony's secret identity, and she realizes this is why he broke up with her in the first place. So that's when Rumiko implores her dad to give Tony 49 percent of the shares in Stark-Fujikawa. She retains two percent control Sadly, Rumiko is killed soon afterwards, but hey, at least Tony solves his problems with the government "borrowing" his tech by becoming secretary of defense for a while.
A recurring theme for Tony Stark in recent years is that when he forms a new company and everything seems peachy, disaster will strike his new venture. For example, just when everything seems to be going Tony's way with Stark Enterprises, the Scarlet Witch loses her mind and forces Tony to kill an ambassador from Latveria.
Unsurprisingly, Tony resigns as secretary of defense With chaos enveloping him and the government after him, he appoints Pepper Potts as CEO of Stark Industries and gives her the directive to sell off all assets. Tony eventually bounces back and opens up Stark Resilient, a name that reflects his unwillingness to back down.
Then he quickly turns it over to Pepper yet again after the Mandarin starts threatening his friends. Things get even crazier when Tony is turned evil by a magic spell. This new version of Tony brings back Stark Industries and injects dangerous nanotechnology into every citizen of San Francisco. It takes the end and rebirth of the universe to undo this particular corporate direction. His most recent project is Stark Unlimited. The concept here is that it's a think tank solely for future technologies and an expanded lab for new armor.
Along the way, Tony absorbs all of his old companies yet again, making them subsidiaries. How could things go wrong? Well, as it turns out, Tony was once resurrected by technology owned by his long-lost brother, which technically makes him his brother's property!
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