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Probably because the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy are the chief branches of the military that are called up immediately when the United States goes to war. Hammer Industries primary function is producing weapons for war so Justin Hammer probably thought it'd be best to introduce the flashiest drones he had to wow the US government at the convention.

The Coast Guard is a division of the US Navy and, as the name suggests, is almost solely tasked with protecting America's shorelines and a few large bodies of water, like the Gulf of Mexico. They are not actually deployed to foreign regions like the other four are. However, if Hammer had been successful with rolling out his drones to the chief four branches, then it's probably very likely he'd come up with something for the Coast Guard too.

For this list only the creators of the characters first appearances are listed. As with all comic book characters, Iron Man and his supporting cast have had several reinventions and different contributions from different writers. Theses include different iterations in different mediums that all have added different concepts to the overall mythology of the characters.

Theirs Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, referred to as Tony Stark on screen. He made his first appearance in the comic story "Iron Man Is Born!" Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) by writers Stan Lee & Larry Lieber and artists Don Heck & Jack Kirby.

Virginia "Pepper" Potts, referred to as Pepper Potts on screen. She made her first appearance in the comic story "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!" from Tales of Suspense #45 (September 1963) by writers Stan Lee & Robert Bernstein and artist Don Heck.

Colonel James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine, referred to as Rhodey Rhodes or War Machine on screen. He made his first appearance as James Rhodes in the comic story "At the Mercy of My Foes Friends!" from Iron Man #118 (January 1979), whilst he's identity of War Machine first appeared in the comic story "Personal Demons" from Avengers West Coast (Volume 2) #94 (May 1993). The character was created by writer David Michelinie, writer/artist Bob Layton and artist John Byrne.

Natalia Alianovna "Natasha Romanoff" Romanov/Black Widow, referred to as Natalie Rushman or Natasha Romanoff. She made her first appearance in the comic story "The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again!" from Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964) by writers Stan Lee & Don Rico and artist Don Heck.

Justin Hammer, who made his first appearance in the comic story "The Old Man and the Sea Prince!" from Iron Man #120 (March 1979) by writers David Michelinie & Bob Layton and artist John Romita Jr..

Ivan Antonovich Vanko, based on Ivan Vanko from the comics. The character made his first appearance in the comic story "The Coming of Whiplash!" from Tales of Suspense #97 (January 1968) by writer Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan.

Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury, referred to as Nick Fury on screen. He made his first appearance in the comic story Sergeant Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963) by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

Howard Anthony Walter Stark, referred to as Howard Stark on screen. He made his first appearance in the comic story "The Controller Lives!" from Iron Man #28 (August 1970) by writer Archie Goodwin and artist Don Heck.

J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) is based on the comic book character of Edwin Jarvis. Edwin Jarvis made his first appeared in the comic story "Captain America" from Tales of Suspense #59 (November 1964) by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

Christine Everhart, who made her first appearance in the comic story "The Best Defense - Part Three: Technology" from Iron Man Volume 3 #75 by writer John Jackson Miller and artist Jorge Lucas.

Harold Joseph "Happy" Hogan, referred to as Happy Hogan on screen. He made his first appearance in the comic story "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!" from Tales of Suspense #45 (September 1963) by writers Stan Lee & Robert Bernstein and artist Don Heck.

and Anton Vanko, who made his fist appearance in the comic story "Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo!" from Tales of Suspense #46 (October 1963) by writers Stan Lee & Robert Bernstein and artist Don Heck.

All other characters were created just for the film by the movie's writers.

Now that his identity as Iron Man has been made public, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is being pressured by the government, the public, and the press to share his technology with the military. Meanwhile, Russian physicist Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), whose father was once partners with Tony's father, has recently partnered with rival weapons contractor Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), planning to create Iron Man drones to demonstrate at the Stark Weapons Expo. On top of that, Tony discovers that his body is slowly being poisoned by the palladium in the arc reactor that keeps the shrapnel from piercing his heart. Expecting to die within the year, he appoints his former personal assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) to the position of CEO of Stark Industries, replacing her with Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johansson), who isn't all that she seems.

Iron Man 2 is the second movie in American director Jon Favreau's Iron Man series, preceded by Iron Man (2008) (2008) and followed by Iron Man 3 (2013) (2013). The Iron Man character is based on a comic book of the same name created by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. Iron Man first appeared in issue #39 of Tales of Suspense (March 1963). The screenplay for Iron Man 2 was written by American screenwriter Justin Theroux.

The sequel takes place six months after the first one. The first scene of the film directly follows the ending of the first one, then after that scene, the film's timeline jumps forward six months.

Iron Man, of course, plus War Machine (Don Cheadle), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), and Black Widow appear. There are references to at least three other superheros: the Hulk is referenced in a news report of the aftermath of his university battle, Captain America's shield is featured, and Thor's hammer (Mjolnir) is seen after the end credits. Finally, 7 years after the release of the film, Marvel confirmed a long-held fan theory that the boy wearing the Iron Man helmet who is saved by Tony is a young Peter Parker (Spider-Man), although they did not reveal if this was an intentional Easter Egg or a retcon.

There are two versions of Nick Fury. The white Nick Fury is the original and has appeared in Marvel's comic books since 1964. This version of Nick Fury was depicted by David Hasselhoff in the 1998 TV movie, Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998). In 2001 Marvel released a new line of comic books called Ultimate Marvel. This was a reboot that updated and streamlined all of Marvel's classic characters. Some characters were radically changed. The Ultimate Marvel version of Nick Fury was made black and designed, with the actor's permission, to look like Samuel L. Jackson. Both classic Marvel and Ultimate Marvel comics are released side-by-side, which means both versions of Nick Fury are available in comic books today. The Ultimate version has proven popular enough that it has been used as the basis for Nick Fury in the recent Marvel movies.

Because she is 100% fluent in English. As a Russian spy she would have been trained to perfect the English language to better infiltrate wherever in the U.S. she was sent. After she defected to SHIELD, she would still be speaking English and if you are fluent, you wouldn't have an accent.

This is further elaborated on in Black Widow. When she was a child, she was assigned to be part of a family of Russian spies. All of whom have American accents. Until they are back in Russia. Then they all have Russian accents.

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Howard Stark (Tony's father) built and designed Captain America's suit and also the shield. In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), we see that Howard Stark had made quite a few prototypes for Cap's shield and Rogers picked one, (which was the simplest design in the shop) and was the one he was frozen with. It's likely the shield that Tony has is just one of the prototypes. As we see it is incomplete and very likely not made of Vibranium, the indestructible metal alloy of the real shield. In the comics series, Stark had outfitted the shield with electronic components to enhance it's flight capabilities, i.e., to make it more accurate for Cap when he'd throw it as a weapon. However, Cap decided later to have the electronics removed because he said they decreased the shield's accuracy. The shield shown in this movie could be a version of the electronically enhanced one and is meant to be an Easter Egg of sorts.

"The football" is a term used by the US Secret Service to refer to the black briefcase that one agent always carries with them wherever the US President goes-it's a specialized control panel that allows access to launch codes in the event that the President has to launch a nuclear counter-strike if their country is attacked. The briefcase is also sometimes called "the black box". Stark's briefcase armor is housed in a similar case which, like real one, is handcuffed to Happy Hogan's wrist. For fun, the writers took a cue from the real thing.

Only some of them. All cinematic material made under the Marvel Studios banner, e.g., Iron Man (2008) (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008) (2008), Thor (2011) (2011) and (2011), are all set in the same universe (known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe), with the characters crossing over (most notably SHIELD personnel—Fury, Coulson, Romanoff or Barton), culminating in The Avengers (2012) (2012) which ties these films together. Marvel Studios also owns/owned The Punisher and Blade, however The Punisher (2004) (2004), Punisher: War Zone (2008) (2008), Blade (1998) (1998), Blade II (2002) (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004) (2004) are/were not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Other Marvel-based films owned by other studios are not set in the MCU, due to differing ownership. This includes, for example: Spider-Man (2002) (2002) and Ghost Rider (2007) (2007) (both owned by Sony); X-Men (2000) (2000), Fantastic Four (2005) (2005), and Daredevil (2003) (2003) (all owned by Fox). However, due to a deal made between Marvel and Sony, Spider-man has been able to appear in the MCU since 2016, starting with a brief appearance in Captain America: Civil War (2016), and followed by a starring appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

Stan Lee is dressed as Larry King when Tony Stark is leaving the Stark Expo.

For a variety of reasons, Marvel chose to offer the role to Don Cheadle, and he accepted. There is no verified information as to why there was a split between Terrence Howard and Marvel, other than they wanted their original choice of Cheadle. There was a lot of speculation that Howard was replaced over contract negotiations. Already the highest paid in Iron Man, he had wanted more money for taking on a bigger role and also because the first movie had done so well. But Marvel did not want to renegotiate, and Howard was subsequently replaced. This is the version from Howard and has never been confirmed officially by Marvel.