<P> He has also been adapted for several animated TV shows and films . Throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character has been portrayed by Dominic Cooper and John Slattery . </P> <P> The character was created by me Archie Goodwin and designed by artist Don Heck . He made his first appearance in Iron Man #28 (August 1, 1970). </P> <P> Described as a brilliant scientist and ruthless businessman, Howard worked alongside his father on various projects, and later founded Stark Industries . Howard was an inventive mechanical engineering prodigy, constantly creating new technology and looking for ways to improve it . He designed and built weaponry and devices that have revolutionized the industrial world, such as various technologies used by S.H.I.E.L.D. and its allies . Howard later had a wife and they had their child Tony . Howard's relationship with Tony was a difficult one, however, with Howard rarely expressing affection for the boy . Howard's one major weakness was his severe case of alcoholism, a problem Tony himself would inherit . In the comics, Howard and his wife died in a car crash, as the result of faulty brakes arranged by either business competitors Republic Oil & Gas or by the V - Battalion . Howard's death inspired his son to take both business and engineering seriously as Iron Man . </P> <P> The son of Howard Stark, Sr., Howard was born in Richford, New York . An avid and brilliant inventor from a young age, he was a brilliant scientist throughout his life . He and his father worked on various projects, and later founded Stark Industries . Throughout his young adulthood, Stark worked on various government projects dating back to the World War I and World War II era, like the World War I Captain America project with John Crowe Ransom, which came to completion during World War II; the World War II Manhattan Project; and the Arsenal robots, hidden in a subbasement in his mansion . During the 1950s, Stark was an agent of the secret science organization known as The Shield, partnered with Nathaniel Richards . </P>

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