Howard Stark, Jr. (Earth-54321)

"You can't possibly look up to the sky and not feel fear. You're being controlled. Controlled by everyone around you. We mean to stop that and to end everything wrong with the world. You're right to be afraid, but you won't be for long. Now I dare you to look up and tell me you're not scared."

- Iron Man

Howard Stark, Jr. was a child prodigy who, after killing his own father, turned his company into a weapons dealing company. After being kidnapped by Interpol for "crimes against humanity", he built his first suit of armor and decided that he needed to cleanse the world of its ugliness as Iron Man.