Anthony Stark (Earth 919)

"It was the thrill, perhaps. The thrill of making something. Something unique. Something great. But soon, that novelty wore off. Soon, I realized I gave the world power that I should keep. I realized... I was the architect of my own fortune."

- Anthony Stark

The Mirror World (Earth 98) counterpart of Anthony 'Tony' Stark, Anthony Stark lived a different life, that lead him to different choices.

Early life
Anthony's parents, unlike his counterpart, did not care much about him. His father was too busy running Stark Industries and his mother was having her own affair with another man, a point that led to constant bickering between them. They never really noticed their son, who hoped to unite his family with the intellect he so clearly possessed.

Anthony Stark was enrolled in boarding school at six, where he would soon start experimenting with erector sets. He went on to be his high school valedictorian. He then joined an undergraduate program at MIT where he majored in physics and engineering. Double majors in physics and engineering were easy for him. He drifted into his 20's and became the idle rich, restless and rootless. He traipsed around the world turning into a jet set playboy adventurer. When he was 21, he inherited his father's business, Stark Industries, and within a few years turned it into a multi-billion dollar industry complex whose chief contracts were for advanced weaponry and munitions for the American Legion, the Mirror Counterpart of America.

The Birth of the Ultra-Tech
Eventually, Anthony designed a Next-Gen branch of technology, which he called Ultra Level Technology, or Ultra-Tech. When the AL (American Legion) government told Stark to sign a contract for this 'Ultra-Tech', Stark surprisingly refused.

This sparked bad blood between the government and Stark. Autherizing S.H.I.E.L.D to take steps to gain them the Ultra-Tech, the government of the American Legion was confident they would get what they wanted.

So it was a surprise when Anthony Stark used the Ultra-Tech (Which is the Mirror version of the Iron-Man armor) to destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D agents sent to bully him. He then proceeded to take down one of S.H.I.E.L.D's helicarriers to illustrate the power of the Ultra-Tech and his unwillingness to relinquish it.

Proceeding to send a message to the message to the President himself, he claimed he is deadly serious about holding on to the Ultra-Tech, and that he would be willing to forget 'this little episode' and resume weapon contracts if Ultra-Tech is considered the unique property of Stark and no claims would be made on it by the government. After brief debate, the President agreed.