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Start of a "What if" universe for the mcu that starts in 2000 with all the rights Tony Stark, charismatic billionaire weapons manufacturer and playboy genius, is captured in a war-torn region while demonstrating a new missile system. Forced to build a weapon for his captors, he instead constructs a crude powered armored suit and escapes. Back home he is changed: he shuts down the weapons division of Stark Industries, faces pushback from his longtime partner Obadiah Stane, and begins refining the suit into a high-tech flying weapon of personal accountability. The climax is a confrontation with Stane (in a bigger, bulkier prototype suit) that forces Tony to publicly declare “I am Iron Man.” Post-credits: a one-eyed government operative in a leather coat approaches Tony with an offer involving “a bigger picture.”