Virginia 'Pepper' Potts
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Powers: Pepper utilizes high-tech "telepresence enhancements" to monitor and communicate with the Order when the team is out in the field
Bio: Virginia "Pepper" Potts was a member of the secretarial pool at Stark Industries during the days when the company was run by Howard Stark. After the death of Howard, his son Anthony "Tony" Stark assumed control of the company, and quickly realized Pepper's value because she understood the day-to-day business of running the company better than he did. To Pepper's dismay, she found herself performing a great deal of Tony's work for him, as he was often out socializing. Pepper continued her studies in business administration in order to cover for her employer.
After Tony had become Iron Man, Pepper began to see a change in his behavior (although she was unaware of the reasons why). Tony began to assume more of his responsbilities and eased the pressure off of Pepper, but still valued her contributions to the company. Pepper became infatuated with Tony, but he distanced himself from her emotionally because of his Iron Man armor, which at that time was needed to keep himself alive. Tony soon hired ex-boxer Harold "Happy" Hogan as his chauffeur, and Happy was immediately attracted to Pepper. Pepper repeatedly turned Happy down when he tried to date her, but when he was nearly killed aiding Iron Man against the Titanium Man, Pepper realized that she loved him. Eventually, they were married and left Stark Industries.
Pepper and Happy experienced some marital problems over the years, to the point that they became divorced. They both returned to Tony's employ when he started up his business Stark Solutions (now both aware that he was Iron Man), and although Pepper found herself drawn to Tony again, she and Happy eventually reconciled and remarried. The couple considered starting a family to supplement their adopted children, but during Pepper's pregnancy she was assaulted by Iron Man's enemy Ayisha, and lost the baby. She and Happy continued to work for Tony through all the tumult of his time as Iron Man, but when Happy was placed in a vegetative coma after a fight with the Spymaster, Pepper requested that Tony turn off his life support as an act of mercy. Tony eventually complied.
Pepper has recently become team leader of the Order, California's superheoric team mandated under the Fifty-State Initiative. Lacking superpowers herself, Pepper (a.k.a. "Hera") monitors and directs the team from the their headquarters.
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First Appearance: Tales of Suspense (1959) #45
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Issue Appearances: A+X (2012)
Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (1996)
#1 - 'The Rebirth of Iron Man' Avengers (1998)
1999 Annual - 'Day of the Remains' #32 - 'Behind the Masque!' #58 - 'World Trust, Part 2: Assembled' #69 - 'The Great Escape' Avengers Prime (2010)
Avengers Unconquered (2009)
#38 - 'New Story! The Death of Asgard!' Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2005)
Avengers: The Origin (2010)
HC - 'Avengers: The Origin' TPB - 'Avengers: The Origin' #1 - 'The Necessary Evil' Black Panther (1998)
#41 - 'Mirror, Mirror' #45 - 'All the Presidents' Men' Black Widow (2010)
#2 - 'The Name of The Rose: Part 2' Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2010)
Bring Back the Bad Guys (1998)
Die Rächer (2001)
Fantastic Four (1961)
#150 - 'Ultron-7: He'll Rule the World!' Fantastic Four (1968)
#39 - 'Ultron-7: Va regir le monde!' Fantastic Four (1998)
#13 - 'I, Ronan' #15 - 'A Clash Of Iron' Force Works (1994)
#8 - 'Tidings of Comfort and Joy' Free Comic Book Day 2007 (Marvel Adventures) (2007)
#1 - 'Free Comic Book Day 2007' Free Comic Book Day 2010 (Iron Man/Thor) (2010)
Indomitable Iron Man (B&W) (2010)
Invincible Iron Man (2008)
#1 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 1: Armageddon Days' #2 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 2: Murder, Inc.' #3 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 3: Pepper Potts At The End Of The World' #4 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 4: Neutron Bomb Heart' #5 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 5: Code Black' #6 - 'The Five Nightmares Part 6: Irrational Actors' #8 - 'World's Most Wanted Part 1: Shipbreaking ' #9 - 'World's Most Wanted Part 2: Godspeed ' #10 - 'World's Most Wanted Part 3: No Future' #20 - 'Stark: Disassembled Part 1' #21 - 'Stark: Disassembled Part 2 Digging In The Dirt' #22 - 'Stark: Disassembled Part 3 Is It Safe?' #23 - 'Stark: Disassembled Part 4: Ghosts in the Machine' #24 - 'Stark: Disassembled Part 5 .....' #25 - 'Stark Resilient Part 1 Hammer Girls' #26 - 'Stark Resilient Part 2 Visionary Men' #27 - 'Stark Resilient Part 3 This Is What We Do' #28 - 'Stark Resilient Part 4 Grand Mal Tokyo Moron Party' #29 - 'Stark Resilient Part 5 Predators and Prey in Their Natural Environments' #31 - 'Stark Resilient Part 7 Sabot' #33#500.1 - 'What It Was Like, What Happened, And What It's Like Now' #501 - 'Fix Me Part 1' #502 - 'Fix Me Part 2 The God Number' #503#504 - 'Fear Itself Part 1: City Of Light, City Of Stone' #505 - 'Fear Itself Part 2: Cracked Actor' #506 - 'Fear Itself Part 3: The Apostate' #511 - 'Demon Part 2: Exposure' #514 - 'Demon Part 5: Melt' #515 - 'Demon Part 6: Fall' #517 - 'Long Way Down 2: How To Make A Madman' #519 - 'Long Way Down 4: The Work' #520 - 'Long Way Down 5: The Dead And The Dying' #524 - '4: Armor War' #525 - '5: Beating Down The Transhuman Condition' #526 - '6: Independence Day' #527 - 'Finale: The Stars My Destination' Iron Man (1968)
#3 - 'My Friend, My Foe: the Freak' #4 - 'Unconquered Is the Unicorn' #19 - 'What Price Life?!' #26 - 'Duel In a Dark Dimension!' #37 - 'In This Hour of Earthdoom' #49 - 'And In the Shadows ... There Lurks the Adaptoid!' #57 - 'Strike!' #58 - 'Mandarin and the Unicorn: Double-Death!' #59 - 'A Madness In Motown!' #60 - 'Cry Marauder!' #61 - 'Death Knells Over Detroit!' #62 - 'Whiplash Returns!' #63 - 'Enter: Dr. Spectrum' #64 - 'Rokk Cometh!' #65 - 'The Cutting Edge of Death!' #66 - 'Battle Royal!' #67 - 'Return of the Freak' #69 - 'Confrontation!' #70 - 'Who Shall Stop...Ultimo?' #71 - 'Battle: Tooth and Yellow Claw!' #73 - 'Turnabout: A Most Foul Play!' #74 - 'The Modok Machine!' #82 - 'Plunder of the Apes!' #83 - 'The Rage of the Red Ghost!' #84 - 'Night of the Walking Bomb!' #85 - '...And the Freak Shall Inherit the Earth!' #86 - 'The Gentleman's Name Is Blizzard!' #87 - 'The Icy Hand of Death!' #88 - 'Fear Wears Two Faces!' #112 - 'Moon Wars!' #165 - 'Endgame' #199 - 'And One of Them Must Die' #200 - 'Resolutions' #201 - 'Sky Duel!' #210 - 'Happy's Story' #284 - 'Legacy of Iron' #288 - 'Ground Zero' #292 - 'Mixed Reactions' #297 - 'Whipsaw!' #299 - 'The Doomsday Machine' #319 - 'Shadows Call' #327 - 'Frostbite!' #328 - 'Heart of Ice' #329 - 'Facing Facts' Iron Man (1998)
Annual '99 - 'Power Tools' #1 - 'Looking Forward' #2 - 'Hidden Assets' #3 - 'The Art of the Deal' #5 - 'Into The Fire' #6 - 'In Deep' #7 - 'Bad Moon Rising' #8 - 'The Hunt' #9 - 'Field of Honor' #11 - 'Schedule Conflicts' #12 - 'Spoils of War!' #14 - 'To Challenge the Fantastic' #15 - 'Exploded View' #16 - 'Scale Model' #17 - 'Your Young Men Shall Slay Dragons' #18 - 'Sunset Intrigues' #19 - 'Smart Weapons, Foolish Choices' #20 - 'Cheating Death' #22 - 'The Thrill of the Chase!' #23 - 'Ultimate Danger!' #24 - 'Ultimate Fury!' #25 - 'Ultimate Devastation!' #26 - 'The Mask in the Iron Man, Part 1: A Boy and His Toys' #28 - 'The Mask in the Iron Man, Part 3: My Own Worst Enemy' #29 - 'The Mask in the Iron Man, Part 4: My Bodyguard' #36 - 'Danger Deep' #37 - 'Remote Control Part 1' #38 - 'Remote Control Part 2' #39 - 'Remote Control Part 3: Starks and Stones' #41 - 'Aftermath' #42 - 'The Big Bang Theory' #45 - 'The Big Bang Theory: Conclusion' #46 - 'The Frankenstein Syndrome' #47 - 'The Frankenstein Syndrome Part 2' #49 - ''Nuff Said' #50 - 'Tin Man' #51 - 'Jane Doe' #52 - 'Jane Doe' #53 - 'Book of the Ten Rings' #54 - 'Book of the Ten Rings Chapter Two' #55 - 'Book of the Ten Rings Chapter Three' #56 - 'Sympathy for the Devil Part One' #59 - '... In Shining Iron Part 1' #60 - '... In Shining Iron Part 2' #61 - '... In Shining Iron Part 3' #62 - 'You Can't Always Get...' #63 - '... What You Want' #64 - '"Standoff" Part Two' #65 - 'Manhunt Part One' #66 - 'Manhunt Part Two' #67 - 'Manhunt Part Three' #68 - 'Manhunt Part Four' #69 - 'Manhunt Part Five' #74 - 'The Best Defense - Logistics' #75 - 'The Best Defense - Technology' #79 - 'The Deep End - Meeting Hell' #86 - 'The Singularity Part 1' #87 - 'The Singularity Part 2' #88 - 'The Singularity Part 3' #89 - 'The Singularity Part 4' Iron Man (2005)
#13 - 'Civil War' #14 - 'Civil War' Iron Man (2013)
Iron Man & the Armor Wars (2009)
#1 - 'Part 1: Down and Out in Beverly Hills' #2 - 'Part 2: The Big Red Machine' #4 - 'The Golden Avenger Strikes Back' Iron Man 2.0 (2011)
#3 - 'Palmer Addley Is Dead, Part 3' Iron Man Legacy (2010)
#1 - 'War of the Iron Men, Part One' #2 - 'War of the Iron Men, Part Two' #3 - 'War of the Iron Men, Part 3' #4 - 'War of the Iron Men, Part 4' #5 - 'War of the Iron Men, Finale' Iron Man Magazine Special Edition (2010)
Iron Man vs. Whiplash (2010)
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)
Iron Man: Bad Blood (2000)
#1 - 'Bad Blood, Part 1: A Gathering Dark' #2 - 'Bad Blood, Part 2: Smashing Seattle' Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin (2007)
Iron Man: Golden Avenger (2008)
#1 - 'Employee of the Month' Iron Man: Iron Protocols (2009)
Iron Man: Killer Commute (2010)
Iron Man: Kiss and Kill (2010)
Iron Man: Rapture (2011)
Iron Man: The Iron Age (1998)
#1 - 'Challenges' #2 - 'Bodyguards' Iron Man: The Legend (1996)
Iron Man: Titanium! (2010)
Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas (2008)
Iron Man/Captain America '98 (1998)
Iron Man/Die Rächer (2010)
nn - 'Iron Man plus die Rächer' L`invincible Iron Man (1972)
#12 - 'La greve!' #13 - 'Mandarin et Unicorn: double-mort!' #14 - 'Fureur a Motown!' #15 - '...Le Maraudeur Masque est la!' #16 - 'Le Maraudeur s`ecrie: «Attaquons»' #17 - 'La victoire de Whiplash!' #18 - 'Rokk arrive!' #19 - 'En vedette: Dr Spectrum' #20 - 'Le tranchant de la mort!' #21 - 'Combat royal!' #22 - 'Retour du Freak' #24 - 'Confrontation!' #25 - '«Qui arretera Ultimo?»' #26 - 'Combat avec Yellow Claw!' #28 - 'Trahison et volte-face!' #29 - 'Modok machine!' #37 - 'Le pillage des singes!' #38 - 'La rage du Fantome Rouge!' #39 - 'La nuit de la bombe ambulante!' #40 - 'Et le monstre heritera de la Terre!' #41 - 'Le nom du gentleman est Blizzard!' #42 - 'La main glacee de la mort!' #43 - 'La peur a deux visages!' Marvel Adventures Iron Man (2007)
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
#58 - 'You Can Run...But You Can't Hide/Communion/The Old Man In The Sea/Neutralizing Effects' Marvel Double Feature (1973)
Marvel Legends (2007)
#33 - 'The Secret War!' #80 - 'A Fear Itself chapter' Marvel Super Stars Magazine (2011)
Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (2006)
Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (1978)
Marvels (1994)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
Shadows & Light (1998)
Siege (2010)
#4 - 'The Siege of Asgard - The Fallen' Spider-Man Team-Up (1995)
Symantec Iron Man Custom Comic (2010)
Tales of Suspense (1959)
Tales of Suspense (Faksimile) (1999)
#52 - 'Crimson Dynamo schlägt wieder zu!' The All-New Iron Manual (2008)
The Avengers (1963)
#9 - 'The Coming of the... Wonder Man!' The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM (2007)
The Iron Age (2011)
The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The Order (2007)
#1 - 'Henry --or-- The Next Right Thing' #2 - '2: Becky --or-- Teenager of the Year' #3 - 'James --or-- The Wind of Mount Rokko' #4 - '4: Magdalena --or-- Nine Doves' #5 - '5: Kate --or-- Getting Things Done' #6 - 'Milo --or-- Heavy Metal' #7 - 'Namor --or-- the Desperate Hour' #8 - 'Holly --or-- Search And Destroy' #9 - 'Dennis --or-- Bad Moon Rising' #10 - 'Pepper --or-- Into the Black' Thor/Iron Man - Gratis Comic Tag (2011)
Uncanny X-Force (2010)
#10 - 'The Killer Among Us' Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995)
What If? Fallen Son (2009)
#1 - 'What If...Iron Man Had Died?' What If? Special (1988)
#1 - 'What If Iron Man Had Been a Traitor?' Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook (2010)
Movie Appearances: Iron Man (2008) The Invincible Iron Man (2006) Group Affiliation(s): Initiative (Marvel) Stark Enterprises Stark Industries Stark International Stark Resilient Stark Solutions The Order (Marvel) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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