2010

16th

 * A Centipede team rescues Akela Amador from her cell at the bottom of a copper mine. They perform surgery in her blind eye and implant her with a Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant, used to control her and make her carry out missions as their operative.

6th

 * Tony Stark demonstrates his new Accelerated Wave Explosion (A.W.E.) weaponry to the U.S. Military at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Later that evening Tony and Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes go to a club. Tony's arrogant, playboy attitude upsets another patron, resulting in a brawl.

18th

 * Following the demonstration of the Jericho missile system outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, the military convoy escorting Tony is attacked by the Ten Rings under the leadership of Raza, who is secretly working for Obadiah Stane. Tony is wounded by Stark Industries-manufactured weapons and captured. Fellow captive Ho Yinsen saves Tony's life by attaching an electromagnet to his chest. Raza orders them to build a Jericho missile, but they instead build a battle suit powered by a miniature Arc Reactor.

18th

 * During their three months of capture, Tony Stark and Ho Yinsen finish the armored suit they have been working on. Tony uses it to escape, but Yinsen is killed by the Ten Rings while saving him. Tony is later found by the U.S. Military and taken to Germany, where he is checked out by Army doctors and subjected to debriefings from the CIA, NSA and others.

20th

 * Returning to the US and deeply affected by his experience, Tony pulls Stark Industries out of the weapons business, terminating all military contracts. Hammer Industries manoeuvres itself to pick up new contracts. Tony reveals to Obadiah Stane the Arc Reactor technology he developed to power the armor. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson attempts to schedule a meeting through Tony's personal assistant Virginia "Pepper" Potts to discuss the circumstances of Tony's escape.

12th

 * Tony Stark continues to develop a more refined version of the armor he used to escape from the Ten Rings. Obadiah Stane uses Tony’s change of heart concerning what business he is in as leverage for a takeover attempt, developing his own high tech battle armor from the remains of the Mark I armor recovered by members of the Ten Rings.

18th

 * Nick Fury, in disguise, finds Bruce Banner in a bar and tries to find out what Thaddeus Ross' "Super-Solder Program" did to him. He tells agents Johnson and Peterson to gain Bruce's trust and see how he reacts to certain things, so the agents pretend they were dating and Johnson cheated on Peterson with him. Bruce gets confused when Johnson pulls him toward her, and Peterson threatens him. The stress of the situation causes Bruce to turn into the Hulk and go on a rampage.

19th

 * After his last Hulk incident, Bruce travels to Rio de Janeiro and contacts Samuel Sterns for help in developing a cure. They communicate using code-names of “Mr. Blue” and “Mr. Green.” Acting on a suggestion from Mr. Blue, Bruce researches Amazonia Tracheophytes for a lead on the cure. He also studies calming techniques at a nearby temple, gets a job at a soda bottling factory and teaches himself Portuguese.

20th

 * Nick Fury calls a meeting of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives and tells them the Hulk is only a secondary matter.


 * Tony Stark flies the Mark II armor using newly fitted flight stabilizers, but discovers an icing problem.

21st

 * Tony analyzes more data and decides to rebuild his suit using gold titanium from an old project to solve the icing problem. He also instructs J.A.R.V.I.S. to add "hot-rod red" paint trimming to the next suit, code-named "Mark III." He leaves to attend the third annual benefit dinner for the Fire-fighters Family Fund while the new suit is being assembled and painted. At the charity event, Phil Coulson approaches Tony and books an appointment for the 24th to discuss his escape from the Ten Rings. Tony dances with Pepper Potts, and they share a moment together in the moonlight. Christine Everhart, a reporter Tony slept with prior to leaving for Afghanistan, shows him photographs of his weapons being used by a terrorist group the previous day in the Afghan town of Gulmira, Ho Yinsen's home village. Tony confronts Obadiah Stane, who reveals that he has filed an injunction against him.

22nd

 * Tony tests his Mark III armor by flying to Afghanistan and forcing the Ten Rings out of Gulmira.

24th

 * Under Tony’s direction, Pepper uncovers proof of Obadiah Stane’s collaboration with the Ten Rings.
 * Duel of Los Angeles: Tony and Stane eventually come to blows in their respective armors. Stane is killed by the detonation of Howard Stark's giant, industrial Arc Reactor. The conflict is seen by the public, and the press name the mysterious hero "Iron Man".
 * Shortly after the battle, Phil Coulson sends a fake ambulance to pick up Tony and Rhodey, taking them to a S.H.I.E.L.D. complex in the local area. Coulson stresses to Tony how S.H.I.E.L.D. can teach him combat skills.

25th

 * At a press conference the day following his fight with Stane, Tony rejects S.H.I.E.L.D.’s constructed alibi and admits to the world that he is Iron Man. That evening, Nick Fury approaches Tony about joining the “Avengers Initiative", but he declines.
 * Anton Vanko dies in poverty in Moscow. His son Ivan vows revenge on Tony Stark and builds his own portable Arc Reactor to power a body harness armed with energized electric whips.

7th

 * In Greenland, a suicidal Bruce Banner tries to shoot himself in the mouth. He turns into the Hulk, who spits out the bullet, and waking up afterwards Bruce returns to Rio de Janeiro.

14th

 * Camilla Reyes is promoted to the rank of Comandante in the Policia Militar de Perú.

16th

 * Iron Man is named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, beating out Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.