Happy Hogan

"Mr. Stark! Christine Everheart, Vanity Fair magazine. Can I ask you a couple of questions?" "She's cute." "She's alright."

- Christine Everhart, Happy Hogan, and Tony Stark

Harold "Happy" Hogan is Tony Stark's bodyguard, chauffeur, and friend.

Biography
Harold "Happy" Hogan is a long-time friend of entrepreneur Tony Stark. Stark employed him as his personal bodyguard and chauffeur. Hogan attended Stark and his date, Elsa Bloodstone, to the grand opening of the Golden Dragon casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Happy also came with Tony on his first and only date with Maya Hansen.

During the Monaco Grand Prix, he risked his life in trying to get the Mark V suitcase armor to Tony Stark as Stark was being attacked by Ivan Vanko. He later accompanied Natasha Romanoff on her attempt to stop Vanko from his attack on the Stark Expo.

Hogan eventually became uncomfortable with his role as the "bodyguard of Tony Stark, the Iron Man," and was granted a new position as the head of security in the management complex of Stark Industries. It was in this capacity that he encountered Eric Savin, and Savin's boss Aldrich Killian when they visited Stark Industries. Immediately suspicious, he investigated them and later followed Savin to an exchange with another man. He tried to interfere and gather evidence when he noticed some of the man's flesh glowing in an amber hue, but Savin blocked him. Their altercation was interrupted when the other man exploded, killing several people and severely injuring Hogan. Hogan was able to point to a vital piece of evidence before he lapsed into unconsciousness, an act that gave Tony Stark a valuable clue into cause of the explosion.

Happy was put in a coma for some days, which prompted Stark to publicly threaten the Mandarin, responsible for the attack. Happy ultimately woke up, days after the explosion.