Maria Stark Maria Stark Maria Stark is a fictional character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. She is Howard Stark's wife and Tony Stark's mother. Maria Stark was born Maria Collins Carbonell. In her adulthood, Maria married Howard, and together they had a son that was not her biological son Anthony "Tony" Stark. Maria was unsuccessful in preventing Tony from seeing Howard's alcoholism, something Tony would later face on his own. Howard secretly programmed the Mistress AI that controlled the Arsenal robots with Maria's brain patterns. On the Ides of March, Maria and Howard were killed in a 'planned' car accident
Stark City, Missouri Stark City, Missouri Stark City is a village in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is adjacent to the battlefield of the Second Battle of Newtonia. A post office called Stark City has been in operation since 1912. The community has the name of William P. Stark, the proprietor of a local nursery. Stark City is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all