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| RealName = Ho Yinsen
  
| RealName = Ho Yinsen
 
| Title = [[Yinsen|Professor Ho Yinsen]]
  
| Title = [[Yinsen|Professor Ho Yinsen]]
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| Identity = No Dual
  
| Identity = No Dual
 
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| Relatives = Unnamed wife (deceased);<br>
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| Relatives = Mrs. Yinsen (ex-wife, deceased);<br>
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Unnamed son (deceased);<br>
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[[Ho Yinsen's son (Earth-616)|Unnamed son]] (deceased);{{r|Iron Man Vol 4 #7|12}}<br>
 
[[Toni Ho (Earth-616)|Toni Ho]] (daughter)
  
[[Toni Ho (Earth-616)|Toni Ho]] (daughter)
 
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| Universe = Earth-616
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| BaseOfOperations = [[An Thoc]], [[South Vietnam]]
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| BaseOfOperations = [[Timbetpal]]
   
 
| Gender = Male
  
| Gender = Male
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| Weight = 120 lbs
  
| Weight = 120 lbs
 
| Eyes = Brown
  
| Eyes = Brown
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| Hair = White
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| Hair = White
 
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| CharRef = [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 13|''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'' hardcover #13]]
 
| CharRef = [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 13|''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'' hardcover #13]]
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| Citizenship2 = (Presumably)
  
| Citizenship2 = (Presumably)
 
| MaritalStatus = Widowed
  
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| Occupation = Physicist
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| Occupation = Physicist, scientist, professor
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| Education = Professor
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| Education = PH.Ds in physics, robotics, medicine and other sciences
   
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| Quotation = An Iron Man! Fantastic! A mighty electronic body, to keep [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|your]] heart beating after the shrapnel reaches it! We just might succeed! Think what a creature we could create! What wonders he shall perform!
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| Quotation = Professor '''Ho Yinsen''' was the hero here. He distracted the '''guards''' to save me. You get it? He '''died''' saving '''me!''' A--A better man than I ever '''thought''' of being! My '''whole life!'''
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| Speaker = Ho Yinsen
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| Speaker = [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Tony Stark]]
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| QuoteSource = Tales of Suspense #39
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| QuoteSource = U.S.Avengers Vol 1 8
   
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| Origin = Professor Ho Yinsen was one of the world's greatest physicists, until pressed into slavery by terrorist. When he resisted, [[Wong-Chu (Earth-616)|Wong-Chu]] took him prisoner.
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| Origin = [[Homo sapiens|Human]]. Professor Ho Yinsen was one of the world's greatest physicists, until pressed into slavery by terrorist. When he resisted, [[Wong-Chu (Earth-616)|Wong-Chu]] took him prisoner.
 
| PlaceOfBirth = Timbetpal
  
| PlaceOfBirth = Timbetpal
 
| PlaceOfDeath = [[Afghanistan]]
  
| PlaceOfDeath = [[Afghanistan]]
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| Death = Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39
  
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| HistoryText = Ho Yinsen was a prisoner of the terrorist leader [[Wong-Chu (Earth-616)|Wong-Chu]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref group="note">Noticing how Stark's place of origin as Iron Man has been changed from Vietnam to Afghanistan, it is implied Yinsen' history suffered similar changes</ref> During this time, American inventor [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Anthony Stark]] was sent to said country to supervise a field test of one of his new weapons. While travelling through the warzone, Stark tripped a booby trap. The resulting explosion lodged a piece of shrapnel in his chest. The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by Wong-Chu as well, and informed that the shrapnel would penetrate his heart within a week, killing him. Wong-Chu offered Stark at deal: if he would build a power weapon for the terrorists, he would allow his surgeons to save Stark's life. Stark agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools.
  
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===Early Life===
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Professor Ho Yinsen was brilliant physicist and engineer from [[Timbetpal]].{{r|Iron Man Vol 4 #5}} In the late '80s, he moved to [[Seattle]], in the [[United States of America|United States of America]]. He met a [[Chinese]] woman whom he married. They had a child named [[Toni Ho (Earth-616)|Toni]]. Unfortunately, the marriage fell apart, prompting Yinsen to return to Timbetpal. He kept in touch with Toni, regularly making sure she and her mother were okay.{{r|U.S.Avengers Vol 1 1}}
   
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Back in his homeland, he married again, and had a [[Ho Yinsen's son (Earth-616)|son]]. However, his happy life was cut short when [[Red Room Academy|Red Room]] operative [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Natalia Romanoff]] kidnapped him in the name of warlord [[Wong-Chu (Earth-616)|Wong-Chu]].{{r|Black Widow Vol 6 6}}
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[[File:Ho Yinsen (Earth-616) 002.jpg|left|frame]]
  
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Stark was given access to a small laboratory in terrorist territory along with fellow captive, Professor Ho Yinsen. Yinsen helped Stark design and build an electrically powered suit of iron armor and equipped it with a variety of offensive weaponry. The armor also contained pacemaker-like device which would enable Stark's injured heart to keep beating after the shrapnel entered it. Donning the suit, Stark connected it to an electrical generator to charge. Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. His captor, Wong-Chu, sensed something was amiss and came to investigate with armed men. Realizing he was sacrificing his life, Professor Yinsen went out to confront Wong-Chu, giving Stark the extra time he needed to fully charge the armored suit. As Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong Chu's guerilla troops.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #39}}
  
   
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===Imprisonment===
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It was found out later that Professor Yinsen had not immediately died from the gunshot wounds. He was teaching his knowledge to a fellow prisoner in the camp, a young man named Sun-Tao. After Wong-Chu ordered his men to fire on Professor Yinsen, he amusedly made Sun-Tao bury his body in the jungle. Sun-Tao was surprised to see that the professor still drew some breath. In his dying moment he passed on a notebook to the young man. Immediately afterwards, "The Great Salvager" appeared and wordlessly told Sun-Tao that he was collecting on an old transaction he had made.
  
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Ho Yinsen became a prisoner of the terrorist leader Wong-Chu in [[Afghanistan]].<ref group="note">Noticing how Stark's place of origin as Iron Man has been changed from Vietnam to Afghanistan, it is implied Yinsen' history suffered similar changes</ref> During this time, American inventor [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Tony Stark]] was sent to said country to supervise a field test of one of his new weapons. While travelling through the warzone, Stark tripped a booby trap. The resulting explosion lodged a piece of shrapnel in his chest. The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by Wong-Chu as well, and informed that the shrapnel would penetrate his heart within a week, killing him. Wong-Chu offered Stark at deal: if he would build a power weapon for the terrorists, he would allow his surgeons to save Stark's life. Stark agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools.
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[[File:Ho Yinsen (Earth-616) from Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39 002.jpg|left|frame]]
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Stark was given access to a small laboratory in terrorist territory along with fellow captive, Professor Ho Yinsen. Yinsen helped Stark design and build an electrically powered suit of iron armor and equipped it with a variety of offensive weaponry. The armor also contained pacemaker-like device which would enable Stark's injured heart to keep beating after the shrapnel entered it. Donning the suit, Stark connected it to an electrical generator to charge. Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. His captor, Wong-Chu, sensed something was amiss and came to investigate with armed men. Realizing he was sacrificing his life, Professor Yinsen went out to confront Wong-Chu, giving Stark the extra time he needed to fully charge the armored suit. As Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong Chu's guerilla troops.{{r|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 #39}}
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[[File:Iron Man Armor Model 1 from Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39 001.jpg|right|thumb]]
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===Sun-Tao===
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It was found out later that Professor Yinsen had not immediately died from the gunshot wounds. He was teaching his knowledge to a fellow prisoner in the camp, a young man named [[Sun Tao (Earth-616)|Sun-Tao]]. After Wong-Chu ordered his men to fire on Professor Yinsen, he amusedly made Sun-Tao bury his body in the jungle. Sun-Tao was surprised to see that the professor still drew some breath. In his dying moment he passed on a notebook to the young man. Immediately afterwards, "The Great Salvager" appeared and wordlessly told Sun-Tao that he was collecting on an old transaction he had made.{{r|Iron Man Annual Vol 1 2000}}
   
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===Sons of Yinsen===
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Years later, Iron Man travelled to a mobile station named New Timbetpal inhabited by a group of monks led by Sun-Tao who believed that Professor Yinsen was their great teacher. Iron Man, along with a band of the monks swarmed a village inhabited by the evil tyrant, Wong-Chu, who had become one of the biggest drug lords on Earth. They were captured and told that Professor Yinsen was still alive. After the battle, they returned to New Timbetpal where Tony Stark was told he may see Professor Yinsen. It is then he found that "The Great Salvager" had only saved the part of him that he felt mattered: his living brain.
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Years later, Iron Man traveled to a mobile station named New Timbetpal inhabited by a group of monks led by Sun-Tao who believed that Professor Yinsen was their great teacher. Iron Man, along with a band of the monks swarmed a village inhabited by the evil tyrant, Wong-Chu, who had become one of the biggest drug lords on Earth. They were captured and told that Professor Yinsen was still alive. After the battle, they returned to New Timbetpal where Tony Stark was told he may see Professor Yinsen. It is then he found that "The Great Salvager" had only saved the part of him that he felt mattered: his living brain.{{r|Iron Man Annual Vol 1 2000}}
   
   
 
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| Abilities = * '''[[Super-Genius Intelligence]]:'''Professor Ho Yinsen had a brilliant mind and was considered one of the smartest men on the planet. He was a skilled Physicist and engineer, rivaling Tony Stark himself.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 13}} Yinsen one a Nobel Prize in Physics.{{Citation}}
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| Abilities = * '''Super-Genius Intelligence:''' Professor Ho Yinsen had a brilliant mind and was considered one of the smartest men on the planet. He was a skilled Physicist and engineer, rivaling Tony Stark himself.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 13}} Yinsen won a Nobel Prize in Physics.{{r|Iron Man Vol 3 #50}}
 
| Strength = Ho Yinsen possessed the normal human strength of a man his age, height, and build who engaged in minimal regular exercise.
  
| Strength = Ho Yinsen possessed the normal human strength of a man his age, height, and build who engaged in minimal regular exercise.
 
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| Notes = * A modernized version of Ho Yinsen appeared in {{c|Iron Man Vol 4 #5}}.
  
| Notes = * A modernized version of Ho Yinsen appeared in {{c|Iron Man Vol 4 #5}}.
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Revision as of 21:58, 13 September 2019

Quote1 Professor Ho Yinsen was the hero here. He distracted the guards to save me. You get it? He died saving me! A--A better man than I ever thought of being! My whole life! Quote2
—Tony Stark[src]

History

Early Life

Professor Ho Yinsen was brilliant physicist and engineer from Timbetpal.[2] In the late '80s, he moved to Seattle, in the United States of America. He met a Chinese woman whom he married. They had a child named Toni. Unfortunately, the marriage fell apart, prompting Yinsen to return to Timbetpal. He kept in touch with Toni, regularly making sure she and her mother were okay.[3]

Back in his homeland, he married again, and had a son. However, his happy life was cut short when Red Room operative Natalia Romanoff kidnapped him in the name of warlord Wong-Chu.[4]

Imprisonment

Ho Yinsen became a prisoner of the terrorist leader Wong-Chu in Afghanistan.[note 1] During this time, American inventor Tony Stark was sent to said country to supervise a field test of one of his new weapons. While travelling through the warzone, Stark tripped a booby trap. The resulting explosion lodged a piece of shrapnel in his chest. The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by Wong-Chu as well, and informed that the shrapnel would penetrate his heart within a week, killing him. Wong-Chu offered Stark at deal: if he would build a power weapon for the terrorists, he would allow his surgeons to save Stark's life. Stark agreed, hoping to gain time and access to tools.

Ho Yinsen (Earth-616) from Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39 002

Stark was given access to a small laboratory in terrorist territory along with fellow captive, Professor Ho Yinsen. Yinsen helped Stark design and build an electrically powered suit of iron armor and equipped it with a variety of offensive weaponry. The armor also contained pacemaker-like device which would enable Stark's injured heart to keep beating after the shrapnel entered it. Donning the suit, Stark connected it to an electrical generator to charge. Lying on a table Stark was helpless until the suit was fully charged. His captor, Wong-Chu, sensed something was amiss and came to investigate with armed men. Realizing he was sacrificing his life, Professor Yinsen went out to confront Wong-Chu, giving Stark the extra time he needed to fully charge the armored suit. As Iron Man, Stark avenged Yinsen's death and scattered Wong Chu's guerilla troops.[5]

Iron Man Armor Model 1 from Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39 001

Sun-Tao

It was found out later that Professor Yinsen had not immediately died from the gunshot wounds. He was teaching his knowledge to a fellow prisoner in the camp, a young man named Sun-Tao. After Wong-Chu ordered his men to fire on Professor Yinsen, he amusedly made Sun-Tao bury his body in the jungle. Sun-Tao was surprised to see that the professor still drew some breath. In his dying moment he passed on a notebook to the young man. Immediately afterwards, "The Great Salvager" appeared and wordlessly told Sun-Tao that he was collecting on an old transaction he had made.[6]

Sons of Yinsen

Years later, Iron Man traveled to a mobile station named New Timbetpal inhabited by a group of monks led by Sun-Tao who believed that Professor Yinsen was their great teacher. Iron Man, along with a band of the monks swarmed a village inhabited by the evil tyrant, Wong-Chu, who had become one of the biggest drug lords on Earth. They were captured and told that Professor Yinsen was still alive. After the battle, they returned to New Timbetpal where Tony Stark was told he may see Professor Yinsen. It is then he found that "The Great Salvager" had only saved the part of him that he felt mattered: his living brain.[6]

Attributes

Power Grid[10]
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Abilities

  • Super-Genius Intelligence: Professor Ho Yinsen had a brilliant mind and was considered one of the smartest men on the planet. He was a skilled Physicist and engineer, rivaling Tony Stark himself.[7] Yinsen won a Nobel Prize in Physics.[8]

Notes

See Also

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References

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