During Tony’s directorship, SHIELD had been heavily infiltrated by the alien shapeshifters, and he took a heft measure of the blame. In 2009 Skrulls nearly took over the planet. Like Tony, her life now fully dependent on this piece of tech, which got quite a few upgrades over the years. To save her life, Tony put a strong magnet in her chest (which looked a lot like the arc reactor in 2008’s Iron Man). In 2008, after the superhero Civil War, Pepper was the victim of a terrorist attack orchestrated by Zeke Stane, son of Tony’s enemy Obadiah (the villain of 2008’s Iron Man). In the comics, Pepper’s foray into the superhero world has been similar to that of the films: slow, but sure. Marvel Studios From secretary to superhero In fact, Endgame’s April release puts it at Rescue’s 10-year anniversary, to the month. Though Pepper has been in the Iron Man comics since 1963, the shift from Pepper to Rescue is more recent. In what’s likely her final film appearance, Pepper soars around the battlefield as her armored superheroic counterpart: Rescue. Not only does she get to fly around and blast aliens, she gets to deliver some solid hits to Thanos alongside the other women of the MCU.
Then, during the final act, when Doctor Strange and the other heroes who were dusted show up to help the original Avengers fight off the 2014 Thanos’ army, Pepper suddenly flies into frame sporting a violet suit of armor, Tony’s anniversary gift. Tony seems to be secretly working on a suit for her in the garage, but all we see of it is a helmet. In Endgame, Pepper spends most of her screen time in the Stark family cabin with her and Tony’s daughter, Morgan.
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