Happy Hogan (character)
Harold Joseph "Happy" Hogan is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is usually depicted as a supporting character in stories featuring Iron Man / Tony Stark, for whom he works as a chauffeur, bodyguard, and personal assistant. Happy is close friends with his employer, and is among the first people in the Marvel Universe to discover his identity as the armored superhero. He is also the father of the Teen Abomination, was married to Pepper Potts, and has occasionally been mutated into the giant, savage, nearly mindless, superhumanly strong humanoid known as the Freak. Hogan earned the ironic nickname "Happy" during his boxing days from his reluctance to smile.
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Happy Hogan as depicted in All-New Iron Manual (July 2008). Art by Ron Lim. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #45 (Sept. 1963) |
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| Full name | Harold Joseph Hogan |
| Species | Human (currently) Human mutate (formerly) |
| Team affiliations | Stark Industries |
| Supporting character of | Iron Man |
| Notable aliases | The Freak |
| Abilities | As Happy:
As The Freak:
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Director Jon Favreau portrays Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home (both 2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Favreau also voices alternate reality versions of the character in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021 and 2023).