Edwin Jarvis
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Edwin Jarvis is a fictional supporting character in the Marvel Comics title, The Avengers.
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[edit] Character History
Jarvis is a butler who began his career serving Howard Stark and Maria Stark and watched their mansion even after their death. Beforehand, he had been the undefeated boxing champion in the RAF for two years running.
The Starks' son, Tony, called the first meeting of the Avengers as the Iron Man and donated the house as headquarters, so that it became Avengers Mansion. Jarvis grew accustomed to the guests and served the Avengers for many years on, acting as a father figure to some newcomers. During the fourth Masters of Evil attack, Jarvis was savagely beaten and almost lost an eye to the marauders. This soured him towards the group even after some of them reformed to form the Thunderbolts. He is the only one to stay with the Avengers for their entire existence, a distinction not even Captain America can claim, and, as a result, Cap has stated that Jarvis should be regarded as just as much of an Avenger as he is.
Jarvis spent some time as the primary babysitter for Franklin Richards, the super-powered son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman.
Jarvis has been involved personally in many adventures, including leading the evacuation of a stalled subway train during a city-wide disaster. Once, he personally confronted Loki himself, who had tricked his way inside the mansion. Avengers #400
In his duties as the Avengers butler, he has been entrusted with items of great power, including the Cask Of Ancient Winters.
Jarvis is the most famous comic book butler other than Alfred Pennyworth, butler to Batman. Jarvis's name may actually be a nod to Alfred: Alfred originally introduced himself in Batman #16 (May–June 1943), two decades before Edwin Jarvis's first appearance, as the "son of Jarvis".
Also, Tigra seems to enjoy flirting with Jarvis, which flusters him greatly.
After Tony Stark reformed the Avengers and Spider-Man moved his family into Stark Tower, Jarvis and Aunt May began to develop a romantic relationship. Jarvis has confronted Wolverine over the man's poor kitchen ettiquite. Also, in the recent New Avengers "Civil War" story, Jarvis was shown getting shot by an employee of Tony Stark, who was opposed to the Superhuman Registration act. Other information is unknown.
[edit] Ultimate Marvel
In the Ultimate Marvel continuity, Jarvis was gay and was much more sarcastic and acerbic towards his employer, Tony Stark. (Here Jarvis is the personal butler of Tony Stark, and not of his Avengers-like team, the Ultimates.) Jarvis was shot in the head by Black Widow when she revealed herself to Stark as the traitor within the Ultimates team. Whether or not he survived is still unknown.
[edit] MC2
Jarvis, now with visibly gray hair, continues to serve as the butler to the Avengers Next in the MC2 universe.
[edit] Marvel Zombies
In the Marvel Zombies mini-series in which all of the world's superheroes (and many of the villains) are transformed by a sentient alien virus into flesh-eating zombies, it is revealed that Jarvis was torn apart and shared-out amongst the Avengers. He appears to have been so mortified by the spectacle of his beloved Avengers as hungry corpses that he barely put up a fight.
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Television
- Jarvis appeared in the animated Avengers series, voiced by Graham Harley.
[edit] Films
- Jarvis also made a quick appearance as Tony Stark's butler in Ultimate Avengers and has a little larger role in the movie's sequel. It's speculated that Jarvis will appear in the live action Iron Man film.
[edit] Video games
Jarvis appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as a non-playable character.
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