Happy Hogan (character)

In the Amalgam Comics Universe, DC Comics's Green Lantern and Marvel's Iron Man are combined to create Iron Lantern. Iron Lantern is secretly Hal Stark, owner of Stark Aircraft, a developer of experimental aircraft. Stark's chief mechanic is Happy Kalmaku (an amalgamation of Marvel's Happy Hogan and DC's Thomas Kalmaku). Happy is in love with test pilot Pepper Ferris (an amalgamation of Marvel's Pepper Potts and DC's Carol Ferris). Unfortunately for Happy, Pepper is not only in love with Stark, she is also secretly the supervillain Madame Sapphire (a combination of Marvel's Madame Masque and DC's Star Sapphire). Happy Kalmaku first appeared in Iron Lantern #1 (April 1997), published jointly by Marvel and DC. He was created by Kurt Busiek (script) and Paul Smith (art).

In the 1996-97 Heroes Reborn series, Happy Hogan is Stark's public relations chief. He has a brief romantic relationship with Pepper. He is also attacked by the villain Rebel and is seen later in a hospital bed.[12]

In the Marvel Zombies universe, Happy appears in Marvel Zombies Return. He is working for Stark International; at this point Tony Stark is a useless drunk and S.I. headquarters is literally falling apart. Happy goes off to investigate a disturbance in the basement and falls prey to the zombie Giant Man who had teleported in from another dimension. The former hero bites and turns Hogan into a zombie. Happy then leads a zombie outbreak among the staff. James Rhodes kills him by destroying his head.[13]

In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Hogan appears alongside Iron Man in the Ultimates series, which is part of the Ultimate Marvel line of Ultimates comics. He is seen many times, sometimes with Pepper Potts, in the Iron Man armor control room.[14]

In the spin-off novel Tomorrow Men by Michael Jan Friedman, it is revealed that he has a supervisory position at the Triskelion; the Ultimates' headquarters. Furthermore, although Hogan has worked with Stark for a long time, he never officially achieved his MIT degree.

In Ultimate Human, although he is never seen on page, Tony Stark is seen talking to him on a cell phone, and then continuing the conversation after he is in an Iron Man suit.[15]

Happy Hogan in Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

• Happy Hogan appears in the Iron Man segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.[16] He also appears as the Freak (called the Monster in the Black Knight episode).
• Happy Hogan appears in the animated series Iron Man: Armored Adventures, voiced by Alistair Abell.[17] In this version, Happy is a tall and muscular, but overexcitable and gentle-hearted basketball jock.

• Happy Hogan appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, played by Jon Favreau (who was also the director of the first two Iron Man films).
  • In Iron Man, he is shown to be Tony Stark's bodyguard, chauffeur and close friend.
  • In Iron Man 2, Happy is first seen welcoming Tony at the Stark Expo. When Tony receives a subpoena to appear before Congress by a U.S. Marshal, Happy Hogan takes the subpoena stating that Tony doesn't like to be handed things. Happy later assists Black Widow into raiding Hammer Industries. He struggles in his fight with one of the security personnel while Black Widow takes out the rest. Favreau's son Max had a minor appearance in the film as an Expo attendee wearing an Iron Man mask later confirmed to have been retconned as a young Peter Parker.
  • In Iron Man 3, Happy is the head of security for Stark Industries, having been promoted as he complained about feeling ridiculous announcing himself as Iron Man's bodyguard. At the beginning of the film, he witnesses the side-effects of an Extremis enhanced Jack Taggart and gets into conflict with Eric Savin. He is rendered comatose when Taggart explodes, prompting Stark to go after the Mandarin. He regains consciousness near the end of the film.
  • In Spider-Man: Homecoming,[18] he is assigned by Tony Stark as head of Asset Management for the Avengers, overseeing the transition of the Avengers moving to their new facility in upstate New York. Happy is also assigned as a point of contact for Peter Parker, but is shown to abhor the job. Peter continuously calls Happy, much to the latter's annoyance. Happy later shuts off Peter's friend Ned when he tries to call him for help during Vulture's mid-air heist of the Avengers' items. During the attempted heist, Happy witnesses it from a distance as he's in the Avengers Tower. In the end when Peter defeats Vulture and leaves him for Happy and the authorities, Happy gives him his thanks and admits to Tony that "he's a good kid."
  • Favreau reprised his role in Avengers: Infinity War in a scene that was cut for time but is available as a deleted scene on the Blu-Ray release.
  • In Avengers: Endgame, Happy was revealed to have been among the survivors of the Snap and later appears at the end of the film as one of the attendees at Tony Stark's funeral. He is later seen comforting Tony and Pepper's daughter, Morgan, after the loss of her father while being heartbroken himself over losing his closest friend.
  • Favreau reprised his role in Spider-Man: Far From Home.[19] He continues to look after Peter and help him deal with Stark's loss which brings both of them closer. He aids Peter in London by helping his friends who are targeted by Mysterio to safety. He is also shown to be friends with Peter's aunt May, who it is implied he is attracted to which he eventually but spontaneously confirms to Peter's friends. Peter eventually confronts both him and May the latter of whom does not acknowledge them as dating.

• Happy Hogan appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers voiced by Chris Cox.