Howard Hughes in the Marvel Universe?

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It's always been obvious that Howard Stark was modelled on Howard Hughes - there's plenty of evidence for this in comics and the movies, e.g. clothing choices, general appearance, lifestyle, etc.

So should we assume that there was no Howard Hughes? In particular, if I want to write a story with Hughes aircraft, such as the Spruce Goose, should I say they were developed by Stark? Or that Stark designed them for Hughes who was the financial head of another company, not its engineering genius? That way there can still be Hughes aircraft around, such as Apache helicopters etc., with Stark doing some of the designing for them when they run into technical problems their own engineers can't handle.

Any thoughts?

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Comments

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If Howard Stark had tried to build the world's largest aircraft, it would have been impractical because it was made from super expensive light-weight unubtainium, not wood.

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I'll grant you that. OK, Hughes existed in the Marvel universe, he just didn't make one fictional invention, Howard Stark did.