
Rhodes later found Stark and expressed his disappointment at the absence. Stark's business partner, Obadiah Stane, accepted the award on his behalf.

Thirty-six hours earlier, at an award ceremony, US Air Force officer James Rhodes had prepared to give an award to Tony, but Stark was absent playing craps at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV.



Parker has been the true mettle of a hero, and an affinity for Iron Man, it's believable that he'd be the one to stand up to that Hammer Tech drone - standing in the same venue where Steve Rogers had bravely signed up for the military tour that would change him into Captain America, decades earlier. It would only make sense that Peter would want to attend the biggest science/tech convention in the world being held in his own back yard, and given that Mr. Iron Man 2's climatic battle took place at the Stark Expo in Queens, NY Peter Parker lives in Queens, and has been a science geek/prodigy since he was a little kid. In the end, it does make sense to establish this little MCU crossover, long after the fact. I like the idea that Peter Parker has been in the universe since the beginning." Maybe I've just done a big, old spoiler, but it's out there now. "I literally had a conversation with Kevin Feige only 20 minutes ago. "I can confirm that as of today," Holland said. Holland once again echoed that little retro-fit MCU Easter egg last year, after getting the biggest confirmation needed to make it official canon:
