Iron Man (disambiguation)

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Iron Man may refer to:

Contents 1 Sports 2 Books 3 Comics 4 Magazine 5 Movies 6 Music 7 Television 8 Watch 9 Miscellaneous

[edit] Sports

• Ironman Triathlon, a long-distance Triathlon of 2.4 miles (3.9 km) swimming, 112 miles (180 km) biking and 26 miles (42 km) running; the World Championship is held annually in Kona, Hawaii

• Ironman (surf lifesaving), a multi-disciplinary surf lifesaving event that consists of a swim leg, a surf board leg, a surf ski leg, and finishes with a beach sprint leg

• "Iron Man of Baseball" refers to either Lou Gehrig or Cal Ripken, Jr., for their long streaks without missing a game.

• The term "Iron Man" is used in multiple sports for players with long streaks of consecutive games. The current regular season ironmen in the four major North American sports are (as of March 31, 2007):

• • NFL - Brett Favre, QB, Green Bay Packers (237 games, 16 seasons)
  • MLB - Miguel Tejada, SS, Baltimore Orioles (1080 games, 7 seasons)
  • NBA - Bruce Bowen, SF, San Antonio Spurs (425 games, 6 seasons)
  • NHL - Brendan Morrison, C, Vancouver Canucks (512 games, 6 seasons)

• The Iron Man match is a professional wrestling match where two wrestlers wrestle for a certain time limit(usually 30 or 60 minutes) with whoever has the most decisions (pinfalls, submissions) at the end of the time limit declared victor.

[edit] Books

• The Iron Man, a 1968 novel by British poet laureate Ted Hughes. It is the basis for the 1989 rock musical The Iron Man: A Musical by Pete Townshend, as well as the 1999 animated film The Iron Giant
• Iron Man, a 1930 novel by William R. Burnett
• Ironman a 1995 young adult novel, written by Chris Crutcher

[edit] Comics

Iron Man, a popular comic book character created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics.

• Iron Lantern, a combination of Iron Man and DC Comics' Green Lantern, created by Amalgam Comics
• Iron Man 2020, a futuristic Iron Man, based after the present-day Iron Man's lengthy career as a superhero
• Ultimate Iron Man, a two-part miniseries featuring Ultimate Iron Man, the re-imagined version of the comic book character

[edit] Magazine

• Iron Man (magazine), a bodybuilding and weight-training magazine

[edit] Movies

• Iron Man (film), a 2008 film directed by Jon Favreau and based on the Marvel Comics character
• Tetsuo: The Iron Man, a 1988 Japanese film about a man who is transformed into iron

[edit] Music

• Iron Man (song), a Grammy-winning song by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album Paranoid
• Ironman (album), an album by rap artist Ghostface Killah
• Iron Man (Eric Dolphy album), an album by jazz saxophonist Eric Dolphy
• Ironman (single), a single by Sir Mix-a-Lot
• Iron Man (band), a Maryland doom metal band on Hellhound Records
• The Iron Man: A Musical, a 1989 Pete Townshend album
• Iron Man,a 1995 The Cardigans song from album First Band on the Moon

[edit] Television

• The Marvel Superheroes Show, a 1960s animated series produced by Grantray-Lawrence Animation, which featured s segment in most episodes with the Iron Man comic book character
• Iron Man (TV series), the 1994 animated series for the Fox Broadcasting Company
• Iron Man was the title of Americanized anime series Gigantor in other markets. The name is a correct translation of its original Japanese title, Tetsujin.

[edit] Watch

• Ironman (watch), a watch made by Timex Corporation, marketed in conjunction with the Ironman Triathlon
• Timex Ironman Datalink a PDA-type watch made by Timex Corporation, marketed in conjunction with the Ironman Triathlon

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Der Eiserne Mann, an iron pillar located in Germany, thought to be an OOPART
• Iron: Man, a 1993 sculpture by Antony Gormley in Birmingham, England