Iron Man in other media
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[edit] Television
[edit] The Marvel Superheroes
Iron Man's first starring role came in the 1966 series The Marvel Superheroes where he was one of the five featured superheroes and was voiced by John Vernon. This version was pretty faithful to the comics, as the bulk of the series was literally comic panels brought to life, via limited animation.
[edit] Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
His guest appearances started in 1981, when Iron Man appeared in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends[1] with William H. Marshall providing his voice. Following a cameo with the rest of the Avengers in the 1981 solo Spider-Man show, Iron Man returned to animation with that decade's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. He made cameo appearances throughout the series, most prominently in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends", in which Tony Stark is a central character.
[edit] Marvel animated universe
In 1994, Iron Man starred in the animated series Iron Man, with Robert Hays voicing the title character. Iron Man served as part of a team consisting of Century, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Spider Woman. This show was part of the Marvel Action Hour, which packaged several animated versions of Marvel series, including the 1994 Fantastic Four, with two half-hour episodes from different series. Iron Man's origin was changed for this series: Instead of shrapnel near his heart, Stark has multiple slivers near his spine, threatening paralysis. Also, Stark and Yinsen are held captive not by Wong Chu but by the Mandarin, who had been altered by his rings to have green skin and a degree of super strength. The Mandarin leads a group of villains, consisting of Dreadknight, Hypnotia, Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, MODOK, and Justin Hammer against Iron Man and a team based on Force Works.
Iron Man made a non-speaking cameo in some episodes of the 1990s Fantastic Four TV series.
Iron Man appeared in some episodes of the mid-1990s Spider-Man: The Animated Series[2]. Following cameos, his first guest appearance was as Tony Stark in the episode "Venom Returns", with Robert Hays reprising Iron Man.
Robert Hays did so again with Iron Man's guest appearance in the 1996 animated series The Incredible Hulk[3]
On The Avengers: United They Stand[4], Iron Man was voiced by Francis Diakowsky. He helps the Avengers thwart the Zodiac's plan to send radioactive satellite crashing to Earth.
[edit] Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
Iron Man appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Shell Games", voiced by David Kaye.
[edit] Future animated series
A new Iron Man cartoon called Iron Man: Armored Adventures is currently being developed. It was expected to start airing before the Iron Man film debuts in 2008.[5] It's said to focus on a teenage Tony Stark.
[edit] Parodies
In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror X, in Desperately Xeeking Xena, The Collector (Comic Book Guy) makes a list of names for Xena to call him on their wedding night. One of them is Iron Man.
Iron Man appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Celebutard Mountain" voiced by Mark Hamill. His feet give him away to two of Mandarin's henchmen and eventually falls on them when trying to go through the air vent. When he couldn't get up, he activates his rocket boots which dragged him along the floor killing the henchmen and ending up outside of Mandarin's room. When Mandarin comes out, he tells Iron Man to leave in the style of a Chinese food "all you can eat" manager.
[edit] Film
[edit] Ultimate Avengers
Iron Man has been featured in Ultimate Avengers (2006), an animated direct-to-video adaptation of the Ultimates produced by Marvel Entertainment and Lions Gate Films. Although based on Ultimate Iron Man, the animated version's identity is not a matter of public record, and, as in main Marvel Universe continuity, he is inflicted with a heart condition rather than a brain tumor. Marvel/Lions Gate released Ultimate Avengers 2 on August 8, 2006 and The Invincible Iron Man on January 23, 2007. The character in these videos is voiced by Marc Worden.
[edit] Live-action film
New Line Cinema indicated it was producing an Iron Man film, originally scheduled for release November 2005, then rescheduled to 2006 and then to 2007. The studio's rights eventually expired and reverted to Marvel. Nick Cassavetes would have directed the film.
Marvel Studios announced in April 2006 that it is producing the Iron Man movie with director Jon Favreau and a script by Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway was released May 2, 2008. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures.[6] On July 22, 2006 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Favreau confirmed "The suit will be more like a weapons platform than a flying suit – more of a War Machine-feel to it."[7] On September 28, 2006, the website Ain't It Cool News reported Iron Man will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.[8]
The film opened to incredibly positive reviews on May 2nd, 2008, earning an estimated $33 million, opening day. It currently holds a 8.4 rating on IMDb.com.
Downey Jr. is confirmed to be reprising his role of Stark in a brief cameo appearance during a scene with Thunderbolt Ross for The Incredible Hulk, to set up a future Avengers film.
A sequel to Iron Man is scheduled for release on April 30, 2010, and it has been hinted that the main villain will be Mandarin.
[edit] Next Avengers
An elderly Iron Man will appear in the alternate universe Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow voiced by Tom Kane.
[edit] Video games
- Iron Man is featured in several video games. He is one of four selectable heroes in Captain America and the Avengers (1991) and one of six playable characters in Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996). He also appears in Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes (1995) and subsequent games in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
- Tony Stark is referenced in Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro.
- He also appears in Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal for the PC, PlayStation, the Game Boy, Saturn and Game Gear.
- The Invincible Iron Man came out on the Game Boy Advance in late 2002.
- Iron Man is unlockable after beating Tony Hawk's Underground which came out in 2003.
- Iron Man, Tony Stark and Stark Enterprises make an appearance in the 2005 Punisher video game. An inside joke alludes to Stark's alcoholism: After viewing the destruction left by the Punisher, Stark sighs and says, "I need a drink."
- Iron Man is an unlockable character in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse voiced by John Cygan. He is seen alongside Banshee as a prisoner guarded by Stryfe. He can be unlocked by collecting the four homing beacons in each act to access the secret area to retrieve a piece of his armor. Collect four pieces of his armor to unlock him. The War Machine armor is one of his alternate costumes.
- Iron Man is one of the main characters in Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
- An old woman wrongly believed that Spider-Man was chasing Iron Man in Ultimate Spider-Man. Spider-Man was actually chasing the Beetle. Stark himself does not appear in the game, and only his codename gets mentioned.
- John Cygan reprises his role of Iron Man who is a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. His costumes include his New Avenger armor, his Classic armor, the War Machine armor, and his Ultimate armor. Iron Man is one of the main characters in game; Stark Tower is one of the bases of the team in the game. He has special dialogue with Nick Fury, Crimson Dynamo and Dark Colossus and Dark Captain America. A simulation disk has Iron Man fighting Ultimo on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
- In 2008, Sega Corporation published an Iron Man video game in tandem with the release of the movie.
- In 2008, Iron Man will also appear in the Sega game The Incredible Hulk, in which he serves as a boss and as a threat level enemy should the Hulk cause too much destruction. He fights the Hulk in his Hulkbuster Armor MK II.
[edit] Toys
The first Iron Man action figure was produced in 1975 by the Mego Corporation. This eight inch tall figure featured a cloth costume and plastic accessories. The version of the armor represented features the infamous "nose" helmet, making it unique among all Iron Man toys.
Toy Biz has produced Iron Man figures based on the 1994 Iron Man cartoon, all with vac-metallized, detachable armor parts. A fifth assortment, which never became openly available, appears on the collectibles market.[9]
Since 2002, Toy Biz has produced Iron Man figures in the company's Marvel Legends line. Iron Man Legends figures include his Classic Armor (Gold variant) and Stealth Armor in Series One, the Silver Centurion Armor in Series Seven, the Modern Armor in Series Eight, War Machine (with James Rhodes) in Series Nine, the Hulkbuster Armor in Series 11, the Origin Armor in Series 14 (Gold variant), and the Thorbuster Armor in Series 15. Modular Armor (with War-Machine variant) also appeared.
When Hasbro took over the Marvel Legends line in 2007, the company released the Ultimate Iron Man armor as part of the Annihilus Build-A-Figure series. His armor also comes with different color. Some of the action figures' armor could be removed.
On March 22, 2008 (the official street date for release), Hasbro started an Iron Man movie toy line, with figures based on those appearing in the film and somewhat comic-faithful repaints. The first wave included seven figures: Iron Man Mark 01, Mark 02, Mark 03, Prototype, Steath Operations Suit (Wal-mart exclusive), Repulsor Red Prototype (Target exclusive), and Iron Monger (with red and blue highlighted variants).
The Marvel Minimates action-figure line features four Iron Man armors. This, however, does not take into account the figures created in conjunction with the film.[10]
Iron Man is featured as one of the available characters to choose from in the Marvel Heroes version of the 1980s board game Guess Who?
Burger King includes action figures of the characters from the movie in their children's menus. The figures include the Mark II armor, two version of the Mark III armor and the Iron Monger armor. In the movie, the first thing Stark does when he returns to the United States after getting captured by the Ten Rings is buy a Double Whopper, and he eats it during his press conference.
[edit] References
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- ^ Iron Man to Hit the Small Screen First - Superhero Hype!
- ^ Kit, Borys. "Marvel Studios outlines slew of superhero titles: First is Favreau-helmed 'Iron Man'", Hollywood Reporter, 2006-04-28. Retrieved on 2006-05-04.
- ^ SCHNEIDER, KARL. "Mandarin is villain in IRON MAN", Cinescape, 2006-07-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-24.
- ^ "AICN EXCLUSIVE!! IRON MAN Has Found Its Tony Stark!!", Ain't It Cool News, 2006-09-28. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ^ Myers, E. G., and Geyer, J. (2001). "Iron Man Figure Archive: Series Five". Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC10908&mode=retail
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