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This lists all appearances of Iron Man.

Television

The Marvel Superheroes

Iron Man on The Marvel Superheroes animated series.

• 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 quite faithful to the comics, as the bulk of the series was literally comic panels brought to life, via limite animation.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Iron Man guest starring on 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.

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, Living Laser, 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]. His first guest appearance was as Tony Stark in the episode "Venom Returns", with Robert Hays reprising the role. Stark appears in the next episode, "Carnage", and dons the Iron Man armor to help Spider-Man against Venom, Carnage, Mordo and Dormammu. Stark also appears briefly in "The Spot", ordering the interdimensional technology featured in the preceding episodes to be discontinued. ("The Spot" originally aired before "Venom Returns" and "Carnage", but is clearly set after them.) In the Secret Wars arc ("Arrival", "The Gauntlet of the Red Skull" and "Doom"), Spider-Man recalls those adventures and selects Iron Man to be a part of his team. Iron Man immediately agrees to help his friend and is a major player in the arc.

• Robert Hays reprised Iron Man again in a guest appearance in the 1996 animated series The Incredible Hulk.^[2]

Iron Man on The Avengers: United They Stand.

• On The Avengers: United They Stand^[2], Iron Man was voiced by Francis Diakowsky. He helps the Avengers thwart the Zodiac's plan to send radioactive satellite crashing to Earth. Like Captain America and Thor, Iron Man couldn't be used as a full-fledged member.

Other appearances

Iron Man on Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.

• Iron Man appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Shell Games", voiced by David Kaye.

• An Iron Man cartoon called Iron Man: Armored Adventures began to broadcast in 2009,^[3] with Adrian Petriw voicing the titular character.

Iron Man in Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

In this series, he is a teenager who has never gone to school, being home schooled his entire life as well as inventing over half of the technology Stark Industries uses. He happily worked alongside his father and despised Stane because of his motivation to have their invention turned into weapons. He was coming back with his father, about to show him the new Iron Man prototype armor before the plane exploded, it being the armor which saved his life and took him to his best friend Rhodey. His chest area was the most damaged, having to use a device attached to his chest to keep him alive.

After a week he returns to the public eye, however Stane has taken over Stark Industries, as Tony cannot become CEO till he is 18. Stane goes as far as to ban Tony from even entering the building. Because of how much Stane has gained from Tony's father's death, Tony believes he had something to do with it. Rhodey's mother Roberta, reveals that Tony's father wished for him to attend normal school to become a normal teenager for how short that will be before taking over Stark Industries. So he currently lives with Rhodey and attends school with him at the Tomorrow Academy.

He is shown to excel in the Tomorrow Academy, memorizing all of his textbooks and even finding some of the most advance topics out of date. There he also meets Pepper Potts, who seems to have memorized his life due to the fact her father is an FBI agent who worked on Tony's father's death.

He takes up the identity of Iron Man to find out more of Stane as well as trying to stop his ideas of turning his inventions into weapons. However, becomes the city's hero, setting up his lab at a nearby compound Rhodey's mother looks over and forming Team Iron Man (name thought of by Pepper).

Later in the series, it has been hinted that he might have feelings for Pepper beyond friendship, especially since more of her attention has been focused on Gene. Often grumbling how she never escorted him out of the hanger (forgetting the fact it was his hanger) and happy at the fact that she was talking to him again when he brought her up to the helicarrier. Another hint could be in the episode Meltdown, where when practicing for the Hamlet play, he grabs her by the wrists and recites a romantic piece of the play.

• As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, Iron Man will star in a 12 episode anime that will premiere in Japan on Animax in spring 2010.^[4]

• A reference to Iron Man is made in X-Men: Evolution in the episode "On Angels Wings", a sign reading "Stark Enterprises" can briefly be seen.

• Iron Man appears in The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Tom Kenny. On the show Iron Man is the smartest hero, and usually leads the team. This version of him is a little more kid friendly. He hates magic and will go to great lengths to avoid it as shown when the team had to spend the night at the Sanctum Sanctorum. The episode also revealed that he sleeps in his armor. He is also responsible for calming Ms. Marvel down when she gets agitated at the squad.

• Iron Man will appear in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.^[5]

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 quotes to Iron Man "You been here four howa! You go now!" Adam Reed voices Tony Stark in the episode "I'm Trapped." When Dick Cheney encounters him in the terrorists' headquarters, Tony reveals to Dick his armor which he will use to escape and return with help to stop the terrorists and rescue Dick Cheney. Unfortunately, Dick knocks him out and takes the armor which he uses to kill the terrorists and other uses. Ron Perlman voices Tony Stark in the episode "Tell My Mom." In a post-credits segment that parodies the post-credits scene from the Iron Man movie, he finds Nick Fury in his home stating that he isn't the only superhero in the world and is planning the Avenger Initiative. When Tony notices a guy stealing his TV, that guy gets away as Nick Fury knocks down Tony on the way out. Jon Favreau voices Iron Man in the episode "Two Weeks Without Food". A young boy dressed as and pretending to be Iron Man follows the real Iron Man into a battle between the Avengers (Iron Man, Giant-Man, The Wasp, and Hulk) and a giant robot crab. When Iron Man was knocked far away, the young boy was coerced into battle by Giant-Man and the Hulk who thought he was Iron Man (or close enough). The boy was eventually shot by the giant crab's machine guns and then caught in the robot's turbine engine (where he was shredded to death). Thus, the giant robot crab exploded. Later, the Avengers erected a metal statue to commemorate "Little Iron Man". Iron Man commented that he's "a real Iron Man, now." The Hulk groaned and said "Too soon Tony, too soon."

Film

Lions Gate Animation

• Iron Man has been featured in Ultimate Avengers (an animated direct-to-video adaptation of the Ultimates produced by Marvel Entertainment and Lions Gate Films) voiced by Marc Worden. 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. In the first film he is reluctant to join the Avengers, but later becomes a full time member. Marvel/Lions Gate released Ultimate Avengers 2 on August 8, 2006. In the second film Ironman's old armor is ruined, so he uses the War Machine armor.

• Marc Worden reprises his role of Iron Man in The Invincible Iron Man. The film does much of a changed origin where Tony Stark is taken to China. There he meets Lemay, and with Rhodey builds a suit of armor. As Ironman he takes down four elementals lead by his arch enemy, the Mandarin.

• An elderly Iron Man also appears in the alternate universe Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow voiced by Tom Kane. He takes the children of the Avengers to a safe place where Ultron won't find them.

• Tony Stark (voiced again by Marc Worden) makes a brief appearance in the Planet Hulk animated movie.

Iron Man

The Iron Man armor for the 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 was producing the Iron Man movie, to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[6], with director Jon Favreau and a script by Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway. 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 largely positive reviews on May 2, 2008, earning an estimated $33 million, opening day.

The Incredible Hulk

Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role of Stark in The Incredible Hulk. He makes a brief cameo appearance during a scene with Thunderbolt Ross where he discusses putting a superhero team together. Stark Industries is also seen in the opening credits, supplying vehicles to Ross. The logo is again seen on the carbon freezing unit that the super soldier serum was being stored in.

Iron Man 2

Robert Downey, Jr. reprises his role once again in Iron Man 2. The film is set to release on May 7, 2010. Jon Favreau will again direct, with Paramount Pictures as the film's distributor.

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 five playable characters in Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996). He also appears in Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes (1995) and in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (2000), where he is voiced by Chris Britton.

• 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 the easy difficulty on Tony Hawk's Underground which came out in 2003.

• Iron Man makes an appearance in the 2005 Punisher video game voiced by John Cygan. He learns from his security that the Eternal Sun tried to steal the Iron Man armors. 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 again by John Cygan. 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, voiced by David Kaye.

• 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, Deathbird 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) with Tony Stark voiced by Robert Downey Jr. and Iron Man voiced by Stephen Stanton.

• Stephen Stanton reprises his role of Iron Man who appears in The Incredible Hulk video game. 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. Iron Man's Hulkbuster Armor is also playable if one has the data of the Iron Man video game on their memory card.

• In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man tries to call Tony Stark to help build a device that will rid the city of the symbiotes. However, Stark Industries is closed due to a public health emergency (most likely caused by the symbiote invasion). Billboards of Iron Man are also seen across the city.

• Iron Man is a playable character and a boss character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Crispin Freeman. He is one of the first four characters available for play in the game. Since the game's storyline is based on the Civil War story arc, he plays a major role as the leader of the Pro-Registration Movement.^[9] His alternate costume is a slightly modified classic costume.

• Iron Man is the main character in Iron Man: Aerial Assualt.

• Iron Man appers as a Playable Character in Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game) Tom Kenny repraised his role.

Books

Iron Man is so far the only non-X Men related character to appear in the X-Men Dimensions series. He appears in X-Men Dimensions 3, telling Scarlet Witch that it is okay to go and help the X-Men during an attack involving the Brotherhood. Even though he is the only non-X Men related character to appear, he does crack a joke about Thor, and the Avengers have been referenced frequently since the series second installment.

Toys

The first Iron Man action figure was produced in 1975 by the Mego Corporation. This eight inch (203 mm) 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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.

Iron Man is the twelfth figurine in the Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.

Music

Iron Man is the title of a Black Sabbath song. The song's subject is unrelated to the superhero.

Unrealized projects

In 1989, while the third TV-movie sequel to The Incredible Hulk live-action television series was expected to co-star She-Hulk, Iron Man was being considered for both a follow-up or a solo film of his own.^[12] One year later, a film from Universal Studios to be directed by Stuart Gordon was being negotiated.^[13] This was still on the table ten months later^[14], and also another two years on, this time with no specific director or even studio attached.^[15]

Footnotes

References

• Toymania: Iron Man Figure Archive