Iron Man

:This article is about Iron Man, the Marvel Comics superhero. For other uses of the term, see Iron Man (disambiguation).

Appearances in other media

Iron Man has appeared in many animated series, including his own in 1966 and 1994. In 1981, Iron Man appeared in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. In the 1990s, he also appeared in the Avengers and ' animated series on Fox and the Hulk animated series on UPN.

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Animated series - 1966 - 1994 - 1981 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - 1990s - Fox - Hulk - UPN

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The 1994 animated series was part of the Marvel Action Hour, which packaged several animated versions of Marvel series, including the Fantastic Four, with two half-hour episodes from different series. Iron Man's origin was changed for this series. Instead of a shrapnel near his heart, Stark instead had multiplier slivers near his spine, threatening paralysis. Also, instead of Wong Chu, Stark and Yisen were held captive by the Mandarin, who had been altered by his rings to have green skin and greater physical strength. The Mandarin led a group of villains, consisting of Dreadknight, Hypnotia, Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, M.O.D.O.K. and Justin Hammer against Iron Man and his team, based on Force Works.

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Fantastic Four - Paralysis - Dreadknight - Hypnotia - Blizzard - Blacklash - Grey Gargoyle - Whirlwind - M.O.D.O.K.

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Iron Man has been featured in several video games. He was one of four selectable heroes in Captain America & The Avengers (1991), and was also in Capcom's Marvel Super-Heroes and the subsequent Marvel vs. Capcom series as well as Iron Man/XO 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. More recently, Iron Man, Tony Stark and Stark Enterprises made an appearance in The Punisher video game released in 2005 and as an unlockable character in X-Men Lengends II.

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Video game - Captain America & The Avengers - Capcom - Marvel Super-Heroes - Marvel vs. Capcom series - Game Boy - The Punisher - X-Men

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An Iron Man film is scheduled to be released in 2007 (though originally November 2005, but reverted to 2006 then to 2007 due to several undisclosed reasons), with Matt Dillon as the current front-runner to be Tony Stark, and Nick Casavettes as the director. Prior to this Tom Cruise had shown interest in playing the role but has since denied any possibility of his involvement. The film is rumored to feature the armor in the Ultimate Iron Man model.

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Film - Matt Dillon - Tom Cruise - Ultimate Iron Man

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The rapper Ghostface Killah, a member of the extremely influential Wu-Tang Clan, titled his 1996 debut solo album Ironman, and has continued to use lyrics related to the Iron Man comics and samples from the animated TV shows on his records ever since. He has also adopted the nickname Tony Starks (sic) as one of his numerous alter-egos, and the title of his 2004 release The Pretty Toney Album is believed to come from a stylization of this.

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Rapper - Ghostface Killah - Wu-Tang Clan - 1996 - Samples - 2004

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Toy Biz has produced Iron Man figures based on the Iron Man 1994 cartoon. All of which featured shiny detachable armor parts. This line reached its fourth assortment before being cancelled due to the expensive production of the detachable parts and their persistent chippings, leading to several dissatisfied customers. The fifth assortment, which never became openly available, can still be found on several eBay lots costing as much as 100 dollars a piece.

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Came 2002, Toy Biz has produced Iron Man figures in their Marvel Legends line. Iron Man has been featured in Series One (Classic Yellow, Stealth, and pre-Classic Gold with horned rimmed faceplate), Series Seven (Silver Centurion), Series Eight (Modern Armor), and Series Nine (War Machine), all with removable faceplates. His Hulkbuster armor, his bulkiest armor yet and the only one which might not have a removable faceplate, is slated for Series Eleven in 2006, making him the character with the most number of Marvel Legends figures.

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