In 1981, Iron Man guest starred in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, voiced by William Marshall.[3] He made cameo appearances throughout the series, most prominently in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends", where he is a central character.[2]The Beetle stole a crime-detection computer and the Power Booster invented by Tony Stark to increase his power. He was the first villain that the Spider-Friends faced together in that origin episode. In gratitude for the Spider-Friends' aid against the Beetle, Stark provided them with the crime-detection technology used by the heroes throughout the series.
Iron Man made a few cameo appearances with the rest of the Avengers in the 1981 solo Spider-Man show, on an in-universe cartoon in the episode "Arsenic and Aunt May", and as a costume in a costume shop in the episode "The Capture of Captain America".[2]
An Iron Man TV series was one of several pitches in the 1980s and unaired pilot was produced in 1980.[4]
Iron Man made a non-speaking cameo in some episodes of Fantastic Four.
Iron Man appeared in the two part featuring Venom and Carnage episodes of the mid-1990s and episodes of Secret Wars chapter from the 1994 Spider-Man TV series[5] with Robert Hays reprising the role.
Robert Hays reprised the role again in a guest appearance in the 1996 animated series The Incredible Hulk in the episode "Helping Hand, Iron Fist".[5]
Iron Man appears in The Avengers: United They Stand episode "Shooting Stars", voiced by Francis Diakowsky.[5] He helps the Avengers thwart the Zodiac's plan to send a radioactive satellite crashing to Earth.
Iron Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Eric Loomis.[7] As in the comics, he is one of the founding members of the team and provides them with the Avengers Mansion as well as all the team's technology, including special ID cards and Quinjets. This Iron Man includes the elements from the comics canon and some elements from the recent Iron Man film series, including the Arc Reactor in his chest as well as his armor being run by the J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I., as opposed to the HOMER system in the comics. He serves as team leader, and is seen in the opening credits monitoring the team's activities on various view screens.
As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, Iron Man starred in a 12 episode anime series that premiered in Japan on Animax in October 2010 and is shown on G4 in the United States.[8] It concluded on Animax after running the full dozen episodes on December 17, 2010. He is voiced by Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese and Adrian Pasdar in English. He additionally appears in a non-speaking cameo in the final episode of Marvel Anime: X-Men.
Iron Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, with Pasdar reprising his role. In the episode "Great Power", he is shown trying to master his suit. He has a major role in "Flight of the Iron Spider", where he and the team combat the Living Laser. The episode makes several references to his playboy persona. His background seems identical to the canon, with the first suit being built to escape captivity. An alternate version of him is briefly shown in the end, when the Living Laser ends up in the Super Hero Squad reality.
Iron Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced once again by Pasdar. Mick Wingert was supposed to take over the role in Season 3, but instead Pasdar maintained it. Wingert eventually took over the role in Season 4.[12][13]
Iron Man appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy episodes "Stayin' Alive" and "Evolution Rock", voiced again by Mick Wingert.
Iron Man appears in Spider-Man, voiced again by Mick Wingert. He briefly appeared in the episode "Stark Expo" where Peter Parker attends the Expo as Spider-Man mistaking him for an intruder, eventually joining Spider-Man in defeating the Ghost.
Iron Man appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Eiji Hanawa in Japanese dubbed version. In the English dubbed version, he is reprised by Mick Wingert from various Marvel media.
2020s
Iron Man appears in M.O.D.O.K. voiced by Jon Hamm.[17] He makes sporadic appearances and MODOK considers him his arch-enemy. In "What Menace Doth the Mailman Deliver!", MODOK convinces Iron Man to buy A.I.M. from GRUMBL so that he and Monica Rappaccini can leave and start a new business.
Iron Man appears in the Disney+ animated series What If...?, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is voiced by Mick Wingert, replacing Robert Downey Jr. from the films.[18]
Iron Man was 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 afflicted 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 Iron Man'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 has a slightly changed origin where Stark is taken to China. There he meets Li Mei, and with Rhodey builds a suit of armor. As Iron Man he takes down four elementals attempting to resurrect his arch enemy, the Mandarin, who in this incarnation is a Kahgan who has been deceased for many centuries.
An elderly Iron Man 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 will not find them.
Stark, voiced again by Marc Worden, makes a brief appearance in the Planet Hulk animated film.[20]
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore is a direct-to-video feature which, like the Marvel Anime adaptation, is produced by Madhouse in collaboration with Marvel. The feature is written by Brandon Auman and directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki in which Matthew Mercer voiced the character. The feature revolves around Iron Man as he fights against Ezekiel Stane who has developed a new bio-technology. The film was released in North America on Blu-ray and DVD April 16, 2013.[21][22]
Iron Man appears in the animated film Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight, with Mick Wingert reprising the role from Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled.[26]
Iron Man makes a cameo in the Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, where he is seen flying towards the Marvel pavilion of the Oh My Disney webpage, an act witnessed by Vanellope von Schweetz.
He is one of five playable characters in Marvel Super Heroes In War of the Gems (1996). Clones of Iron Man also appear as foot soldier enemies and bosses in this game.
Eric Loomis reprises his role in 3D era Marvel vs. Capcom games:
Iron Man appears as a playable fighter in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, donning his Extremis armor. Alternate colors include the "tin can" prototype armor, the Stealth Suit, and the Silver Centurion armor, with Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot armor available as downloadable content. He appears in the Mike Haggar character ending as Haggar's running mate for his presidential campaign. Iron Man would later appear as a playable character in the standalone update of the game, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, with Eric Loomis reprising the role. While not having much playable roles, Iron Man one of the important major characters in the storyline.[34]
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. Stark Industries is closed due to a public health emergency caused by the symbiote invasion. Billboards of Iron Man are seen across the city. Despite this, his Stark tower, located at South Financial District becomes the main base to shelter the survivors and separating the symbiote victims.
Iron Man is unlockable after beating the easy difficulty on Tony Hawk's Underground released 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. He's the only playable non-mutant character to be mistaken as a mutant by Bastion and the Sentinel, and a member of the X-Men. Due to fact, he himself been an old friend of the X-Men for long time.
Iron Man is an important playable character in the spiritual successor of X-Men Legends series, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance:
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, the Crimson Dynamo, Deathbird, Dark Colossus, and Dark Captain America. A simulation disk has Iron Man fighting Ultimo on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. He is also a PSP exclusive boss character on Black Widow's simulation mission in that handheld port.
Iron Man return 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, and one of the three major characters alongside Captain America and Nick Fury. 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.[36] His alternate costume is a slightly modified classic costume.
Stephen Stanton reprises his role of Iron Man 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 playable if one has the data of the Iron Man video game on their memory card.
Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Eric Loomis. Many other versions of Tony Stark from alternate realities also appear as NPCs, such as the one who was then transformed New York City into the technologically advanced "New Stark City" or one who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Maestro on Sakaar.
Iron Man appears in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 2, Season 4, titled "Nexus War" as both Tony Stark and Iron Man. His suit is the last reward of the Season's Battle Pass and is mostly responsible for defeating Galactus during the "Devourer of Worlds" live event in-game.
Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel's Midnight Suns, voiced by Josh Keaton. In this version, Tony works in the Abbey's forge along with Doctor Strange to upgrade the heroes' gear. He attempts to destroy the last page of the Darkhold with a gamma gun, only to turn a brainwashed Bruce Banner into Smart Hulk, who steals the page for Lilith. If Tony builds a friendship with Hunter, he opens up to learning about magic and decides to found an R&D department to study the arcane for potential benefits to humanity.
Iron Man appears in the Eternals motion comic, voiced again by Kirby Morrow.
Books
The Iron Man armor is prominently featured in the book Inventing Iron Man: The Possibility of a Human Machine by E. Paul Zehr, which explores the hard science fiction aspects of Iron Man and the possibility of building an Iron Man-like armor.[43]
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.[45] One year later, a film from Universal Studios to be directed by Stuart Gordon was being negotiated.[46] This was still on the table ten months later,[47] and also another two years on, this time with no specific director or even studio attached.[48]
^Arrant, Chris (March 6, 2013). "Uncovering Marvel's lost '80s cartoon pitches". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. There are some stalwarts there, including a swank Iron Man, a Six Million Dollar Man-esque Ant-Man, and a Daredevil show that pairs the blind attorney with a dog named Lightning.
