Iron Man in other media

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Adaptations of Iron Man in other media
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Television
show(s)
The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
Iron Man (1994)
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)
Marvel Anime: Iron Man (2010)
Ironheart (2023)
Games
Video game(s)Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (1996)
The Invincible Iron Man (2002)
Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man 3: The Official Game (2013)

The Marvel Comics character Iron Man has appeared in various other media since his debut in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). Iron Man has been the focus of three animated series, two Japanese animated projects, and a direct-to-DVD animated feature. An Iron Man live-action feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. as the character and directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2008, with Downey also appearing as the character in the two sequels Iron Man 2 and 3, in a cameo in The Incredible Hulk, and as a main character in several other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.

Television

1960s

Iron Man on The Marvel Super Heroes animated series.

Iron Man appears as one of the main protagonists in The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by John Vernon.[1][2]

1980s

1990s

2000s

Iron Man in Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

2010s

  • Iron Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Eric Loomis.[8] As in the comics, he is one of the founding members of the team and provides them with the Avengers Mansion as well as technology, including special ID cards and Quinjets. This Iron Man includes the elements from the comics canon and some elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 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.
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    Marvel Anime: X-Men
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  • Iron Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, with Pasdar reprising his role.[5] Additionally, The Super Hero Squad Show incarnation of the character makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider".
  • Iron Man appears in
    Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, once again voiced by Adrian Pasdar.[5]
  • Iron Man appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., once again voiced by Pasdar.[10]
  • Iron Man appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel,[11] with Pasdar reprising his role.[12]
  • Iron Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced once again by Pasdar, and by Mick Wingert from the fourth season onward.[13][14]
  • The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Iron Man briefly appears via stock footage in the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
  • The president of Disney Channel Worldwide Gary Marsh announced a new Iron Man series is in development.[15]
  • Iron Man appears in the anime series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, with Matthew Mercer reprising his role.[16]
  • Iron Man appears in the television special
    Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled, voiced by Mick Wingert.[5]
  • Iron Man appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Mick Wingert.[5]
  • Iron Man appears in
    Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!, voiced again by Mick Wingert.[5]
  • Iron Man appears in Spider-Man, voiced again by Mick Wingert.[5] Similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation, this version does not have a secret identity and regularly hosts the Stark Expo.
  • Iron Man appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Eiji Hanawa in the original Japanese version and again by Mick Wingert in the English dub.[5]

2020s

Film

Animated

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, as depicted in the film Iron Man 3.

The Consultant (2011).[32]
Davin Ransom portrayed a young Tony Stark in Iron Man 2.

Video games

Iron Man is featured in several video games.

Motion comics

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.[41]

Iron Man has appeared in the following novels:

Title Author Publisher ISBN Release Date
Iron Man: And Call My Killer... MODOK! William Rotsler Pocket Books 0671820893 / 9780671820893 May 1979
Iron Man: The Armor Trap Greg Cox Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 1572970081 / 9781572970083 July 1995
Iron Man: Steel Terror Dean Wesley Smith Pocket Books/BPMC 0671003216 / 9780671003210 October 1996
Iron Man: Operation A.I.M. Greg Cox Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 1572971959 / 9781572971950 December 1996
Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom's Day Book Two: Sabotage Pierce Askegren
Danny Fingeroth
Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 1572972351 / 9781572972353 March 1997
Iron Man Peter David Del Rey Books 034550609X / 9780345506092 April 2008
Iron Man: Femme Fatales Robert Greenberger Del Rey Books 0345506855 / 9780345506856 September 29, 2009
Iron Man: Virus
Alexander C. Irvine
Del Rey Books 0345506847 / 9780345506849 January 26, 2010
Iron Man: Extremis Marie Javins Marvel Comics 978-0785165187 April 16, 2013
Iron Man: The Gauntlet Eoin Colfer Marvel Comics 978-1484741603 October 25, 2016

Theatre

Iron Man appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.[42]

Unreleased projects

In 1989, while

Universal Studios to be directed by Stuart Gordon was being negotiated.[44] This was still on the table ten months later,[45] and also another two years on, this time with no specific director or studio attached.[46]

Amusement park

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