Iron Man in other media
The Marvel Comics character Iron Man has appeared in various other media since his debut in Tales of Suspense #39. Iron Man has been the focus of three animated series 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 a cameo in The Incredible Hulk, and as a main character in several other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including The Avengers, ', ', ', ', , and Black Widow.
Television
1960s
Iron Man appeared in the 1966 series The Marvel Super Heroes where he was one of the five featured superheroes and was voiced by John Vernon.1980s
- In 1981, Iron Man guest starred in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends voiced by William H. Marshall. He made cameo appearances throughout the series, most prominently in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends", in which Tony Stark is a central character. 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".
- An Iron Man TV series was one of several pitches in the 1980s and unaired pilot was produced in 1980
1990s
- 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, the 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. 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, the Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, the 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 1994 Fantastic Four TV series.
- 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 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".
- In the 1999, 13-episode series , Iron Man was voiced by Francis Diakowsky. He helps the Avengers thwart the Zodiac's plan to send a radioactive satellite crashing to Earth. Like Captain America and Thor, Iron Man could not be used as a full-fledged member.
2000s
- In 2007, Iron Man appeared in the ' in the episode "Shell Games", voiced by David Kaye.
- In 2009, Iron Man starred in ' with Adrian Petriw voicing the titular character.
- Beginning in 2009, Iron Man appeared in The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Tom Kenny.
2010s
- Beginning in 2010, Iron Man appears in ', voiced by Eric Loomis. 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. It concluded on Animax after running the full dozen episodes on December 17, 2010. He additionally appears in a non-speaking cameo in the final episode of '.
- He appears in the Spider-Man animated TV series, 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 ', once again voiced by Adrian Pasdar.
- He appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., once again voiced by Pasdar.
- Iron Man appears in the summer 2013 animated special ', with Pasdar reprising his role.
- Iron Man appears in the animated series 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.
- 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. as Skye outlines public knowledge of superhumans.
- The president of Disney Channel Worldwide Gary Marsh announced a new Iron Man series is in development.
- Iron Man appears in the anime series '.
- Iron Man appears in the television special ', voiced again by Mick Wingert.
- Iron Man appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy episodes "Stayin' Alive" and "Evolution Rock", voiced again by Mick Wingert.
- Iron Man appears in Marvel's 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 and Mick Wingert in English.
Film
Animated
- 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 ' 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.
- ' 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.
- Iron Man appears as a central character in ' which was released in 2014. Adrian Pasdar reprised his role as Stark from Ultimate Spider-Man and the Iron Man Anime. Iron Man will be teaming with Captain America in ' which was released in 2014.
- Iron Man appears in the anime film ' with Mercer reprising his role.
- 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.
- Iron Man appears in ', voiced again by Mick Wingert.
- 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.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Video games
- Iron Man is featured in several video games. He is one of four selectable heroes in Captain America and the Avengers.
- Iron Man appears in few Capcom games licensed by Marvel:
- * Iron Man appears in few Marvel-licensed Capcom fighting games, particularly in Marvel vs. Capcom series.
- ** Chris Britton voices the character in the 2D era fighting games Marvel Super Heroes and in '.
- ** He is one of five playable characters in Marvel Super Heroes In War of the Gems.
- ** Eric Loomis reprises his role in 3D era Marvel vs. Capcom games:
- *** Iron Man appears as a playable fighter in ', 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 ', with Eric Loomis reprising the role. While not having much playable roles, Iron Man one of the important major characters in the storyline.
- Iron Man appears as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm.
- Iron Man/Tony Stark appears and referred in few Spider-Man games:
- * Tony Stark is referenced in '.
- * In ', 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.
- * In Spider-Man Unlimited, Nick Fury notes he would rather have Iron Man helping stop the Sinister Six instead of Spider-Man. Tony Stark is also mentioned in Iron Spider's backstory. The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Iron Man also appears in the ' tie-in event, where he sends Spider-Man to Symbiote World to protect. the Power Stone.
- Marvel’s Iron Man VR is an upcoming video game which is being developed by Camouflaj. It will be released on the PlayStation 4.
- He 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 was released on the Game Boy Advance in late 2002.
- 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 ' 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 one of the main characters in ', voiced by David Kaye.
- 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 '. 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 ' 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. His alternate costume is a slightly modified classic costume.
- * Iron Man appears as a playable character in a reboot universe depicted in ', with Eric Loomis reprising his role.
- Iron Man appears in a video game adaptions based on Phase 1 films of Marvel Cinematic Universe where Iron Man appeared prior to The Avengers movie:
- * In 2008, Sega Corporation published an Iron Man video game in tandem with the release of the movie with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark and Iron Man voiced by Stephen Stanton.
- * 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 appears in the video game adaption of Iron Man 2 voiced by Eric Loomis.
- Iron Man is the main character in Iron Man: Aerial Assault.
- Iron Man appears as a playable character in the Marvel Super Hero Squad video game and, with Tom Kenny reprising his role.
- An Iron Man pinball machine produced by Stern was released in 2010. It is based on the first two feature films.
- Iron Man is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 1".
- Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online and ', voiced by Tom Kenny in his standard armor, Hulkbuster armor and Stealth armor.
- Iron Man is a playable character in the Facebook game '.
- Iron Man appears as a playable character in the 2012 fighting game '.
- Iron Man is a playable character in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes, voiced by Marc Worden.
- Iron Man is a playable character in every Lego Marvel games such as Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Marvel's Avengers and Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Adrian Pasdar and Robert Downey Jr. respectively.
- Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
- Iron Man is a playable character in '. His Endo-Sym armor and Hulkbuster armor also appear as separate characters.
- Iron Man is a playable character in '. His Hulkbuster armor is added as a separate character in the 3.0 edition.
- Iron Man is a playable character in .
- A teenage version of Iron Man appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Dave Franco.
- Iron Man VR is an upcoming virtual reality game for PS4.
Motion comics
- Iron Man appears in the Iron Man: Extremis motion comic, voiced by Jason Griffith.
- Iron Man appears in the Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk motion comic, voiced by Kirby Morrow.
- Iron Man appears in the Eternals motion comic, voiced again by Kirby Morrow.
Books
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 | / | May 1979 |
Iron Man: The Armor Trap | Greg Cox | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | July 1995 |
Iron Man: Steel Terror | Dean Wesley Smith | Pocket Books/BPMC | / | October 1996 |
Iron Man: Operation A.I.M. | Greg Cox | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | December 1996 |
Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom's Day Book Two: Sabotage | Pierce Askegren Danny Fingeroth | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | March 1997 |
Iron Man | Peter David | Del Rey Books | / | April 2008 |
Iron Man: Femme Fatales | Robert Greenberger | Del Rey Books | / | September 29, 2009 |
Iron Man: Virus | Alexander C. Irvine | Del Rey Books | / | January 26, 2010 |
Iron Man: Extremis | Marie Javins | Marvel Comics | April 16, 2013 | |
Iron Man: The Gauntlet | Eoin Colfer | Marvel Comics | October 25, 2016 |
Theatre
Iron Man appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.Unreleased 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. One year later, a film from Universal Studios to be directed by Stuart Gordon was being negotiated. This was still on the table ten months later, and also another two years on, this time with no specific director or even studio attached.Pop culture references to Iron Man
- In 2001, a reference to Iron Man is made in in episode 20: "On Angel's Wings", a sign reading "Stark Enterprises" can briefly be seen.
- In The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror X", in Desperately Xeeking Xena, Iron Man is amongst the list of names The Collector wants Lucy Lawless to call him on their wedding night.
- Iron Man appears in the Robot Chicken episodes "Celebutard Mountain" voiced by Mark Hamill, "I'm Trapped" voiced by Adam Reed, "Tell My Mom" voiced by Ron Perlman, "Two Weeks Without Food" voiced by Jon Favreau, "Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War" voiced by Liev Schreiber, and "Robot Fight Accident" voiced by Kevin Shinick.
- In the Seinfeld episode "The Voice", George and Jerry discuss whether Iron Man wears some kind of undergarment beneath his armor. George suggests he goes naked and Jerry replies that idea does not make sense.
- In The Looney Tunes Show, there was a CGI animated short of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote entitled "Heavy Metal." In this short, Wile E. tries to catch the Road Runner with an iron suit. The design is based on the Mark I armor. Similar to the comics, the Coyote designed his suit in a cave just like Tony Stark did with Ho Yinsen.
- MAD featured a movie short titled "I Love You, Iron Man" in which Iron Man 2 and I Love You, Man are spoofed.
- Iron Man appears as a combatant in ScrewAttack's popular online series, Death Battle. He was pitted against the DC Comics supervillain Lex Luthor in a fight to the death and won. He was voiced by Chuck Huber.
- Iron Man also appeared as a combatant in One Minute Melee where he fought against DC Comics superhero Batman and lost. He also appeared in DBX where he fought Mega Man X and also lost.
- In The Lego Batman Movie, the password Batman uses to enter the Batcave is "Iron Man Sucks".
- In The Martian, Mark Watney likens cutting a hole in his suit glove to create a reaction control thruster to Iron Man.
- In Oggy and the Cockroaches episode "Metalman", Oggy in his metal suit called him Metalman.
- In Doctor Who Nikola Teslas night of terror Tesla acts very much like Tony Stark
- In the chinese anime series MuQiLing 2 the character Tianheng constantly says that Iron Man is his favorite hero.
Amusement park
- On October 8, 2013, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Thomas O. Staggs announced that Hong Kong Disneyland would be adding the Iron Man Experience, becoming the first Disney attraction to be based on a Marvel property. Set at the fictional Stark Expo, the attraction will feature Tony Stark recruiting guests to fend off extraterrestrial beings from attacking Hong Kong.