Iron Man: The Animated Series

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Contents 1 Episodes 2 History 3 Background 4 Overview 5 References

Episodes

• And The Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead
• Rejoice! For I Am Ultimo, Thy Deliverer
• Data In, Chaos Out
• Silence My Companion, Death My Destination
• The Grim Reaper Wears A Teflon Coat
• Enemy Within, Enemy Without
• The Origin of the Mandarin
• The Defection of Hawkeye
• Iron Man to the Second Power Part 1
• Iron Man to the Second Power Part 2
• The Origin of Iron Man Part 1
• The Origin of Iron Man Part 2
• The Wedding of Iron Man
  
• The Beast Within
• Fire and Rain
• Cell of Iron
• Not Far From The Tree
• Beauty Knows No Pain
• Iron Man On The Inside
• Distant Boundaries
• Armor Wars Part 1
• Armor Wars Part 2
• Empowered
• Hulk Buster
• Hands of the Mandarin Part 1
• Hands of the Mandarin Part 2

History

Iron Man is the animated television series featuring Iron Man in the Marvel Animated Universe. The series ran for two seasons for a total of twenty-six episodes starting September 24, 1994 and ending February 24, 1996.

Background

Iron Man debuted alongside the animated Fantastic Four series as part The Marvel Action Hour, comprising the first half.

The show is notable for being one of the few television shows to be rerecorded in THX (a high-fidelity sound reproduction standard typically found in movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems). This was normal for motion pictures but was a highly unusual practice for television.

Overview

Like Fantastic Four many fans were disappointed with the first season. The first season was primarily a "good versus evil" tale of Iron Man and his allies fighting the Mandarin and his minions. Writing was handled by Ron Friedman, who also worked on Fantastic Four.

For the second season Marvel switched to another animation studio. With the change came new writing, new direction, and new music. Storylines were no longer limited to single or two-parters but spanned multiple episodes. The series also focused on issues of duplicity, consequence, and phobias. Despite the changes ratings remained low and the series was eventually cancelled.

References