"Iron Man" (1994) TV series 1994-1996

Creators:

Stan Lee
Larry Lieber

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

1998 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Industrialist Tony Stark leads his private team of superheros as Iron Man against the forces of evil.

Plot Keywords:

Iron Man | Superhero | Power Armor | Marvel Comics | Based On Comic

Cast

Robert Hays	...	Iron Man / ... (26 episodes, 1994-1996)
John Reilly	...	Hawkeye / ... (19 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jennifer Hale	...	Julia Carpenter / ... (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Ed Gilbert	...	The Mandarin / ... (13 episodes, 1994-1995)
Katherine Moffat	...	Scarlet Witch / ... (13 episodes, 1994)
Jim Cummings	...	M.O.D.O.K. / ... (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Casey Defranco	...	Julia Carpenter / ... (11 episodes, 1994-1995)

Also Known As:

The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Marvel Enterprises

Trivia:

Iron Man's Suit is now modified for space travel (episode 2.03 "Cell of Iron")

Quotes:

Beetle: Heh heh heh heh. Where's your security? Don't'cha know anybody can fly in and steal this thing?
Iron Man: Sorry Beetle, but you're in for a hard day's night!

Movie Connections:

Version of Iron Man (2008)

Skip the first season, enjoy the second

In the mid-90s there was a string of cartoons based on Marvel comics, from the wildly successful Spider-Man and X-Men to the lesser ones such as The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and this show, Iron Man. FF and Iron Man both started as part of the Marvel Action Hour with debut seasons of 13 episodes each. They were both rubbish. Choppy animation, lame out of place CGI and inconsistent voice acting didn't help the stories, which ranged from limp and mediocre to indecipherable (one episode about a plane being stolen through some sort of time displacement makes absolutely no sense).

Despite this, Iron Man got a second season and managed to prove itself as a good show. The glut of regular characters was cut down. The Mandarin being reduced to appearing in minuscule vignettes at the end of each episode while hislackeys disappeared almost completely, allowing for a fresh batch of villains such as Firebrand and AIM to appear. The Force Works team also broke up, with Century and (the terribly accented) Scarlet Witch being cut almost entirely and Hawkeye reduced to a handful of appearances. War Machine and Spider-Woman were keep along and both managed to grow more as interesting characters in their own right, helped by War Machine finally getting a consistent voice artist in Dorian Harewood. Robert Hays stayed on as the best interpretation of Iron Man yet; smart and funny, yet able to convey action and drama well. He was joined by his armour's new AI Homer, who added some nice comic relief. The show improved in the second season visually as well. The art became more detailed and moodier, the animation much smoother and the mind-numbing opening credits of the MAH season were replaced with a fairly cool rock theme. If you can catch it in repeats, the second season of Iron Man is well worth watching, with engaging and entertaining super-hero stories (many of which are adaptations of stories from the comics, such as the Armour Wars two-parter). Just try and avoid the first season.