Adaptations of Iron Man in other media | |
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Created by |
Stan Lee Larry Lieber Don Heck Jack Kirby |
Original source | Comics published by Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) |
Films and television | |
Film(s) |
The Invincible Iron Man (2007) Iron Man (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010) Iron Man 3 (2013) |
Television show(s) |
The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) Iron Man (1994) Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009) |
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) |
The Marvel Comics character Iron Man has appeared in various other media since the character's debut in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). Iron Man has been the focus of three animated series and a direct-to-DVD animated feature. Three live-action Iron Man feature films starring Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role have been released since 2008 with Downey also appearing as the character in The Incredible Hulk in 2008, Marvel's The Avengers in 2012, Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015, and the Captain America: Civil War in 2016 as well as upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017.
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.
Iron Man appears in the Iron Man: Extremis motion comic voiced by DJ Tanner.
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.
Iron Man has appeared in the following novels:
Iron Man appears in the Marvel Universe Live! stage show.
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.