Iron Man (TV series)
Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero, Iron Man. The series aired from 1994 to 1996 in syndication as part of The Marvel Action Hour, which packaged Iron Man with another animated series based on Marvel properties, the Fantastic Four, with one half-hour episode from each series airing back-to-back. The show was backed by a toy line that featured many armor variants.
Iron Man | |
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The title card for Season 1 of Iron Man | |
Genre | Superhero Action Adventure |
Based on | |
Voices of | Robert Hays James Avery Dorian Harewood John Reilly Ed Gilbert Robert Ito Jim Cummings Katherine Moffat Jennifer Darling Casey Defranco Jennifer Hale James Warwick Tom Kane |
Narrated by | George Johnson |
Theme music composer | Keith Emerson (season 1) William Kevin Anderson (season 2) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Avi Arad Stan Lee Rick Ungar |
Producers | Glen Hill Dennis Ho Ted Tchoe |
Camera setup | Setup |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production companies | Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Rainbow Animation Korea Koko Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication (The Marvel Action Hour/Marvel Action Universe) |
Release | September 24, 1994 – February 24, 1996 |
This series of Iron Man was among the few television series to be re-recorded in THX. This may have been usual at the time for a motion picture, but it is rare for a television series. Off the heels of the release of the live-action Iron Man film in 2008, reruns began airing on the Jetix block on Toon Disney.
Although only lasting two seasons, Iron Man was the subject of a major overhaul between seasons when its production studio was changed. The result was a massively changed premise, tone, and general approach, which left the disparate seasons scarcely recognizable as being two halves of the same series.