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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_Database Marvel Database Wiki]] and [[http://ironman.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Man_Wiki Iron Man Wiki]].
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** Iron Man 258.1-258.4, also known as ''Iron Man: Armored Vengeance'' in trade paperback format, reunited David Michelinie and Bob Layton to tell a non-canon story based on Layton's original ''Armor Wars II'' plot that didn't see the light of day due to John Byrne taking over the comic and running his own oddly named ''Armor Wars II''. While a fan favorite in its own right, Byrne's version had nothing to do with the original ''Armor Wars''.
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* NamesTheSame: The character shares his code name with the first Canadian superhero, debuting in March 1941, though that Canadian Iron Man bares a stronger resemblance to the ComicBook/SubMariner, being an amphibious superhero of the deep.
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* NamesTheSame: The character shares his code name with the first Canadian superhero, debuting in March 1941, though that Canadian Iron Man bares a stronger resemblance to the ComicBook/SubMariner, being, being an amphibious superhero of the deep.

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* NamesTheSame: The character shares his code name with the first Canadian superhero, debuting in March 1941, though that Canadian Iron Man bares a stronger resemblance to the ComicBook/SubMariner, being, being an amphibious superhero of the deep.
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* NamesTheSame: The character shares his code name with the first Canadian superhero, debuting in March 1941, though that Canadian Iron Man bares a stronger resemblance to the ComicBook/SubMariner, being, being an amphibious superhero of the deep.
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* NamesTheSame: The current Whiplash shares his name and ethnicity with the original Crimson Dynamo, Anton Vanko, and his codename with Mark Scarlotti.
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** Speaking of which, Busiek was supposed to write a mini-series called ''Iron Man: Look Back in Armor'', which would have explained what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.

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** Speaking of which, Busiek was supposed to write a mini-series called ''Iron Man: Look Back in Armor'', which would have explained what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** There was an ''Iron Man'' issue where Madame Masque was apparently [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by a new woman who wanted the identity for herself. This famously set off a series of confusing developments, including multiple new Madame Masques appearing, as well as the debut of an Avengers ally named Masque. Creator/KurtBusiek finally {{Retcon}}ned the whole thing away by revealing that all of the women involved were clones of the real (and still-living) Madame Masque, but the original intention behind the story that started the mess was quite different. The idea was that Madame Masque's killer would have been revealed to be Rae [=LaCoste=], who was one of Tony's love interests at the time. Unfortunately, the plan to make her the new Madame Masque ended up as an AbortedArc, which led to all the confusing attempts to continue the story. Additionally, Rae was going to be revealed as Scott Lang's ex-wife.
** Creator/DwayneMcDuffie once pitched an idea for a mini-series called "The Killing Machine," which would have revolved around ComicBook/ThePunisher stealing a suit of Iron Man armor and painting it black. Iron Man and the Punisher would then spend the series fighting for control of the new suit. There were also plans for a sequel which would have seen James Rhodes donning the black Iron Man armor and eventually being spun off into his own title. It never happened, but [=McDuffie=] has said he liked to think the pitch had some influence on the eventual creation of ComicBook/WarMachine. And then they gave Punisher the [[https://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/06/23/marvel-punisher-war-machine/ War Machine armor]].
** Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross attempted to take over the ''Iron Man'' title after John Byrne left it. Not much is known of it, but Ross and Busiek co-created the Iron Man armor to be used during that run, which ended up being used by Busiek when he took over the title following ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn''.
** Speaking of which, Busiek was supposed to write a mini-series called ''Iron Man: Look Back in Armor'', which would have explained what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.what happened to the teenage Tony Stark from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''. For whatever reason, the series never happened, and Busiek wound up clarifying the final fate of Teen Tony in the 2001 ''Avengers Annual''.
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* FanNickname: Tony's Abusive Boyfriend, for the armour in the arc in which the Iron Man armour became sentient.
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![[ComicBook/IronMan The Comics]]




![[WesternAnimation/IronMan '90s animated series]]
* DivorcedInstallment: When the show was cancelled after two seasons, the tie-in action figure line was axed before the fifth wave could be released. The figures were repainted, given new head sculpts, and then released as part of the toy lines for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its original broadcast, presented with its original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, Season 2 was rather strange since the Season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the Season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney also owns but not the characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} to Creator/TomKane.
* ExiledFromContinuity:
** The 616 version of Force Works featured U.S. Agent, who presumably did not appear because of rights issues (as the character is tied to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).
** Likewise, the producers could not use Cap himself in Season 2's Armor Wars adaptation. (Cap was referred to in one episode, though.)
* NamesTheSame: The Mandarin's team of supervillains are collectively known as the Hand, the same name used by the evil ninja clan seen in the ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'' comic books.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Creator/DorianHarewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Strangely, James Avery returned to voice War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', despite Harewood having already taken over the role by that point.
** Harewood, Robert Hays (Iron Man), John Reilly (Hawkeye), Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (M.O.D.O.K.), and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.
** Century also suffered from this... twice! His original voice actor James Warwick was among those let go in-between seasons. In "The Beast Within," Jim Cummings takes over voicing the character. But in "The Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, fellow series regular Creator/TomKane had the role instead. (This was most likely because H.O.M.E.R. didn't appear in Part 2 and production wanted Kane to have something to do.)
* TroubledProduction: The show was a mess behind the scenes, with Marvel viewing it [[MerchandiseDriven as an afterthought whose sole purpose was to sell toys]]. The second season had no producer until three months into production, which resulted in 24-hour work days with no weekends off. The staff also had little say in things about plots and character designs, which were largely dictated by Marvel and Toy Biz.

![[Film/IronMan Live action film series]]
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![[Anime/IronMan Anime Series]]
* ActingForTwo: Miss Tanaka and Aki are both voiced by Creator/LauraBailey in the English dub.
* TheOtherDarrin: None of the actors from the MCU returned to reprise their roles in the English dub.
* RoleReprise: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* TrollingCreator: The entire reason the character exists. Lee realized a bunch of the readers were left-leaning so he came up with the idea of Iron Man, A character that represented everything they hated and try to make the readers sympathize with them.

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* TrollingCreator: The entire reason the character exists. Lee realized a bunch of the readers were left-leaning so he came up with the idea of Iron Man, A a character that represented everything they hated and try to make the readers sympathize with them.
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* TrollingCreator: The entire reason the character exists. Lee realized a bunch of the readers were left-leaning so he came up with the idea of Iron Man, A character that represented everything they hated and try to make the readers sympathize with them.
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* DivorcedInstallment: When the show was cancelled after two seasons, the tie-in action figure line was axed before the fifth wave could be released. The figures were repainted, given new head sculpts, and then released as part of the toy lines for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/XMen''.
* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its' original broadcast, presented with its' original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, season 2 was rather strange since the season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney also owns but not the characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/JimCummings to Creator/TomKane.

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* DivorcedInstallment: When the show was cancelled after two seasons, the tie-in action figure line was axed before the fifth wave could be released. The figures were repainted, given new head sculpts, and then released as part of the toy lines for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/XMen''.
''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its' its original broadcast, presented with its' its original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, season Season 2 was rather strange since the season Season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the season Season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney also owns but not the characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/JimCummings Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} to Creator/TomKane.



** Likewise, the producers could not use Cap himself in season two's Armor Wars adaptation. (Cap was referred to in one episode, though.)
* NamesTheSame: The Mandarin's team of supervillains are collectively known as the Hand, the same name used by the evil ninja clan seen in the ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Comicbook/XMen'' comic books.

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** Likewise, the producers could not use Cap himself in season two's Season 2's Armor Wars adaptation. (Cap was referred to in one episode, though.)
* NamesTheSame: The Mandarin's team of supervillains are collectively known as the Hand, the same name used by the evil ninja clan seen in the ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''ComicBook/XMen'' comic books.



** Harewood, Robert Hays (Iron Man), John Reilly (Hawkeye), Creator/JimCummings (M.O.D.O.K.) and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.

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** Harewood, Robert Hays (Iron Man), John Reilly (Hawkeye), Creator/JimCummings Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (M.O.D.O.K.) ), and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.
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* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its' original broadcast, presented with its' original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, season 2 was rather strange since the season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney doesn't own the rights to); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/JimCummings to Creator/TomKane.

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* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its' original broadcast, presented with its' original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, season 2 was rather strange since the season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney doesn't own also owns but not the rights to); characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/JimCummings to Creator/TomKane.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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* RoleReprisal: RoleReprise: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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** Dorian Harewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Strangely, James Avery returned to voice War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', despite Harewood having already taken over the role by that point.

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** Dorian Harewood Creator/DorianHarewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Strangely, James Avery returned to voice War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', despite Harewood having already taken over the role by that point.
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* TroubledProduction: The show was a mess behind the scenes, with Marvel viewing it [[MerchandiseDriven as an afterthought whose sole purpose was to sell toys]]. The second season had no producer until three months into production, which resulted in 2-hour work days with no weekends off. The staff also had little say in things about plots and character designs, which were largely dictated by Marvel and Toy Biz.

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* TroubledProduction: The show was a mess behind the scenes, with Marvel viewing it [[MerchandiseDriven as an afterthought whose sole purpose was to sell toys]]. The second season had no producer until three months into production, which resulted in 2-hour 24-hour work days with no weekends off. The staff also had little say in things about plots and character designs, which were largely dictated by Marvel and Toy Biz.

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* TheOtherDarrin: None of the actors from the MCU returned to reprise their roles in the English dub.

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* TheOtherDarrin: None of the actors from the MCU returned to reprise their roles in the English dub.dub.
* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* ActingForTwo: Miss Tanaka and Aki are both voiced by Creator/LauraBailey in the English dub.

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* ActingForTwo: Miss Tanaka and Aki are both voiced by Creator/LauraBailey in the English dub.
* TheOtherDarrin: None of the actors from the MCU returned to reprise their roles in the English
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