Iron Man

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Iron Man is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family and the Marvel portion of the Crossovers franchise.

Skywarp realizes pushing Iron Man down a flight of stairs requires a flight of stairs.

Iron Man, aka Tony Stark, appears to be the most sensible member of his species. While a normal, squishy human would be content to walk around vulnerable to attack, he has taken the surprisingly logical step of encasing himself in a metal suit carrying advanced weapons like a proper being.

He is not G.B. Blackrock.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 comics

For some time, Iron Man had been investigating rumors of giant alien robots secretly living among humans, and constructed a giant armored suit just in case. His suspicions were confirmed during the Decepticon attack on Latveria, and he took his giant suit to join the other Avengers who were investigating the situation. On the way, he was contacted by Captain America to make sure that Ratchet's Psycho-Prism-repressing devices were safe for humans. Iron Man arrived in Latveria just in time to join the Avengers and their new Autobot allies in the fight against several super-powered Decepticons. Man and Machine, Part Two While the giant suit was effective in the face of the alien robots, it proved quite the energy guzzler, nearly expending all its reserves during the battle. The Autobots helped Iron Man out by offering their own energy, supercharging his armor to dangerous levels. Man and Machine, Part Three

When Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, arrived on the scene, Iron Man challenged him personally... and was quickly dispatched. Overloaded with energy, his anti-Transformer suit was finished off when Megatron severed its head with his fusion cannon. Fortunately, Iron Man himself was controlling the mech from inside its chest, and came out unharmed to continue the battle using his regular suit. Eventually, the Decepticons were vanquished and the situation in Latveria was resolved. As Iron Man returned home aboard the Quinjet, he was already making plans for an even larger suit... Man and Machine, Part Four

Marvel Crossovers toy bios

Working with Mister Fantastic, Iron Man used alien technology to build transforming battle suits for the most marketable of Earth's heroes. Being a control freak, the one he built for himself has an override system allowing him to take control of the rest.<ref>Iron Man's Crossovers toy bio</ref>

Later, Iron Man painted his battle suit black in order to disguise it as a regular fighter jet and lull his enemy, Doctor Doom, into a false sense of security.<ref>Black Iron Man's Crossovers toy bio</ref> At some point, he built himself a new suit, along with one for Spider-Man. These two mechs had the ability to combine with each other.<ref>Spider-Man/Iron Man's Crossovers toy bio</ref> After realizing that there are times when speed on the ground is more useful than flying, he constructed another mech, this time shaped like a sports car. It's just as fast as the jets, though.<ref>Sports car Iron Man's Crossovers toy bio</ref>

Toys

Crossovers

Unfortunately, no booze bottle accessory.

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2008/2009)
  • Accessories: Two missiles

The Marvel Crossovers Iron Man transforms into a fighter jet of madeup-make, bearing more than a passing resemblance to an F-22 Raptor with a stubby nose cone and large/stretched wings, under-slung with non-firing missiles. Each wing is also equipped with a spring-loaded missile launcher, which can be mounted on the undersides of his robot-mode forearms.

• More information on Iron Man at TFU.info

Surprise! I'm the same guy.

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2009)
  • Accessories: Two missiles

A black and gray redeco of the previous Iron Man toy resembling Iron Man Armor Model 11 or War Machine.

Early stock photos gave the original Iron Man toy's redeco a different color scheme, one that resembled Iron Man Armor Model 01 and featured silverish gold in place of the black parts.

When the "Iron Spider" costume wasn't enough.

• Spider-Man / Iron-Man (Marvel two-pack, 2009)
  • Accessories: Two missiles

This Iron Man toy transforms into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber with two firing missiles under its wings. He comes packaged with Spider-Man (who transforms into a helicopter), and can combine with him in either mode to form a "giant super bomber" or a robot mode that mostly just looks like Spider-Man wearing an Iron Man plane hat.

This mold was also used to make War Machine in the "Iron Man 2 Concept Series" and later redecoed again into a "glow in the dark" deco (see below).

What good is owning a race car... if you can't transform into it?

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2010)

Iron Man transforms into a sports car based on a Maserati Birdcage 75th Concept. He features two flip-down non-firing blasters in his shoulders.

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2010)
  • Accessories: Two missiles

To tie in with the release of Iron Man 2, this entire Crossovers assortment is part of the "Iron Man 2 Concept Series", featuring Iron Man and War Machine toys. One of these is a redeco of the original jet mold with the gray parts replaced by more red and yellow.

• More information on Concept Series jet Iron Man at TFU.info

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2010)

Another toy in the Concept Series, this one is a slight redeco of the Iron Man sports car mold. Changes include darker red and gray plastic and paint for his rear lights.

• More information on Concept Series sports car Iron Man at TFU.info

Seeing red yet?

• Iron Man (Marvel, 2010)
  • Accessories: Gun

The only new (well, new for Iron Man) mold in the Concept Series is a retool of the Crossovers Captain America toy, transforming into a Humvee. He has a newly molded head and is armed with a large gun that mounts on his roof in vehicle mode. This gun and its attachment point were originally designed for the canceled Punisher toy.

• More information on Concept Series Humvee Iron Man at TFU.info

• Iron Man / War Machine (Marvel two-pack, 2010)

This Iron Man toy is a new mold, transforming into a three-wheeled vehicle resembling the lightcycles from TRON. It's packaged with a War Machine SWAT vehicle figure, and can combine with it to form a "super bomber". After being announced at Toy Fair 2010 for a fall release, it was cancelled without further word.

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• Iron Man (Marvel, 2011)
  • Accessories: Two missiles

A redeco of the Iron Man from the combiner pack with Spider-Man, this time in a "Silver Centurion"-style deco, with glow-in-the-dark eyes, engines, wing stars and arc reactor. Iron Man was sold under the "Iron Man: The Armored Avenger" banner. The toy was not announced prior to release, and appeared for sale in Canada before hitting closeout retailers in the United States.

Mech Machines

• Iron Man to Arc Racer (2012)

The Crossovers Iron Man sports car mold was redecoed for Mech Machines, a short-lived toyline promoting the Avengers feature film. This release features golden instead of yellow plastic and has a blue chest triangle.

Notes

• Reprints of Iron Man stories were run as a back-up strip in early issues of the Marvel UK Transformers comics. Further reprints featuring the present day Iron Man appeared in issues #126-129 and #146-152. The Iron Man of 2020 also appeared in a crossover with Spider-Man reprinted in issues #119-125.
• Iron Man, and many other Marvel superheroes, appeared on the cover of Transformers #22, celebrating Marvel Comics' 25th anniversary.
• Iron Man has been voiced by many Transformers voice actors including David Kaye in the cartoon Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes and in the video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, by Crispin Freeman in the video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, by Tom Kenny in The Marvel Superhero Squad Show series, by Idzi Dutkiewicz Sánchez in the spanish dubbing of the Iron Man and Avengers live action movies, Andrés García in the Spanish dubbing of The Incredible Hulk and by Keiji Fujiwara in the Japanese dubs of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and in Marvel Anime: Iron Man.
• Iron Man had a pre-Crossovers transforming robot toy in the Toy Biz Marvel Megamorphs line (back before Hasbro had the Marvel license), which used the scrapped design for Transtech Starscream as its base. Why? Because Draxhall Jump worked on both Transtech and Megamorphs.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Iron Man (アイアンマン Aian Man)
• Mandarin: Gāng-tiěh Rén (鋼鐵人, "Steel Man")

References

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External links

• Iron Man at Marvel Database
• Iron Man at Wikipedia