IRONMAN 4 – Official Trailer | Robert Downey Jr. (4K)

Robert Downey Jr. will play Doctor Doom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but one older Marvel property – Iron Man: Armored Adventures – already gave viewers an “evil Iron Man” storyline onscreen. Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark kicked off the MCU on one of the best possible notes, delivering a likable and comic-accurate portrayal of the classic hero in 2008’s Iron Man and remaining one of the MCU franchise’s most popular characters throughout the Infinity Saga (the MCU’s first three phases). 2009’s Iron Man: Armored Adventures capitalized on Iron Man’s newfound mainstream popularity after his cinematic debut.

Armored Adventures reimagines the Iron Man comic lore in several ways, with the most overt being that Tony Stark, many of his supporting characters, and some of his villains are rewritten as teenagers. Similar to Spider-Man’s early comic history, the Armored Adventures version of Iron Man often finds his double life as a superhero negatively impacting his responsibilities as a student, though Stark is assisted by James Rhodes and Pepper Potts. One season 1 episode pits Tony Stark against his own armor, creating a brief “evil Iron Man” story onscreen over a decade before the MCU’s Doctor Doom announcement.