As Iron Man as Iron Man gets
Iron Man: Armored Adventures takes on the task of making Iron Man’s battles against evil accessible for young television viewers.
The show’s head writer, Christopher Yost, admits that developing the show around a teenage version of main character Tony Stark was a bit of a task sometimes, especially because Yost aimed at keeping Stark’s persona identifiable to fans of the comic book series.
Those who worked behind the scenes on the first season of the animated series – soon to be released on DVD – understood that the age difference would be a “big, big change” from the original comic book storyline.
“Every time you translate something to either another medium or another era there are changes made,” Yost tells Comic Book Resources. “Yes, this is a big one. This is a big, big change. We recognize that and we know that. Trust us, we know. We’ve heard that criticism and we’ve heard it before.”
Yost thinks that Stark’s age in the series will hardly deter fans from appreciating the plot twists and stunning animation featured in the series.
“There was a show called ‘X-Men Evolution’ that when it came out we hear the same exact thing,” continues Yost. “I wasn’t involved with it early on but they would say, ‘What? Really? They’re kids?’ With X-Men it was a little different because they started out as young kids [in the comics] attending school. You got a dynamic where you have adult Wolverine and a teenage Scott Summer and Jean Grey. But as I recall, by the end of the series it was much loved, so hopefully fans will give [Iron Man: Armored Adventures] a chance.”
Yost guarantees that there is enough authentic Iron Man in this series to please fans of the comic book. The writer admits that he had misgivings about a teenage Tony as well, but once the project began developing the team “found ways to make it as Iron Man as Iron Man gets.”
