Series 2 DVD release nears for Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Cartoon comic fans are gearing up for the upcoming release of Iron Man: Armored Adventures Series 2 onto DVD. The cartoon series takes the famous comic book character and makes him a bit more accessible to kids by introducing a younger version of Tony Stark as Iron Man.
The teenage heir to a billion dollar corporation, Tony Stark has more freedom than most young people can imagine. His life entails thrill seeking, solving mysteries of science, and perfecting his mind-blowing inventions.
But when Tony barely survives the tragic accident that kills his father, his world is turned upside-down. Our young hero makes a decision to become committed to fighting corruption, and uses his incredibly advanced technology to do just that. However, young Iron Man is faced with pressures that most superheroes don’t have to consider: those of your run-of-the-mill teenage life.
In an interview with Comic Book Resources, creator Christopher Yost says of the series, “This was a re-imagining of Tony Stark as a teenager. Basically, what if similar incidents that were in the movie happened to Tony when he was younger? So it is kind of like an alternate reality take but the goal for me… well I knew what I had to do with it: essentially capture everything about Tony Stark that made [him who he is] without the trappings of it.”
The series managed to capture the essential characteristics of the action hero, however young he appears in the series.
“We wanted to see Tony Stark, the Tony Stark that comic book fans and now movie fans know,” Yost continues. “We wanted him to be recognizable even though he is a teenager. So based on the premise of teen Tony, going to school in high school our goal was how do we make it as much like the Tony Stark that we know and love as possible? Every episode and every story we really approached it like that.”
