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Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

is a Marvel comic book superhero.

Iron Man, Ironman or Ironmen may also refer to:

Sports

  • Ironman Triathlon
    Ironman Triathlon
    An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break...

    , a long-distance triathlon
    • Ironman World Championship
      Ironman World Championship
      The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organised by the World Triathlon Corporation and is currently sponsored by Ford...

    • Timex Ironman
      Timex Ironman
      The Timex Ironman is a digital wristwatch first produced by Timex in 1986 that continues to be made in various styles today.-History and development:...

      , a digital wristwatch marketed in conjunction with the Ironman Triathlon
    • Ironman Datalink, another Timex wristwatch introduced in 1997
  • Ironman football, an American football system where player substitutions were limited
    • 1926 Brown Bears football team
      1926 Brown Bears football team
      The 1926 Brown Bears football team, often called "the Iron Men", represented Brown University in National Collegiate Athletic Association intercollegiate competition. They were led by first-year head coach DeOrmand "Tuss" McLaughry...

       or "the Iron Men", which used player substitutions sparingly
    • 1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
      1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
      The 1939 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the college football season of 1939. The team, nicknamed the Ironmen, was coached by Dr. Eddie Anderson and was led on the field by halfback Nile Kinnick.-Preseason:...

      , nicknamed the Ironmen because a number of Hawkeyes played 60-minute games
  • Ironman (surf lifesaving)
    Ironman (surf lifesaving)
    The sport of Ironman was developed in 1964 in Australia by Mr Valentine Trainor to combine the four main disciplines of surf lifesaving into a single race; swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running...

    , a multi-disciplinary surf lifesaving event
  • Iron Man match
    Iron Man match
    An Iron Man match is a professional wrestling match type that is set to go a specific amount of time, usually 30 or 60 minutes, with the competitor with the most falls at the end of that time named the victor...

    , a type of a professional wrestling match
  • Seattle Ironmen
    Seattle Ironmen
    The Seattle Ironmen were a minor pro ice hockey franchise based in Seattle, Washington. They played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League from 1944-1952.-History:After World War II, the Pacific Coast Hockey League was resurrected as a semi-professional loop...

    , a 1944–1952 ice hockey franchise in the Pacific Coast Hockey League
  • Ironmen, the sports teams at Normal Community High School
    Normal Community High school
    Normal Community High School is a public high school located in Normal, Illinois that was founded in 1905. NCHS serves parts of Normal, Bloomington, and Towanda and is home to over 1,900 students with 150 faculty and staff....


Film and television

  • Iron Man (film)
    Iron Man (film)
    Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron...

    , a 2008 American film based on the Marvel Comics character
    • Iron Man (video game)
      Iron Man (video game)
      The Nintendo DS, Wii, PS2 and PSP versions all received mixed critical scores on Gamerankings and Metacritic. These versions were generally well received by the fans, but suffer from gameplay, graphics and controls frustrations...

      , a 2008 video game based on the film
  • Iron Man (1931 film)
    Iron Man (1931 film)
    Iron Man is a 1931 drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lew Ayres, Robert Armstrong and Jean Harlow. It is a bit of an anomaly for Browning, who is more associated with horror and melodrama than sports films....

    , a 1931 film directed by Tod Browning
  • Iron Man (TV series)
    Iron Man (TV series)
    Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero Iron Man...

    , a 1994 animated series
  • Iron Man (anime), a 2011 television series
  • The Invincible Iron Man (film), a 2007 animated film based on the Marvel Comics character
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
    Tetsuo: The Iron Man
    Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, underground-production style as his first two films...

    , a 1989 Japanese film
  • The Iron Man (serial)
    The Iron Man (serial)
    -Cast:* Luciano Albertini - Paul Breen* Margaret Morris - Arlene Graham* Joe Bonomo - Gaston La Rue* Jack Dougherty - Dick Clifford * Lola Todd - Mimi* Jean De Briac - Jules Despaed* William Welsh* Rose Dione* Harry Mann...

    , a 1924 film serial
  • "The Invincible Iron Man", a segment of the 1960s TV series The Marvel Superheroes Show
    The Marvel Superheroes Show
    The Marvel Super Heroes is an American and Canadian-made animated television series starring five comic-book superheroes from Marvel Comics. It was first syndicated, on U.S...

  • Iron Man: Armored Adventures
    Iron Man: Armored Adventures
    Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a 3D CGI cartoon series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man. It debuted in the USA on the Nicktoons on April 24, 2009, and has already begun airing on Canadian network Teletoon. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on...

    , a children's TV animated series

Music

  • "Iron Man" (song)
    Iron Man (song)
    "Iron Man" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their second studio album Paranoid released in 1970. It was later included on their initial greatest hits compilation We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll , as well as all subsequent greatest hits compilations.-Writing and...

    , a song by Black Sabbath
  • Ironman (album)
    Ironman (album)
    Ironman is the solo debut album by American hip hop artist and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, released October 29, 1996, on Epic Records...

    , an album by Ghostface Killah
  • Iron Man (Eric Dolphy album)
    Iron Man (Eric Dolphy album)
    Iron Man is a 1963 album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist, Eric Dolphy.-Track listing:Side 1:# "Iron Man" – 9:07# "Mandrake" – 4:50# "Come Sunday" – 6:24Side 2:# "Burning Spear" – 11:49# "Ode to C.P." – 8:05...

     (1963)
  • Iron Man (band)
    Iron Man (band)
    -Biography:Iron Man evolved from earlier Alfred Morris III projects Force and Rat Salad. In 1988 the band decided to become a Black Sabbath cover band and changed their name to Iron Man. In 1999 the band released their third studio album, Generation Void. Each album has had a new line-up with...

    , an American doom metal band
  • The Iron Man: A Musical
    The Iron Man: A Musical
    The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989, is an adaptation of Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man, produced and largely composed and performed by Pete Townshend of The Who...

    , an album by Pete Townshend
  • Iron Man (soundtrack)
    Iron Man (soundtrack)
    Iron Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack of the film of the same name. It was released on May 6, 2008. It is composed by Ramin Djawadi.-Reception:...

    , a 2008 soundtrack album

Publishing

  • Iron Man (magazine)
    Iron Man (magazine)
    Iron Man Magazine is a publication which discusses bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting. It was founded in 1936 by two Alliance, Nebraska natives, Peary Rader and his wife, Mabel Rader.-History:...

    , a bodybuilding and weight-training magazine
  • The Iron Man (novel), a 1968 novel by Ted Hughes
  • Ironman (novel), a 1995 novel by Chris Crutcher
  • Iron Man, a 1930 novel by William R. Burnett
    William R. Burnett
    William Riley Burnett , often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel, Little Caesar, whose film adaptation is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies.Burnett was born in Springfield, Ohio, U.S...

  • "The Iron Man", a short story in The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring
    The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring
    The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring is a collection of short stories about boxing by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,600 copies.-Contents:* Introduction, by Donald M. Grant...

    by Robert E. Howard

People

  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of India...

     or the Iron Man of India (1875–1950), Indian independence activist
  • Travis Fulton
    Travis Fulton
    Travis Fulton is an American mixed martial artist and a professional boxer in the heavyweight division. He has notched up over 300 vale tudo and mixed martial arts fights since 1996 and over 30 boxing matches since 1999....

     or "The Ironman" (born 1977), American mixed martial arts fighter
  • Brett Favre
    Brett Favre
    Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

     or "Iron Man" (born 1969), American football quarterback
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Cal Ripken, Jr.
    Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , nicknamed "Iron Man", is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles ....

     or Iron Man (born 1960)
  • Billy Williams (left fielder) or Iron Man (born 1938)
  • Ivan Stewart
    Ivan Stewart
    Ivan "Ironman" Stewart is an off road racing driver.-Racing career:In 1973, Ivan was scheduled to co-drive in the Ensenada 300 in a Class 1-2 buggy. His co-driver broke his leg, so Stewart drove the car, and won the race. After some wins under his belt, he joined Toyota factory team in 1983 for...

     or "Ironman", off-road racing driver
  • Kārlis Skrastiņš
    Karlis Skrastinš
    Kārlis Skrastiņš was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastins was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League and was on board the team plane which crashed on September 7, 2011...

     or "Ironman" (1974–2011), NHL player

Other uses

  • Iron Man (statue)
    Iron Man (statue)
    The Iron Man statue is located at the entrance to the Ironworld Discovery Center 1.28 kilometers outside in Chisholm, Minnesota. It is including the , and was completed in 1987 out of iron ore. It is accompanied by a plaque with the The Emergence of Man Through Steel poem and is said to be the...

    , a statue in Chisholm, Minnesota
  • Iron: Man
    Iron: Man
    Iron: Man is a statue by Antony Gormley, in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. The statue is tall, including the feet which are buried beneath the pavement, and weighs . The statue leans 7.5° backwards and 5° to its left...

    , a 1993 sculpture by Antony Gormley, in Birmingham, England
  • Ironman (ironing)
    Ironman (ironing)
    Ironman is a patented appliance by Siemens to iron shirts rapidly. It consists of a device that produce hot air which is fed into an inflatable and porous upper body shaped former. It can iron a shirt in approximately 10 minutes....

    , fast ironing of shirts appliance
  • Iron Man (pinball), a pinball machine produced by Stern
  • Transmission tower
    Transmission tower
    A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...

     or Ironman, a structure used to support an overhead power line
  • The Ironman, the mascot of the Danville Area School District
    Danville Area School District
    The Danville Area School District spans portions of two counties. In Montour County it covers the Boroughs of Danville and Washingtonville and Cooper Township, Derry Township, Liberty Township, Mahoning Township, Mayberry Township, Valley Township and West Hemlock Township. In Northumberland...

     in Pennsylvania

See also

  • Alternative versions of Iron Man
    • Iron Man 2020
      Iron Man 2020
      Iron Man 2020 is a fictional supervillain. He is the counterpart of the superhero Iron Man in the future year of 2020 in the Marvel Comics multiverse...

      , a Marvel comic book villain
    • Ultimate Iron Man
      Ultimate Iron Man
      Ultimate Iron Man is the name of two comic book miniseries written by Orson Scott Card and published by Marvel Comics. The stories tell the origins of the Ultimate Marvel version of Iron Man, who appears in Ultimates.-Publication history:...

      , a comic book miniseries
  • Iron Man 2
    Iron Man 2
    Iron Man 2 is a 2010 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man, the second film in a planned trilogy and is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Jon...

    , a 2010 film, sequel to the 2008 film Iron Man
  • Ironman 70.3
    Ironman 70.3
    An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of middle-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation . The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles covered in the race, consisting of a swim, a bike ride, and a run...

    , a triathlon race of half the distance of the Ironman Triathlon, and similarly licensed
  • "Ironman One", the fictional spacecraft from the 1969 film Marooned
    Marooned (film)
    Marooned is a 1969 American film directed by John Sturges and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, and Gene Hackman....

  • Man of Iron
    Man of Iron
    Man of Iron is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union....

    , a 1981 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda
  • Eiserne Mann, an iron pillar in Germany from the late Middle Ages
  • Gunnar Graps
    Gunnar Graps
    Gunnar Graps-Grafs was a popular Estonian musician and one of the pioneers of hard rock in Estonia and Soviet Union. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records all over the world and in 2004 Graps was given a lifetime award at Estonian Music Awards...

     or "Raudmees" (1951–2004), Estonian hard rock pioneer
  • The Iron Lady (disambiguation)
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