Iron Man (Marvel Knights)

Iron Man is an American superhero television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series is the first show made as part of the Marvel Knights franchise, sharing it's universe with other related properties. The series began running on April 10, 2012, and ran for a total of seven seasons until TBA, having aired on ABC for it's entire run.
The series follows self-proclaimed playboy genius Tony Stark (Colin Donnell) who returns home to New York City after being held hostage by Chinese guerillas for about three years, having developed a high tech super suit during this time that he begins using to battle against various menaces to his city upon his return. Along the way, Tony is helped by various companions, such as his childhood best friend turned fellow vigilante Rhodey Rhodes (John David Washington), his personal assistant and love interest Pepper Potts (Caity Lotz), his chauffeur Happy Hogan (David Denman), his valet Edwin Jarvis (Anthony Head), agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and frequent confidant Natasha Romanova (Rebecca Mader), her partner Clint Barton (Antony Starr), and his personal bodyguard Bethany Cabe (Chloe Bennet).
The series has recieved generally positive reviews from critics and was popular enough to create a spin-off based on the Spider-Man mythos, titled Amazing Spider-Man, first released in 2014. Several other series set in the universe of the two shows followed, created a shared universe.
==Series Overview==
The series revolves around the exploits of a playboy genius named Tony Stark, who while on vacation in China was kidnapped by a guerilla force that hoped to use Stark's technological knowledge for their own gains. Paired with another kidnapped genius named Ho Yinsen, Tony build a superpowered metal suit over the course of three years that he used to escape and get back home to New York, though Yinsen died in the process and Tony swore to change his selfish ways and defend the weak in Yinsen's name.
In season one, Tony has freshly returned home to New York and attempts to rekindle his past relationships from before his kidnapping but slowly discovers that his new attitude does not mix with his old friends, such as Zeke Stane, or even family, such as his father Howard, the CEO of Stark Industries. In light of this, Tony develops new friendships with P.A. Pepper Potts and chaffeur Happy Hogan, as well as redeveloping his relationships with his valet Jarvis and childhood friend Rhodey. During this, Tony also begins building a legacy as New York's protector in his secret identity as the Iron Man, a superhero in a powerful armor. However, this catches the attention of Howard Stark's business partner and Zeke's father Obadiah Stane, who has his own secret machinations to take over Stark Industries and hopes to steal and mass produce the Iron Man armor.
== Episodes==
Season	Episodes	First Aired 	Last Aired
1 	23 	April 10, 2012	TBA
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==Cast and Characters==
* Colin Donnell as Tony Stark/Iron Man, a self-proclaimed playboy genius who dons a high-tech suit of armor to fight crime, media dubbing him the Iron Man. Initially living a life of debauchery, Tony swore to turn his life around after he was kidnapped by Chinese guerillas and held hostage alongside a man named Ho Yinsen, who died shortly after constructing Tony's first suit with him. Tony owes both his new ideology and his life to Yinsen, as he saved Tony after shrapnel pierced his heart and forced Yinsen to replace Tony's heart with a mechanical device.
* John David Washington as Rhodey Rhodes/War Machine
* Caity Lotz as Pepper Potts/Rescue
* David Denman as Happy Hogan
* Anthony Head as Edwin Jarvis
* Robert Hays as Howard Stark
* Aaron Paul as Zeke Stane
* Clancy Brown as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Howard Stark's business partner and Zeke's father who has secret plans to take over Stark Industries and after learning of Iron Man, wants to steal and mass produce his armor, having small suspicions that Tony is Iron Man but nothing concrete. At the end of the first season, he successfully steals the prototype suit Tony made although unfortunately before he can mass produce it, Tony tracked him down to get the armor back, with the fight ending in Stane's death.
* Rebecca Mader as Natasha Romanova/Black Widow
* Antony Starr as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
* Chloe Bennet as Bethany Cabe
* TBD as the Mandarin