Sixteen year-old Tony Stark is already a brilliant inventor, engaging in a friendly rivalry with his father Howard, a billionaire industrialist, over who can create the more impressive technological marvel.
But when Howard Stark is killed in a plane accident, and Tony finds himself locked out of his own company (at least until he turns 18), the boy genius's latest invention becomes about a lot more than just bragging rights. The "Iron Man" suit will be his main tool to find those responsible for his father's death, and to reclaim the company he sees as his birthright.
And no doubt he'll also find himself fighting a lot of supervillains in the process!
So this animated series is essentially "Teen Iron Man", with Tony Stark facing the challenges of school and homework and having a social life. It has solid character designs, solid CGI, and fun writing. Its versions of Obadiah Stane, Whitney Stane, Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan are favourite of any Marvel Comic-related media I have seen so far, including the big budget films. I'm also quite pleased with the antagonist/foil.
Good stuff here, with fun individual episodes that also build on each other into a coherent longer-term narrative. Recommended for anyone who is a supers fan who isn't also the kind of stick-in-the-mud that's outraged by the very premise of making Tony Stark a teenager instead of a grown man.
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