The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes gets it right. This Disney/Marvel Comics animated series has the same well told, serialized storytelling you'll find in the comic pages; excellent animation from Film Roman, lively performances by the voiceover cast and a well blended mix of action and comedy. It even has a killer theme song
Read More »Just in time for the release of Iron Man 2, Buena Vista has put out Iron Man: The Complete Animated Series on DVD. The cartoon ran during the mid-90’s, back when Marvel was churning out their properties for syndication. Unlike their massively successful Spider Man and X-Men animated series (both of which were innovative in their own way), Iron Man struggled in the ratings and only lasted two complete seasons. The inherent problem with Iron Man was that he was not a household name to most kids; he wasn’t as tortured as the X-Men and he wasn’t as fun as Spidey. It gets kind of boring when a millionaire can just whip up another costume to battle super villains, much like Tony Stark was able to do. Of course, this series aired long before the
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