Product Details

• Actors: John Vernon, Peg Dixon, Paul Soles, Bernard Cowan
• Directors: Ralph Bakshi, Chuck Harriton
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305251495
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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This installment of Marvel Comics cartoons features the invincible Iron Man. In The Death of Tony Stark, a laser beam emitted from a mysterious satellite orbiting the Earth destroys the home of wealthy industrialist Tony Stark. Iron Man's alter ego has obviously dodged the strike but cannot disprove the rumor that Stark is dead until he confronts the culprit, the Mandarin. In The Crimson Dynamo, Iron Man faces Soviet electrical genius Professor Vanko, who has designed his own suit of crimson armor in order to defeat Iron Man as the first step to destroying the ultimate capitalist, Stark Enterprises. These stories, rather dated in their cold-war depiction of the Chinese and the Soviets, are each divided into three six-minute serial-type segments. The animation is minimal, restricted mostly to camera zooms and moving limbs and mouths, punctuated by Batman-style sound effects ("Wham!"). Other heroes in this series include Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor. --David Horiuchi

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Iron Man, December 30, 2000

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picardfan007 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Invincible Iron Man - The Death of Tony Stark & The Crimson Dynamo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I wish more Marvel fans demanded the old classics like this one. These cartoons may be primative by present standards. However, the stories are lifted straight from the comics. Gene Colon and Jack Kirby's orginal art work come to life on screen with this semi-animated feature. I wish the classic Ralph Baski Spider-Man cartoons were available in this format. To date, nothing has come close to the orginal comics as these videos have. I hope somone at Marvel will release a complete DVD collection of all the 60's cartoons if you're listening.......

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TONY STARK IS LOOSE, July 24, 2000

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"luna_leo" (san marcos, tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Invincible Iron Man - The Death of Tony Stark & The Crimson Dynamo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Watching THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN was like slipping back into childhood. The video features two episodes of the original cartoon series and has a (hilarious in it's own right) short intoduction by Stan Lee. This series, launched by Marvel Comics in 1966, used the original Jack Kirby panels from the comics and set them in motion. All of the attention is applied to detailed still cells, such as that given to the Crimson Dynamo (in the episode of the same name), that often have some post kirby work (such as eye and lip movement) added to create movement. This may sound like a boring animation technique, but when the original art Jack Kirby, the result is incredible. It has a real vintage feel, like a weighty old tube radio. Add this video to your collection so you and your children can watch animation the Marvel way.

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Old Skool' Iron man, April 2, 2007

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This review is from: The Invincible Iron Man - The Death of Tony Stark & The Crimson Dynamo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a blast from the past. It's amazing what parts of culture are recorded in film, even in cartoOns. Yes, the USA had a cold war era. Ironman brings this out. He's a pure American.

John Vernon is great voicing Tony Stark. Sure the animation is basic, but the story sort of makes up for it. Before 'Dr.Evil', there was The Mandarin! Yea, he's a bit exaggerated, especially when he says he's a Karate' master (altho him being Chinese, I would think the Mandarin would say 'Kung Fu Master' instead.)

Iron man was charging up 'energy' anywhere he could with wires, LONG before USB cables. heh heh