[2] The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost,[3] who also worked on Wolverine and the X-Men, and numerous other Marvel Animation projects.

[4][5] On August 25, 2012, it was revealed that Iron Man: Armored Adventures would air as part of The CW's new Saturday morning children's block Vortexx.

After a plane crash in which his industrialist father Howard Stark disappears after refusing to weaponize the Earth Mover at Obadiah Stane's behest, Tony Stark uses a high-tech suit of armor he has constructed and investigates a charge that Stane may have been involved in his father's death.

As Iron Man, Tony spends his time stopping Stane's plans and saving the world from other villains, such as Mandarin, Mr.

Fix, Whiplash, A.I.M., Living Laser, the Maggia, Controller, Crimson Dynamo, Blizzard, Killer Shrike, Unicorn, MODOK, Ghost, Black Knight, and Technovore.

After overthrowing his stepfather Xin Zhang, Gene secretly works undercover to steal the rings from his friends, and ends up betraying them.

At the end of the season, Gene discovers that there are five additional rings, while Tony learns that Howard survived, but was captured.

In the second half of the season, Justin Hammer buys Stark International and Iron Man must stop him from weaponizing its projects.

In the series finale, Iron Man and various other heroes work to stop the Makluan aliens from destroying Earth.

Entertainment Weekly gave the series debut a B+ grade, saying, "What could've been a clunky retrograde reboot works surprisingly well, thanks to some smart writing and stellar CG butt-kickery.

"[26] In 2012, Iron Man: Armored Adventures won the Pulcinella Award for Best TV Series for Teens.