The Iron Legion is a series of special armors designed by Iron Man appearing in American comic books published by

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, worn by the superhero Iron Man as well as others. The Iron Legion has appeared in various media adaptations, including television series, films, and video games.

Fictional history

The first version was a temporary team consisting of Happy Hogan, Michael O'Brien,

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, Eddie March and Clayton Wilson, led by Iron Man and War Machine, to battle the giant robot Ultimo. A second version is a team of human-driven mech suits used by

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.''Iron Man 2020'' Vol. 2 #4 (June 2020)

In other media

Television

The Iron Legion appear in '' Avengers Assemble'', voiced by David Kaye. The version consists of Iron Man's various armors as well as the Iron Patriot with

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as an interface. In "Bring on the Bad Guys", the interface within the Iron Skull's battlesuit is used to assist in odds. In "Exodus" and "The Final Showdown", the Iron Legion is used in quelling the

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and later used Avengers Tower as an extension. In "Avengers Disassembled" and "The Ultimates", the Iron Legion is hijacked by

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to attack the

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. In "New Year's Resolution", the Iron Legion's various armors are merged with

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's time-travelling robot but gets destroyed by

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Film

The Iron Legion has appeared in the

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(MCU): * The first version appears in ''

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'' (2013) as a set of specialized armors built for various situations that

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might encounter and are remote-piloted by

The Iron Legion is used by Stark against

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's Extremis enforcers and eventually destroyed to avoid friction between him and

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. * The second version appears in '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) as a set of drones. The Iron Legion initially aid the Avengers with Hydra, but are later controlled briefly by

Video games

* The Iron Legion appears in '' Marvel: Avengers Alliance''. * The Iron Legion appears in ''

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''. * The Iron Legion appears in ''

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'', voiced by

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References

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