The first season of Iron Man always struck me as a giant toy commercial. Each side had teams of unnecessary heroes. Speaking of which, who ever did the opening really should of picked a better clip for Blacklash. He just walks in and stands there, whilst all the other villains get good action shotsThen there was the terrible 80's electronic music and the Spider Woman/Iron Man/Scarlet Witch love triangle. It's a shame that the show's second and much better season was it's last. The Mandarin was taken out of the picture by losing his rings, finally allowing some new villains to appear, the annoying Force Works left, animation and music improved (though the electronic stuff still existed during the title cards) and the new armour designs were great (the 'mask-with-mouth' from the first season always made Iron Man look like he was in shock). Even the addition of HOMER, Stark's talking AI system, was handled well.I never really cared for the FF. One of the things I like about heroes like the X-Men and Spider-Man is that society doesn't trust them regardless of their good intentions. Not so for the FF. They get a ton of respect, parades, etc. But I do agree that like IM the second season was better, especially in regards to Sue. She got a less ditzy character design (and I don't like it because of the 'Malice' ep) and she became a better character. In the first season, all you got out of her really was "Oh Reed, honey", "Oh Reed, darling", etc. There's even a scene where she's quite cold. As Alicia crys because her step father, the Puppet Master, has fallen through the window, Sue comments "Perhaps it's better this way". Ouch.