This creates a powerful duality. On one hand, the children are protected from the past. Their guardian, an aged Iron Man (voiced by Tom Kane with weary gravitas), refuses to train them for combat, wanting them to have a childhood he never had. On the other hand, they are haunted by the past. They live in the shadow of statues, holograms, and stories of heroes who died before they could truly know them. The film asks: How do you live up to a legend? The answer it provides is surprising—you don’t. You live through it, but not as it.
Set in the alternate future of , the film begins after a catastrophic defeat where Ultron has killed most of the original Avengers. The story follows the children of these fallen heroes—raised in secret by an aging Tony Stark—as they emerge from isolation to reclaim a world ruled by their parents' killer.
Characters like America Chavez (Miss America), who had just been introduced; Kate Bishop, who was making her way as a young hero; and Speedball, who had been part of the New Warriors and had potential for growth.
: Son of Giant-Man and Wasp; can shrink, fly, and fire energy stings. Francis Barton