TV review: Marvel's Ironheart is more proof that comic-book fare is losing its lustre

"Dull and unengaging, it is yet another example of a lesson that Disney seems reluctant to learn: the wiz-bang, popcorn power of superhero cinema does not necessarily translate to the small screen."

Dominique Thorne in Ironheart.

Fears that the Marvel Universe has become an empty shell running on dodgy batteries are in no way assuaged by Disney’s underwhelming new addition to the soggy superhero saga, Ironheart. 

The character of Iron Heart was introduced a decade ago as a sort of unofficial follow-up to Tony Stark’s Iron Man (officially dead in both the comic book and on-screen Marvel universes).