Check out the first Iron Man 2 trailer below, which was released this evening by Paramount Pictures via Apple. It’s great to see Robert Downey Jr. back as the ever snarky and kick ass Tony Stark/Iron Man. We also get an introduction to the vengeful Russian prisoner Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), otherwise known as Whiplash. Scarlett Johansson shows up as Black Widow. Gwyneth Paltrow is back as the lovely and loyal Pepper Potts. And the most geek-gasm inducing moment belongs to Iron Man/Stark and War Machine/Rhodey fighting off what appears to be an army of robotic foes (multiple Crimson Dynamos?)

Feast your eyes below, and don’t forget to mark Iron Man 2 on your calendar for May 7, 2010. Of course you can check out the trailer below but we highly recommend heading over to Apple.com to see the trailer in glorious High Definition.