The team in that cartoon WAS called Force Works. Also, season 2 adapted some 80s Iron Man solo stories, so Julia is also a stand-in for Bethany Cabe....
It's the art style. Seems very stylised, like the art used in Squirrel Girl's solo. Doreen looked different when she appeared in Al Ewing's Avengers...
That affected Black Widow more, honestly. She died to save him, resulting in the Red Room resurrecting her - in a manner very similar to the X-Men's...
Yes, simply because Triathlon was unique to him, whereas 3-D Man is a legacy title (albeit a retconned one - the original is a 1950s hero created in...