Never let it be said that social media can’t play a role in enacting change in the real world. After months of people clamouring for it to happen, a black woman is joining Marvel Comics’ ranks to pen a new ongoing series for Riri Williams (AKA Ironheart).
Get ready to be jealous if you're not attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con, because Ironheart's gonna be there... or at least this awesome sculpture of her will be.
Iron Man's replacement in Marvel's current comics, Riri Williams, was an MIT student before she started flying high as the Invincible Ironheart. So it's pretty damn awesome that a group of her real-life alumni have made their own fan film about the young hero and her life at the university.
Last month, Marvel Comics came under fire for a variant cover for the debut issue of Riri Williams in Invicible Iron Man by J. Scott Campbell, one decried for heavily sexualising the 15-year-old hero. The company rapidly pulled the cover from solicits with no replacement -- but Campbell drew a new cover that will now take its place.
In a few months, Tony Stark will no longer be the Iron Avenger. The 15-year-old tech wiz Riri Williams is taking his place as the star of Invincible Iron Man, but she's not keeping the name. Probably because a teenage girl walking around as "Iron Man" is a little weird.
