New Iron Man will be a Black Woman

[Ol’Otis]

Exclusive: Marvel’s New Iron Man Is a Black Woman

There’s a new Iron Man. Well, Iron Man for now. She’s still working on the name. The events at the end of the comic book event series Civil War II will result in Tony Stark stepping out of the Iron Man suit and a new character, Riri Williams, taking over, Marvel tells TIME. (Note: Tony’s departure doesn’t mean you know the end to Civil War II yet.)

Riri is a science genius who enrolls in MIT at the age of 15. She comes to the attention of Tony when she builds her own Iron Man suit in her dorm. Creator and Iron Man writer Brian Michael Bendis spoke exclusively to TIME about the creation of Riri Williams with book artist Stefano Caselli and Marvel’s increasingly diverse cast of characters.

 

[Colin X]

The Coli gonna spin this into being anti black male

 

[Concerning VIolence]

Here for all the " it's pandering" comments.

 

[Neil Tyson]

The Coli gonna spin this into being anti black male

its not?

 

[Collateral]

White tears coming in 3...2...1...

 

[calixprynce]

just like Superman should be black,,, but we'll let the cacs keep that

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Is love it if all these legacy characters stuck
And made it into the MCU

 

[Colin X]

just like Superman should be black,,, but we'll let the cacs keep that

He's a fukking comic book character breh

 

[Neil Tyson]

just like Superman should be black,,, but we'll let the cacs keep that

nikka fukk Superman.

 

[Shadow King]

Marvel has been doing more of this lately with the diversity thing. I rather they create new heroes/identities and give them their own fanbase and legacy than try to change their flagship heroes. I wonder if it's (lack of) creativity or financial concerns.

 

[Gold]

I saw this earlier today
Cacs almost killing themselves in the comment section

"How can a black woman possibly be smart enough to match Tony Stark?"
"How come everything is black now? No more white people in 2016?"






I hope she leads the Avengers, teams up with Storm, and co-leads the X-men so these comic book cacs can commit that

 

[Draje]

Marvel has been doing more of this lately with the diversity thing. I rather they create new heroes/identities and give them their own fanbase and legacy than try to change their flagship heroes. I wonder if it's (lack of) creativity or financial concerns.

It's really hard for these companies to sell new characters, breh. White people don't purchase media that center's around black protagonists. shyt, you remember how they treated CJ from SA?

Remember Blue Marvel?

There's a lot of black creators that hace comic books we should focus on.

 

[Fani Willis fan]

A 15 year old iron woman? its clear what theyre doing now. Some disney shyt.
they already ruined spiderman

 

[The Mad Titan]

Riri Williams

Equipped with the fro and hoop earrings

 

[calixprynce]

He's a fukking comic book character breh

and ?
i dont know about comics, maybe you can explain...