Posted on 07/06/2016 9:01:59 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
And a lesbian?
Add Muslim and you’ve got a threefer.
- occasionally
- occasionally
Is she/he/it also a fluid gender?
A rehash of the 1980s Marvel Iron Man story when Tony Stark quits and Rhodie (current War Machine) takes over the role of Iron Man. The House Of Ideas should be re-nicknamed the House of Re-Hashed Ideas.
UCK.
This should go over at least as well as the black Johnny Stormm in the Fantastic Four ...
Not enough testosterone - should have gone for the Serena Williams look. :)
Comics do this kind of stuff all the time. They’ve been doing it for decades. No big deal.
“Riri is a science genius who enrolls in MIT at the age of 15.”
Right, because there are so many women and minorities in STEM fields.
Oh well, the Hulk will still kick her butt up and down the street.
Careful girl - its hot in that suit and its gonna give your hair a nappy-do.
Haven’t read a comic book in 55 years...Means nothing to me other than another way to make men look weak and a woman the strong hero...
I can hardly wait to see the movie. (Barf)
PS: The 80s storyline where Rhodes takes over the Iron Man armor made sense story logic wise. He was a pilot and worked closely with Tony Stark. The idea that Stark would trust a stranger - even a good person at heart and a genius in college - with a weapon he does not trust to the US govt just is stupid. It is a dumbing down of plot narrative for Marvel.
They’re going to take that razor blade dildo known as PC and shove it in every orifice they can find. :)
Apparently Ironman lacked sass and street cred...
I’m disappointed. I wanted it to be a transgender lesbian Black Spanish-speaking muslim with a peanut allergy.
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