Marvel's new Iron Man will be a black woman replacing Tony Stark

[CyberCubed]

http://time.com/4394478/iron-man-rir...ms-tony-stark/

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.

Marvel continues to go all social justice warrior and replace Tony Stark with a black woman, yet she's still called Iron Man instead of "Iron Woman" or something like that.

So Marvel again trying to appeal to feminists and minorities by replacing an established character for 60 years with another female minority. When will it end?

[TurtleTitan97]

Doesn't really matter. By the next MCU movie starring Iron Man as a lead character, Stark will most likely be back in the armor.

[Commenter 42]

Does this mean Iron Man will finally get that personality he's been missing?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Does this mean Iron Man will finally get that personality he's been missing?

Lol. So relevant.

[plastroncafe]

Huh, so they're going the Tim Drake route.
Interesting.

[thundermaster612]

Still ought to be better than Ghostbusters, I would prefer it if the name stayed as Iron Man. The idea seems alright right now but hopefully nobody ****s it up with various things. I know she's a girl and man is in the title of Iron Man but what if she had a secret identity or something pretending to be a dude? I still think Stark will be in the armor again though.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Huh, so they're going the Tim Drake route.
Interesting.

Yeah, but all THAT 15-yo had to do is figure out Bruce Wayne was Batman. And do a lot of athletics.

A high-school or college student making a robotic exoskeleton armored suit capable of weaponry, defense, and flight? On her budget? Nah.

[Spike Spiegel]

I don't think I own any Iron Man comics outside of Extremis and the first storyarc by Busiek and Chen.

I am all for diversity in comics, but as a fan who happens to be black myself, this does seem like an insincere publicity stunt. All that energy devoted to pissing off fans when they could just make a new character.

This stuff never ends up being the new status quo for long, like when Rhodes took over.

I'll take them seriously when they recast RDJ with Lupita N'yongo.