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Ariell Johnson, The First Black Female Comic Book Store Owner On The East Coast, Appears On The ‘Invincible Iron Man #1’ Cover

<p>Earlier this year news broke that the Marvel series&comma; Iron Man&comma; was welcoming a new character into the franchise&comma; RiRi Williams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now the new superhero has a new friend joining her on the variant cover of &OpenCurlyQuote;Invincible Iron Man &num;1&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;Entertainment&sol;groundbreaking-female-comic-book-store-owner-now-appears&sol;story&quest;id&equals;43029186">ABC News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; 33-year old Ariell Johnson&comma; the founder of Amalgam Comics &amp&semi; Coffeehouse&comma; Inc&period; in Philadelphia&comma; will appear on the cover&period; Johnson is the first African American female on the east coast to own a comic book store&comma; and she now has a new comic to add to her collection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She credits her colleague Randy Green for making the collaboration possible&comma; she said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When the email went out about potential variants for stores&comma; he was really excited and took it upon himself to work out the details&period; It was really his hard work&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Johnson developed an interest in comics around the age of 10 or 11 when she discovered the X-Men superhero Storm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;To think I made it a decade-plus and I had never seen a black&comma; woman superhero is crazy because little white boys have so many&period; When you are a person of color&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re scraping the bottom of the barrel to find someone you can identify with&period; I always felt like I was watching other people&&num;8217&semi;s adventures&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In college she would buy new comics every Friday&comma; and take them to her favorite coffee shop to read until closing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once the coffee shop went out of business&comma; she had the idea to open up a place that gave her the same exact feeling&period; &&num;8220&semi;The goal is to be an inclusive geek space&period; So it’s not just comics&semi; it’s gaming&comma; it’s sci-fi&comma; it’s horror&comma; whatever you geek about&comma; we want to make room for you&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Johnson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her interest in comics and the development of her business has made a positive impact on her community&comma; and has given her recognition from females of all ages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;Entertainment&sol;groundbreaking-female-comic-book-store-owner-now-appears&sol;story&quest;id&equals;43029186">http&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;Entertainment&sol;groundbreaking-female-comic-book-store-owner-now-appears&sol;story&quest;id&equals;43029186<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94 on Instagram &amp&semi; Twitter<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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