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Marvel Reveals The New Iron Man Will Be A 15-Year-Old Black Girl

<p>For all of you comic book fans&comma; it looks like Iron Man is about to get way more interesting&period; The Iron Man series will continue with the introduction of a new character&comma; 15-year-old&comma; Riri Williams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Time&comma; the series &&num;8220&semi;Civil War II&&num;8221&semi; will pick up in the upcoming &&num;8220&semi;Invincible Iron Man&&num;8221&semi; series with Williams being the next one to wear the Iron Man suit after Tony Stark has put it down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new character has been inspired by the work Iron Man writer&comma; Brian Michael Bendis did a few years ago in Chicago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma;” One of the things that stuck with me when I was working in Chicago a couple of years ago on a TV show that didn’t end up airing was the amount of chaos and violence&period;” He continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And this story of this brilliant&comma; young woman whose life was marred by tragedy that could have easily ended her life—just random street violence—and went off to college was very inspiring to me&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams&comma; a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology reverse engineers the Iron Man suit in her dorm room and that’s how things will get started for her in this series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to the recent diversity reflected in Marvel&comma; Bendis reveals that it has everything to do with the world that currently surrounds us&period; He also says past creators have admitted that they wish they could of been more diverse&comma; but it just wasn’t where the world was at time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Without giving away any spoilers&comma; Bendis did reveal that Stark and Williams may come face to face after he hears of her flying around with his suit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Details on the release of the new Iron Man have yet to be released&period; However&comma; if it is turned into a film like the others&comma; it will definitely be amazing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vibe&period;com&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;marvel-riri-williams-iron-man&sol;">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vibe&period;com&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;marvel-riri-williams-iron-man&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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