Marvel Comics Unveils 15- year-old black girl as new Iron Man

Fans of the Comic book have reacted positively to the news that Marvel are making the new Iron Man a 15 - year- old black girl.

Marvel has stated it intends to be more diverse in introducing superheroes to the Marvel universe when yesterday , July 6, it revealed that the new Iron Man is Riri Williams , a 15 - year- old genius who creates her own version of the suit which transformed Tony Stark into Iron Man.

In the comic book series, an ageing Stark is trying to find a successor now he is too old to fight crime. Impressed by Williams ’ creation , he passes the Iron Man title to her for the Civil War II series.

Iron Man writer Brian Michael Bendis told Time : “ Tony is also aware that this young woman is flying by him in terms of how quickly she ’ s doing it . Her brain is maybe a little better than his . Riri looks at things from a different perspective that makes the armour unique. He can ’t help but go ‘ Maybe I should buy her out . ”’