Marvel's new Iron Man is a black woman

08 July 2016 - 08:58
By Staff reporter

Being young, gifted and black has become the stuff of superheroes, with Marvel's new Iron Man now a teenaged African-American girl. According to Time.com, the end of the comic book series Civil War II sees Tony Stark stepping out of the Iron Man suit, making way for a new character - Riri Williams.

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