Marvel’s new Iron Man is a black woman

Time:

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.

And:

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.

I like where this is going. I was not a big Iron Man fan as a kid, not a judgment so much as I just didn’t really encounter that particular comic at the right age.

But the first Iron Man movie and Robert Downey Jr.’s particular ownership of that role changed all that instantly. RDJ’s Iron Man spoke to me. This was my world. Glad Marvel made this particular film, brought me along for the ride. And I am looking forward to seeing Riri Williams take shape. I have high hopes.