New Invinicble Iron Man Series

[informationgeek]

Hey guys! I bet you all want a new Iron Man series that doesn't feature Tony Stark! Don't worry, Marvel has you covered!



CBR brings us the following information today:




The new series will see Stark step down as Iron Man and Riri Williams take his place. But just because we know that Stark will pass on the Iron mantle after "Civil War II" doesn't mean we know the event's ending. "I can tell you just because we’re hearing what we’re saying doesn’t know you mean how 'Civil War II' ends," said Bendis to Time. "We’re not telling you the end, at all."

Originally introduced in full in "Invincible Iron Man" #9, Riri Williams is a 15-year-old M.I.T. student who took it upon herself to build her own set of Iron Man armor. Riri's role in the post-"Civil War II" Marvel landscape looks to be a big one; in addition to starring in "Invincible Iron Man," she also stood at the front of one of the groups in the Marvel NOW! teaser image.



So... does anyone care?

Comments

[md84]

I'm just wondering if this will last for more than a year or two.

[icon_uk]

I hope the helmet will be lined with Pym Particles to allow that frankly magnificent hairdo to survive being cooped up in the tiny little helmet!

[karmakaze]

I think it's another side benefit of Comics Code Approved brand costuming. (That's the force that causes the remaining strips of clothing to always cover the naughty bits, so Bruce Banner loses his shirt entirely upon transformation while Jennifer Walkers retains the "halter" portion of hers and why neither of them lose their trousers entirely.) It also allows women with long hair to somehow to leave their hair loose during fights yet never to get tangled up in it and hair worn under helmets or cowls pops right back out without being sweaty or matted. (Consider the cowl-topped costume Kitty Pryde had early in her X-Men tenure and the way the whole curly mass of her hair recovered just fine when she switched back to civvies.)

[speedingtortoise]

Well, having a new black female character certainly doesn't hurt. I'll be interested to see what she's like as a character.

[informationgeek]

I don't honestly surprised more than if Marvel wanted to bring in a black female character to take over the role... why not Lila Rhodes? She was built up more back in the Iron Patriot mini-series, has a stronger connection to Tony Stark, she is very smart and knows her way around the Iron Man suit, and plus it could lead to good character moments or arcs (Lila trying to live up to the legacy her uncle and his friend had and trying to be her own thing).

[locuatico]

Is bendis still the writer?

[informationgeek]

Yep. He'll still be writing Iron Man.

[locuatico]

Then i don't midn that much. Bendis has a better track record with his original characters than with established ones. WHat i would like is for Bendis to at least acknowledge Rhode's life wasn't limited to TOny and Carol.

[speedingtortoise]

I actually never heard of Lila Rhodes before (my knowledge of iron man and his supporting characters history is weak at best). She does sound like she could have been a great fit for this role though. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how this new character is. Who knows, with a good story and the right writer, she could turn out to be pretty great. (I'm wearing my optimism cap today)

[malitia]

I'm (still) more interested in the Great Lakes Avengers announcement. (I so hope the cardboard cut-out turns out to be the most useful member of the team.)

[coldfury]

You know, I think it's really funny that everyone is treating this as a gimmick and a 'trick' when Marvel has really shown that they're dedicated to these changes at least in the mid-term.

Does anyone *really* think that 'long term' Tony Stark won't be Iron Man again one day? No, life's not that short.

But at the end of the day Jane is still Thor, Sam is still Cap, and Marvel is still pushing to add diversified legacies to their line at a pace that is frankly astounding. Kudos to them to trying to shake things up with their publishing line.

The cynic in me wonders if this 21st Century viewpoint isn't at least partially fueled by an idea that the public may not buy "James Bond" style casting for Marvel heroes... but if the books build in legacy style replacements for them before the actors age out of the roles, that could extend the franchises for years.

But conspiracy theories aside, Marvel Publishing is doing a good thing, and we should applaud them for trying.

[informationgeek]

I wish I could, but I can't. This character was just introduced this year, felt very shilled and boasted to be this totally awesome character on par with Iron Man, and now is just replacing him. It just feels so forced and unnatural that I can't get behind this one.

I got behind Jane, Sam, and Kamala... but I can't with this one. I just can't.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

In fairness, Spider-Man unmasking was supposed to open up all these stories they could finally tell, and they hit the nuclear option only a few months down the line.

I get that's the exception to the rule, but it's the kind of exception that can leave a bad taste in your mouth for a while.

[coldfury]

That was nearly a decade ago, though.

[reveen]

Anyone else think that theyre trying to make another Ms. Marvel happen?

Not that thats undoable or a bad thing. But a huge part of Kamala's success aside from the writing is that she has her own distinct origin story where she becomes a hero of her own accord. With her own bedrock of supporting characters and her own geographical section of the Marvel Universe. Where with here it looks like theyre having this character be a direct protege. And Im skeptical of how possible it is for a character created right in a A-listers shadow to break out of it.

I mean, the idea of this character indepedently making her own armor and going out heroing with it is the way to go imo. Not having her basically be a supporting character for Tony Stark.

[deh_tommy]

Ms. marvel's origin story isn't too unique in-universe, since she gained her powers in the same fashion hundreds of others at the time did (through exposure to the Terrigen Mists).

[locuatico]

Kamala's origin is not particularly distinct (aside from the fact it is an actual good representation of Muslim characters), she is simply that one-in-a-million character that manages to lift off from the get go. that readers connect immediatly. That one character who came JUST at the right time and JUST in the right conditions to get the following she got.
To be blunt, Marvel is not going to get another Kamala in at least another ten years.

Iron Man is now quite literally Fe Male

[deh_tommy]

Unless she's intersex or identifies as Male, I'm just confused as to why she's still 'Iron Man' (mainly given how, as far as I know of, no one has taken up the mantle of Iron Woman or Iron Maiden - yes, there's Pepper and Mary-Jane, but they were known as Rescue and Iron Spider respectively).

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[informationgeek]

Speaking of which, where is Pepper Pots? I wouldn't mind her taking over the role of Iron Man/Woman instead.

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[locuatico]

Because She is the King: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SheIsTheKing

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[donnblake]

Well, Iron Maiden has its own not especially heroic connotations, so I can understand avoiding that one.

No clue why she's not Iron Woman, though. Unless the idea is that the public won't know it's someone new in the armor. What's the current status of Tony's secret identity?

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[burkeonthesly]

Nonexistent. He went public back during the first Civil War.

I should say, the first Marvel Civil War. I don't think he's gotten drunk and swiped the keys to Doom's time platform so he could go buzz Gettysburg or anything.

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[lieut_kettch]

I dunno. This looks plenty heroic:

[tigerkaya]

................ Okay.

[lucean]

I'm actually intrigued by this. Tony has never really had anything like a protege and I am actually curious to see how the interaction between those two go.

[long_silence]

I was really worried that they were setting her up to replace Rhodey as War Machine

So I think this is good news

[philippos42]

If I'm reading this right, they're at least willing to imply that they're finally gonna put Tony in prison or in the ground. Good.

[silverhammerman]

So that's Marvel second announcement in two days about moving their books into a bright shiny, inclusive new future... but said future will still be written by a couple of old white industry standards. So yeah, Marvel hasn't impressed me as much as they seem to think that they have.

Standard industry gripes over the lack of behind the scenes diversity and new talent aside, I'm ambivalent about this. Tony Stark is a bit of a tough sell as a solo protagonist, so replacing him makes sense (Ewing and Davis' Ultron Forever mini left me quite fond of Rhodey as Iron Man) especially since it rounds out the new Cap, Thor, Iron Man trinity. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of teen heroes, even when I myself was a teen I found them hard to relate to.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Is this a new series or continuing the same series? It kind of reads as both, from what I can tell.