Award-winning author Eve L. Ewing makes her Marvel debut along with artist Kevin Libranda!
New York, NY—August 20, 2018—This November, Riri Williams is forging her own path…into a brand-new ongoing series! Announced today on The Chicago Tribune and Marvel.com, Riri’s new story will bring out her hometown roots with Eve L. Ewing at the helm, as the award-winning author of Electric Arches makes her Marvel debut! A poet, scholar and artist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and The Atlantic, Eve will be joined on the series by Champions artist Kevin Libranda.
“People don’t just gravitate toward Hulk or Captain America or Spider-Man because of their powers, the reason they say so-and-so is my favorite superhero is because of who they are as people and about what they stand for,” Ewing told The Chicago Tribune in an interview. “So I think the really exciting thing is really building out Riri, not as just Ironheart, but who is she as a person?”
First created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr., Riri made her Marvel Universe debut following the events of Civil War II, when she used her teenage genius smarts to suit up in the wake of Tony Stark’s absence.
For more information, visit today’s articles at The Chicago Tribune and Marvel.com, and stay tuned for all of Riri’s new adventures, coming this November!
IRONHEART #1
Written by EVE EWING
Art by KEVIN LIBRANDA
Cover by AMY REEDER
Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
Variant Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Variant Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Variant Cover by JEN BARTEL
On Sale 11/7/18
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It's smart that they gave her a unique name and now a distinctive costume. It should give the character a better chance to establish her own fan base.
Agreed. Technically, Ms. Marvel is a legacy character. But the original doesn't go by that name, and there really isn't any connection -- familial, financial, whatever -- between the new Ms. Marvel and old one. And Kamala Khan is a big success. This seems to be following that blueprint.
And a fine blueprint it is. I've been on board with Ms. Marvel since issue one -- the first issue one -- and I still love it. I get that "young hero finding her way" vibe that I suppose people felt when Spider-Man was fresh and new.
Of course, now Marvel will have four different girl-geniuses in four different books! Hopefully she'll be able to escape both Tony Stark's sphere of influence and Marvel's love of redundant characters.
Yes, absolutely, she should stay out of Stark's sphere of influence. Like Ms. Marvel, she needs to be her own character, independent of any other and out of the shadow of Iron Man. I think they've made a mistake with Miles Morales, bringing him into 616 where the original Spider-Man hasn't gone anywhere. Whatever is unique about Miles is getting buried by the ton of stuff that isn't.
Agreed.
Keep the old audience with the old books. Strike out for a new audience with books like Ironheart. and Ms. Marvel. Separate her as quickly as possible from decades of baggage and give this new audience a new character they can collect from issue #1 without regard to the old boys' club. (And don't disallow interest from the boys' club -- some of us love the new kids, too.)
This is a plan that can work. This is an audience that needs to be served. This is a step into a better, equitable world. It's win-win-win.