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UPDATE 10/20/16 4:15PM EDT Midtown Comics has pulled the Invincible Iron Man #1 variant cover by J. Scott Williams of Riri Williams out of her Ironheart armor. A quick peek at Midtown Comics site show the variant with a bold “DO NOT USE (Item Canceled)” declaration. Marvel representatives confirmed to me the choice to pull…
Yesterday Marvel revealed a variant cover for their upcoming Invincible Iron Man title featuring 15-year-old Riri Williams. It provoked strong reactions from both fans and creators, and it looks like Marvel has responded by canceling the cover and showing us their more conventional depiction of the character. break Donna Dickens dove into this one…
But the important thing here is: how does J. Scott Campbell feel? Source: CBR Yesterday we reported on the controversial variant cover by artist J. Scott Campbell depicting Marvel’s new teenage black girl character, Riri Williams, who takes over the role of Iron Man in Invincible Iron Man. We also reported on the far more…
And he’s certainly not going to let something like valid criticism force him to grow as a person. Source: Twitter Superstar comics cover artist J. Scott Campbell isn’t the type of man to let complaints about his sexualized drawing of a fifteen year old girl spoil his otherwise perfect day. The superstar artist, known for…
At the end of the last version of the Marvel Universe, Dr. Doom became something like a hero. He snatched enough power from near-omnipotent beings to stop the end of the multiverse and saved portions of various multiple realities. Now that things are back to normal, he’s evil again. Or is he? Two weeks ago,…
Yesterday, Marvel announced that Tony Stark would be walking away from his latest suit of power armor. His replacement is going to be Riri Williams, a genius MIT student who isn’t old enough to drink yet. (So no “Demon in a Bottle” storyline for her, I guess.) Riri Williams first appeared was in a subplot…
Pinup art has long been an unfortunate staple of variant comic covers depicting female heroes—but when that sexualized aesthetic starts getting applied to 15 year old teenage girls, it’s not a good look for anyone involved. Earlier this week, Marvel announced a slew of new variant covers for the relaunch of Invincible Iron Man—no longer…
I know it’s called Civil War II but repeating the exact same dumb-ass story beat as in the original Civil War a decade ago is a bad move. What the hell, guys? The last time Marvel Comics did a Civil War event, they killed a black superhero character. Ten years later, they’ve done the same…
Marvel’s latest hero-vs.-hero event began with the death of James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine during a battle against Thanos. But Tony Stark’s life has been falling apart for a while, even before Civil War II started. This week, the genius inventor grapples with the loss of his comrade-in-armor. Even besides the death of Rhodey, Tony Stark’s…
Tony Stark’s future in the Marvel Universe has been thrown into doubt ever since the start of Civil War II—and made even more doubtful when we learned that he would be replaced as Iron Man by not one, but two different characters. One of those Iron Men debuted today in Infamous Iron Man, giving us…