Black Panther 2 Trailer Secretly Introduces Iron Man's MCU Replacement
The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer debuted the first look at Ironheart, the real MCU replacement for Iron Man. On the heels of the Infinity Saga, Marvel Studios started gradually introducing the successors for the original six Avengers. It started with Sam Wilson taking over the Captain America mantle from Steve Rogers, followed by the arrival of Yelena Belova as the new Black Widow, Kate Bishop as the new Hawkeye, and the Mighty Thor as the new Thor. Meanwhile, the Hulk's replacement is set to be launched in She-Hulk with Jennifer Walters. That leaves Tony Stark as the last founding MCU hero who doesn't have a clear heir — until now.
At Comic-Con, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will end Phase 4 of the MCU before unveiling the first trailer for the Black Panther sequel. Director Ryan Coogler's much-anticipated return to Wakanda has its work cut out for it in light of original star Chadwick Boseman's death in 2020. Aside from establishing a new Black Panther, however, and also introducing Namor the Sub-Mariner to the MCU, the movie has the responsibility of debuting Iron Man's MCU successor.
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The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer features the first appearance of Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), a.k.a. Ironheart. The character only appears in two brief scenes. In the first, she's seen greeting Shuri (Letitia Wright), and in the second scene, she's forging her own insignia, which draws a visual parallel to Tony Stark creating Mark I in the first Iron Man. Created by Brian Michael Bendis in 2015, Riri Williams is a 15-year-old whiz kid who designed her own version of the Iron Man suit. She became a
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