Ironheart: Who is Riri Williams and what are her powers?

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Riri Williams, AKA Ironheart, will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the new trailer provides a first proper look at her armor. She'll also be the star of her own Disney Plus streaming series in 2023, and she may make an appearance in Armor Wars, which Marvel just announced will be a feature film rather than a streaming show.

So who is she?

Riri Williams is a teenage technological genius who made her comic book debut in 2016's Invincible Iron Man #7 (opens in new tab), as an overachieving 15-year-old college student diligently building her own do-it-yourself giant body armor. 

Sounds like the next Tony Stark, right? Well, sure. Riri might play an important, unoccupied role in the post-Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Riri isn't just Tony Stark Jr. and definitely stands on her own armored feet, as we'll explain.

Before Ironheart makes her MCU debut, played by actor Dominique Thorne, we can introduce you to the legacy superhero.

In comic books, the young genius has already built and donned her own Iron Man-inspired superhero armor, fought the forces of evil with a proverbial blessing from the original armored Avenger (or at least an AI version of him, which we'll explain in a moment), and has served as a member of a superhero team that might have a big future in the MCU. 

In other words, Riri's got significant live-action potential, which we'll highlight as we explain her comic book history.

Riri Williams was born in Chicago, and she was already classified as a super genius by the time she turned five. Her incredible level of intelligence left her feeling bored, leading to her frequently retreating into her own mind to work on complex problems and entertain herself. 

Her parents,