Why Ironheart's MCU Costume Looks So Much Like Iron Man's Mark 1 Armor
Among the new characters the Marvel Cinematic Universe is introducing in Phase 4 is Riri Williams/Ironheart, who will make her debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and some leaked photos of Black Panther 2 merch reveal that her armor looks a lot like Iron Man’s Mark I suit, which makes perfect sense. The MCU’s Phase 4 is introducing a bunch of new characters of which many are starring in their own TV shows, and one that will lead her own series but will make her first appearance on the big screen is Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), best known as Ironheart.
Riri Williams is a 15-year-old genius engineering student at MIT. There, she designed a suit of armor like that of Iron Man, which she built with material she stole from campus, and she first used it to flee from campus security. Riri later used it to prevent two inmates from escaping the New Mexico State Penitentiary but her suit was damaged in the process, and she worked on improving it at her mother’s house. Upon hearing of her accomplishments, Tony Stark met Riri and decided to endorse her decision to become a hero, and so she became Ironheart. Now, with the MCU branching out to TV/streaming, it can introduce new characters whose stories connect with the movies, and among those is Riri Williams, but her debut will be outside her TV show.
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Riri Williams will make her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever before taking the lead in her own TV show, which will premiere on Disney+ in 2023. With Black Panther 2 being the next MCU movie after Thor: Love and Thunder, the marketing campaign for it has begun, but that also means that photos of the merch and more will be leaked, and among
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