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Marvels leaps into controversy even as the recent shootings seem to dominate the media this week:
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Marvel fuels internet clash by making Iron Man a 15-year-old black girl
Tony Stark will soon be replaced in Marvel's Iron Man comics by teen genius Riri Williams
By Lauren O'Neil, CBC News Posted: Jul 07, 2016 8:09 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 07, 2016 8:09 PM ET
Marvel, purveyor of superhero franchises, has given two vocal and constantly sparring online communities a new reason to wage battle this week by changing the gender, age and race of a canonical comic book character.
Whether or not the fans were flamed on purpose is up for debate — but what's certain is that Iron Man will soon be a 15-year-old black girl from Chicago.
Meet Riri Williams, a science prodigy who leaves the "chaos and violence" of her city behind to enrol at MIT, where eventually she reverse-engineers an Iron Man suit in her dorm room.
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