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MARVEL’S BLACK TEENAGE ENGINEER SUPERHERO COMIC WILL BE WRITTEN BY A BLACK WOMAN SOCIOLOGIST

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MARVEL’S BLACK TEENAGE ENGINEER SUPERHERO COMIC WILL BE WRITTEN BY A BLACK WOMAN SOCIOLOGIST

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By Thu-Huong Ha via https://qz.com

Two years ago in the comic book series Invincible Iron Man, Tony Stark met a young super genius named Riri Williams, a black teen who had successfully reverse-engineered his famous armor.

Riri, who uses the super hero codename Ironheart, has since become a fan favorite, and today Marvel announced she’ll be getting her own series, with the first issue due out Nov. 7. Chicago-based writer and sociologist Eve Ewing announced today that she’s writing the series with artist Kevin Libranda.

Ewing is the author of the poetry book Electric Arches and is a professor of sociology, focusing on education, at the University of …

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I am a future butterfly at the stage of growth when I am turning into an adult. I am enclosed in a hard case shell formed by love, family, and friends. It is the hardest stage of becoming a black butterfly. You will encounter many hardships only to come out stronger and better than what you went in. At this stage, you are finding out who you truly are and how to love yourself.

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