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The internet has been abuzz after the news broke earlier this week of a new Iron Man in the Marvel comic world: Riri Williams, a 15-year-old black woman who built her own suit of armour in an MIT dorm room.

Among the throng who took to Twitter to celebrate the development was Robert Downey Jr., who plays the superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise, tweeting “Get ready for a new generation of Marvel BAMF” alongside the cover art of Williams suiting up.

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