Riri Williams
Riri Williams is a female comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Riri Williams
At the Simon Hall of M.I.T., she began to work in the night in creating her own set of Iron Man Armor. (Invincible Iron Man v3 #7) It began as a dare made by herself in creating her own version of the suit where she made it from various components from across campus some of which belonged to other people as she contemplated being the new Iron Man when Tony Stark was reported missing. Her activities led to campus security investigating her lab with the staff stating that her activities threatened her academic career and her scholarship. (Invincible Iron Man v3 #9)
She later came to join the young superhero team known as the Champions. (Champions v2 #19)
After the Warbringer was defeated, Ironheart decided to target Thanos himself with the Mad Titan effortlessly defeating her and destroying her armour. Despite his victory, he allowed the Champions to depart as he was entertained by their fight against the Chitauri warlord. After the incident, Riri was heavily affected by her loss as she came to think that she was not useful in a fight considering how easily she lost but she was convinced of her worth by her comrade Viv Vision with her deciding to forge a new set of stronger armor. (Infinity Countdown: Champions v1 #2)
Whilst operating from her MIT laboratory, she was forced to showcase some of her creations to a touring group of international delegates at the behest of the Dean. During this time, she learnt the delegates after they left were taken hostage by a supervillain named Clash who was attempting to use the event to attract the attention of the Ten Rings. Arriving as Ironheart, Riri managed to defuse the situation which led to the arrest of Clash. (Ironheart v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
After Thanos destroyed her armor, she decided to rebuild it from the ground up with her building something lighter, faster and more powerful with this version being referred to as Ironheart 3.0. (Champions v2 #22)
The sophistication of the armor integration meant that she required an A.I. in order to more effectively operate it. Initially, this came in the form Tony who was a copy of Tony Stark who had downloaded his essence into a digital frame in case his body ever expired. Thus, this was an advanced artificial intelligence construct who agreed to help operate Riri's Iron Man armor. (Invincible Iron Man v4 #1) Sometime afterwards, she developed her own A.I. system designed to support her and her suit with this consisting of a composite of her memories. The artificial intelligence was known as Neuro-Autonomous Technical Assistant & Laboratory Intelligence Entity (N.A.T.A.L.I.E.) who took on a female guise as Riri's old friend. (Ironheart v1 #2)
Notes
- Riri Williams was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Stefano Caselli where she made her first appearance in Invincible Iron Man v2 #7 (May, 2016) and later debuted as Ironheart in Invincible Iron Man v3 #3 (March, 2017).
Alternate Versions
- In Spider-Man II v1 (2017), a newly recreated version of the Ultimate Marvel was shown with its own Riri Williams who was Iron Man.
- In Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #304 (2018), an alternate timeline was created in an attempt to stop the Vedomi invasion of Earth. On this Earth, Norman Osborn came to rule the world as President with the planets superheroes either being killed, detained, in hiding or forced to work for him. Riri Williams used to work for Tony Stark until his public attack on the President where he was killed. She came to join the ranks of the resistance that sought to topple the Osborn regime where she used an Iron Man suit.
- In Spider-Man v3 #3 (2019), an alternate version of Riri Williams was shown to inhabit a reality designated as Earth-TRN759. This world was years in the future where an adult Riri became the CEO of Stark Industries when Tony Stark became a recluse drunk who operated mostly from his basement.
In other media
Television
- In Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron, Riri Williams as Ironheart appeared in the setting of the animated series where she was voiced by actor Sofia Wylie. It was revealed in flashbacks that a close family member had died and caused Riri to devote her time in creating a prototype Iron Man armour with this straining her friendship with a girl named Natalie. She was later responsible for creating an A.I. called A.M.I. who assisted her in the operations of her suit.
- In Spider-Man, Riri Williams as Ironheart appeared in the setting of the 2017 animated television series third season where she was voiced again by actor Sofia Wylie. A reference was made to her step-father having died and that she tended to sometimes be difficult to work with but she managed to enter the Avengers internship program where she developed her Ironheart armour and worked for Iron Man. She joined Amadeus Cho as the pair became young superheroes who were stationed at Avengers Tower where she was assisted by an artificial intelligence called N.O.T.T.O.N.Y.
Video games
- In Marvel Puzzle Quest, Riri Williams appeared as a playable character in the mobile game.
- In Marvel Future Fight, Riri Williams appeared as a playable character in the mobile game.
- In Marvel Avengers Academy, Riri Williams as Ironheart appeared in the mobile game.
- In Marvel Strike Force, Riri Williams as Ironheart appeared as a playable character in the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Invincible Iron Man v3: (2017)
- Invincible Iron Man v4:
- Champions:
- Infinity Countdown: Champions v1:
- Ironheart v1: (2019)
- Spider-Man v3:
- 2020: Ironheart v1:
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