--- description: Riri Williams has an official name: Ironheart title: Marvel's New Iron Man Will Officially Be Named Ironheart image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt906fc6a9bf76f7e0/69889ac4196cf4181b03c4b4/iron-man-facebook11.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Comics](/tag/comics/) ## Comics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Marvel's New Black Female Iron Man Will Officially Be Named Ironheart by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2016 6:27 PM CUT  Marvel by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2016 6:27 PM CUT In July, [TIME exclusively reported](http://time.com/4394478/iron-man-riri-williams-tony-stark/ "undefined") that Marvel’s new Iron Man would be Riri Williams, a young black woman with an inspiring back story, but she didn’t have a superhero name yet. Now, Marvel tells [_Wired_](http://www.wired.com/2016/08/marvel-iron-man-new-identity-ironheart/#slide-1 "undefined") that after considering different options, her official new name will be Ironheart. --- > “” --- Apparently this brilliant superhero hits MIT at just 15\. Bendis and artist Stefano Caselli will create Ironheart’s story — and the first issue is due out this November. For a conversation with Bendis on creating the character, a [young college woman with a tragic past](http://time.com/4419993/marvel-world-of-wakanda/ "undefined"), read TIME’s Q&A [here](http://time.com/4394478/iron-man-riri-williams-tony-stark/ "undefined"). \[[_Wired_](http://www.wired.com/2016/08/marvel-iron-man-new-identity-ironheart/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4461561/marvel-iron-man-ironheart-riri-williams/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4461561/marvel-iron-man-ironheart-riri-williams/"},"headline":"Why Marvel's New Black Female Iron Man Will Officially Be Named Ironheart","datePublished":"2016-08-22T18:27:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:07:33.787Z","description":"She's got a whole new name","url":"https://time.com/4461561/marvel-iron-man-ironheart-riri-williams/","keywords":["Comics","movies","Books","Marvel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt906fc6a9bf76f7e0/69889ac4196cf4181b03c4b4/iron-man-facebook11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt906fc6a9bf76f7e0/69889ac4196cf4181b03c4b4/iron-man-facebook11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iron-man-facebook1","caption":"","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/comics/","name":"Comics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4461561/marvel-iron-man-ironheart-riri-williams/","name":"Why Marvel's New Black Female Iron Man Will Officially Be Named Ironheart"}}]}] ```