Introduced as having built her first suit by stealing parts.
And the reason she built the suit is because the little brat was literally asking for an excuse to feel oppressed and the most her teacher would give her was "You will never be Tony Stark." That's not a hero, that's a villain from a superhero pastiche.
the little brat was literally asking for an excuse to feel oppressed and the most her teacher would give her was "You will never be Tony Stark."
"Ok, here are your dead parents which may or may not be HYDRA agents, your crippling alcohol/substance abuse problem, a secret sibling your adoptive parents love more than you, and your complete inability to trust anyone to the point you will repeatedly destroy all your social relationships when you inevitably blow up everything you made again in order to prevent it being used for wrong, even though this means you will always, always start by taking out the tech your friends have first so they can't then help you if you finally find an actual villain at the end of things.
Oh, and Captain Marvel will kill you at some point, joke about it, and then punch you through a wall when you're not in a suit."
For those out the loop about Ironheart/Riri Williams.
Created by Bendis, yes, that Bendis that nobody actually likes his work.
Introduced as having built her first suit by stealing parts.
Is yet another insert of Bendis' daughters because that seems to be the only character he can make.
And the reason she built the suit is because the little brat was literally asking for an excuse to feel oppressed and the most her teacher would give her was "You will never be Tony Stark." That's not a hero, that's a villain from a superhero pastiche.
"Ok, here are your dead parents which may or may not be HYDRA agents, your crippling alcohol/substance abuse problem, a secret sibling your adoptive parents love more than you, and your complete inability to trust anyone to the point you will repeatedly destroy all your social relationships when you inevitably blow up everything you made again in order to prevent it being used for wrong, even though this means you will always, always start by taking out the tech your friends have first so they can't then help you if you finally find an actual villain at the end of things.
Oh, and Captain Marvel will kill you at some point, joke about it, and then punch you through a wall when you're not in a suit."