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| caption = Riri Williams on the [[variant cover]] of ''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #1. Art by [[Jeff Dekal]].
| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut = ''Invincible Iron Man Vol.
| creators = [[Brian Michael Bendis]]<br>[[Stefano Caselli]]
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==Fictional character biography==
Riri Williams is a 15-year-old engineering student who is the daughter of the late Riri Williams Sr. Following Riri Williams Sr.'s death, Riri lived with her mother and Riri Williams Sr.'s sister Sharon. She started attending the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] on scholarship.<ref name="Invincible Iron Man #12">''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol.
When Williams prevents two inmates from escaping the New Mexico State Penitentiary, her suit is damaged.<ref>''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol.
Upon returning to her mother's house, Riri continued to work on improving the suit much to the dismay of her mother. [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] hears of Riri's accomplishment and goes to meet her. During their meeting, Tony Stark states to Riri that he will endorse her decision to be a superhero.<ref name="Invincible Iron Man #12"/>
Appearing in her Rescue armor following the "Civil War II" storyline, Pepper Potts confronted Riri Williams and her Tony Stark A.I. in an attempt to tell Riri the problems of being a superhero only for them to be attacked by Techno Golem and her Biohack Ninjas.<ref>''Invincivle Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #3</ref> As Riri flee, Pepper fights against Techno Golem and her Biohack Ninjas as Techno Golem tries to get answers from Pepper on how she knows Riri.<ref>''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #4</ref> When Techo Golem's armor breaks and Tomoe tries to attack Riri, Pepper fires her Rescue armor's gauntlets at Tomoe which knocked her out. Upon Sharon Carter formally meeting Riri upon the arrest of Tomoe and the Biohack Ninjas, Pepper states to Riri that they will talk again as she flies off in her Rescue armor.<ref>''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #5</ref> Pepper Potts was present with Mary Jane Watson, Friday, the Tony Stark A.I., and Tony Stark's biological mother Amanda Armstrong when they are in the Hall of Armor where Riri voices her knowledge of each of the Iron Man armors. When Amanda Armstrong offers to have Riri let Tony Stark's labs be her base of operations, Riri is hesitant as Pepper encourages her. The next day at her home, Riri's family is visited by the headmistress at M.I.T. who would like Riri to continue working there as it has gotten sloppy since she left. In addition, Riri will be allowed to use the laboratories there. After her work in one of the laboratories, Riri has the Tony Stark A.I. find her something to blow off some steam on. The Tony Stark A.I. finds [[Armadillo (comics)|Armadillo]] on a crime spree enabling Riri as Ironheart to defeat Armadillo. Afterwards, she is approached by the [[Champions (2016 team)|Champions]] who offer her membership into their group.<ref>''Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #6</ref>
During the "[[Secret Empire (comic book)|Secret Empire]]" storyline, Ironheart is seen fighting the Army of Evil at the time of Hydra's takeover of the United States. After [[Helmut Zemo|Baron Helmut Zemo]] as [[Blackout (Marcus Daniels)|Blackout]] surround Manhattan with [[Darkforce]] upon enhancing him with the powers of the [[Darkhold]], Riri has the Tony Stark A.I. to send a distress signal to all available heroes to meet her in Washington DC as fast as they can.<ref>''Secret Empire'' #0</ref> Following Hydra's takeover, Ironheart and [[Falcon (comics)|Falcon]] II join up with the Champions when they assist the Underground.<ref>''Secret Avengers'' #1</ref> She and the Champions later followed [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]] when she makes her own plans for Captain America.<ref>''Secret Empire'' #2</ref>
==Powers and abilities==
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==In other media==
===Video games===
*Riri Williams appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Puzzle Quest]]''.
*Riri Williams appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Future Fight]]''.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/Marvel_FFightUS/status/818994537179713537|title=Kate Bishop, Ironheart, and Medusa are joining the fight.}}</ref>
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