If you’ve been on social media recently, then you know that Ironheart was the victim of a racist hate campaign long before the premiere of the show. The show was getting review-bombed weeks before its premiere. Listen, I think it is a flawed show. It was made in 2022 and Disney hid it until very recently. But we are not going to pretend that many people, who would never watch the show, are judging it because the star is a young black woman. Most of these critics have never read an Ironheart comic book, and it shows.
Legacy heroes are not a new or “woke” concept. Shazam, who made his debut in 1940, is part of a larger Shazam family of legacy heroes. Almost 20 characters in Marvel Comics history have been Captain America, but some fans only have a problem with Sam Wilson.
