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Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr is ready for his female, African-American replacement

The week in comics -​The Unworthy Thor is coming on a wave of new Marvel comics.

New Iron Man Riri Williams
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Here's your weekly roundup of comics news, and it's a Marvel-heavy helping!

Robert Downey Jr endorses the new Iron Man

Marvel announced its new Iron Man this week - a young, African-American woman called Riri Williams.

And it turns out the on-screen Iron Man is totally down with it.

And while we're on the subject, how great is Downey Jr's Twitter profile picture?!

Death of X reveals the fate of Cyclops

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Marvel has revealed the first details of its Death of X comic.

Charles Soule, Jeff Lemire and Aaron Kuder's four-issue miniseries will jump back in time to reveal what happened to the X-Men's Cyclops (the original, older version, who is supposedly dead) in the growing clash between the Inhumans and mutants.

The Terrigen Mists that have created a new generation of Inhumans have been sterilising and killing mutants who come in contact with them.

Death of X will kick off in October.

The old Thor is back in his own series

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Iron Man isn't the only hero who has been replaced. Back in 2014, Jane Foster became the new Thor and the star of the solo series after the original Odinson was deemed unworthy to lift his hammer, Mjolnir.

Well, he's coming back in his own comic, called The Unworthy Thor, written by Mighty Thor's Jason Aaron with artist Olivier Coipel (via io9). It will apparently see him get a new hammer - an alternate reality version of Mjolnir that survived the destruction of the Ultimate Universe.

The comic is being called a 'companion series' to Foster's, emphasising that she's still the premiere Thor.

The Unworthy Thor #1 will be released in the Autumn.

...and more from Marvel besides

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Marvel is on a roll this week. It will be adding two new Avengers titles to its post-Civil War 2 lineup.

Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos are bringing us Champions, starring Ms Marvel, young Cyclops, Hulk and Nova, who are splitting from the regular Avengers team.

The comedy Great Lakes Avengers is coming back too, with a team including Squirrel Girl, Flatman, Mr Immortal, Big Bertha and the legendary Doorman. Zac Gorman is writing with art by Will Robson.

Infamous Iron ManDoctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme and Solo have also been teased. We don't know much about those yet, although there is speculation that Doctor Doom could become another Iron Man.

Valiant sweeps the Harvey Award nominations

The 2016 Harvey Award nominations are out, and Valiant Comics has bagged an impressive 50 nominations in the 22 categories.

Check out the full list of nominees here. The winners will be announced at Baltimore Comic-Con on September 3.

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