Marvel and Midtown Comics pulled its “Invincible Iron Man” #1 variant cover featuring Riri Williams on Thursday after fans criticized the drawing for sexualizing a 15-year-old.
The decision comes just one day after Marvel revealed the cover which drew plenty of criticism toward the teen’s looks drawn by J. Scott Campbell. Williams appeared to over-sexualized the teen and make her several shades lighter than her original complexion. However, Campbell did not seem to welcome the criticism and became overly-defensive on Twitter.
“Hmmm.. This is the character I was asked to draw, people understand that, right?” he said in one tweet. “Is it THAT different?”
“I gave her a sassy ‘attitude,’ he told one Twitter user, “‘sexualizing’ was not intended. This reaction is odd. The crop-top was in the existing design.”
Teresa Jusino, an assistant editor for The Mary Sue, slammed the variant cover on Wednesday. “It’s as though they decided a teenage girl’s face was fine, but let’s attach a more grown-up body to that face, because she’s not a true female superhero until you can imagine having sex with her.”
The issue will hit stores on November 8.
