Ariell Johnson, the Philadelphia woman who made history in January by becoming the first black female owner of a comic book store on the East Coast, is making big moves once again.
The 33-year-old, who owns and operates Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philly, currently appears on a variant cover for the latest issue of Marvel’s “Invincible Iron Man #1.”
Johnson, whose store promotes diversity and inclusion in geek culture, shares the cover with fictional character RiRi Williams, the teenaged black girl genius who also just happens to be the new Iron Man.
Randy Green, a colleague of Johnson’s, petitioned for her to be included on a cover after an email went out about potential variants for stores earlier this year.
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Source: Huffington Post/Zeba Blay
FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO OWN A COMIC SHOP APPEARS ON THE COVER OF MARVEL’S “INVINCIBLE IRON MAN#1” was originally published on praisecleveland.com
