A hit-and-miss story, but one that gives Marvel its heart back

Though Marvel's newest TV shows haven't been scratching that superhero itch that some yearn for, I have a feeling that their latest offering is what fans have been waiting for.

- Ben Cunnington on Ironheart

In Marvel Studios' Ironheart (Disney+, streaming now), teen genius Riri Williams gets kicked out of prestigious US college MIT for allowing her imaginative mind to run away with her.

She's set on being the new big thing, but she feels held back by her resources - "Do you think Tony Stark would be Tony Stark if he wasn't a billionaire?" she asks.

Due to her reckless behaviour at college, she's forced to return to her hometown of Chicago, but not before crashing her, slightly more homespun, version of the flying metal suit worn by Iron Man's Tony Stark.

To earn money for her larger-than-life dreams she joins a ragtag group of crooks and does heists with her new crew, but things take a turn when Riri somehow creates an Al of her dead best friend that is now tethered to her suit.