I think this is the first indication in any of the promo materials about him ending up having actual superpowers (though lmao, having to sign a legal agreement saying he has none)
I'm definitely stoked to watch it, but I know a bunch of casual Marvel friends who are kinda confused about the character and the show. The trailers really aren't revealing too much outside of the aspiring actor for a superhero role aspect.
No-Sweet-63372025-11-05 18:14
I just hope this isn’t too on the nose with the criticisms of superhero movies and the culture around it causing the audience to just shrug and agree rather than being buoyed into a new era of excitement.
It might be too little too late on highlighting what the audience already knows.
distilledwill2025-11-06 09:35
Superhero-fatigue fatigue.
crispy_attic2025-11-05 18:51
It is the prospect of seeing a black male hero with actual superpowers that has me excited. Marvel doesn’t really do that in the MCU. How many has there been? How many are there now?
Silo-Joe2025-11-05 18:56
Heimdall ?
crispy_attic2025-11-05 19:14
Dude is an alien but I guess. You know what I mean. Fuck it add Phastos too then.
Raktoner2025-11-05 19:18
I get and support what you mean, but it is still a black man acting as that alien, and he's not hidden behind prosthetics or make up.
crispy_attic2025-11-06 15:28
I get what you mean. There are more if you expand it out to aliens and such. Im talking about black male heroes with superpowers specifically though. How are we this far in and there has been so few?
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:02
The skrull dude from secret invasion, killmonger and black panther both had super powers , and blade I guess but ya still pretty rare
JyconX2025-11-05 19:04
Don't forget Luke Cage.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:05
Ohhh yea duh
crispy_attic2025-11-05 22:19
I would love to see him in the movies. They should have added him by now.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-06 02:46
Seems he will be in daredevil S2 so I wonder if the defenders will make it into secret wars
crispy_attic2025-11-05 19:04
I am speaking of heroes. There is no shortage of black dudes as villains though.
Edit: Removed unnecessary snark. You are right. My bad stranger.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:05
lol no need to be a douchebag! But what can I expect from redditors
crispy_attic2025-11-05 19:09
I apologize. You are right.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:10
Thanks all is well have a nice day; hope you enjoy Wonderman
crispy_attic2025-11-05 22:16
Hope you do too. Thanks.
jojopojo642025-11-05 19:59
Does the Skrull count when he's technically green?
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 20:30
Hahah good point
crispy_attic2025-11-06 15:25
Why would aliens count? I said “black male heroes with superpowers.”
jojopojo642025-11-06 16:04
I waa reinforcing your point.
crispy_attic2025-11-06 16:23
For sure. I appreciate it.
crispy_attic2025-11-06 15:23
Killmonger was a villain and they killed T’Challa offscreen years ago. Blade has been in development hell. Skrull dude is not a black male. Skrulls are aliens.
Terrible-Group-96022025-11-05 19:04
Not talking about you specifically, but interesting that Ironheart was hated when featuring a black female hero.
SeekerVash2025-11-05 19:25
Ironheart was hated because it was a replacement for the MCU's most popular character.
jojopojo642025-11-05 20:01
No one, including the folks at Marvel Studios, ever envisioned her as Iron Man's replacement in the MCU.
SeekerVash2025-11-06 01:13
Then why is she wearing Ironman's suit?
JadedEggplant98312025-11-06 03:17
heaven forbid a character in universe is inspired by another character… in universe
spidervenom6192025-11-06 08:57
Why is Rhodey wearing IronMan suit then? Or Why did Stane wear IronMan Suit? Or Why is Vision wearing Ultron Suit?
Do you see the problems you are going to cause by asking this question lol.
SeekerVash2025-11-06 13:18
No, I don't. *Iron*heart is a replacement for *iron*man.
Terrible-Group-96022025-11-05 22:25
Er no it wasn't
CaptHayfever2025-11-05 19:48
A big part of why Ironheart got so much hate was people constantly repeating lies like "it was a replacement for the MCU's most popular character", when that was never the sales pitch at all, & the actual show directly contradicted that claim.
DoNotLookUp32025-11-05 21:33
It definitely did contradict it, you're right.
That said, I don't think it helps that she's not very likeable. The show goes out of its way to prove that she's a mess and clearly a traumatized victim, but at the same time I think she's abrasive and no matter how much the show actually points that out, it doesn't change that she's the main character and people feel like she's entitled and problematic. On one hand, her actually saying that she would do the same as Tony did with his resources and "that's just the way the world works" was refreshing. On the other, she COULD have opportunities galore in legitimate businesses but she complains about the red tape and uses that as a justification for her misdeeds and risk. I don't think that really cuts it and makes her look worse than she should be, I would have given her a better justification for going the criminal risky route personally. Something that makes it more of a sympathetic decision, not just "I don't want to deal with beauracracy" but more "I absolutely CANNOT wait and deal with red tape or else my mom is going to die" or *anything* with higher stakes.
I mean the dean of MIT even said as much to her but she ignored it, and the >!fact that she made a deal with Mephisto at the end!< shows she didn't really learn her lesson. So while I did enjoy the show overall, I can see why people don't love Riri herself right now (and I'm not talking about the racist assholes, they can get bent).
I also think that even though they did explain where she got the money and tech, having her build such an advanced suit in a car garage made people roll their eyes a bit. Would have been better to have her build the first version there, make it look more scrappy, and then she builds the true on in Zeke's compound where they show all the latest tools, material synthesizers etc.
CaptHayfever2025-11-05 21:38
It's interesting, because she did learn *a* lesson (to ask for & accept help), but the thing is that she needed to learn *two* lessons (the 2nd being to resist flattery & ego), & that 2nd one is how Mephisto got her.
Mickeyjj272025-11-05 21:47
There are other reasons why it was hated. It’s kind of easy to tell which projects will get the loud people who were never going to watch to say how much something is terrible
TelenorTheGNP2025-11-05 23:03
It rhymes with "Gmail greed"
CaptHayfever2025-11-05 23:05
Right, but I was directly addressing one specific reason because one of the people propagating it had already replied.
Mummy-Dust2025-11-05 23:18
No no, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the MCU movies and shows that have the loudest detractors all have one very specific thing in common.
CaptHayfever2025-11-06 14:53
..And asking disingenuous questions like "Then why is she wearing Ironman's suit?", when she's *not* wearing Iron Man's suit.
Ok-disaster20222025-11-05 23:55
I liked the characters and interactions in iron heart, but everyone in the show is really freaking stupid for show about a technological super genius. The Stupidity of the plot is why I stopped. Also why we gotta have the first lead black woman superhero a literal criminal/villain? She doesn't do a single heroic thing in any episode I saw. what's that about? First episode she steals a bunch of stuff from MIT. There's not a lot of clarification how much the MIT lab would own the suit from an IP situation.
N8CCRG2025-11-06 00:55
> Also why we gotta have the first lead black woman superhero a literal criminal/villain?
Shuri was a lead black woman superhero. And Monica shared co-lead in a team-up movie.
spidervenom6192025-11-06 08:59
Shuri and Monica are both lead black Women but I guess they don't count for whatever reason.
crispy_attic2025-11-06 15:38
Every time the topic of how there is a shortage of black male heroes with superpowers comes up someone always tries to change the subject. I have noticed this pattern. Why is that?
For some reason black boys can’t get the same consideration as other kids and it is the strangest thing. I dare anyone to say with a straight face that they wanted T’Challa to die for example. Who were the loudest voices in insisting that he stay dead?
szthesquid2025-11-06 00:03
Everyone forgetting about Luke Cage in the replies to your question
crispy_attic2025-11-08 16:37
He has yet to appear in the movies. There really has been very few and there is no way it’s an accident after all these years. Im tired of everyone pretending as if they don’t notice. Look at the comments talking about villains, green skrulls, and other aliens when I specifically said “black male hero”.
This is the usual response to this topic. Gaslighting, denial, feigned ignorance, or people just flat out changing the subject because it makes them uncomfortable. How are we this far in and there has been so very few? Why are there more villains in comparison?
szthesquid2025-11-08 17:13
Yeah there should be more. I don't get how so many replies fail to understand the plain English of your questions.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:01
The original trailer had some of like purple magic glow thing for a couple frames
Phaze_Nero2025-11-05 21:23
Actually someone pointed out you can actually see him using powers very briefly in the Disney Plus sizzle reel they released a few months back.
Ok-Custard37532025-11-05 22:47
yeah i get that, the whole hype around the character can be pretty confusing for newcomers lmao
TelenorTheGNP2025-11-05 22:57
In confusion there is opportunity.
N8CCRG2025-11-06 00:51
> I'm definitely stoked to watch it, but I know a bunch of casual Marvel friends who are kinda confused about the character and the show. The trailers really aren't revealing too much outside of the aspiring actor for a superhero role aspect.
I am so glad for this, but disappointed that this is keeping your friends from being interested. It tells me that the "reveal too much in trailers" marketing strategy is the correct marketing strategy, but I hate it.
jojopojo642025-11-06 01:12
Yeah. I'm so torn about it myself.
I like not knowing the full story of what to expect, but at the same time it's like...just based on the trailers, there really isn't much that's telling what going on and it's not generating much hype outside of mild confusion. On the other hand, it's not like I want them to blow the lid out of the water and reveal everything either.
BiddyKing2025-11-06 11:21
There was a leaked trailer from comic con or something way back that more explicitly showed him using powers but yeah I thought it was weird the original trailer they released publicly didn’t touch on that at all
SubstantialBasket7092025-11-05 18:13
are all episodes dropping on Jan 27?
Specific-File-85032025-11-05 19:27
Weekly
spidervenom6192025-11-06 00:31
...Of all the freaking shows to be weekly, they choose Wonder Man and not Marvel Zombies.
I swear if they released X-Men 97 all at once, I'm going to be heated.
Luchabat2025-11-06 01:19
Disney+ has mainly been doing the week to week drops. Like they'll drop two or three at once at times, but it's mostly week to week.
KostisPat2572025-11-05 18:14
I saw many casual fans asking how this is even a Marvel show and if this guy has super-powers and whatnot, so I'm glad to see Marvel starting to tease them.
Upbeat_Tension_80772025-11-05 19:51
I'd love to see if he tries his best to suppress them for a while, especially to a hilarious effect, until the last few episodes
x_victoire2025-11-05 18:22
>only on Disney+
yeah, right 🏴☠️
FX1142025-11-05 18:24
Nitpick, but this isn't a clip, it's just a new mini-trailer?
M00r3C2025-11-05 18:31
I'm guessing they messed up and put clip on thumbnail by accident
DaZeppo3132025-11-05 21:40
I'd call it a "teaser" if that nomenclature actually meant anything anymore.
FX1142025-11-05 21:48
I almost did, but this has way more content than a teaser usually does (mostly because it's a cutdown of the full trailer with some new stuff added at the end).
I guess its' a spot?
N8CCRG2025-11-06 00:59
Apparently, there is a movie that has a teaser trailer that is 72 minutes long. It also has a full trailer that is 7 hours long, all for the movie which is 720 hours (30 days!) long.
Looks great, can’t wait to see him as Wonder Man, and absolutely stoked to see Trevor return
diqholebrownsimpson2025-11-05 18:47
I was already excited about this! I didn't know Trevor was going to be in this, but am tickled to death he is!
dawne_breaker2025-11-06 12:21
Of all the characters that keeps on returning, Trevor wasn’t high on my list after IM3. But, damn… I’m surprised!
SethNex2025-11-05 18:34
Not sure whether I should be happy, or not to the fact this series will start streaming on my birthday.
Captain-Wilco2025-11-05 18:47
I look forward to the worldbuilding with this one. Employment forms regarding superpowers is such a fun detail
Murky-Total-64042025-11-05 18:59
Hell yeah
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-05 19:00
I’m weirdly hype for this
misterhipster632025-11-05 19:03
I was already interested, now I'm genuinely intrigued. The trailer really makes it seem like he doesn't know if he's got powers. I'm into it.
Pristine-Passage-1002025-11-05 19:43
Nothing they’ve shown has me remotely interested. Add this to the list of MCU shows I’ll never watch.
Wooden-Radish-90082025-11-05 22:11
You think Marvel will be okay?
Pristine-Passage-1002025-11-05 22:25
I think they have to hit a home run with Avengers or it’s over for me and many others.
Wooden-Radish-90082025-11-05 22:39
Bye
Pristine-Passage-1002025-11-05 22:40
[removed]
Wooden-Radish-90082025-11-06 00:16
You still here?
spidervenom6192025-11-06 08:59
Don't let the door hits you on the way out then.
Kevinuara2025-11-05 20:55
Nice trailer, but again, will it make me want to continue my subscription? I don't think *Wonder Man* will be the kind of content that will cause a surge in (re)subscriptions.
On the other hand, the series looks fun to watch, so I think it should be moderately successful. Unfortunately, I fear that it will be a one-off and that we will never see him again in the grand “scheme” of the MCU.
blaintopel2025-11-06 01:27
wonder if we're gonna get any Kingo since this seems centered around acting
Firmspy2025-11-06 03:01
I might just download it from a free streamer if it's all the same to you Disney.
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I'm definitely stoked to watch it, but I know a bunch of casual Marvel friends who are kinda confused about the character and the show. The trailers really aren't revealing too much outside of the aspiring actor for a superhero role aspect.
It might be too little too late on highlighting what the audience already knows.
Edit: Removed unnecessary snark. You are right. My bad stranger.
Do you see the problems you are going to cause by asking this question lol.
That said, I don't think it helps that she's not very likeable. The show goes out of its way to prove that she's a mess and clearly a traumatized victim, but at the same time I think she's abrasive and no matter how much the show actually points that out, it doesn't change that she's the main character and people feel like she's entitled and problematic. On one hand, her actually saying that she would do the same as Tony did with his resources and "that's just the way the world works" was refreshing. On the other, she COULD have opportunities galore in legitimate businesses but she complains about the red tape and uses that as a justification for her misdeeds and risk. I don't think that really cuts it and makes her look worse than she should be, I would have given her a better justification for going the criminal risky route personally. Something that makes it more of a sympathetic decision, not just "I don't want to deal with beauracracy" but more "I absolutely CANNOT wait and deal with red tape or else my mom is going to die" or *anything* with higher stakes.
I mean the dean of MIT even said as much to her but she ignored it, and the >!fact that she made a deal with Mephisto at the end!< shows she didn't really learn her lesson. So while I did enjoy the show overall, I can see why people don't love Riri herself right now (and I'm not talking about the racist assholes, they can get bent).
I also think that even though they did explain where she got the money and tech, having her build such an advanced suit in a car garage made people roll their eyes a bit. Would have been better to have her build the first version there, make it look more scrappy, and then she builds the true on in Zeke's compound where they show all the latest tools, material synthesizers etc.
Shuri was a lead black woman superhero. And Monica shared co-lead in a team-up movie.
For some reason black boys can’t get the same consideration as other kids and it is the strangest thing. I dare anyone to say with a straight face that they wanted T’Challa to die for example. Who were the loudest voices in insisting that he stay dead?
This is the usual response to this topic. Gaslighting, denial, feigned ignorance, or people just flat out changing the subject because it makes them uncomfortable. How are we this far in and there has been so very few? Why are there more villains in comparison?
I am so glad for this, but disappointed that this is keeping your friends from being interested. It tells me that the "reveal too much in trailers" marketing strategy is the correct marketing strategy, but I hate it.
I like not knowing the full story of what to expect, but at the same time it's like...just based on the trailers, there really isn't much that's telling what going on and it's not generating much hype outside of mild confusion. On the other hand, it's not like I want them to blow the lid out of the water and reveal everything either.
I swear if they released X-Men 97 all at once, I'm going to be heated.
yeah, right 🏴☠️
I guess its' a spot?
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/the-longest-movie-ever-made/
On the other hand, the series looks fun to watch, so I think it should be moderately successful. Unfortunately, I fear that it will be a one-off and that we will never see him again in the grand “scheme” of the MCU.