T’Challa may be essentially the most well-known Black Panther of all time, however he is undoubtedly not the one one.
Like several superhero mantle, the Black Panther identify will get handed between folks on a semi-regular foundation, for every kind of causes. In Wakanda correct, succession is the most typical–it is conventional for the king to additionally take up the Panther behavior and turn out to be the avatar of Bast. However there have been loads of different causes, too, from character loss of life to mistaken identities to space-age empires coming to overcome Earth.
Now, the identical factor will probably be occurring within the MCU for the primary time. The tragic passing of star Chadwick Boseman has left an sudden emptiness within the Black Panther nook of the world, which means {that a} new character might want to step in and proceed the legacy. To this point within the MCU, the one different principal superheroes to undergo one thing comparable have been Ant-Man and Thor, which noticed the mantle “cross” (form of) from Hank Pym to Scott Lang, after which briefly from Thor himself to Jane Foster. The transition will clearly be a bit extra everlasting within the case of Black Panther, although–so we must always undoubtedly be ready.
Whereas the thriller of who’s sporting the brand new Black Panther go well with within the Wakanda Perpetually trailers is, actually, barely a thriller in any respect–guessing that it is Shuri may be the simplest and most secure wager in MCU historical past–there are nonetheless a lot of potentialities and choices as Part 5 and Part 6 proceed on. Who’s to say there may be a number of Black Panthers working across the MCU–in spite of everything, there is definitely precedent for it within the comics.
So, with that in thoughts, let’s check out all of the characters who’ve taken up the Black Panther identify within the mainline Marvel comics, from house emperors to historic shamans who roamed the Earth over one million years in the past.
