Fans of Marvel They are outraged after the debut of a new and controversial story that reinvents the legacy of Black Panther (Black Panther), with a shocking turn: the last heir of the hero seems to be white.
The first number of Marvel Knights: The World To Come He launched on Wednesday and presented a new character called Ketema, whom T’Challa, prince of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda and the original black panther, refers as his son, according to the Bleedingcool.com portal.
The comic reveals that T’Challa was Ketema’s father with his early love interest, Monica Lynne, a character extracted from previous comic arches.
But in a great change, Ketema begins to resent his father and ends up challenging him for the throne. After defeating T’Challa in battle, Ketema takes off the mask, just to reveal blond hair, blue eyes and clearly caucasic features.
The fans reaction to the revelation of Black Panther
The revelation caused a collapse on social networks and quickly the new character was associated with Ryan Gosling for the resemblance of the actor with the comic character.
“What would happen if after all Ryan Gosling arrived in Marvel to play Black Panther? In a new comic, the new black panther is a white guy. “A user wrote on social network X.
The character of T’Challa was played by the deceased Chadwick Boseman In Marvel Black Panther films, celebrated by honoring African culture and representation. Now, fans wonder if the last story undermines that legacy.
“What black panther has a white child would be ridiculous”published one person, while another was enraged: “Black Panther is white! Marvel did the unthinkable and it’s crazy!”
Meanwhile, other online fans rushed to clarify that the writer behind the new comic is black.
“Haha, stop allowing these non -black people to touch Black Panther. They do nonsense like this,” said a critic, which caused another to respond: “The writer is black”.
In fact, Christopher Priestwho co-co-marvel knights: The World to eat next to Joe Quesada, Richard Isanove and Richard Starkingsis widely recognized as the first black writer-editor in conventional comics.
He previously served as a Spider-Man editor in the mid-1980s and then wrote important titles in DC, including Green Lantern.
Source: Ambito
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