Marvel’s Black Panther was the very first African American superhero character that had been introduced to the comic book universe. He is the King of Wakanda, and T’Challa is easily one of the richest and most well-known heroes in the Marvel Universe. Black Panther is a great strategist, brilliant tactician, and also an intelligent scientist. He sports a superhero suit that is made from Vibranium and this is the world’s strongest metal and is available in Wakanda. T’Challa has a hybrid fighting technique, and he has superior acrobatics and also mimicking skills of many animals.
He is a longstanding member of the group, Avengers, and the Black Panther is a very popular character. But here we have for you 10 things about him that you may not know:
1. He is a member of almost every superhero team
Black Panther is an Avenger and has also been a part of the Defenders, the Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, the Crew, the X-Men and also, Fantastic Force.
2. Wakanda designed the Quinjet
Having made its first appearance in Avengers #61, the Quinjet is the Avengers’ and SHIELD’s main method of transport and was designed by the Black Panther. We hope that a new Black Panther movie will shed light on this.
3. He once took over Daredevil’s place
Matt Murdock had given in to his greatest fear-he became evil, Matt had given up his mantle of Daredevil. The dethroned King of Wakanda, T’Challa steps into Matts’ shoes and becomes the new Daredevil.
4. His Sister once took over the mantle
After Doctor Doom had put T’Challa into a coma, his sister, Shuri became the new Black Panther. Shuri had trained pretty rigorously for this role from a very young age, and she got a chance to actually rule Wakanda. After Secret Wars, Shuri had been left in stasis and T’Challa had taken over the throne.
5. An American Cop once became the Black Panther
When T’Challa had become a victim of hallucinations and also loss of mental control, he had given up the title of Black Panther and had cited a few health reasons. Kasper Cole, a police officer, then finds the abandoned costume, and he becomes the new Black Panther. T’Challa then returns to being the superhero, and Kasper Cole becomes the White Tiger.
6. Punches way, way above his weight class
Black Panther has a lot of enhanced physical attributes because of the special heart-shaped herb. He has easily defeated the Namor Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer.
7. Has rejected the title of the Black Panther
The very mantle of the Black Panther is pretty much hereditary and is usually passed on from father to son. T’Challa’s father had been the greatest Black Panther until T’Challa had taken up this mantle. After he went into a coma, Shuri had taken over. She was pretty good as the hero as well. In the MC2 Universe, T’Challa’s son, T’Chakka II had refused to take up the mantle, and he became the ‘Coal Tiger.’
8. The First Black Superhero
Black Panther was the very first person of color to on a superhero mask and also become a superhero. In the year, 1966, Black comic book characters were very rare and also offensive.
9. Almost changed his name once
In the 1970’s, during the Civil Rights movement, the people leading this movement was called the Black Panther party. In order to not politicize the character, Marvel Comics had changed his name to Black Leopard.
10. He is the King of the Dead
Wakanda is known to worship Bast, the Egyptian Cat Goddess. When Black Panther’s sister, Shuri takes over the throne, T’Challa then comes back to claim the Throne for himself. Bast then proposes a very worthy solution, Shuri would rule over the Living and T’Challa would rule over the dead. T’Challa can command an army of immortal spirits and has helped him in defending Wakanda against the Doctor Doom, Thanos, and also Namor.
