Black Panther

We talk about Black Panther and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Hear about Vibranium, Grace Jones, Wakanda, T’Challa, Killmonger, The Winter Soldier, and more!

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T'Challa aka the Black Panther was created in 1966 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Wakanda is a small African nation that is the most technologically advanced on Earth. 

The White Wolf was a white foreigner orphan in the comics that was adopted by T’Chaka. In the movie it’s a name given to The Winter Soldier. 

Vibranium is an extremely rare metal that can absorb vibratory or kinetic energy.

Dora Milaje are the personal bodyguards of the Black Panther.

M'Baku had a problematic Gorilla costume in the Black Panther comics, but the character was handled very well in the MCU.

Ulysses Klaue was the son of a Nazi war criminal and smuggled Vibranium out of Wakanda with help from Hydra.

Killmonger in the comics was a Wakandan boy kidnapped by an associate of Ulysses Klaue.

Black Panther by Christopher Priest

Ta-nehisi Coates' influence on the Black Panther Mythos.

Black Panther album produced by Kendrick Lamar & SZA.

Black Panther original score by Ludwig Grandson.

Black Panther and Storm were married but they are divorced now.