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Subject: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black Panther is White
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 19:57:06 -0000 (UTC)
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The "relax, it's just a fictional character" crowd is on life support right
now.

All these people running for the fainting couch over a race-swapped Black
Panther... I bet none of them have had any problems with Hollywood's
race-swapping crusade to turn popular white characters black.

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Marvel fans are in uproar after the debut of a controversial new storyline
that reimagines Black Panther's legacy-- with a shocking twist: the latest
heir appears to be white.

The premiere issue of MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME dropped Wednesday and
introduced a new character named Ketema, whom T'Challa, prince of the
fictional African kingdom of Wakanda and the original Black Panther, refers to
as his son.

The comic reveals that T'Challa fathered Ketema with his early love interest
Monica Lynne, a character pulled from earlier comic arcs.

In a major shakeup, Ketema grows to resent his father and ultimately
challenges him for the throne. After defeating T'Challa in battle, Ketema
removes his mask-- only to reveal blond hair, blue eyes, and distinctly
Caucasian features.

The reveal sent social media into meltdown. 

"They looked at this and thought it was a good idea?" one user fumed. 

Another quipped, "Life is a horror movie in 2025."

The character of T'Challa was famously portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman
in Marvel's BLACK PANTHER films, celebrated for honoring African culture and
representation. Fans are questioning whether the latest storyline undermines
that legacy.  

"Black Panther having a white son would be ridiculous," one person posted,
while another raged, "Black Panther is white! Marvel actually did the
unthinkable and it's insane!"

Some even speculated about which actor might play the character in a future
film.

"I guess he looks a little like Ryan Gosling," one fan wrote.

Others were quick to clarify that the writer behind the new comic is black.

Christopher Priest-- who co-created MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME
alongside Joe Quesada, Richard Isanove, and Richard Starkings-- is widely
recognized as the first black writer-editor in mainstream comics. He
previously served as editor of Spider-Man in the mid-1980s and later penned
major titles at DC, including Green Lantern.

Still, one disgruntled fan claimed: "If there would be any writer who would
try to give the Black Panther mantle to a white person, of course it would be
Christopher Priest-- the man who made it his job to shove white characters
into Wakanda's mythos."

The premiere issue kicks off with T'Challa’s death but the real twist comes as
the story rewinds to reveal how he got there. After the death of his wife
(X-Men's Storm), T'Challa attempts to preserve his legacy by fathering a child
with Lynne, one of his earliest love interests in the comics. That child, a
son named Ketema-- whose name means "fortified encampment"-- grows up to
challenge his father for the throne of Wakanda.

Wearing the full Black Panther suit, Ketema defeats T'Challa in combat but
spares his life. Then comes the jaw-dropping reveal: he removes his mask to
show that he is, in fact, white. The big question lingering for fans is how
T'Challa could possibly have a white son. Some readers are now speculating
that Monica Lynne might not be the boy's mother after all. Instead, attention
has turned to Nicole Adams-- a character who seems to appear on the cover of
Issue #3-- as a more likely candidate. Although Nicole was believed to have
died back in 2000, long-time comic fans know that death is rarely permanent in
the Marvel universe.

Regardless of how the lineage shakes out, one thing has stunned readers across
the board: the Black Panther mantle now appears to belong to someone who
presents as white.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14780975/Marvel-Black-Panther-white-revealed.html