Marvel has seemingly made a baffling decision and overhauled Black Panther to a guy who presents as a white dude.
I say presents because his father is T’Challa, his mother is Monica Lynne, a Black Panther deep dive from 1969, and both of them are black, so what the hell is going on?
This all happens in a new Black Panther comic book spin-off, Marvel Knights: The World to Come, and in the first issue, after King T’Challa dies, it’s revealed that his son Ketema is a white guy, after pulling off his mask.
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Yeah, we didn’t see this coming either, and now Ketema has beaten T’Challa in a fight for the throne, becoming the new King.
Fans on social media are confused, as noted on Twitter, with one fan saying, “We can’t have s*t.”
Another reader exclaimed, “THEY EVEN COLONIZED BLACK PANTHER!!!!”
We may very well get a reveal further down the line that Ketema is an adopted son, or perhaps has a recessive gene, or even a mutation, that hasn’t stopped the reactions.
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“It's almost like Marvel is trying to stir up controversy,” says this user.
Another wrote, “Did the Editor-in-Chief hit his head or something?”
It’s quite a change though, seeing as Ketema isn’t just white, but he has blonde hair and blue eyes, so we can only imagine that the racists are going to have a field day with this one.
This hasn’t been missed with fans, as one said, “I'm so confused and this is gonna give the bigots some fuel.”
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This is echoed by another Twitter user, who said, “Watch, all the people who were against race changes are all of a sudden okay with this one in particular. I’m calling it.”
This was only issue one, so there are a few more issues to find out what the hell is going on.