One thing we know for sure is that mainstream comics love a good fake out. Marvel Comics kills characters all the time, and those characters often return. What we can say is that issue #4 is probably going to explain what’s going on and, by the end of the series, whatever controversy is kicked up will probably be corrected in one way or another.
“Wait Marvel actually made a version of ‘Black Panther’ white?! Oh f***,” Twitter user @BuntyHunterJayP said in response to the reveal. As one can imagine that folks all across the internet had similar, surprised reactions, some of them tempered, some of them less so. We’ve included a few below, but naturally, “white Black Panther” is going to inspire lots of thoughts and opinions.
It’s been a bumpy few weeks for “Black Panther” fans, with EA recently canceling its video game based on the beloved hero as well. As for what Priest has to say about all of this? In a recent interview with AIPT, the writer did say that issue #3 is where things get fun. “Issues #1 and #2, not that they’re not good, but there’s a lot of worldbuilding,” Priest said. “The fun doesn’t really begin until issue #3. That’s when it’s like ‘Oh, now we’re having a good time!’ And it just gets crazier and crazier from there.” The writer also dove a bit deeper into the central story being explored in this series:
“We know sooner or later everybody dies. Now, the question is what happens to all the toys? It’s very scary if Black Panther dies, because he’s got a lot of toys that we know about and a lot of toys we don’t know about. And we established in our series, 30 years ago, that in a desk drawer, he’s got all these plans for how to defeat, you know, Batman. He knows how to take down Galactus. He’s got all these like, contingency plans. Or as Jack Nicholson said, ‘All these marvelous toys.’ So the crisis is, what now? OK, Black Panther’s dead, what now?”
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Wakanda when they find out who the new Black Panther is pic.twitter.com/og3new3SBp
— The Comics Pals (@TheComicsPals) June 4, 2025
Jonathan Joss was murdered, Black Panther got a white son…….this month JUST started and it’s already poppin’ off like CHILL pic.twitter.com/XUagzBlCUD
— 🌌 Sailor Fuckboi 🌌 (@Orion7614) June 4, 2025
Marvel Comics did the meme.
We have a white Black Panther! White Boy summer is real!!!! pic.twitter.com/tlr7tX2xIb
— Jon Del Arroz | Pop Culture & Gaming 🎮 (@jondelarroz) June 4, 2025
We’re really getting white peoples black panther https://t.co/laKCm4nZoj
— TurboStunkK (@TurboStunkk) June 4, 2025
WAIT… Marvel Comics is giving T’Challa a white son? … Are they really gonna do Ryan Gosling as Black Panther?!?!?! 😭 pic.twitter.com/j4HVCTe6JQ
— Josh (@JoshDenofNerds) June 4, 2025
