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A writer at Moviefone says she doesn't think the Marvel cinematic universe should adapt Christopher Priest and Joe Quesada's new Black Panther storyline under the revived Knights imprint, where T'Challa is all but replaced by a white cast member:

When Chadwick Boseman passed away, he left a hole in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that, let's be honest, likely no one will be able to fill. He perfectly embodied T'Challa in 'Black Panther'. He knew how to light up a room with his smile and laugh.

There has been a lot of debate about whether the role should ever be recast or if there should be a new Black Panther altogether. For now, Shuri (Letitia Wright) has taken up the mantle, as fans saw in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'. She fit seamlessly into the story, and it makes all the sense in the world for her to continue representing Wakanda.

While many have been calling for a new Black Panther to step into the MCU, the recent Marvel Comics' storyline is not the way to do it. Here's why.

[...] The first reason Marvel should choose not to adapt this storyline is probably the most obvious one. We already have a Black Panther in Shuri. Letitia Wright is confirmed to reprise her role as Shuri in 'Avengers: Doomsday' so it makes no sense for Marvel to replace her and bring in a new Black Panther. At least not yet. She has a lot more to give us.

We also already have another Black Panther lined up to take her place, when the time comes. In the post-credit scene for 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' it is revealed that T'Challa had a son with Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o). He is named Toussaint and he is being raised outside of Wakanda.

For Marvel to set a storyline up in a post-credit scene and then completely abandon it is not unheard of, but it would be particularly frustrating this time around. They cannot get away with never talking about him again, and if they do decide to retcon his part of the story, fans will likely be outraged. Rightfully so.

Realistically the studio can do whatever they want and claim that it works within the story because of how they have set themselves up. With the multiverse blown wide open, there is no reason they can't have a new Black Panther step through a portal from another universe and try to take up the mantle.

That said, to do so would be extremely lazy writing. Even with the multiverse established, Marvel needs to stop relying on it to explain away situations. Viewers are getting sick of it, and for good reason. Surely this is how The Fantastic Four is going to enter the MCU. 'Avengers: Doomsday' is probably going to use that explination a lot, and honestly, that should be the last time Marvel leans on the multiverse for help.

Considering the 2nd BP movie did far less well than the 1st, it should be apparent that even these "replacements" aren't impressing upon the audiences, given how politically correct the sequel became. So what's the columnist trying to prove? Besides, if the upcoming Avengers movie yet to open isn't crafted well, then Shuri's role becomes moot.

Now since the subject of Quesada comes up, Knoxville's 6News reports that a local specialty store sadly invited him to a convention they're holding:

Fans lined the sidewalk at a Knoxville comic bookstore over the weekend to meet former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada and celebrate the latest release from the entertainment giants.

Nirvana Comics in Bearden hosted the special signing event in celebration of the launch of Marvel Knights: The World To Come, a six-issue comic books series co-created by Quesada. [...]

“When Nirvana Comics called, I had heard about them. I had heard what a great store this was, from other creators as well,” Quesada said. “So I thought you know what? I think it would be so much more fun to do my first signing in a store as opposed to a big convention and just hang out with real hardcore fans that come into the shop all the time.”

It's a shame somebody representing the industry is willing to make him a special guest even at a local convention, and completely excuse and absolve him for all the harm he did to Marvel when he became their EIC, including - but not limited to - destroying the Spider-marriage. Aside from all that, Quesada's also a very mediocre artist, so what they see in him I'll never know, apart from how he may be one of the biggest representatives of PC storytelling, and that could have what to do with their choice of invitations. I have no interest in getting an autograph from somebody like Quesada, who did zero in the long run to salvage its collapsing fortunes, and when Bill Jemas left Marvel, the company wide crossovers began again non-stop, becoming one of the worst staples of the industry over the past 2 decades and ruining all organic storytelling in the process. All Quesada accomplished was explaining why Marvel should've gone out of business in the early 2000s, which would've prevented much of the woke humiliations from coming about. Instead, we now have a publisher in tatters, all because Quesada wanted to limit everything to his narrow view of how to run a comics company. This is why, as I'd once noted before, I don't want to buy anything his new publishing outfit is producing.

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