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Black Panther
Black Panther Series
Beginning date January 16, 2010
End date January 30, 2010
Number of Episodes 6
Writers Reginald Hudlin
Original Channel BET
Previous Series Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.
Next Series Iron Man: Extremis

Black Panther was a mini-series that ran from January 16th to January 30th in 2010. It is the first to focus on the character of Black Panther.

Background[]

Similar to The Marvel Super Heroes, the series was a motion comic produced by Marvel Knights Animation, their only motion comics series to be released as a series. It was based on the first six issues of the fourth volume of Black Panther subtitled Who is Black Panther?. The events were directly translated by Reginald Hudlin writing and used the artwork of John Romtia, Jr..

Story[]

After T'Chaka is asassinated, his son T'Challa takes the mantle of Black Panther and throne of Wakanda to find his father's killer. He encounters villains such as Klaw, Batroc the Leaper, Juggernaut, Black Knight, and Radioactive Man. [1]

Cast[]

Actor Role(s)
Djimon Hounsou T'Challa
Stan Lee Wallace
Kerry Washington Shuri
Alfre Woodard Dondi Reese
Queen Mother
Carl Lumby S'Yan
Jill Scott Storm/Ororo Munroe
Stephen Stanton Klaw
Jonathan Adams T'Chaka
Jean-Benoît Blanc Black Knight
Cannibal
Batroc the Leaper
David Busch Everett K. Ross
Phil LaMarr T'Shan
Peter Lurie Juggernaut
Phil Morris W'Kabi
Vanessa Marshall Cannibal
Nolan North Cyclops
Nightcrawler
Adrian Pasdar Captain America/Steve Rogers
Kevin Michael Richardson Wolverine
Rick D. Wasserman Radioactive Man
Taye Diggs Historical Panther

Djimon Hounsou had been considered to play Black Panther in the sequel to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which did feature Kerry Washington.[2]

Taye Diggs, playing a historical panther, previously played Black Panther on The Super Hero Squad Show.

Nolan North reprises his role as Cyclops from Wolverine and the X-Men.

Hounsou, Stan Lee, Alfre Woodard, and Adrian Pasdar would all appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Juggernaut is used instead of Rhino from the original comics for unknown reasons.

Episodes[]

The series was a six-episode mini-series. No episode had any titles as producer Cort Lane didn't think the short series needed individual titles.[3]

References[]

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Black Panther Episodes
"Black Panther 1" • "Black Panther 2" • "Black Panther 3" • "Black Panther 4" • "Black Panther 5" • "Black Panther 6"
Marvel Knights Universe
Series Astonishing X-MenSpider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.Black PantherIron Man: ExtremisWolverine: OriginThor & Loki: Blood BrothersInhumansUltimate Wolverine vs. HulkWolverine Versus SabretoothWolverine Versus Sabretooth: RebornWolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies TodayEternals
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