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Black Panther | |
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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 MotherCarl Lumby S'Yan Jill Scott Storm/Ororo Munroe Stephen Stanton Klaw Jonathan Adams T'Chaka Jean-Benoît Blanc Black Knight
Cannibal
Batroc the LeaperDavid Busch Everett K. Ross Phil LaMarr T'Shan Peter Lurie Juggernaut Phil Morris W'Kabi Vanessa Marshall Cannibal Nolan North Cyclops
NightcrawlerAdrian 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[]
- ↑ The Black Panther Animated Series Begins! at Marvel
- ↑ Story Talks Black Panther at IGN
- ↑ Black Panther Episode Descriptions at Animated Superheroes
External Links[]
Black Panther Episodes | |
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"Black Panther 1" • "Black Panther 2" • "Black Panther 3" • "Black Panther 4" • "Black Panther 5" • "Black Panther 6" |