The film is set in an alternate future, where the various children of the original Avengers, which includes Azari (T’Challa’s son) must fight against Ultron, who has taken over the world. In this film, T’Challa has a power that he does not possess in other films or cartoons: the ability to turn his head to that of a panther’s.īlack Panther also made a non-speaking cameo appearance in another direct-to-video animated film, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2007). The Chitauri then use it to manufacture their ships. T’Challa becomes king of the highly-advanced African nation of Wakanda and seeks the help of the Avengers to defend Wakanda from the Chitauri, who want the nation’s rare and powerful metal Vibranium. In this film, his father T’Chaka gets killed by Kleiser, the leader of the Chitauri (the alien race that the Avengers fought on the first film). But considering this is also one of the worst Marvel- based cartoons it was for the best.īlack Panther made his next cartoon appearance in the 2006 direct-to-video animated film Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise Of The Black Panther, a sequel to Ultimate Avengers, released the same year and also direct-to-video. Despite not appearing as a character on the show, he did appear in the comic book series based on the show. He made another cameo in the first episode of the cartoon Avengers: United They Stand (1999) where he can be seen in his portrait hanging in the Avengers Mansion. In this episode, Black Panther lures the Fantastic Four to his kingdom of Wakanda to help him defeat his arch-nemesis, Klaw. In November 1995, Black Panther made his first full cartoon appearance in the Fantastic Four (1994) season 2 episode “Prey of the Black Panther”, voiced by Keith David. In part 2 he sees Professor X and Beast talking to Amelia Voight, once again in Africa. He appears in part 1 watching Magneto from a distance gather mutants in Africa to take to his mutant sanctuary Asteroid M. It wasn’t until October 1995 that Black Panther appeared in the classic X-men: The Animated Series, in the season 4 two-part episode “Sanctuary” but as a non-speaking cameo. There was a Fantastic Four cartoon in the 70’s but since it’s considered one of the worst cartoons Marvel ever put out, Black Panther’s absence from that cartoon was for the best. This can be explained by the fact that there weren’t any Avengers TV shows or films in that time period. So put on your vibranium claws because we’re about to explore them all!ĭespite being created all the way back in 1966, in Fantastic Four #52 by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, Black Panther didn’t make any appearances on television in the 70’s and 80’s, despite his position as prominent member of the Avengers and ally of the Fantastic Four and his many solo adventures in the comics. But what some people might not know is that this feline-like superhero has made quite a few appearances in film and television. This is why it brings great joy to many fans that the King of Wakanda is about to get his own film really soon. Black Panther, is widely known as the first mainstream black superhero and is still one of the most well-known.
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