The internet broke in half yesterday with Marvel Comics revealing that Black Panther’s white son, a new character known as Ketema, might take over Wakanda. A meme of Ryan Gosling as Black Panther has been circulating on social media for years. The meme was a reaction to the social media culture wars, as anti-woke critics were annoyed by Marvel’s race-bending of its characters. The meme asks how people would feel if Marvel made Black Panther a white man.
Well, the meme is now a reality. Marvel Comics deftly used social media to market Marvel Knights: The World to Come #1. The comic is written by Christopher Priest and Joe Quesada, two living legends of the comics industry. This six-issue series restarts the iconic Marvel Knights line of mature Marvel Comics that made its original debut in 1998.
