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1	* ExecutiveMeddling: By issue 50 of ''Black Panther'' Volume 2 (Priest's run), it was decided to revamp the title, thus bring on the change of leads from [[BlueBlood Aristocrat]] T'Challa to CowboyCop Kasper Cole.
2	* FakeNationality: Creator/ChadwickBoseman, the actor cast in the role of T'Challa for Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar and [[Film/BlackPanther2018 the 2018 Black Panther movie]], was from the United States and was not an African prince.
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4	** Music/SamyDeluxe in the 2018 Unplugged version of "Adriano", a song about present-day racism.
5	** In Chapter 17 of ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark'', [[Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure Mashiro]] does the Wakanda arm-cross.
6	* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: For a brief period of time, ComicBook/BlackPanther was renamed "Black Leopard" to avoid associations with the Black Panther Party of the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement.
7	-->'''T'Challa''': I contemplate a return to your country, [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]], where the latter term has ''political'' connotations. I neither condemn nor condone those who have taken up the name, but T'Challa is a law unto himself. Hence, the new name -- a minor point, at best, since the panther is a leopard.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** Creator/JackKirby initially pitched the character as "The Coal Tiger". The costume was similar to the one T'Challa eventually debuted in, but lacked a mask and had a much brighter color scheme.
10	** Another alternate cover for ''Fantastic Four'' #52 had Black Panther in a slightly tweaked costume, complete with a Batman-like cowl and UnderwearOfPower.
11	** There was a movie in development in the mid-90s with Creator/WesleySnipes playing T’challa. The studio was uneasy about the setting being changed to being about the Civil Rights movement (he would have been a member of the Black Panther Party) and felt like CGI at the time wasn’t good enough for what they needed so it was shelved.
12	** Before the introduction of the ill-fated Kasper Cole version of the Black Panther, there were several other plans to shake up and {{ReTool}} the franchise. Creator/{{Christopher Priest\|Comics}} had suggested T'Challa undergo a FaceHeelTurn, while Mike Raicht suggested that Queen Divine Justice become the new Black Panther.
13	* WriterRevolt: Back in the 70's, Don [=McGregor=] was told by editorial to include more white characters. His response was famously to pit T'Challa against TheKlan.

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