Black Panther's White Brother Calls Out His Racist 'Savior' Story
Warning: contains spoilers for Black Panther Legends #4!
Marvel's Black Panther is widely seen as one of the most famous black superheroes in Marvel and DC Comics, and an icon to many — and the way the company treats his secret white adopted brother proves just how common narratives surrounding superheroes have changed. The superhero King of Wakanda presides over the only nation in Africa that has never been invaded or occupied by white European colonizers (or any other enemy), largely thanks to their highly advanced technology and tactics. The story of Hunter, the White Wolf of the comics, points toward a complete refusal of the 'White Savior' narrative - a trope that is sadly still popular in many stories today.
Black Panther was deliberately designed by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as a way to refute popular tropes about Africa during the 60s. Wakanda, far from being a stereotypical primitive nation, was a technological marvel with advanced technology not even Reed Richards could understand. T'Challa was not a superstitious king who repressed his people, but a benevolent, scientific genius who spoke multiple languages and could even fight the Fantastic Four to a standstill. There were no white people in Wakanda of any kind — until author Christopher Priest introduced the White Wolf in 1998's Black Panther #4.
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When his parents died in a plane crash above Africa, young Hunter was taken in by the Wakandan royal family and raised alongside T'Challa as his brother. As the only foreigner in the country, the man who would become the White Wolf often felt out of place, but he developed a love for his new home and new family even as he knew that he would
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