![]() ![]() Instead of being greeted by her ancestors in the Spiritual Realm, she meets Killmonger, her rebellious cousin. Instead of participating in a religious ritual performed by spiritual leader Zuri, Shuri becomes the Panther when Nakia gives an impromptu recitation. Instead of using natural heart-shaped herbs to gain the Panther powers, Shuri creates a synthetic herb, designed in part from a Talocan relic she received from her mother’s killer, Namor. Even when Namor’s attack leaves Ramonda dead, Shuri insists on being Black Panther in her own way. ![]() From that point, we watch Shuri as she retreats from traditional life, preferring to work in her lab and allow her mother, Queen Ramonda, to rule. Wakanda Forever opens on a black screen, allowing us to listen to Shuri pray to the goddess Bast, promising to believe in her if she heals T’Challa. ![]() But the MCU Shuri never finds an easy balance between her idiosyncrasies and the demands of tradition. Shuri’s JourneyĪs in the comics, the Shuri of the movies begins as a snotty kid sister and eventually becomes the Black Panther. Despite these challenges, Shuri proved herself to be an adept Black Panther, constantly saving her country when it needed her most. ![]() Shuri presided over some of Wakanda’s most difficult periods, including the secret invasion of Skrulls, Namor’s flooding of Wakanda, and a rebellion prompted by Doctor Doom, allowing the Latverian ruler to seize the country’s Vibranium. However, the goddess Bast rejects Shuri, stating that her jealousy makes her an unfit candidate.Įventually, Shuri’s bravery during an attack by Killmonger persuades Bast, and she becomes the full Black Panther and eventually sovereign of Wakanda. When T’Challa is mortally wounded in an attack by a cabal of supervillains, which included Namor, Shuri gets the opportunity to become Black Panther. Created by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr., Shuri was introduced as a jealous little sister, who wanted to challenge her brother for the title of Black Panther. While T’Challa has been around since first appearing in 1966’s Fantastic Four #52, Shuri is a relatively recent character, making her debut in 2005’s Black Panther #2. ![]()
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