We’re in the home stretch to Comic-Con International and that means it’s time to start seeing some teases as to what we’re going to see at the convention. Entertainment Weekly gets a new cover and it’s Black Panther. It also comes with a bunch of new images and information.
We should expect something new from Black Panther either at D23 this weekend or Comic-Con International the following week.
Black Panther: Feel free to bow. You’re in the presence of royalty. As part of EW’s Black Panther Comic-Con double issue, we present a gallery of images from the Feb. 16 film, including this close-up of the king himself in his Vibranium-enhanced sacred armor. You don’t want to cross his path.
Unmasking T’Challa: Star Chadwick Boseman (42, Get On Up) says this movie will show a different dimension to T’Challa, protecting the place he loves, rather than pursuing a mission of vengeance. In this scene, he personally takes down some interlopers who have entered Wakanda seeking its Vibranium riches.
Battle at Warrior Falls: This is a clash at Warrior Falls, a holy place in Wakanda, and the combatants are the new king, T’Challa, and Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), a dissident and would-be usurper to the throne. Black Panther’s secret service, the Dora Milaje, look on impassively, so this is clearly a sanctioned fight. We don’t yet know what brings these two men into hand-to-hand conflict…
Killmonger’s Tribal Scars: Another mystery: What is the origin of the bumpy, ritualistic tribal markings across Killmonger’s chest and torso? “That is a story reveal that we’d like to preserve,” says executive producer Nate Moore (Captain America: Civil War.) The raised pattern resembles the scar tattoos of Ethiopia’s Mursi and Surma tribes.
Warriors of Wakanda: Women hold great power in Wakandan culture. The Dora Milaje, which is a combination of Special Forces and Secret Service, is all female — and led by Okoye (The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira, left). On the right is Ayo (Florence Kasumba), the king’s personal guard. Between them stands Nakia (Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o), who serves as an undercover operative traveling the world to protect Wakanda’s interests … and hunt its enemies.
Fear for the King: Here are the same three in their ceremonial attire. Gurira’s Okoye and Kasumba’s Ayo wear the scarlet-beaded armor of the Dora (along with expressions of alarm.) Nyong’o’s Nakia is also clad in traditional Wakandan garb, all of it manifested from the imagination of costume designer Ruth E. Carter (Selma, Malcolm X).
Heavy Is the Head: Director and co-writer Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) confers with Boseman in this behind-the-scenes image. “What makes him different from other superheroes first and foremost is he doesn’t see himself as a superhero,” the filmmaker says of T’Challa. “He sees himself as a politician. That’s the first thing on his mind when he wakes up in the morning: ‘How am I going to fulfill my duties as king of this place?’”
The Haunted Son: Boseman (42, Get On Up) says Black Panther tackles T’Challa’s unresolved issues from Civil War, like the assassination of his father T’Chaka (John Kani), the previous king of Wakanda. “It [explores] his mourning process, his connection to why his father was killed, and feeling like he should have been able to do something about it,” Boseman says. “All that ties into…
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