Long Live The King: The Case For Recasting “Black Panther”

I feel only the deepest sympathy for Chadwick Boseman’s family, and while it might seem precipitous to discuss “what comes next?” for the Black Panther franchise, I think it inevitable that the Internet has already been flooded with opinions.

The two major choices seem to be: Shall we recast the role? Or promote his brilliant sister Shuri to that role, as happened in the later comics? (After 40 years of T’Challa tales).

I don’t know what Chadwick thought on his deathbed. Or what his spirit might think of…