Thursday, December 1, 2022

Creator Credits for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Non-review: It's very good!

My master list of Marvel Cinematic Universe creator credits is kept here and your corrections/additions are always welcome!

Jack Kirby: creator of Wakanda's Vibranium mound falling into their land ages ago as a massive asteroid; of Bashenga, the first Black Panther and the one who learned the power of Vibranium (Black Panther #7, 1978); co-creator of Namor aging very slowly; Namor wearing green trunks (Fantastic Four #4, 1962); of Attuma, a barbarian warrior from Namor's kingdom whose helmet is made from a dead sea creature (Fantastic Four #33, 1964); of Prince T'Challa, the Black Panther, ruler of Wakanda, son of T'Chaka, a skilled fighter and bearer of the ceremonial Black Panther costume and identity; Wakanda, a secretive African nation surrounded by mountains who conceal the true state of their technological development; The Wakandans' superior technology including communication devices and anti-gravity ships; the massive panther statue which lies above Wakanda's labs (Fantastic Four #52, 1966); of T'Chaka, king of Wakanda, father of T'Challa, killed, succeeded by his son; Vibranium, an extraterrestrial metal found only in Wakanda where it forms an entire mountain; Vibranium's ability to absorb kinetic energy; the Wakandans harvesting Vibranium for their technology; the Heart-Shaped Herb which grows only in Wakanda and provides each Black Panther superior strength, agility and tracking senses; of invaders seeking to steal Wakanda's Vibranium (Fantastic Four #53, 1966); of Asgard, home of the Asgardian people (Journey into Mystery #85, 1962); of Tony Stark, an inventor of powerful battle armor (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963); of Namor revealed to be a mutant (X-Men #6, 1964)

Christopher Priest: co-creator of Black Panther wearing a costume with golden necklace and lined with Vibranium to serve as body armor with anti-metal claws in the fingertips; T'Challa wearing a beard; Everett K. Ross, a clever U.S. government agent who finds himself aiding the Black Panther; Ross in a relationship with his superior; The Dora Milaje, warrior women who serve as bodyguards for T'Challa and speak the language Hausa; Okoye, a stoic member of the Dora Milaje, ally of Nakia, faithful to T'Challa; Nakia, an expressive member of the Dora Milaje, ally of Okoye; Kimoyo, Wakandan communication technology used in Black Panther's costume (Black Panther #1, 1998); Nakia's romantic feelings for T'Challa (Black Panther #3, 1999); Erik Killmonger battling T'Challa for the Black Panther identity and succeeding (Black Panther #20, 2000); Wakanda fearing how the outside world would react to them if their true level of technology were known; of Wakanda's massive naval vessels (Black Panther #27, 2001); T'Chaka serving as Black Panther during his rule of Wakanda (Black Panther #30, 2001); the Jabari dwelling in the snowy mountains of Wakanda (Black Panther #32, 2001); the Jabari, a Wakandan tribe to which M'Baku belongs (Black Panther #34, 2001)

Stan Lee: co-creator of Namor aging very slowly; Namor wearing green trunks (Fantastic Four #4, 1962); of Attuma, a barbarian warrior from Namor's kingdom whose helmet is made from a dead sea creature (Fantastic Four #33, 1964); of Prince T'Challa, the Black Panther, ruler of Wakanda, son of T'Chaka, a skilled fighter and bearer of the ceremonial Black Panther costume and identity; Wakanda, a secretive African nation surrounded by mountains who conceal the true state of their technological development; The Wakandans' superior technology including communication devices and anti-gravity ships; the massive panther statue which lies above Wakanda's labs (Fantastic Four #52, 1966); of T'Chaka, king of Wakanda, father of T'Challa, killed, succeeded by his son; Vibranium, an extraterrestrial metal found only in Wakanda where it forms an entire mountain; Vibranium's ability to absorb kinetic energy; the Wakandans harvesting Vibranium for their technology; the Heart-Shaped Herb which grows only in Wakanda and provides each Black Panther superior strength, agility and tracking senses; of invaders seeking to steal Wakanda's Vibranium (Fantastic Four #53, 1966); of Asgard, home of the Asgardian people (Journey into Mystery #85, 1962); of Tony Stark, an inventor of powerful battle armor (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963); of Namor's battlecry "Imperius Rex!" (Tales to Astonish #70, 1965); of Namor revealed to be a mutant (X-Men #6, 1964)

Mark Texeira: co-creator of Black Panther wearing a costume with golden necklace and lined with Vibranium to serve as body armor with anti-metal claws in the fingertips; T'Challa wearing a beard; Everett K. Ross, a clever U.S. government agent who finds himself aiding the Black Panther; Ross in a relationship with his superior; The Dora Milaje, warrior women who serve as bodyguards for T'Challa and speak the language Hausa; Okoye, a stoic member of the Dora Milaje, ally of Nakia, faithful to T'Challa; Nakia, an expressive member of the Dora Milaje, ally of Okoye; Kimoyo, Wakandan communication technology used in Black Panther's costume (Black Panther #1, 1998); Nakia's romantic feelings for T'Challa (Black Panther #3, 1999)

Don McGregor: co-creator of Warrior Falls, a waterfall in Wakanda; Erik Killmonger, a Wakandan with dreadlocks who returned to his homeland in order to depose T'Challa and rule the country himself (Jungle Action #6, 1973); Erik Killmonger's true Wakandan name, N'Jadaka (Jungle Action #7, 1973); Wakandans behaving in a xenophobic manner about other nations, wishing to remain isolationist; T'Challa undergoing a special ceremony to receive the Heart-Shaped Herb (Jungle Action #9, 1974); Wakanda possessing snow-tipped mountains around its border (Jungle Action #12, 1974); Erik Killmonger dying after battle with T'Challa (Jungle Action #17, 1975); of Ramonda, T'Challa's mother, queen of Wakanda (Marvel Comics Presents #37, 1989)

Bill Everett: creator of Namor, half-human hybird of an undersea civilization; of Namor's ability to survive on the surface and underwater; Namor's superhuman strength; Namor possessing two pairs of tiny wings on his feet permitting him flight and pointed tips on his ears; of Namor killing a pair of humans in diving suits underwater; of Namor leading an assault on the surface world for perceived injustices against his undersea civilization (Marvel Comics #1, 1939); of Namor and his people using whales in combat against the surface world; of Namor's people possessing offensive technology based on discoveries made in their underwater realm (Sub-Mariner Comics #1, 1941)

Reginald Hudlin: co-creator of Ross serving as a specialist on Wakanda and advising against a U.S. assault on the nation (Black Panther #1, 2005); of Shuri, T'Challa's younger sister; Shuri seeking the Black Panther mantle (Black Panther #2, 2005); the Dora Milaje wearing red & gold battlesuits and shaving their heads; The Dora Milaje wielding Vibranium spears as weapons (Black Panther #3, 2005); of Shuri undergoing trials to obtain the Heart-Shaped Herb when T'Challa is no longer Wakanda's protector; of Zawavari, a Wakandan elder (Black Panther #3, 2009); of Shuri adopting the mantle of the Black Panther despite a discouraging spiritual journey (Black Panther #5, 2009)

Brian Michael Bendis: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012); of Riri Williams, a brilliant young engineer at MIT who studies Tony Stark's technology and develops her own suit of armor based on his, taking the armor out on test flights (Invincible Iron Man #7, 2016); of Riri's father dying when she was young (Invincible Iron Man #1, 2017); of Riri completing her version of the Iron Man armor and going public as Ironheart (Invincible Iron Man #3, 2017)

Ta-Nehisi Coates: co-creator of Black Panther wearing a costume with silver necklace which enfolds the body using nanites; of Ayo and Aneka as lovers; of the Midnight Angels, two suits of powerful Wakandan armors worn by the Dora Milaje, including Aneka (Black Panther #1, 2016); Djalia, a spiritual plane where Wakandan spirits reside; Black Panther's costumes absorbing energy into its Vibranium circuitry with a purplish glow, releasing that energy in destructive blasts (Black Panther #2, 2016)

Brian Stelfreeze: co-creator of Black Panther wearing a costume with silver necklace which enfolds his body using nanites; of Ayo and Aneka as lovers; of the Midnight Angels, two suits of powerful Wakandan armors worn by the Dora Milaje, including Aneka (Black Panther #1, 2016); Djalia, a spiritual plane where Wakandan spirits reside; Black Panther's costumes absorbing energy into its Vibranium circuitry with a purplish glow, releasing that energy in destructive blasts (Black Panther #2, 2016)

Rich Buckler: co-creator of Warrior Falls, a waterfall in Wakanda; Erik Killmonger, a Wakandan with dreadlocks who returned to his homeland in order to depose T'Challa and rule the country himself (Jungle Action #6, 1973); Erik Killmonger's true Wakandan name, N'Jadaka (Jungle Action #7, 1973); Wakandans behaving in a xenophobic manner about other nations, wishing to remain isolationist; T'Challa undergoing a special ceremony to receive the Heart-Shaped Herb (Jungle Action #9, 1974)

John Romita Jr.: co-creator of Ross serving as a specialist on Wakanda and advising against a U.S. assault on the nation (Black Panther #1, 2005); of Shuri, T'Challa's younger sister; Shuri seeking the Black Panther mantle (Black Panther #2, 2005); the Dora Milaje wearing red & gold battlesuits and shaving their heads; the Dora Milaje wielding Vibranium spears as weapons (Black Panther #3, 2005)

Ken Lashley: co-creator of Shuri undergoing trials to obtain the Heart-Shaped Herb when T'Challa is no longer Wakanda's protector; of Zawavari, a Wakandan elder (Black Panther #3, 2009); of Shuri adopting the mantle of the Black Panther despite a discouraging spiritual journey (Black Panther #5, 2009); of Shuri as Black Panther fighting Namor (Black Panther #11, 2010)

Sal Velluto: co-creator of Erik Killmonger battling T'Challa for the Black Panther identity and succeeding (Black Panther #20, 2000); Wakanda fearing how the outside world would react to them if their true level of technology were known; of Wakanda's massive naval vessels (Black Panther #27, 2001); the Jabari dwelling in the snowy mountains of Wakanda (Black Panther #32, 2001)

Bob Almond: co-creator of Erik Killmonger battling T'Challa for the Black Panther identity and succeeding (Black Panther #20, 2000); Wakanda fearing how the outside world would react to them if their true level of technology were known; of Wakanda's massive naval vessels (Black Panther #27, 2001); the Jabari dwelling in the snowy mountains of Wakanda (Black Panther #32, 2001)

Jonathan Hickman: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012); of the current Black Panther seeing the ghosts of previous Black Panthers (New Avengers #29, 2015)

Mike Deodato: co-creator of Riri Williams, a brilliant young engineer at MIT who studies Tony Stark's technology and develops her own suit of armor based on his, taking the armor out on test flights (Invincible Iron Man #7, 2016)

Stefano Caselli: co-creator of Riri's father dying when she was young (Invincible Iron Man #1, 2017); of Riri completing her version of the Iron Man armor and going public as Ironheart (Invincible Iron Man #3, 2017)

Roy Thomas: co-creator of M'Baku, a Wakandan sometimes-ally sometimes-foe of T'Challa who worships a Gorilla God represented by a giant statue and wears gorilla skins (Avengers #62, 1969)

John Buscema: co-creator of M'Baku, a Wakandan sometimes-ally sometimes-foe of T'Challa who worships a Gorilla God represented by a giant statue and wears gorilla skins (Avengers #62, 1969)

Jonathan Maberry: co-creator of Aneka, one of the Dora Milaje warriors who follows Shuri (Black Panther #8, 2009); of Shuri as Black Panther fighting Namor (Black Panther #11, 2010)

Billy Graham: co-creator of Wakanda possessing snow-tipped mountains around its border (Jungle Action #12, 1974); Erik Killmonger dying after battle with T'Challa (Jungle Action #17, 1975)

Gene Colan: co-creator of Ramonda, T'Challa's mother, queen of Wakanda (Marvel Comics Presents #37, 1989); of Namor's battlecry "Imperius Rex!" (Tales to Astonish #70, 1965)

Larry Lieber: co-creator of Asgard, home of the Asgardian people (Journey into Mystery #85, 1962); of Tony Stark, an inventor of powerful battle armor (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963)

Ken Bald: co-creator of Namora, cousin to Namor, a warrior woman from his undersea realm who follows him into battle (Marvel Mystery Comics #82, 1947)

Jim Steranko: creator of Contessa Valentina Allegro de la Fontaine, a government agent with a streak in her hair (Strange Tales #159, 1967)

Jason Aaron: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012)

Ed Brubaker: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012)

Olivier Coipel: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012)

Matt Fraction: co-creator of Namor going to war against Wakanda and battling Shuri, causing an immense flooding in the nation (Avengers vs. X-Men #7, 2012)

Ed Hannigan: co-creator of Wakanda and Namor's people being brought into conflict against each other (Defenders #84, 1980)

Don Perlin: co-creator of Wakanda and Namor's people being brought into conflict against each other (Defenders #84, 1980)

Kev Walker: co-creator of the current Black Panther seeing the ghosts of previous Black Panthers (New Avengers #29, 2015)

Norm Breyfogle: co-creator of T'Chaka serving as Black Panther during his rule of Wakanda (Black Panther #30, 2001)

Anthony Flamini: co-creator of M'Baku depicted as a diplomatic statesman (Civil War Battle Damage Report, 2007)

Scott Kolins: co-creator of M'Baku depicted as a diplomatic statesman (Civil War Battle Damage Report, 2007)

Jim Calafiore: co-creator of the Jabari, a Wakandan tribe to which M'Baku belongs (Black Panther #34, 2001)

Kenneth Rocafort: co-creator of Ayo, one of the shaven Dora Milaje (Ultimates #2, 2016)

Al Ewing: co-creator of Ayo, one of the shaven Dora Milaje (Ultimates #2, 2016)

Will Conrad: co-creator of Aneka, one of the Dora Milaje warriors who follows Shuri (Black Panther #8, 2009)

David Michelinie: co-creator of Scott Lang (Avengers #181, 1979)

John Byrne: co-creator of Scott Lang (Avengers #181, 1979)

Don Heck: co-creator of Tony Stark, an inventor of powerful battle armor (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963)

Jim Starlin: co-creator of Thanos, a genocidal maniac (Iron Man #55, 1973)

Mike Friedrich: co-creator of Thanos, a genocidal maniac (Iron Man #55, 1973)

Eve L. Ewing: co-creator of Ironheart visiting Wakanda and befriending Shuri (Ironheart #9, 2019)

Luciano Vecchio: co-creator of Ironheart visiting Wakanda and befriending Shuri (Ironheart #9, 2019)

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