| Zusammenfassung: | In recent years, comic books have had an increasing presence in Western media, especially in television and film. Many of the highest-grossing films of recent years have been film adaptations of comics, and over the last decade, screenwriters, New York Times bestselling authors, and television writers, such as Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, and Brad Metzler, have been writing comics. Another example, Reginald Hudlin was the writer of Boomerang and House Party as well as directing television episodes for Modern Family, The Office, and The Bernie Mac Show. His first Black Panther story arc will be released as a live action major motion picture in 2018, having previously been an animated television series. Hudlin's take on Black Panther creates a twenty-first-century "race man" by rendering him symbolic of a society superior to Western ones; making his land an aspirant for all Black people, especially Black Americans; displaying what could be accomplished by maintaining dynamic traditions and internal control; and presenting a man who completes himself with an equal partner. As a way to bring nineteenth- and twentieth-century concepts to the twenty-first century, Hudlin renders Black Panther as cosmopolitan, but steeped in tradition; powerful, but incomplete without a partner; and finally, a Black symbol so full of merit that one inevitably chooses to emulate him. This essay combines a textual and image analysis of Hudlin's complete Black Panther run with extensive research of the Marvel Comics canon and modern African history.
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