COMICS: BLACK PANTHER Standout SHURI Is Getting Her Very Own Series This October
After the live-action version of the character proved to be highlight in this year's Black Panther film, this October will see Marvel Comics release a brand-new Shuri solo series written by Nnedi Okorafor.
Letitia Wright’s Shuri became a fan-favorite in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, and now the comics are looking to take advantage of that fact and recent story decisions by giving the character her own series.
The Marvel title’s creative team includes writer Nnedi Okorafor and artist Leonardo Romero, and the first issue is set to go on sale this October.
If you’ve been keeping up with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run on Black Panther, you know the King of Wakanda is travelling through the Multiverse, and the Shuri series will see his sister step up and protect her home in his absence.
However, unlike past stories that saw Shuri don the Black Panther mantle, it looks like the hero won’t take up a costumed identity. Instead, if the cover art is any indication, it appears she’ll be utilizing gear similar to what she used in the film.
Check out a brief description of the book and artwork by Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Fonteriz below:
“Shuri is happiest in a lab, surrounded by gadgets of her own creation. She’d rather be testing gauntlets than throwing them. But a nation without a leader is a vulnerable one — and Shuri may have to choose between Wakanda’s welfare and her own.”