Originally Posted by
chief12d
Some writers explored this to one degree or another, mostly Priest and Hudlin. The MCU built on that foundation and now it’s up to the comics again to take the idea of Wakandan leadership on the world stage even further. To me, the crux of a modern BP book should be based around T’Challa leading a civilization in transition. Wakanda existed for millennia independent of the outside world and in a single decade they’ve been catapulted to the forefront of global economics and security.
T’Challa, a visionary who sees the pragmatic and moral value in Wakanda as a world power, needs to juggle the threats both domestic and external that want to take advantage of and/or prevent this geopolitical integration. That’s means the best and most effective BP villains won’t be mere mercenaries and rebels, there’s gotta be a sense of scale to what T’Challa’s ideals and policies mean for the Marvel Universe. We need more corrupt charities and tech firms, weapons manufacturers, criminal empires and rival chieftains, etc. I agree 100% that invasion stories and internal strife simply aren’t enough and need to be retired for a few years right along with Klaw. Wakanda as a superpower and the industrial espionage, cultural shifts, and moral quandaries that creates for T’Challa needs to be highlighted more.