The way Ta-Nehisi Coates revitalised Black Panther in 2016 was absolutely massive, and it's to the writer's credit that he's been able to oversee a whole array of different Black Panther comics make their way onto the scene in the years since.
One such book is World of Wakanda, a spin-off title written by Coates, Roxane Gay and Yonah Harvey that focuses primarily on the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's elite bodyguards who ensure the Royal Family is kept safe. The guards in question, Ayo and Aneka, are two terrific characters who have been recruited from different tribes around Wakanda, and with the book revolving around a seismic shift in the nation's politics - one that specifically relates to their duties to the Royal Family - it makes for a really compelling story.
The Coates, Gay and Harvey comic is a modern classic in the making, and the most authoritative work on the Dora Milaje themselves. With the unit set to take a key role in Black Panther (and why wouldn't they?), this is the comic every Panther fan should - ideally - be reading.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
