Avengers: Endgame - 10 Films That MUST Happen Next
3. Black Panther: Intergalactic Empire
Marvel Comics
At a glance, Black Panther may not seem like the most cosmic character in Marvel's library. His stories are usually concerned with geopolitics, not Infinity Gems and space-travel.
Or so we thought.
Since the start of the decade, Black Panther has been involved in an organisation known as the Illuminati. Comprised of the Marvel Universe's smartest minds, King T'Challa endeavoured to stop a multiversal catastrophe through the use of the Infinity Gems. It didn't work out, but it laid the groundwork for the character to take part in more cosmic adventures when Ta-Nehisi Coates took over the main Black Panther comic a few years back.
Since 2017, the series has been concerned primarily with Wakanda's Intergalactic Empire, charting the nation's history through the cosmos with an epic tale that boasts the same kind of vibes seen in last year's Infinity War and of course Endgame.
T'Challa will be back with his own solo film before you know it, but it would be incredible if it could apply the cosmic principles of Endgame to its premise.
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.
