Spoilersahead for Black Panther.
And then there’s the lore surrounding the myth-made-manifest hero himself, the Black Panther.
That’s such an evocative description, isn’t it?
However, T’Challa’s not the only character to consume the herb in the comics.
His sister Shuri, temporarily found unworthy of the plant’s gifts, eventually became enhanced through its properties.
In the comics, Killmonger later concocted a synthetic version of the herb that granted similar abilities.
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We wanted to bring in this sort of like very low-tech, a lot of fire.
You really see thats where all our ancestors are.
[Laughs] And then also the dream states that he goes into when he meets the ancestors.
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