Picking up shortly after the events of Captain America: Civil War, which gave the character his big - screen debut, Black Panther finds Wakanda's crown prince, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman, with a purring accent), returning to take on
the mantle after the death of his father.
Not exact matches
Chadwick Boseman stars as T'Challa, a young king who inherits the
mantle (and the power)
of Black Panther
after the
death of his
father.
The plot starts with T'Challa assuming the
mantle of king,
after the
death of his
father T'Chaka (John Kani) in a terrorist attack at the United Nations (This, as those familiar with this superhero franchise will recall, happened near the start
of Captain America: Civil War).
Following the events
of Civil War, where we were first introduced to T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), prince
of the isolationist African country
of Wakanda and the latest to take the ancestral
mantle of the country's vibranium - coated protector, Black Panther sees T'Challa take his birthright as king
after the
death of his
father T'Chaka (John Kani).