Well, here is my Black Panther synopsis I wrote up a couple of months ago. I wanted to make T'Challa cool and a character that I would actually want to read. I wanted to show how he considers himself a leader, not a superhero and how far he'll go to seek vengeance. I see each paragraph being an issue, so there'll be about 12 issues, a full year.
BLACK PANTHER
We start off by seeing the origin of T'CHALLA and the BLACK PANTHER. We see the various political troubles he is involved in (including STARK INTERNATIONAL trying to gain access to the VIBRANIUM). One night, THE HAND attack T'Challa and his wife, ORORO MUNROE/STORM in their home in WAKANDA. T'Challa manages to dispose the assassins, but not before Storm is mortally wounded. T'Challa vows revenge as Storm is placed in surgery.
It is not long before the X-MEN arrive. LOGAN/WOLVERINE and T'Challa argue – Logan says T'Challa should stay with his wife while Logan goes and seeks vengeance. T'Challa responds by snapping Logan's neck. EMMA FROST attempts to telepathically sedate him, but it doesn't work – T'Challa has "cerebral implants". He tells the X-Men to stay with their friend – he has work to do.
T'Challa arrives in TOKYO, home of The Hand, and immediately seeks KENUICHO HARADA/SILVER SAMURAI, who has dealt with the assassins before. T'Challa wants the Samurai's help in bringing down The Hand. Silver Samurai wants to know what is in it for him – T'Challa promises that the whole of Tokyo's underworld and the title of HAND WARLORD will be waiting for him.
T'Challa and Silver Samurai begin training to take out The Hand. One night, they begin their assault on The Hand's base of operations. The ninjas are no match for T'Challa's fury. The fight stretches across Tokyo, until eventually only one ninja remains. T'Challa offers to end him quickly if he tells him who hired the Hand to kill him. He mutters: "The man in iron…" and T'Challa cuts off his head. T'Challa swears and then prepares to leave. He gives Silver Samurai control over The Hand and Tokyo's underworld. Silver Samurai wants to know what is going on. T'Challa has figured it all out. With the nation's king and queen dead, Wakanda is ready for the taking. And that means access to unlimited Vibranium. Who wants Vibranium? TONY STARK… IRON MAN.
Tony Stark has been settling into his new role as DIRECTOR of SHIELD. Today is just a normal day… until he is told there is a rapidly approaching aircraft heading towards the HELICARRIER. Before Tony can ask what it is, he sees a Vibranium shoot past the window. The jet crashes into the Helicarrier deck, exploding instantly. In only a few seconds, half of the Helicarrier has been shut down, a dozen SHIELD agents are unconscious and Stark finds himself alone. He only just manages to put on his Iron Man suit before he comes face to face with the culprit: Black Panther. Iron Man asks what he's trying to do. T'Challa explains how he plans on kidnapping Stark and ensuring nobody ever sees him again. Iron Man asks how T'Challa expects to do this, and T'Challa responds with: "That's why I brought this." He activates a device and Iron Man's suit shuts down. T'Challa approaches Iron Man, determined to rip him out of the suit, and is struck from behind by MARIA HILL, wielding an electrical baton. Another blow to the head knocks T'Challa out.
Later on, Hill wants to know if Tony is going to thank her, but he quickly comments: "I would have handled it in another ten seconds." Tony and Hill head towards the detention facility. T'Challa is sitting in one of the cells. He explains that he knows Tony has been behind the attack on Wakanda because he wants the Vibranium. Tony agrees that he does want the metal, but that he'd never hurt a friend to get what he wants. T'Challa mocks: "Tell that to CAPTAIN AMERICA, or SPIDER-MAN, or the other dozen or so lives you've just ruined." Tony walks out and Hill tells T'Challa he's going to be there for a long time. He simply smiles and says: "We'll see."
The Helicarrier alarm goes off. They've been infiltrated again. Stark comments that they need better security then an explosion suddenly shakes the ship. Hill informs Stark: "Our prisoner has just left the building." Outside, the NEW AVENGERS, accompanied by T'Challa, escape from the Helicarrier.
At a New Avengers safe house, the various heroes discuss with T'Challa what's happened. It is not long before Iron Man along with the MIGHTY AVENGERS has tracked them down. He says the New Avengers are free to go if they hand over Black Panther, but T'Challa is willing to go freely. T'Challa and Iron Man talk and Stark has something to tell him – he hands him a phone. T'Challa is told it is from Wakanda and listens to the voice on the other end. "Hello, T'Challa. Do you know where your country is?"
"No… you…"
"That's right… DOOM."
There is a flashback to Doom invading Wakanda and defeating the few X-Men members that are looking after Storm.
T'Challa immediately wants to get to Wakanda, but Iron Man proposes a plan. He will temporarily suspend the SUPERHERO REGISTRATION ACT – allowing both Mighty Avengers and New Avengers to help Black Panther. Both teams begin formulating a plan to liberate Wakanda, while T'Challa goes to meet three allies. The first is NAMOR. T'Challa convinces Namor to help him, because Doom will come after Atlantis next. He also recruits the FANTASTIC FOUR. Finally, he contacts Silver Samurai – and becomes the first customer of the new Hand. The army is now ready – the war is about to begin.
The army penetrates the country, with different forces engaging DOOMBOTS all over the nation. Eventually, Black Panther breaks into his throne room. He engages Doom and quickly destroys him. It is merely another Doombot. The real villain reveals himself… ULYSSES KLAW… the new version.
Klaw has been angry at T'Challa's leadership and wishes to take over. The two fight, and T'Challa makes short work of Klaw. He refuses to kill him – "He deserves a fate worse than death." Stark offers to put him in T'Challa's old detention cell, since T'Challa won't be needed it anymore. Stark also reminds T'Challa that he is a superhero and will have to arrest him next time. T'Challa disagrees, claiming he is not a superhero, but a leader. After thanking Stark for his help, he tells him to get out of Wakanda – SHIELD have no rights here. T'Challa and the surviving Storm live happily ever after.
Epilogue: Hill and Stark watch footage of Klaw's cell and notice he is talking to himself. In reality, he is actually talking to the spectral form of the real mastermind – the real Doctor Doom. Doom is disappointed in Klaw – he gave him an army, plans for a sonic Vibranium weapon and opportunity to rule Wakanda – yet he still failed. Klaw pleads with Doom not to leave him there, and vows revenge not only on Wakanda, but LATVERIA as well.
There you go. It's quite Loebian (a bunch of characters showing up all over the place) but I like it. I wanted to write something I would read, as Black Panther has never really interested me, and I think I have. It also introduces a bunch of interesting relationships (some kind of alliance between T'Challa, Namor and Silver Samurai? A war between Wakanda/Atlantis/Latveria? SHIELD being an enemy to Wakanda?), creates a new version of Klaw, brings in the Doom/Vibranium subplot, which I could see spreading throughout the rest of the Marvel Universe and puts Silver Samurai, a character I think is pretty cool, in charge of The Hand, currently leaderless as Elektra is a Skrull or whatever.
I just think it would be fun to make a rogue's gallery for Santa Prisca in the same way that Gotham has its rogues.
