{"id":413398,"date":"2026-01-14T23:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413398\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:45:07","slug":"the-fantastic-fours-history-with-black-panther-and-wakanda-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413398\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fantastic Four\u2019s History with Black Panther and Wakanda, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAKANDA VERSUS DOCTOR DOOM<\/p>\n<p>When Doctor Doom set his sights on Wakanda, the Fantastic Four helped T\u2019Challa and his sister, <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Shuri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/characters\/shuri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shuri<\/a>, take on their nemesis. Doom\u2019s first attack put T\u2019Challa in a coma, so Shuri took on the mantle of Black Panther and became Wakanda\u2019s leader. To destabilize things further, the Latverian monarch manipulated Shuri and <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Namor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/characters\/namor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Namor<\/a> into fighting one another. The Fantastic Four broke up the ensuing fight and helped defend Wakanda against Doom\u2019s forces in <a aria-label=\"Learn more about BLACK PANTHER (2009) #11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/issue\/24612\/black_panther_2009_11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLACK PANTHER (2009) #11<\/a> by <a aria-label=\"Learn more about this link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/10200\/jonathan_maberry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Maberry<\/a>, <a aria-label=\"Learn more about this link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/1248\/ken_lashley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Lashley<\/a>, and <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Paul Renaud\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/9233\/paul_renaud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Renaud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the heroes won that battle, they had yet to win the war. Doom overthrew Wakanda\u2019s government to steal Wakanda\u2019s vibranium and increase his mystical powers in <a aria-label=\"Learn more about DOOMWAR (2010) #1\" href=\"DOOMWAR (2010) #1\">DOOMWAR (2010) #1<\/a> by Maberry and <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Scot Eaton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/13804\/scot_eaton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scot Eaton<\/a>. Shuri enlisted the Fantastic Four into the war, with Reed and a now-recovered T\u2019Challa developing a way to track vibranium. As the war ensued, the Fantastic Four, the <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Dora Milaje\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/teams-and-groups\/dora-milaje\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dora Milaje<\/a>, and Wakanda\u2019s warriors fought Doom\u2019s forces all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Against Reed\u2019s advice, T\u2019Challa used shadow physics, an experimental field that merged science with ancient Wakandan magic, to throw Doom off balance. Although Doom built a vibranium armor, T\u2019Challa defeated him by rendering Wakanda\u2019s vibranium inert. As Wakanda recovered from the conflict, the Fantastic Four assisted their friends in starting the rebuilding process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WAKANDA VERSUS DOCTOR DOOM When Doctor Doom set his sights on Wakanda, the Fantastic Four helped T\u2019Challa and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-413398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}