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| − | '''S'Yan''' is a male comic character | + | [[File:BlackPantherV4-2Textless.jpg|thumb|right|260px|S'Yan on the left battles a challenger for the crown in Black Panther v4 #2.]] |
| + | '''S'Yan''' is a male comic character who features in [[Marvel Comics]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | S'Yan was a male of the [[Wakanda (Marvel)|Wakandan]] Royal Family who was noted for being the younger brother of [[T'Chaka]]. As young boys, their father served as king and as the Black Panther who protected Wakandan from Nazi Germany during World War II. At the time, [[Captain America]] [[Steve Rogers]] operated and was deployed into the Wakandan region by the United States Military where he befriended the Black Panther. As the [[Red Skull]] launched an attack, the young T'Chaka wanted to join his father in battle but his mother scolded him for not being like his younger brother S'Yan. An angry T'Chaka replied that S'Yan only read books and would never understand the burdens of leadership leading to a brief fight between the siblings until their mother broke it up. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) | + | S'Yan was a male of the [[Wakanda (Marvel)|Wakandan]] Royal Family who was noted for being the son of T'Chanda aka Azzuri the Wise and the younger brother of [[T'Chaka]]. As young boys, their father served as king and as the Black Panther who protected Wakandan from Nazi Germany during World War II. At the time, [[Captain America]] [[Steve Rogers]] operated and was deployed into the Wakandan region by the United States Military where he befriended the Black Panther. As the [[Red Skull]] launched an attack, the young T'Chaka wanted to join his father in battle but his mother scolded him for not being like his younger brother S'Yan. An angry T'Chaka replied that S'Yan only read books and would never understand the burdens of leadership leading to a brief fight between the siblings until their mother broke it up. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) Afterwards, another fight broke out between S'Yan and T'Chaka with their father intervening where he forced them to dig graves for the Wakandan dead until they learnt their lesson. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #3) As the Nazi forces renewed their attack, the Queen and her two children were ambushed by the Tiger Man. T'Chaka attempted to battle the German warrior only to be captured and nearly killed until they were saved by [[Gabriel Jones]] of the [[Howling Commandos]]. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #4) |
| − | + | In their youths, S'Yan often defended the decisions of his brother and father from skeptics such as '''Cangza'''. (Rise of the Black Panther v1 #1) | |
| − | He came to sit on the inner council of advisors to King T'Challa regarding matters of state that included finding the murderers responsible for T'Chaka's death. During the discussion, S'Yan reminded his nephew that he needed to appoint an ambassador to the United Nations with T'Challa suggesting him. However, S'Yan refused on the account of his age with T'Challa then deciding to appoint his cousin T'Shan in his stead. (Black Panther v4 #3) | + | After the death of King T'Chaka, S'Yan adopted the mantle of the Black Panther and participated in the Wakandan yearly ritual combat for claiming that mantle of leadership. He defeated numerous challengers for the throne that included his own son T'Shan. (Black Panther v4 #2) Another contender was '''Jakarra''' who was a hidden child of T'Chaka who sought to claim the throne but was defeated by S'Yan with him finding the child unworthy but he gave him his inheritance in an effort to keep him on the sidelines. (Rise of the Black Panther v1 #5) As king, S'Yan put his adopted nephew [[White Wolf (Marvel)|Hunter]] in charge of the [[Hatut Zeraze]] special forces. (Black Panther Legends v1 #2) This was until a masked warrior entered the ring and battled S'Yan who was defeated in the fight. It was then revealed that the victor was his own nephew T'Challa who became the new Black Panther. (Black Panther v4 #2) |
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| + | He came to sit on the inner council of advisors to King T'Challa regarding matters of state that included finding the murderers responsible for T'Chaka's death. During the discussion, S'Yan reminded his nephew that he needed to appoint an ambassador to the United Nations with T'Challa suggesting him. However, S'Yan refused on the account of his age with T'Challa then deciding to appoint his cousin T'Shan in his stead. (Black Panther v4 #3) He accompanied the Black Panther and his advisors when they went to investigate the '''Great Mound'''. S'Yan reported that there were no deaths among the miners or the school children that were on a field trip to the site. Shuri came to believe though that something was wrong with the Vibranium and requested going alongside a small team to investigate. S'Yan though did not agree with this and T'Challa himself also denied her request. (Black Panther v4 #4) At headquarters, he came to learn that several supervillains had invaded Wakanda. In this time, he got a call from Shuri where he learnt that she defied orders and went to the Great Mound anyway. She was trapped inside after another supervillain emerged called the [[Radioactive Man (Marvel)|Radioactive Man]] with S'Yan warning his niece that her foe was a dangerous enemy. He later reported this development to T'Challa who was on the field engaging the supervillains attacking Wakanda. (Black Panther v4 #5) | ||
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| + | As the Desturi took control of the government, the dissident group came to arrest all members of the royal family. This included Storm, Queen Mother Ramonda and S'Yan who were brought to the Desturi's ally Doctor Doom who sought to claim the nation's supply of Vibranium. Storm refused to cooperate leading to execution of royals and their friends with Ramonda being targeted. S'Yan attempted to intervene to stop the Queen-Mother from being killed but was instead shot leading to him dying from his wound. (Doomwar v1 #1) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
| + | As king, he came to adopt the mantle of the '''Black Panther'''. (Black Panther v4 #2) | ||
| − | As young boys, S'Yan was known to be with a book and reading. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) | + | As young boys, S'Yan was known to be with a book and reading. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) In this time, the two brothers got into regular arguments on who was better to become king with S'Yan stating that he was smarter as well as better trained. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #3) |
He stated that no one wanted to find his brother T'Chaka's murderer more than him. (Black Panther v4 #3) | He stated that no one wanted to find his brother T'Chaka's murderer more than him. (Black Panther v4 #3) | ||
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| + | It was shown that he had a son named '''T'Shan''' who later got appointed as ambassador to the United Nations. (Black Panther v4 #5) | ||
===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
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| + | S'Yan taught T'Challa much of what he knows about combat, which gave him an edge when fighting his less experienced nephew. (Black Panther Legends v1 #3) | ||
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| + | As the Black Panther, S'Yan was a member of the Wakandan spiritually-based warrior cult and ruler of the nation. In this role, he served as mixture of a Pope, President and Joint Chiefs of Staff all at once. The title was a hereditary position which S'Yan gained after the death of his brother. (Black Panther v4 #3) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*S'Yan was created by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr. where he made his first appearance in Black Panther v4 #2 (May, 2005). | *S'Yan was created by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr. where he made his first appearance in Black Panther v4 #2 (May, 2005). | ||
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| + | ==Alternate Versions== | ||
| + | *In Marvel's Black Panther Prelude v2 (2017), S'Yan appeared in the tie-in comic to the Marvel Cinematic Universe film. He was shown as being a scientist who headed the '''Wakandan Design Group'''. | ||
==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
| − | *In | + | *In Black Panther, S'Yan appeared as a supporting cast member in the animated web series the animated web series where he was voiced by actor Carl Lumbly. |
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| + | ===Films=== | ||
| + | *In Black Panther, a variation of S'Yan was made who appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] where he was portrayed by actor Sterling K. Brown. This version was renamed as '''N'Jobu''' who was the brother of T'Chaka and sent to the United States in order to spy on that nation. In that time, he fathered a son named '''N'Jadaka''' a.k.a. Erik Stevens, with an American woman while he was stationed in Oakland, California on a War Dog mission. N'Jobu told his son about Wakanda, and promised to take him there someday. His experiences outside Wakanda opened N'Jobu's eyes to the racism and oppression people of African descent faced across the world. In the early 1990's, he colluded with the black market arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to smuggle Vibranium weapons out of Wakanda which N'Jobu would put in the hands of African people worldwide so they could fight back against their oppressors. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| − | *''Black Panther v4'': | + | *''Black Panther v4'': (2005) |
*''Doomwar v1'': | *''Doomwar v1'': | ||
| + | *''Rise of the Black Panther v1'': | ||
| + | *''Black Panther Legends v1'': | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Wakandans]] | [[Category:Wakandans]] | ||
[[Category:Martial Artists]] | [[Category:Martial Artists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Marvel Comics Martial Artists]] | ||
[[Category:Royalty]] | [[Category:Royalty]] | ||
[[Category:Black Panther]] | [[Category:Black Panther]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 12 May 2024
S'Yan is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
S'Yan was a male of the Wakandan Royal Family who was noted for being the son of T'Chanda aka Azzuri the Wise and the younger brother of T'Chaka. As young boys, their father served as king and as the Black Panther who protected Wakandan from Nazi Germany during World War II. At the time, Captain America Steve Rogers operated and was deployed into the Wakandan region by the United States Military where he befriended the Black Panther. As the Red Skull launched an attack, the young T'Chaka wanted to join his father in battle but his mother scolded him for not being like his younger brother S'Yan. An angry T'Chaka replied that S'Yan only read books and would never understand the burdens of leadership leading to a brief fight between the siblings until their mother broke it up. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) Afterwards, another fight broke out between S'Yan and T'Chaka with their father intervening where he forced them to dig graves for the Wakandan dead until they learnt their lesson. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #3) As the Nazi forces renewed their attack, the Queen and her two children were ambushed by the Tiger Man. T'Chaka attempted to battle the German warrior only to be captured and nearly killed until they were saved by Gabriel Jones of the Howling Commandos. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #4)
In their youths, S'Yan often defended the decisions of his brother and father from skeptics such as Cangza. (Rise of the Black Panther v1 #1)
After the death of King T'Chaka, S'Yan adopted the mantle of the Black Panther and participated in the Wakandan yearly ritual combat for claiming that mantle of leadership. He defeated numerous challengers for the throne that included his own son T'Shan. (Black Panther v4 #2) Another contender was Jakarra who was a hidden child of T'Chaka who sought to claim the throne but was defeated by S'Yan with him finding the child unworthy but he gave him his inheritance in an effort to keep him on the sidelines. (Rise of the Black Panther v1 #5) As king, S'Yan put his adopted nephew Hunter in charge of the Hatut Zeraze special forces. (Black Panther Legends v1 #2) This was until a masked warrior entered the ring and battled S'Yan who was defeated in the fight. It was then revealed that the victor was his own nephew T'Challa who became the new Black Panther. (Black Panther v4 #2)
He came to sit on the inner council of advisors to King T'Challa regarding matters of state that included finding the murderers responsible for T'Chaka's death. During the discussion, S'Yan reminded his nephew that he needed to appoint an ambassador to the United Nations with T'Challa suggesting him. However, S'Yan refused on the account of his age with T'Challa then deciding to appoint his cousin T'Shan in his stead. (Black Panther v4 #3) He accompanied the Black Panther and his advisors when they went to investigate the Great Mound. S'Yan reported that there were no deaths among the miners or the school children that were on a field trip to the site. Shuri came to believe though that something was wrong with the Vibranium and requested going alongside a small team to investigate. S'Yan though did not agree with this and T'Challa himself also denied her request. (Black Panther v4 #4) At headquarters, he came to learn that several supervillains had invaded Wakanda. In this time, he got a call from Shuri where he learnt that she defied orders and went to the Great Mound anyway. She was trapped inside after another supervillain emerged called the Radioactive Man with S'Yan warning his niece that her foe was a dangerous enemy. He later reported this development to T'Challa who was on the field engaging the supervillains attacking Wakanda. (Black Panther v4 #5)
As the Desturi took control of the government, the dissident group came to arrest all members of the royal family. This included Storm, Queen Mother Ramonda and S'Yan who were brought to the Desturi's ally Doctor Doom who sought to claim the nation's supply of Vibranium. Storm refused to cooperate leading to execution of royals and their friends with Ramonda being targeted. S'Yan attempted to intervene to stop the Queen-Mother from being killed but was instead shot leading to him dying from his wound. (Doomwar v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
As king, he came to adopt the mantle of the Black Panther. (Black Panther v4 #2)
As young boys, S'Yan was known to be with a book and reading. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #2) In this time, the two brothers got into regular arguments on who was better to become king with S'Yan stating that he was smarter as well as better trained. (Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers v1 #3)
He stated that no one wanted to find his brother T'Chaka's murderer more than him. (Black Panther v4 #3)
It was shown that he had a son named T'Shan who later got appointed as ambassador to the United Nations. (Black Panther v4 #5)
Powers and abilities
S'Yan taught T'Challa much of what he knows about combat, which gave him an edge when fighting his less experienced nephew. (Black Panther Legends v1 #3)
As the Black Panther, S'Yan was a member of the Wakandan spiritually-based warrior cult and ruler of the nation. In this role, he served as mixture of a Pope, President and Joint Chiefs of Staff all at once. The title was a hereditary position which S'Yan gained after the death of his brother. (Black Panther v4 #3)
Notes
- S'Yan was created by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr. where he made his first appearance in Black Panther v4 #2 (May, 2005).
Alternate Versions
- In Marvel's Black Panther Prelude v2 (2017), S'Yan appeared in the tie-in comic to the Marvel Cinematic Universe film. He was shown as being a scientist who headed the Wakandan Design Group.
In other media
Television
- In Black Panther, S'Yan appeared as a supporting cast member in the animated web series the animated web series where he was voiced by actor Carl Lumbly.
Films
- In Black Panther, a variation of S'Yan was made who appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Sterling K. Brown. This version was renamed as N'Jobu who was the brother of T'Chaka and sent to the United States in order to spy on that nation. In that time, he fathered a son named N'Jadaka a.k.a. Erik Stevens, with an American woman while he was stationed in Oakland, California on a War Dog mission. N'Jobu told his son about Wakanda, and promised to take him there someday. His experiences outside Wakanda opened N'Jobu's eyes to the racism and oppression people of African descent faced across the world. In the early 1990's, he colluded with the black market arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to smuggle Vibranium weapons out of Wakanda which N'Jobu would put in the hands of African people worldwide so they could fight back against their oppressors.
Appearances
- Black Panther v4: (2005)
- Doomwar v1:
- Rise of the Black Panther v1:
- Black Panther Legends v1:
External Links
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