I was also introducing a paradigm shift to the way Panther was to be portrayed somebody had to give voice to the expectation of a dull and colorless character who always got his butt kicked or who was overshadowed by Thor and Iron Man suddenly knocking out Mephisto with one punch". I just think that his stream-of-conscious narrative is a window into things I imagine many whites say or at least think when no blacks are around myths about black culture and behavior.
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Ross needed to be un- PC to the point of being borderline racist" and clarified, "I don't think Ross was racist at all. I figured, and I believe rightly, that for Black Panther to succeed, it needed a white male at the center, and that white male had to give voice to the audience's misgivings or apprehensions or assumptions about this character and this book. Priest further elaborated, "Comics are traditionally created by white males for white males.
After introducing Ross in Ka-Zar, Priest chose to bring the character back in Black Panther for use as an audience surrogate who "saw Panther the way Panther had ultimately come to be seen by Marvel: Just Some Guy who was routinely overshadowed by heroes in which they were more invested".
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1, #387.Īccording to creator Christopher Priest, Ross's personality was based on that of Chandler Bing, a character from the television series Friends, while the name was inspired by the Family Ties character Alex P. Outside of Black Panther, Ross had a guest role in The Uncanny X-Men Vol. Afterward, Ross went on to be a major character in Black Panther Vol. 3, #17, and was created by Christopher Priest and Kenny Martinez.
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