Ryan Gosling’s White Black Panther Meme Continues After Ketema’s Reveal

The controversial meme depicting Ryan Gosling as Black Panther has resurfaced following the reveal of Ketema, a white young man, as a version of the Protector of Wakanda in Marvel Comics. Notably, Black Panther, both in comics and in various adaptations, has been depicted as a Black person of African origin. This includes the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which Black Panther has been portrayed by Chadwick Boseman and Letitia Wright.

Fans continue the long-running Ryan Gosling white Black Panther meme

Ketema unmasked himself in Marvel Knights: The World To Come #1 (2025), disclosing that he was a white young man. This prompted the above-mentioned meme to return in circulation, and fans to wonder whether Ryan Gosling’s casting as Black Panther might even become real in the future. However, this seems unlikely.

The first issue of Christopher Priest and Joe Quesada’s new Marvel Knights: The World To Come miniseries sets up the stage for the narrative. T’Challa is dead, and the story goes back and forth across time to depict its impact. In one scene, taking place several years before the primary setting, an older T’Challa takes on Ketema, a man in a Black Panther costume, in a tribal challenge. It soon becomes apparent through the interaction between the characters that Ketema is T’Challa’s son, and there is a lot of antagonistic sentiment between them.

Eventually, Ketema triumphs over his father and unmasks himself to reveal that he has blonde hair and pale skin. He declares, “I am king now. Wakanda is mine.”

The issue also reveals that T’Challa reconciled with his former fiancée, Monica Lynne, after his marriage to X-Men member Storm / Ororo Munroe fell apart. Lynne became pregnant at some point. However, Lynne, like T’Challa, is Black. So, it’s unlikely that Ketema is the child from that pregnancy. Further, it remains unclear whether Ketema is even T’Challa’s biological son.

As the miniseries continues, fans will likely get more answers on the matter.

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.

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