OKOYE (2025) With Danai Gurira & Lupita Nyong’o

Marvel Comics publishes American comic comics with the character Okoye. The character was originally introduced in Black Panther (vol. 3) #1 (November 1998) and was created by author Christopher Priest and illustrator Mark Texeira.Okoye serves as the General of the Special Forces for Dora Milaje, the fictitious African nation of Wakanda.

Danai Gurira portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and the Disney+ animated series What If…? (2021) in alternate timelines.

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