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".

[3] Everett Ross was a US State Department employee, whose job was to escort foreign diplomats on American soil.

Obese and unloved by his mother, he was constantly bullied with his most embarrassing memory being beaten up by a girl named Natalie McPhail.

The first threat he and Ross encounter is 'Xcon', an alliance of rogue intelligence agents backing a coup led by the Reverend Achebe.

[5] As an expert on Wakanda, Ross worked as an adviser alongside government officials and the National Security Agency.

After Storm is outed as a murderer and an ally of a criminal organization called the Consortium, she flees to and is given sanctuary by Wakanda, to the consternation of Ross.

Martin Freeman portrays Everett Ross in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

This version was a member of the United States Air Force before joining the CIA and is the ex-husband of the latter's director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.

Everett K. Ross appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2,[19] as part of the "Black Panther" DLC.