Just A Small Little Thing: Okoye’s Hairstyle

Sometimes canon immigrants are big, like last week's Nuclear Man. But just as often, they're just a small detail that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things and might not stick around, but it still counts. This is one of the latter ones.

Okoye is a member of the Dora Milaje, Black Panther's bodyguards. When she first appeared in Black Panther #1 (September 1998), she looked like this:

In Black Panther #62 (July 2003), her last appearance for a long time, she looked essentially the same:

When Black Panther the film came out (February 2018), she was included but she had a much different style more in line with African culture, as did the rest of the movie:

And so, of course, when Black Panther #171 was released in March 2018, not only did Okoye return, but she suddenly looked a lot more like her movie counterpart:

When I first saw the image I thought she was just bald now, but looking at it again, I can see that she even has the cranial tattoos of the film version.