Warning: This article contains spoilers for What If...? episode 6.

In Tony Stark (voiced by Mick Wingert) from being kidnapped by the Ten Rings. In doing so, Killmonger ingratiates himself to Stark, becoming close to the billionaire playboy and manipulating Stark Industries from the inside. Killmonger then murders Stark, James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), and T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) on his way to building automated killer drones and stealing the title of Black Panther. However, Shuri (voiced by Ozioma Akagha) and Pepper Potts (voiced by Beth Hoyt) are onto him by the end of the episode.

Besides showing the power of Killmonger, the What If...? episode also shows the power of Wakanda. Killmonger tricks the Wakandans to fight against the Stark drones, and they do so irably. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) leads the Wakandan defense, taking out drones left and right despite not having a boost from Wakanda's Heart-Shaped Herb. The Dora Milaje also put up a strong attack, using spears to destroy the enemy machinery. To prove himself to the Wakandans, Killmonger s the battle, laying his loyalty on thick by constantly yelling, "Wakanda forever!"

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The episode also subtly hints at how powerful Shuri will be as Black Panther. Throughout the episode, Killmonger fools everyone he meets. He tricks Stark, the U.S. military, and the leadership of Wakanda. However, Shuri constantly questions Killmonger throughout his time in Wakanda. She pesters her father not to trust him after his unconventional plan of letting the Stark drones into the city, and she knows something is suspicious when Killmonger secretly powers up the drones after they were cut off from their original servers. She even breaks into Pepper Potts' office at the end of What If...? episode 6 with evidence that Killmonger killed Stark and T'Challa, offering Potts the chance to team up and take the villain down.

Letitia Wright's Shuri is a candidate to take over the mantle of Black Panther in Killmonger in the episode, Shuri has the brains and the skills to become a formidable Black Panther.