Did you see that Black Panther trailer this weekend? Did you see it?!

We know it had you like this:

 

It had us like that, too.

In fact, why don’t you take a look at it again:

Why?

Cause you’re going to need some good feelings to steel yourself against what we’ve got to tell you.

A few weeks ago, we bore some bad news: that Marvel decided to cancel one of its Black Panther spin-offs, Black Panther & the Crew.

Now, to add insult to injury, it’s been announced that Marvel’s also getting rid of World of Wakanda. 

It’s true. Series co-writer and Roxane Gay announced it herself:

Sadly, the series was cancelled but I hope to revisit the characters. https://t.co/7kieeBWdQy— roxane gay (@rgay) June 12, 2017

The book, as the name suggests, took place in Black Panther’s kingdom of Wakanda.

But it didn’t focus on the king — instead, its main characters were two members of the Panther’s all-female bodyguard force, the Dora Milaje. If you’re not super into comics, that name might not ring a bell.

If you saw that trailer though, here’s a little reminder of the sort of thing Dora Milaje members get up to:

Making this news even sadder is the fact that World of Wakanda didn’t just focus on any old Dora Milaje warriors, but on a pair who, in addition to their duties, were also in a loving relationship with one another.

That’s right, this book starred two black African gay women who were tough warriors and also super smart.

Now that World of Wakanda is gone, what other comic can you turn to that has that type of representation?

Strike that, actually — what other piece of media has that type of representation?

And, to further add insult to injury, World of Wakanda had a creative team that was all people of color, and, except for Ta-Nehisi Coates, all women.

There was living legend Roxane Gay!

There was dynamite poet Yona Harvey! 

There were visuals by the amazing Alitha E. Martinez and Afua Richardson!

It was like the Avengers of black luminary artists over there. All they were missing was Zadie Smith. 

Cancelling the series ahead of Black Panther’s solo MCU debut seems an odd choice. Let’s hope that after the film makes a billion, Marvel will decide to get the band back together, and we’ll get to see further high caliber queer black feminist superhero stories.