^^ Pretty much
Priest's run is my earliest memory of modern Panther. It laid groundwork, but there was definitely room for Hudlin to advance the character and the world around him - which he did.
Hudlin's run definitely had a bunch of White writers catching feelings, probably starting with the opening prologue. And they're still mad today. I read Civil War 2 like
when T'challa hit a bunch of characters with the
and one of them turns to Storm and says "I can't believe you used to be married to him".
Who would have thought that re-writing her from Logan's side-piece to a Queen would have so many people in their feelings?