Mr. Coates is Returning for Season 2 of Black Panther

With these sales, Coates coming back was all but guaranteed as long as he wanted to. Now it is official. 

Coates has mentioned he wants to write Black Panther for 5 seasons/60 issues. So, combining that desire with his current sales, this was going to happen. 

The religious angle could be fun... or it could be another chance for TNC to mangle and modify the mythos. No real point in hemming and hawing either way at this point until we see how Season 1 ends.