Black Panther

Origin

Wakanda

The Black Panther is the ruler of Wakanda. Citizens of the country are members of a spiritually-based warrior cult, which gives the leader of the country spiritual, political and military authority. The Panther is a hereditary title, but one still has to earn it. The series of test that a Panther must pass are so arduous that only candidates who've had special training from childhood can qualify. But just so everyone gets a chance, once a year there's a day when any Wakandan can challenge the king for the throne. T'Challa being the son of T'Chaka put him in line to be the next King of Wakanda and Black Panther, but even as young super genius T'Challa was not yet ready to become the leader of the nation, but felt his childhood ended the day his father die and that it was time to start act as a King would. So S'yan, T'Chaka's young brother & T'Challa's uncle under took the Black Panther trials. S'yan passed and became the Black Panther. During his youth, T'Challa while on his Wakandan Walkabout/Rite of passage met and fell in love with apparent orphaned teen named Ororo Munroe, and later known as a member of the X-Men, Storm. The two broke off there relationship off due to his need to avenge his father’s death & to become the type of man who could lead the nation of Wakanda, but they would see each other over the years when they could. After studying Wakanda young T'Challa traveled around the world to learn, study and train.

Becoming The Black Panther

He returned home once he felt that he was ready to lead the country. At 19 years old, T'Challa, wearing a mask, challenged the then Black Panther & King (his uncle S'yan) and beat him in fair combat. After that T'Challa was required to take the rest of the Black Panther trials such as defeating the various champions of the 18 Wakandan tribes, being judged & found worthy by the Panther God / Bast. Next the Heart Shaped Herb/Heart of Wakanda was applied to his body and ingested by him (the process would kill any person who was unworthy or not a member of the royal line) and that process also link him to Bast. The competition of Panther trials made him a superhuman granting him has enhanced speed, agility, strength, endurance, healing, memory and senses (sight/vision, hearing, smell, etc).

Creation

The Black Panther was one of the first black heroes with super powers. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the Fantastic Four #52, before gaining his own series.

Character Evolution

The Black Panther began as a warrior king in Africa and now serves as the protector of Hell's Kitchen.

Major Story Arcs

Black Panther

A huge meteorite made with the mineral known as Vibranium crashed in Wakanda. T‘Chaka then King of Wakanda , knew outsiders would manipulate or destroy Wakanda for this valuable resource. So King T'Chaka concealed his country from the outside world. T‘Chaka's 1st wife & T’Challa 'sbirth mother N'Yami died while in labor with T’Challa. So T'Challa was raised by his father & his father's 2nd wife Ramonda/Queen Mother. That is until explorer Ulysses Klaw found his way to Wakanda and created a vibranium-powered, sound-based weapon. When Klaw was discovered he then killed King T’Chaka. His son T’Challa who was just a boy turned this sound weapon on Klaw and destroyed Klaw’s right hand. Klaw and his men fled Wakanda and swearing to return one day.

Meeting The Fantastic Four

To test his powers, fighting skill, & genius King T'Challa invited the American superhero team the Fantastic Four to Wakanda, then he attacked, neutralized & defeated them individually. Once T'Challa apologized for attacking them & explained he also wanted to test the team to see if they could be an effective ally against Klaw & his mercenaries they all became fast friends and allies. The more Wakanda became a technological global power, the more T'Challa realized the threats of the outside world. While developing nuclear weaponry inside Wakanda, he began to invite super-powered people to his country, as well as infiltrate groups like the Avengers in an effort to test the limitations of their abilities. Although once he found out what kind of people they were, T'Challa saw them as allies as well as friends. Even so, he only allowed most members of the Avengers to know him as Luke Charles, an American teacher romantically involved with a singer named Monica Lynne.

Avengers

For the next few years, T'Challa lived three lives, one in America as a teacher, one as an Avenger, and one in Wakanda as King. The many threats to his Kingdom continued, including, Killmonger, Madame Slay, the Supremacists of Azania, Solomon Prey, Moses Magnum, the Soul-Strangler, Kiber the Cruel, Windeagle, Baron Macabre, and more. On a mission to recover the Brass Frogs, T'Challa met a future version of himself who was telepathic and fatally sick. Attempting to change this future, he broke up with Monica Lynne and kept his future body in cryo-stasis. Wakanda almost went to war with Atlantis and Namor, during an incident on Kiber Island, and T'Challa found out that his mother ( Queen Mother ) had not left his family, but was kidnapped and made into a South-African slave by Anton Pretorius. He rescued her and later joined the Knights of Pendragon while learning that he had a Pendragon Spirit within. Also with T'Challa help Black Axe and Afrikaa, were able to exposed the efforts of Cardinal Technology to escalate the civil war in Mohannda. Later when Moses Magnum took over Wakanda neighbor nation Canaan and sent a Canaanite spy to Wakanda. Once T'Challa discovered the spy and defeated the spy he traveled to Wakanda to confront King Baru (the true ruler of Canaan) once there he found out that Magnum disposed Baru and now controlled the nation. Magnum then sent an assassin to kill T'Challa & declared war on Wakanda, but soon was defeated by the combined efforts of the Black Panther and Deathlok. After Magnum's defeat, the people of Canaan rejected Baru's leadership. No longer king of Canaan Baru chose to remain in Wakanda, observing a period of mourning.

At War With The World

Empowered by the demon Mephisto, Reverend Achebe led a coup on Wakanda backed by Xcon, an alliance of rogue intelligence agents and the Russian mafia. In exchange for Mephisto's, abandoning Achebe and leaving Wakanda in peace, T'Challa sold his soul to him, knowing that his unity with the Panther God and its link to the spirits of past Panther Clan leaders would ruin Mephisto’s plans. Demanding sanctions against America over the Xcon coup, T’Challa linked the United States to it and presented evidence to the United Nations. Nakia attempted to kill Monica Lynne and was replaced in the Dora Milaje with Queen Divine Justice. Distraught and alone, Nakia was captured, tortured and almost killed by Achebe before Killmonger rebuilt her into Malice .

Killmonger also attempted to wipe out Wakanda’s economy, so T’Challa was forced to nationalize all foreign companies. This resulted in Tony Stark having controlling interest in the Wakandan Design Group. After the economy was once again stabilized, T’Challa fought Killmonger in ritual combat and was almost killed, but lost the Black Panther title instead of his life. Moon Knight and Brother Voodoo mystically nursed T’Challa back to health while Killmonger attempted to join the Avengers as the newest Black Panther. Soon after, Deadpool and other mercenaries attacked Wakanda on the behalf of Achebe, and the Avengers were forced to respond. While they were in Wakanda, Killmonger was supposedly killed and T’Challa was re-established as Black Panther. The criminal Nightshade resurrected the fabled Chinese monster Chiantang the Black Dragon to use against T'Challa back in New York. Black Dragon had a mind-controlled Iron Fist attack Black Panther. The assault caused the fatal sickness the future Panther had originally predicted. Nightshade, meanwhile, managed to revive the future Panther.

After the conflict with Killmonger, Ororo traveled to Wakanda to visit T’Challa. While giving the nation a look over they found a Deviant mother and her human-like Deviant Child in Wakanda. Priest Lord Ghaur ruler of the Deviants demanded their release, which King T'Challa refused. This sparked an international incident, and nearly plunged Wakanda into war with Lemuria and its Priest Lord Ghaur, Atlantis and its ruler Namor; also bringing Genosha and its ruler Magneto and Latveria and its monarch Dr.Doom in the conflict setting off a possibly World War 3. When White Wolf teamed with Klaw tricked Wakandans, Lemuria and Atlantis into firing upon each other, but T'Challa's and Everett K. Ross eventually discerned that the child was Ghaur's daughter, and Ghaur feared the scandal that would erupt were it known he had sired such a human-like offspring. Ghaur ultimately stood down, and the mother and child were placed in the custody of Namor, with their deaths faked for the sake of the public.

At the same time, the White Wolf took over Xcon and killed most of its leaders. The previous Xcon leadership had used King Solomon's Frogs to replace the U.S. President and Canadian Prime Minister with brainwashed future counterparts, allowing the company to overthrow both countries. Hunter continued with this plan and exacted revenge on Tony Stark for his buy-out of Wakandan Design Group. Afraid for Tony, T’Challa sent him a message by using financial finagling to seize control of Stark Enterprises and simultaneously annex a small Canadian island in Lake Superior. This prompted the U.S. and Canadian leaders to meet to discuss this crisis. The coordination of these leaders allowed Panther and his allies, including the future Panther, to invade the White House and foil Xcon's plot, thereby un-brainwashing the duplicate leaders and returning them to their own times. As Panther returned to Wakanda, the future Panther fell into a coma and was placed back into stasis until he was killed by Man-Ape.

Man-Ape had then been freed by Divine Justice in hopes of freeing her tribe. After all of this, the original T'Challa became unstable and constantly hallucinating. He attacked the Jabari tribe with the intent of wiping them out; but almost accidentally killed Divine Justice. This caused him to come to his senses and stop the battle. Unable to face almost killing the young woman , the Panther went into hiding in New York and handed over Wakanda to his council. A policeman named Kasper Cole adopted an abandoned Panther costume and sought out T’Challa for training and guidance. This incident gave T'Challa the strength to fight for his health, his nation and his world.

Rejoining The Avengers & Teaming With The X-Men

Later, T'Challa rejoined the Avengers, who battled Scorpio, and unmasked U.S. Defense Secretary Dell Rusk as the evil Red Skull with T'Challa defeating the Skull. Also T'Challa and Tony Stark went into business together and singed a scientific sharing agreement for there companies Wakandan Design Group and Stark Industries. The team was disbanded after the Scarlet Witch had a mental breakdown. After that T'Challa helped the neighboring nation of Niganda overthrow their tyrant ruler M'Butu. The Russian super scientist villain Ivan Kragoff & his Super-Apes ( Miklho, Igor and Peotor) tried to take over the nation , but were defeated by the Black Panther & a team of X-Men.

Illuminati

Some time in the aftermath of the Kree-Skrull War T'Challa, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Black Bolt, Professor X and Namor all met in Wakanda. Iron Man proposed that they form a government of superhumans similar to the United Nations, but not be anti-establishment, but rather a form of 'counter-establishment' who would meet regularly in secret and try to protect earth in secret without there teammates, families and etc. After some debating they all except for T'Challa agreed to from this Illuminati because he knew it would fail due to them deciding they and they alone would be earth protectors and that the association/group would end in taking part in less than altruistic actions.

Marriage and Civil War

After teaming up with the X-Men T'Challa and Ororo Munroe began dating each other again. Recently T'Challa would helped reunite her with her surviving family members in both Africa and the U.S., and shortly afterward proposed. The two were married in a large Wakandan ceremony, and then headed off on a diplomatic world tour for their honeymoon. They visited nations of Latveria, the Blue Area of the Moon (The Inhumans), Britain and Atlantis as well as America.

There, the nation is gripped by the events of the Civil War, and while visiting the White House, the authorities attempted to force Ororo to sign on to the Super-human Registration Act despite her status as a ruling dignitary. This resulted in the royal couple choosing to side with Captain America and the Secret Avengers in the war. While a member of Cap's Secret Avengers T'Challa discovered that Tigra (who had join Cap's Secret Avengers) was actually a spy for Iron Man's Avengers and helped free the some of the incarcerated heroes of the 42 complex.

New Four

At the conclusion of the superhero Civil War the Wakanda embassy in New York was destroyed, leaving T'Challa without a home while in the city, but before they return to Wakanda now must deal with Washington D.C. and work with the U.N. T'Challa then has a video conference with his advisors in Wakanda ( W'Kabi, S'yan, N'Gassi and others). They being to questioned when he will return and about his position in seeking help from the U.N. T'Challa reminds them that he is the King, he can easily have them relieved of their positions and to please trust in him. Also he mentions his blueprints for the new embassy with some modifications and It will take some time to construct so there is still the question as to where he, Storm, and their support staff will stay. At the same time Reed and Sue Richards decided to “take a break” from the Fantastic Four, leaving an opening on the team. When T'Challa , Ororo, Reed and Sue meet for dinner.

The Richards tell them of their plans & ask them would they like to use the Baxter Building as a for a while embassy and joined Fantastic Four while they are away. T'Challa & Ororo accept the Richard’s offer to stay in the Baxter Building and along with the Thing and the Human Torch form a new Fantastic Four. Then the Fantastic Four hold a press conference announcing the temporary departure of Reed and Sue. Black Panther is asked if they are officially joining the team and he responds that the Fantastic Four are a family rather than a team and that there is no official roster (Reed & Sue consider T'Challa and Ororo a uncle & a aunt to there children). While members of the FF T'Challa and Ororo help save Gravity, team up with Michael Collins (Deathlok) and Doctor Strange and battle the Frightful Four, some of the Heralds of Galactus, Marvel Zombies, Skrulls, Psycho-Man, save Reed Richard's life and stopped a rip in the space-time continuum from destroying universe. Once Reed and Sue settled there differences, they rejoined the FF, and both T'Challa and Ororo left the team.

Secret Invasion

When the Skrulls try to infiltrate and take over Wakanda for their vibranium ore in their invasion an all out battle between the forces of Wakanda and the forces of the Skrulls begins. Black Panther decisively defends his nation with cunning tactics and the rallying of his soldiers. Eventually the two opponents find themselves at a loss of technological weaponry. After this happens the forces break out older weapons to continue the conflict. Black Panther holds back the Super-Skrulls (including a massively large Skrull with the powers of Iron Fist, Wolverine, Luke Cage and Bullseye), while his legion fends off the infantry. When the Wakandans start to decline, the Skrulls capture Black Panther's wife, Storm, and threaten to kill her.

Black Panther retaliates by chopping a Super-Skrulls head off and then allowed himself to be captured. Next he and Ororo used Wakandan made vocal manipulators and flesh transmuters to disguise themselves while on board the ship. Also they used the same vocal manipulators and flesh transmuters on the Skrulls who they allowed to captured them fooling the other Skrulls to believe they captured the real Black Panther and Storm. T'Challa and Ororo then revealed themselves to Commander K'VVR by killing him and then proceeded to kill every Skrull on the ship. While Shuri and S'yan lead the Wakandan Army outside on the battle field and kill every Skrull outside.. Then the Wakandans loaded all of the dead Skrull bodies on the ship and sent it back to space with a message written in Skrull blood stating : THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INVADE WAKANDA (when translated from Skrull to English)..

Worlds Apart

Shortly after Secret Invasion Ororo life as an X-Man and a queen comes into conflict when a mission with Cyclops is interrupted. Storm is called back home to Wakanda to investigate a murder that involved her mutant ward, Nehzno (Gentle). During the course of the investigation Storm discovers that Nezhno was innocent and orders him freed from imprisonment. Almost immediately, she is confronted by the Wakandan military, who had advised that she is to surrender to their custody by order of the king himself. When T'Challa confronts Storm, she is immediately pulled into the astral plane and the Shadow King reveals himself to be the one who had caused Nezhno to murder the mystic, and manipulated T'Challa/the people of Wakanda and Cyclops/The X-Men.

Storm then prays to the panther god, Bast, for help and is pulled into the spirit world. Bast expresses disappointment with Storm, but Storm stands her ground and proves her strength of spirit to the panther god, so back on Earth numerous black panthers run to Storm and bow to her, restoring the trust and faith of the Wakandan people in Storm and freeing them from the Shadow King control. Storm and Nezhno take off to San Francisco to save the X-Men. Storm opens up the atmosphere, using her elemental powers to travel back. After a brief fight, Storm creates a tornado to take out the possessed X-Men and goes to confront Cyclops outside. Storm is able to trap the Shadow King into entering her mind where Bast had been hiding. The Shadow King is devoured by Bast in retribution for his attack on it's people/nation. Storm is able to revive Cyclops, and proves that she does not have to choose between her life as a queen and an X-Man --- she will be both..

Dark Reign and a New Black Panther

After the events of the Secret Invasion, a regime change occurred in Western Society. S.H.I.E.L.D. was disbanded and Tony Stark fired, in favor of a new organization called H.A.M.M.E.R. headed by Norman Osborn. T'Challa was surprised when he received a summons from the exiled Atlantean King, Namor. Meeting with him, T'Challa was surprised to learn of the creation of a dark group mirroring the Illuminati. Namor asked him to join in with this Dark Illuminati, to which he refused citing his decision with the Illuminati as reference.

Warning him that his country would be an Island, Namor took his leave. Getting ready to depart himself, T'Challa was surprised to find Doom waiting for him in the courtyard. Unsurprised by his refusal to join their Cabal, a battle ensued, pitting T'Challa and his Dora Milaje against Doom and his machines. After a vicious fight that resulted in one of his Dora Milaje sacrificing her life to save a gravely injured T'Challa, he and the remaining Dora Milaje managed to escape, heading back to Wakanda. The damage done to their ship during the battle not withstanding, they managed to crash land in Wakanda, but the combination of the fight with Doom and the crash put T'Challa into a coma, and left Wakanda without a Black Panther for the first time. Storm nominated Shuri, T'Challa's sister, to take up the mantle of the Black Panther.

At the same time, the Lion Cult sensed the weakened Panther totem, and summoned Morlun, the devourer of totems, who rushed toward a vulnerable Wakanda to consume the Panther totem- T'Challa. Though Shuri successfully completed the trials to prove her worthiness of the Black Panther title, she was painfully rejected by the Panther God, who sensed she wanted to become the Black Panther for her own selfish reasons instead of the betterment of her country. Upon his arrival to Wakanda, Morlun completely decimates the military forces, and was moments away from devouring the Panther totem when Shuri arrived.

Despite the seeming rejection by Bast, Shuri battled Morlun, and was able to lure him into a trap set by her and Zawavari , a Wakandan witch doctor. Their battle taking them right into Zawavari's home, the witch doctor used his mystical powers to transport Morlun to Limbo, who's soul-saturated essence prove irresistible to Death, who released T'Challa and Storm's souls, and kept Morlun in their place. Shuri later discovers that through her self-sacrificing act to save Wakanda, that she earned the mantle of the Black Panther.

Power

After the battles with both Death and Morlun, T'Challa discovered just how deep Doom attack was. That not only did Doom attempt to assassinate him,but he also infected most of the royal family and many top aides with his Nanites (microscopic devices that relayed everything the infected heard or said). With that knowledge T'Challa was unable to tell most of his love ones & his military of the identity attacker & or enlist their aid (Shuri was left uninfected due to her Bast/Panther powers).

So T'Challa a man of science was forced turn to magic and to go almost completely off the grid to plan to stop Doom, While Shuri acted as the Princess Regent of Wakanda and The Black Panther. T'Challa turned to Zawavari for assistant, who with his Acolytes empowered T'Challa with enhanced strength, senses and a resistance to magical attacks to say the least. Next to prepare for the coming war T'Challa with Aneka created a new combat style that blended science & sorcery with their already most vicious fighting secrets to teach the Dora Milaje so they would be more ready for the coming battle. While Doom continue to fund The Desturi (a Wakandan dissident group dedicated to civil unrest) and not attack Wakanda openly knowing he'd fail. Doom's Chief of Operations Walter Declun laid a trail of disinformation that able to distracted Shuri, Ororo & T'Challa long enough for the Desturi under Doom command to overthrew The Panther Cult in a well coordinated coup.

Doomwar

With the Desturi (Wakandans that disagree with Royal Family rule) coup successful place Ororo, S'yan and the Queen Mother in jail to wait trial. While at the same time T'Challa, Shuri, The Dora Milaje, FF & a few members of the X-Men race back to Wakanda to restore order. While T'Challa, his forces and allies take control back from the Desturi, Doom manages to steal the processed vibranium. Storm, Black Panther (Shuri), the Dora Milaje and the Fantastic Four then attack Doom's networks and facilities throughout the world while T'Challa set his plan in motion to save the world with Doom becoming one with the processed vibranium, he uses his power to control any object or structure that contains vibranium to initiate attacks worldwide. The Heroes the arrive Latveria & it's neighboring country Symkaria meeting Doom on the battle field.

T'Challa allows Doom to think he's won so he can get close enough to plant a SP device on Doom's armor, Shadow Physics (combining alchemy with quantum science) to make processed vibranium useless, and remotely activates it. Instantly, Doom's armor is rendered useless, his newly found power is removed, and all of the processed vibranium around the world is also rendered inert. Storm destroys all the doombots in a massive multi-pronged lightning strike. The Royal family then returns to Wakanda to storing the remaining portions of the recovered pure vibranium with the aid of the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and others

Black Panther: Man Without Fear

After the events of Shadowland & Doomwar T'Challa has reached an agreement with Matt Murdock and he is the new protector of Hell's Kitchen. After being forced to destroy Wakanda's vibranium reserves to defeat Doctor Doom he has relinquished the title of Black Panther to his sister Shuri. Believing his path and Murdock's recent career path to mirror each other he is seeking redemption for himself. Thanks to some help from Foggy Nelson he has established an undercover identity in Hell's Kitchen as Mr Okonkwo, the manager of the Devil's Kitchen restaurant. Through this civilian identity T'Challa is seeking to familiarize himself with his new found neighbors in the Hell's Kitchen area. Part of his new venture is relinquishing every aspect of the Black Panther identity. He no longer has his Wakandan tech, metahuman abilities or his vibranium suit. He refuses to return to Wakanda until he has redeemed himself through this personal mission and leaving Wakanda in the care of Shuri and Storm.

Powers

Thanks to the Heart Shaped Herb , T'Challa has enhanced speed, agility, strength, endurance, healing and senses. All of these attributes have been raised to near superhuman levels. With his enhanced senses the Black Panther can see in complete and total darkness as if it was bright as day, and can see something 100 feet as if it were right in front of him. With his sense of smell he can track someone across a continent with his sense of smell, memorize tens of thousands of smells and can detect fear lies in a person. He can hear things that normal humans can't as well as sounds that they can, but at a distance not possible with normal ears. He can hear the breathing and heartbeats of enemies. With his sense of taste he can determine any ingredients in anything he eats. He can use his senses together to sometimes predict his opponent's moves ahead of time.

The Heart Shaped Herb also created a connection between T'Challa and the Panther God, the deity his people worship. On top of all his powers, T'Challa is a skilled martial artist. He learned to fight both at home (from the best warriors in Wakanda) and abroad. When he was still a teenager he traveled the whole world to learn various skills, some academic and others focused on physical combat.

Captain America entered Wakanda during World War Two on a search-and-destroy mission. He was hunting Nazis who were out to exploit Wakandan science. Cap didn't know the Wakandans had already beheaded the Nazis days ago. Black Panther (Azzari the Wise)and Cap had an extended hand-to-hand battle. And Cap lost.

In addition to all his physical strengths, the Black Panther is an intellectual giant, he's one of the eight smartest people on the planet and in the marvel universe. Not only is he recognized for his brilliance by his peers across the seas, he's one of the smartest of his own people, which is impressive considering that his nation holds some of the smartest people in the world.

T'Challa is a scientist, an engineer, an inventor, a aviator, a weapons designer and a tactical and strategical genius. It is T'Challa who designed the Avengers Quinjet, and the Wakanda Design Group built it. T'Challa is also the religious leader of his people. He has access to the wisdom of the previous Wakandan chieftains, whose souls dwell in the Panther Pavilion, a holy temple within the city. Once he even encountered and fought the embodiment of his God/Tribal Totem The Panther God when it manifested to test his worthiness to remain the tribal leader and to also punish him for maintaining a policy of neutrality toward South Africa during Apartheid in the 1980's.

Equipment

T'Challa standard/day to day equipment/gear includes his Black Panther habit, Kimoyo card, anti-metals claws & energy/vibro- daggers. Along with the title of Black Panther T'Challa received a habit woven with Vibranium, a metal with the ability to absorb all vibrations and kinetic energy it comes in contact with. Vibranium is only found in Wakanda, hence the nation's need for protection. The costume negates most force directed against it and robs moving objects of kinetic energy. This keeps him protected from most attacks. Blades can cut the fabric but only if they cut along the grain. The Kimoyo card is a extremely powerful portable supercomputer invented by T'Challa that has the ability to access technological interfaces, hold T'Challa databank of the super-powered being in the Marvel U & can hack into any other technological devices in the Marvel U. T'Challa also has anti-metal claws that can cut through nearly anything, including the hardest metals. The claws also have the ability to emit small energy blades from the tip as well as launch them as projectile attacks. During the beginning of his career, the finger-tips of his gloves shot out gaseous streams of a powerful sleeping agent. He also uses a vibro-dagger which is an energy dagger that he can use to cut through almost anything . His boots are also constructed with Vibranium, allowing him to land on his feet from great heights without getting hurt. He is also in possession of the royal aircraft which is know as the Talon fighter (several of which are hidden all around the world) his own VTOL aircraft. T'Challa also, using Shadow Physics (combining alchemy with quantum science) he discovered, cloaking technology, his Thrice-blessed and Light armor for specific tasks.

Alternate Realities

X-Men: Forever (Earth 161)

In this reality, T'Challa was born in Wakanda and became its king. He was briefly an member of the Avengers and later left to focus on ruling his land. While attending a meeting, Storm crashed into his quarters after fleeing the X-Men and she was injured. Even though Nick Fury warned T'Challa about Storm's violent parting with the X-Men, he still felt that he could trust his long-time friend and welcomed her into Wakanda. The two began to grow close to on another and T'Challa proposed to Storm. She agreed, but on the night of their wedding they were attacked by Erik Killmonger and he de-powered Storm with a special necklace and killed T'Challa's family. T'Challa challenged Erik, but was killed by him. Storm eventually killed Erik herself and it was revealed that T'Challa's death was all a plot by Storm so that she could look heroic to the Wakandan people.

Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295)

Earth-295 Age of Apocalypse

In this alternate reality called Age of Apocalypse T'Challa was the last king of Wakanda and he was loved and worshiped by his people. However, the land was ravaged by Apocalypse's agents, the Marauders, in order to mine the land's precious vibranium. During the battles, T'Challa was killed and his skeleton was mounted in the middle of the town as a message to all those that oppose Apocalypse.

Home to Coal Tiger (Earth-355)

T'Challa was originally recruited by the Gatherers after they found him to be the last surviving person on the planet. He died due to refusing an offer in which the death of his 616 counterpart would stop him dying.

Morgan le Fey Reality Warp (Earth-398)

T'Challa was known as the Nubian Prince and was altered by a reality wave. He served the Avengers who believed that they were working for Queen's Vengeance, a elite guard group that protected the Queen.

No Rick Jones (Earth-804)

The past of the Black Panther of this reality is the same as the 616 counter part right until the Kree-Skrull War began. In this reality Rick Jones gets killed in the conflict that made the war last longer. T'Challa was one of the superheroes that was recruited by Professor Xavier to counter attack against the Kree invasion on Earth and he participated the war until it was over.

Home to Panther (Earth-1119)

He appeared briefly in this reality and carried a gun as his main weapon.

Mutant X (Earth-1298)

T'Challa was one of the brave second wave of people who fought The Beyonder and died.

Earth- 1610 ( Ultimate Universe)

Earth 1610

In this reality, Ultimate Black Panther is T'Challa Udaku, the prince of Wakanda, and the son of King T'Chaka. He was severely injured when he fought a Black Panther as a right of passage to be the protector of their nation. King T'Chaka seek help to Nick Fury where he made a deal that he will share Wakandan technology with the US in exchange for saving his son. Fury kept his word and T'Challa was sent to Weapon X, where he stayed for a year and received training and some upgrades in his body such as a healing factor and adamantium claws, only shorter than that of Wolverine. Later in life, Nick Fury asked Captain America to train Black Panther to be his student and that he will be perfect recruit for the Ultimates. After Black Panther defeated a villain, Captain America confronted him about his secrecy and silence during battle. Black Panther took off his mask and showed him his scar in the throat that he received from his battle against an actual Black Panther and that Weapon X wasn't able to fix it, thus rendering him mute. Captain America then confronted Nick Fury and asked him about T'Challa's past, but he lied to him. Then Captain America came to T'Challa to asked him personally about his past and he told Steve that his father is a king and that he misses him. A week later Captain America tells Fury that T'Challa is ready to be with the Ultimates. What Fury didn't know that the Black Panther that joined the Ultimates is actually Captain America himself, as T'Challa was secretly sent home by Cap.

Marvel Zombies (Earth-2149)

Earth-2149 Zombieverse

In the Marvel Zombies reality, little is known about his past before the zombie plague arrived. Giant Man asks T'Challa to take him back to his lab when he notices that Hank had been bitten by a zombie. He questions Hank about the bite and he attacks him and he falls unconscious. He awakes and realises that his right arm and leg is missing and that Giant Man is keeping him prisoner as a source of food. With the help of Wasp, whose head remained animated, he eventually escapes the lab. After making a crutch and tucking Wasp's head under his arm he makes his way through the ruins of the city and is confronted by the Acolytes who mistakes him for a zombie. After a failed attack, Black Panther joins forces with them and they aboard Asteroid M. While there he meets Forge and he helps build a cybernetic arm and leg for him. While here he also meets Lisa Hendricks who he later marries and has a son with.

Five years later, the Acolytes land Asteroid M in the middle of New York after a scan detected no movement no the planet. Black Panther, along with his wife and child step into the world. Wasp comes with them, her hunger being replenished. It is a round this time that T'Challa receives a call from a Black Panther from another reality who is having problems with zombified super-heroes on the Skrull home-world.

Forty years later, New York was now renamed Wakanda and T'Challa was now king. However, there was no reliable way to restore the population that once lived in the city. Frustrated with this the Acolytes sussed up a plan to remove T'Challa from the throne and hire an assassin the sneak into the Royal Palace. The assassin manages to stab T'Challa in the chest and alerted by the intrusion, Wasp (now in her cybernetic body) attacks the assassin. T'Challa is critically injured and the only way he could survive is if he is zombied, so Wasp bites him. With her hunger returning, Wasp tries to eat Lisa but is stopped by T'Challa and he joins her with eating the assassin. A few weeks later, Reynolds, Hawkeye and Forge release T'Challa due to the leader of the Acolytes trying to kill them. However, they get caught and get pre-occupied by the arrival of the Zombie Galacti. After fighting and defeating the zombies with the help of Spider-Man and Luke Cage who are cured of their hunger, they retreat to a new Wakanda and seal the zombies out of the palace by using a forcefield to keep them out. However, Gladiator and Bruce Banner gets trapped inside as well and Gladiator attacks T'Challa resulting in his death. T'Challa and the others realise they are not well-mannered enough to protect the portal that the zombies come through and Reynolds reveals that T'Challa's dead son, T'Channa is dressed as Col. America and that Reynolds and Forge have planted Col. America's brain in his son's body. T'Channa attacks his father but is then reminded of who is was. The zombies then return and they release the force field and T'Challa and the group defeat them, but Iron Man manages to get through. After the force field id de-activated by Bruce Banner, the zombies get through to the survivors, but realise they are not hungry. However, during the fight before, T'Challa gets smashed, which left him with only with his arm, leg, chest, neck and head attached and Wasp crushed from the waist up. After the zombies cope with their newly found humanity the Hulk breaks into the room, eats Reynolds and kills Iron Man, Phoenix, Firelord and Hawkeye before being stopped by Spider-Man, Giant Man and Wolverine. After getting a new body by Forge, the zombies help the survivors get supplies and breed in other dimensions. However, Malcolm Cortez, the leader of the Acolytes reveals he was behind the assassination attempt on T'Challa, T'Channa's death and a plot to kill K'Shamba, Pather's grandson. He says he likes this way of life and wants to get rid of the zombie plague and sends T'Challa to another dimension. T'Challa arrived on the reality Earth-Z in the Skrull home-world where he converted the entire species and led his own horde against this Earth's Avengers where he was slain and his arm mounted on the Avenger Tower as a trophy.

Forge's Reality (Earth-2814)

T'Challa made a brief appearance in this reality where Storm is married to Forge.

Akhenaten Conquered Earth (Earth-4321)

T'Challa made an appearance in this reality where he earth is being conquered.

All Avengers Stayed With The Team (Earth-8234)

T'Challa, along with the entire Avenger team was sent to stop a candy store hold up and nearly trampled Ant-Man in the process.

Legacy Virus Merged With Warlock (Earth-8545)

T'Challa is one of the super- powered creatures to have been turned into Vi-Lock Prime by the mutated Legacy Virus.

Ruins (Earth-9591)

He is known as T'Challa des Wakandas and he was a member of the Black Panther party imprisoned alongside Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in San Francisco.

Wonder-Man Saved The Avengers ( Earth-9916)

T'Challa joined the Avenges some time after Quicksilver departed and fought alongside his team-mates against Quicksilver, who was using the disguise of the Grim Reaper to hide his true identity. After his defeat he was unmasked by a astonished Scarlet Witch. In a battle between the Avengers and Magneto, Quicksilver died when Magneto tried to kill Scarlet Witch. Scarlet Witch eventually killed Magneto with a powerful Hex bolt. Black Panther was present at the wedding of Scarlet witch and Wonder-Man.

Earth X - (Earth-9997)

Earth X Black panther

The history of the Black Panther in this reality is similar to that of the Panther in the 616 mainstream. However, in this reality it is revealed that the heart shape herbs that granted him his powers also gave anyone who took them the same power. however due to the nature of mutation, T'Challa's powers were partially subconscious. In the recent history this reality, Captain America gave T'Challa the Cosmic Cube of safe keepings as he believed that Panther would not use the device or give it to anyone else. During this time he married Storm and humanity began to mutate due to the Terrigen Mists in the Earth's atmosphere. Due to this, T'Challa had more of a panther appearance and at the same time the animals in Wakanda which were part of a wildlife reserve that Panther set up, began to mutate as well becoming humanoid creatures known as Ani-Men. When the Skrull began to take over the United States, Captain America asked T'Challa to give him the Cosmic Cube. Out of respect for his friend, he denied his request and did not involve himself in the final battle against the Skrulls. After the death of the Celestial embryo in the Earth's core, the axis shift of the Earth turned Africa into a frozen wasteland but thanks to Beast's technology, Wakanda to maintain its tropical ecosystem and keep out most threats.

When Mar-vel came to Wakanda in search of the Cosmetic Cube to destroy Death, T'Challa refused to give him the Cube. It wasn't until Storm was killed by a Wendigo attack and suddenly brought to life that Mar-vel revealed that the Cube was responsible for that and the mutation of the Ani-Men because it was acting on Panther's wants. This revolution mortified Panther so he handed over the Cube to Mar-vel who left to help the Wakandans relocate to the Savage Land so that they could escape the frequent Wendigo attacks that kept occurring. On the way to the Savage Land, Black Panther was followed by the Wendigo and he defeated them and discovered that they were really the Multiple Man in disguise. T'Challa and Storm helped build a new Wakanda nation in the Savage Land with the help of everyone who travelled with them. They were briefly attacked by Belasco and the Dire Wraiths but was saved by Mar-vel and his friends. A few months later, T'Challa accompanied Storm to the wedding of Medusa and King Britain where they met Bloodstorm. Bloodstorm asked Storm to perform a blood transfusion that would cure her of her vampirism. Storm agreed to the procedure and it is unknown where Black Panther went after this point.

Cancerverse (Earth-10011)

T'Challa is one of the heroes present as Mar-Vell lay dying. T'Challa was one of those whose life force was corrupted by the Many-Angled Ones when Mar-Vell stuck a deal with them.

Mind-Controlled Impossible Man (Earth-14845)

T'Challa was one of the heroes that was turned into paper dolls by Impossible Man who had gone crazy.

Home to Storm (Earth-23895)

He attended Storm's funeral and was there when her body was sent back from the Crystal Palace Stasis Wall.

House of M (Earth-58163)

Earth-58163 House of M

T'Challa of the House of M reality is known as King T'Challa of the African Commonwealth of Wakanda.

Dwayne Taylor Is Iron Man (Earth-81156)

He was one of the heroes of his world that was transported into a pocket universe by Dwayne Taylor and was later freed by the New Warriors.

Vibranium is a Secret (Earth- 97618)

In a world where Vibranium is kept a complete secret from the outside world. T'Challa is the protector of the Vibranium and it his his job to keep it secret from the rest of the world.

Doctor Doom was The Thing (Earth-523003)

He was one of the strange and unusual people that the Fantastic Four had met after they has first been formed.

Marvel Manga-verse (Earth- 2301)

Earth-2301 Mangaverse

In the Marvel Manga-verse, T’Challa was still King of Wakanda and when calling upon the help of the God Qamatha he can transform into a Were-Panther. His appearance in the Were-Panther form was of a large humanoid panther in ancient Egyptian clothing. He could also call upon Qamathas power to change himself into the Falcon. In this form, his appearance was heavily influenced by the ancient Egyptian god Horus. In this reality his magical abilities are prominent as Dr. Strange notices his magical trail.

Stand-off with Doom (Earth-10267)

On Earth-10267, after a standoff with Dr. Doom, The Black Panther and Namor the Submariner became bitter enemies. War eventually broke out between Wakanda and Atlantis when Namor flooded the Capital City of Wakanda and caused it to overgrow with vegetation making it nearly uninhabitable. In retaliation The Black Panther sent "Panther Tanks" to Atlantis and destroyed Namor's throne room. This led to Namor unleashing an endless horde of sea-beasts upon the now-flooded Wakandan Capital which in turn led to more strike backs from The Black Panther. The war continued until finally both Wakanda and Atlantis were laid to waste and left in total ruins.

Television

Fantastic Four (1994)

The Black Panther appears in the 'Prey Of The Black Panther' episode and is voiced by Keith David. He lures the Fantastic Four to Wakanda to see if they are worthy enough to help him fight against Klaw.

X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)

The Black Panther has a non-speaking cameo in the episode 'Sanctuary'.

The Avengers: United They Stand (1999)

While the Black Panther does not appear in the Animated series, he does appear in issues 1, 6 and 7 of the comic book series based on the show. There is a portrait of the Black Panther that hangs in the Avengers Mansion in Episode 1 of the show.

The Super Hero Squad Show (2010)

The Black Panther appears in episode 14 ("Tremble at the Might of... M.O.D.O.K.!") and is voiced by Taye Diggs. He appears with Storm (who's his girlfriend on the show) when Iron Man calls them to help stop M.O.D.O.K. when Wolverine and the Hulk are de-powered.

Black Panther (2009)

He is voiced by Djimon Hounsou for this show, based on the 2005 mini-series.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)

The Black Panther appears in the episode 'Panther's Prey' and is voiced by Jeffery Bowyer-Chapman.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2011)

The Black Panther appears in the animated series as a regular character, where he is voiced by James C. Mathis III. In the series, he is exiled from the country, Wakanda, when his father is overthrown as the King by the Man-Ape. He sought the help of the Avengers' to free regain his homeland. He later appears in the main title sequence.

Films

Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Black Panther (2006)

He appears as a central character in the film and is voiced by Jeffrey D. Sams. He is still the King of Wakanda in this and he returns from the outside world to find his kingdom being attacked by the Chitauri aliens. His father gets killed by Herr Kleiser, who was after the Vibranium metal that the Chitauri used to manufacture their ships and weapons. T'Challa seeks aid from Captain America and Nick Fury orders the Avengers to assemble and help him.

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tommorrow (2007)

In this film, Black Panther has a son named Azari and he was called in one last time to fight with the Avengers against Ultron. He died fighting and Iron Man raised Azari along with the children of the other fallen Avengers.

Video Games

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)

The Black Panther is a playable character in this video game. He can be unlocked by collecting 5 of his action figures. He has special dialogue with Nick Fury, Namor, Ghost Rider, Doctor Doom, and Deathbird. In his simulator disc, he has to battle a Dark Captain America in Arcade's Murderworld. He is voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)

The Black Panther is a downloadable playable character in this video game and is voiced by Tim Russ. He is one of the characters that was not taken control by the Fold.

Marvel vs Capcom 3:Fate of Two Worlds

Black Panther appears as an NPC in Storm's ending for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.