BLACK PANTHER’S BEST BATTLES
He’s been an interstellar Avenger while carrying the weight of a nation…and he makes it look easy! Check out some of T’Challa’s tensest battles to date – some that almost permanently dethroned the king!
Vs.
Man-Ape
In Avengers (1963) #62
Panther returns to Wakanda with a handful of Avengers and is met by Jabari chieftain M’Baku. Offered a toast that knocks him out cold, T’Challa becomes a punching bag to Man-Ape, M’Baku’s mystically-enhanced gorilla form!
Kraven the Hunter
In Black Panther (1998) #6
Carrying his father’s legacy and an order from T’Challa’s enemy White Wolf, big game hunter Alyosha Kravinoff lays a trap that nearly claims Panther’s hide!
Killmonger
In Black Panther (1998) #20
Blaming T’Challa for Wakanda’s economic freefall, Killmonger takes his mission to Warrior Falls where he faces his king in a merciless deathmatch for the fate of the realm!
Klaw
In Black Panther (2005) #6
Belgian mercenary Ulysses Klaue infiltrates the royal compound to compromise Wakanda’s hold over Vibranium. Watch an uncharacteristically enraged Panther dissemble the cybernetic Klaw piece by piece!
Silver Surfer
In Fantastic Four (1998) #545
Cat-like agility vs. the Power Cosmic! Panther and his bride Storm act as proxy FF members when they must take down the reinstated herald of Galactus, Silver Surfer! And this time T’Challa gets to surf the space ways!
Storm
In Avengers Vs. X-Men: Versus (2011) #5
Love is a battlefield when estranged spouses Storm and Black Panther go blow for bolt! T’Challa’s pulled out his shockwave resistant suit for this one, but what about protecting his heart? Read the entire Avengers Vs. X-Men event, where the return of the Phoenix Force tears a chasm through the Marvel Universe!
Wolverine
In Wolverine (2013) #8
A psychic virus threatens to break ground in Wakanda, and Wolverine must ensure that T’Challa’s mind is intact! What follows next is a clawing match drawn by Marvel legend Alan Davis!
Namor
In New Avengers (2013) #22
The cold war brewing since the onset of this series (and the AVX event!) finally boils over. Sovereign ruler lashes out for the acts of terror swapped between Wakanda and Atlantis!
The Old Ways
In Black Panther (2016) #11
Backed by the spirits of Black Panthers past (plus Shuri and his Secret Police), T’Challa dismantles the rebellion led by radicals Tetu and Zenzi! Read the entire Nation Under Our Feet arc, starting with #1!