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The co-creator of the Black Panther, Jack Kirby, would later go on to illustrate and scribe the hero's solo series in 1977. McGregor's ' Panther's Rage' is one of the most critically acclaimed stories of the Black Panther mythos. In 1972, after the first four issues, the Black Panther becomes the titular character of Don McGregor's Jungle Action. Several years later, in 1968, Roy Thomas scribes the character's first appearance as an Avenger. During the characters first debut, Stan Lee scribes the African hero defeating the American superhero team, the Fantastic Four. Using his superhuman senses of sight, smell, and hearing combined with his enhanced panther-like reflexes, he divided his time as a king and crime fighter. Character Evolution Jack Kirby's unused design of T'Challa, the 'Coal Tiger.'Ĭreated in 1966 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Black Panther, has traditionally been the warrior king of the hyper technologically advanced African nation, Wakanda. His first comic appearance was in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966. The Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He also digested the Heart-shaped Herb, which gave him superhuman senses and provided him with enhanced agility, strength, and over all physical capability. Given the fact that the ruling Black Panther possessed enhanced and superhuman abilities from digesting the Wakandan Heart-shaped Herb, the chance of an average man defeating a Black Panther was slim. Prince T'Challa would later become king after defeating his uncle, King S'yan, in a once-a-year ritual that allowed anyone of Wakandan royalty to become king/queen by defeating the current ruler in hand-to-hand combat. Klaw fled the country, exposed Wakanda to the outside world, and vowed revenge. Prince T’Challa, only a child at the time, managed to turn the sound weapon on Klaw, destroying his right hand. Years later, a Dutch scientist named Ulysses Klaw found a way into Wakanda, created a vibranium sound-based weapon, and used it to kill King T’Chaka.

His first wife, N'Yami, died while in labor with Prince T’Challa.

T'Chaka concealed Wakanda from the rest of world to prevent it from being manipulated by outsiders. Thousands of years later, under the ruling of Black Panther T‘Chaka, Wakanda's level of technological and economic achievements continued to excel far beyond those of the modern world. The first king of Wakanda, Black Panther Bashenga, harnessed the mineral and used it to nurture his nation. Long ago, a huge meteorite made of a rare mineral now known as vibranium, crashed landed in Wakanda. Origin All monarchs of Wakanda are known as 'Black Panther.'