Black Panther



Black Panther is published by Marvel Comics. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Black Panther #23/195: 24 Feb 2021

Current Issue

 * Black Panther #24/196: 24 Mar 2021

Next Issue

 * Black Panther #25/197: 26 May 2021

Status
Final issue of the current volume is #25.

Main Characters

 * Black Panther/T'Challa - wikipedia

Hardcovers

 * Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #1-15, plus Marvel Premiere #51-53 & Marvel Team-Up #100. -


 * Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 2 #1-4, plus the Black Panther stories from Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 #13-37. -


 * Black Panther: Who Is Black Panther - Collects vol. 4 #1-6. - -  -


 * Civil War: Fantastic Four - Collects vol. 4 #18-25, plus Fantastic Four #536-543, She-Hulk #8, and Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #1-4. "When newlyweds Storm and the Black Panther embark on a world tour to raise anti-registration support, the final battle leaves the Fantastic Four's lineup changed in unexpected ways." -


 * Black Panther: Deadliest of the Species - Collects vol. 5 #1-6? - "The Black Panther is back... and she's badder than ever. That's right -- she! What happened to T'Challa? Who is the new Black Panther? Find out why the female is the deadliest of the species." -


 * Fear Itself — Black Panther: The Man Without Fear - Collects vol. 6 #519-524. "Why is Spider-Man's deadly foe Kraven the Hunter stalking T'Challa across the city ... and how long until the prey targets the pursuer? And will the world's greatest predators have anywhere to hide when T'Challa's wife Ororo arrives and rips the skies open? Plus: as the mayhem of the Worthy engulfs Manhattan, the American Panther makes his debut! What does his arrival mean to Hell's Kitchen? Plus: a six-armed Panther? The arachnid infection gripping Manhattan hits T'Challa, but that doesn't mean he'll stop trying to protect Hell's Kitchen! And when Overdrive breaks into the quarantine zone, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Panther swings into a deadly race across the streets of New York City. Find out why T'Challa sheds his fear to become the Most Dangerous Man Alive!" -


 * Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet - Collects vol. 7 #1-12. -


 * Black Panther, vol. 2: Avengers of the New World - Collects vol. 7 #13-18 & vol. 8 #166-172. -


 * Black Panther, vol. 3: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Part One - Collects vol. 9 #1-12. -


 * Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther – Marvel Select Edition - Collects vol. 4 #1-6, plus Fantastic Four vol. 1 #52-53. -

Trade Paperbacks

 * Essential Black Panther, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #1-10, plus Jungle Action #6-22 & 24 (in B&W). "Embark on an expedition into the heart of Marvel's dark continent! Join T'Challa, King of Wakanda - AKA the Black Panther - as he fights to uphold peace and justice in both his own African kingdom and the urban jungle of New York City. Experience the thrills as one of the Marvel Universe's noblest knights-errant takes on everything from hate mongering heels to futuristic frog time machines." -


 * Black Panther Epic Collection, vol. 1 - Collects Jungle Action #6-24, plus Fantastic Four vol. 1 #52-53. -


 * Black Panther Epic Collection, vol. 2: Revenge of the Black Panther - Collects vol. 1 #1-15 & vol. 2 #1-4, plus Marvel Premiere #51-53. -


 * Black Panther Epic Collection, vol. 3: Panther's Prey - Collects Black Panther: Panther's Prey #1-4, plus Black Panther stories from Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 #13-37 & 148, Solo Avengers #19, Marvel Super-Heroes #1, Marvel Fanfare #60, & Fantastic Four Unlimited #1. -


 * Black Panther, vol. 1: The Client - Collects vol. 3 #1-5. "When T'Challa comes to America, government agent Everett K. Ross is assigned as an escort. He figured it would be easy work and just tailed along with the King's entourage. However, when the bullets start flying and the super-villains come calling, and political intrigue is discovered back home, Ross is in for the adventure of a lifetime. The Client, Ross's description of the Panther, befriends the befuddled agent but that may not be such a good thing." -


 * Black Panther, vol. 2: Enemy of the State - Collects vol. 3 #6-12. -


 * Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther - Collects vol. 4 #1-6, plus Fantastic Four vol. 1 #52-53. - -  -


 * X-Men/Black Panther: Wild Kingdom - Collects vol. 4 #8-9 plus X-Men #175-176. "Investigating a sudden outburst of strange, mutated wild animals in Africa, the X-Men - led by Storm - come face to face with something worse: mutant bio-organisms the likes of which the world has never seen. The key to unraveling their secret - and defeating them - may lie in that region's protector - the Black Panther!" - -


 * Black Panther: Bad Mutha - Collects vol. 4 #10-13. "What type of man does a hard case like Luke Cage look up to? The kind of man who's got the guts to speak the truth and the muscle to back it up. The kind of man who's got all the gadgets to get the job done, a pair of sexy female bodyguards watching his back and an entire kingdom at his disposal. That man is the Black Panther - and when King T'Challa asks for Cage's expertise solving a little problem, it's got the makings of a serious team-up - with cameos galore from across the Marvel Universe!" - -


 * Black Panther: The Bride - Collects vol. 4 #14-18. "The wedding of the century! Every King needs a Queen – and that’s exactly what the Black Panther is searching for! The King of Wakanda embarks on an epic quest to find a wife – the outcome of which will send reverberations throughout the whole Marvel Universe. You don’t want to miss out on history in the making, as T’Challa puts his cards on the table. His heart – and a seat on the Wakandan throne – is Storm’s, if she’ll just accept his hand in marriage. Question is, does she want it? With a Super Hero Civil War ready to explode in the United States and snakes in his own court preparing to make their moves, the road to the altar could not be more complicated." - -


 * Black Panther: Civil War - Collects vol. 4 #19-25. "The Royal Couple, King T’Challa and Queen Ororo, embark on a diplomatic tour that will have them spanning the globe – and beyond! Stops include Latveria (Dr. Doom), the Moon (Black Bolt and the Inhumans), Atlantis (Namor the Sub-Mariner) and the Civil War-ravaged United States, for a meeting with none other than the point man for the U.S. government’s implementation of the Super Human Registration Act: Tony Stark, T’Challa's former Avengers teammate. Will the Black Panther and Storm decide to get off the sidelines of the Civil War and get involved?" - -


 * Black Panther: Four The Hard Way - Collects vol. 4 #26-30. "In the aftermath of Civil War, the Black Panther and Storm take up temporary residence in the Baxter Building while Reed Richards and Sue Storm attend to important personal business. Can a team-up with the Thing and the Human Torch be far behind? It's clobberin' time." - -


 * Black Panther: Little Green Men - Collects vol. 4 #31-34. "The New Fantastic Four have just taken another wrong turn on the dimensional superhighway - and this time, they've landed in the middle of a gang-war between machine-gun toting Skrulls! It's clobberin' time - in the arena and in the streets, between the Gangsters and Panthers, and between the Fantastic Four and the elusive, malicious Golden Frogs! Gangsta-gangsta!" - -


 * Black Panther: Back to Africa - Collects vol. 4 #35-38 & Annual #1. "Out of the frying pan...into the fire! Their fantastic adventures in the interdimensional superhighway complete, the Wakandan Royal couple at last returns to Wakanda - only to find home is anything but sweet. With serious strife tearing apart his court and one of the Panther's greatest foes waiting to strike, is it too late for T'Challa to regain control of his kingdom? Plus: It's 2057, and the Watcher's prediction came true - Wakanda is an imperial power steering the course for humanity's future. As T'Challa prepares the next Black Panther for the great responsibility ahead, he must first reflect on the road traveled - a long and winding journey filled with surprises." - -


 * Secret Invasion: Black Panther - Collects vol. 4 #39-41. "When the Skrulls come to town, it's all-out war in Wakanda. The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten to one. Cake walk, right? Think again. There’s a reason Wakanda had never been conquered — and the Skrulls are about to find out why... the hard way." - -


 * Black Panther: The Deadliest of the Species - Collects vol. 5 #1-6. "Who is the Black Panther? After attending a secretive, mysterious meeting, T’Challa — the current Black Panther and ruler of Wakanda — returns home with severe injuries and locked in a comatose state. With no leads on who attacked her husband or why, Queen Ororo is thrust into a position of leadership. While Ororo is tasked with ruling Wakanda, another task of dire importance awaits her. Though Wakanda is a powerful nation, its power comes directly from its leader, the Black Panther — and in the event that T’Challa doesn’t emerge from his coma, Storm must choose her husband’s successor. And as this brave soul embarks on the dangerous ritual to become the new Black Panther, the stakes have never been higher. An unstoppable force is headed toward Wakanda: Morlun — Devourer of Totems — is back, and he’s hungry!" -


 * Black Panther: Power - Collects vol. 5 #7-11. "Wakanda has been attacked on every front. Heroes have fallen, old alliances have been betrayed, the country is in turmoil. Now is the time for the new Black Panther to rise and make a stand against threats both foreign and domestic." -


 * Black Panther: Doomwar - Collects vol. 5 #7-12, plus Doomwar #1-6 & Klaws of the Panther #1-4. - - (forthcoming, January 2017)


 * Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers - Collects the mini-series. "It's a World War Two adventure featuring a young Steve Rogers, the Black Panther and Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos in combat with the nastiest Nazi villains in the Marvel Universe." -


 * Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, vol. 1: Urban Jungle - Collects vol. 6 #513-518. "There's a new protector of Hell's Kitchen! He has no kingdom, no Vibranium and no high-tech safety net - just bloody knuckles and the will to prove himself in a foreign land where the fiercest of jungle predators stalks the most dangerous urban prey! His name is T'Challa - and in the aftermath of Shadowland, he will create a new life, a new identity, and learn what it is to be a different kind of hero. But with Daredevil gone, the bad guys are coming out to play, and a new nemesis - Vlad the Impaler - plots his bloody rise to power." -


 * Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive — The Kingpin of Wakanda - Collects vol. 6 #523.1 & #525-529. "Who is murdering the citizens of Hell's Kitchen that The Panther has previously rescued? That's what T'Challa wants to know—and he only has hours to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again!" -


 * Black Panther: The Man Without Fear — Fear Itself - Collects vol. 6 #519-524. -


 * Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1 - Collects vol. 7 #1-4, plus Fantastic Four vol. 1 #52. "When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent uprising, the land famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions will be thrown into turmoil. If Wakanda is to survive, it must adapt–but can its monarch, one in a long line of Black Panthers, survive the necessary change?" -


 * Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2 - Collects vol. 7 #5-8, plus Jungle Action #6-7. "As Zenzi and The People poison Wakanda’s citizens against the Black Panther, a cabal of nation-breakers is assembled. And Ayo and Aneka, the Midnight Angels, are courted to raise their land to new glory! His allies dwindling, T’Challa must rely on his elite secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, and fellow Avenger Eden Fesi, a.k.a. Manifold!" -


 * Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3 - Collects vol. 7 #9-12, plus New Avengers vol. 3 #24. "The full truth of The People's revolution - and the power players supporting it - has been revealed! Now, T'Challa must fight like never before for the fate of his nation - and one of his most trusted allies is back to stand by his side. As the final battle begins, the entirety of Wakanda's glorious history may be their most potent weapon. But even if The People fall, can the monarchy still stand?" -


 * Black Panther, vol. 4: Avengers of the New World, Book 1 - Collects vol. 7 #13-18. "Eons ago – before Black Panthers, before Wakanda, before time itself – there were only the Orishas! The pantheon of gods and goddesses from which the world as we know it was manifested: Asali. Ogutemeli. Bast. But now, when Wakanda burns, they are silent. When she was flooded, they were silent. While her people war amongst themselves, ever silent they remain. Where have all the gods of Wakanda gone? T'Challa means to find out…" -


 * Black Panther, vol. 5: Avengers of the New World, Book 2 - Collects vol. 8 #166-172. "Klaw stands supreme! The Black Panther’s greatest foe has returned, ready for war! Can T’Challa finally defeat Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father, before his country rips itself apart? To make matters worse, Wakanda’s gods disappear — and the Originators return! The former gods are back, but what are their intentions for a land that has forgotten them? And all that is only the beginning as a cadre of villains returns, monsters pour through strange gateways and Wakanda is brought to its knees!" -


 * Wakanda Forever - Collects vol. 8 Annual #1, plus Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever, X-Men: Wakanda Forever, & Avengers: Wakanda Forever. -


 * Black Panther, vol. 6: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Book 1 - Collects vol. 9 #1-6. "For years, T’Challa has protected Wakanda from all invaders. Now, he will discover that his kingdom is much bigger than he ever dreamed. Across the vast Multiverse lies an empire founded in T’Challa’s name." -


 * Black Panther, vol. 7: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Book 2 - Collects vol. 9 #7-12. "T’Challa faces a creature of nightmare and journeys to the home world of the Between, the place where N’Jadaka’s rise began! But what he learns there will lead him to question the rebellion’s very foundation. Will Bast’s champion ever be fully restored? Learn at last how the king of Wakanda found himself a slave in the Vibranium mines of a half-familiar world as T’Challa’s lost past is revealed!" -


 * Black Panther, vol. 8: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Book 3 - Collects vol. 9 #13-18. "Weeks ago, the Black Panther disappeared on a mission into deep space, leaving behind his country, his family and the woman he loves. Now, at last, find out what Wakanda Prime has done without its king! And light-years away, as the race against Emperor N’Jadaka’s expansion continues, the goddess Bast makes a dramatic move and T’Challa reaches out for the life he left behind! The Maroons are looking to turn the tide, but when N’Jadaka comes for his revenge, will T’Challa’s plan be enough to free those the Empire has enslaved and open his pathway home? And even if he can, can he truly rid himself of the Intergalactic Empire and its despotic ruler?" -


 * Black Panther, vol. 9: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Book 4 - Collects vol. 9 #19-25. "To protect our planet from N'Jadaka's violent invasion, the nation of Wakanda must go to war against its own future — and its first, best and only hope lies in the Panther! But where is he? Even the gods are beginning to despair — but Bast will not abandon her avatar, even if she has to recruit an outsider to save him! Coates brings T'Challa full circle, back to the home he left behind and the crown he has never fully accepted. This is the story of a king who sought to be a hero, a hero reduced to a slave and a slave who advanced into legend!" - -  - (forthcoming, June 2021)


 * Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 3 #1-17. -


 * Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 3 #18-35, plus Deadpool vol. 3 #44. -


 * Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 3 #36-49 & 57-58, plus Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #33 & Thor vol. 1 #370. -


 * Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 3 #50-56 & 59-62, plus The Crew #1-7. -


 * Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 4 #1-18, plus X-Men vol. 1 #175-176. -


 * Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 4 #19-34 & Annual #1. -


 * Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 4 #35-41 & vol. 5 #1-6, plus Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1-4 and Black Panther Saga. -


 * Black Panther: The Man Without Fear—The Complete Collection - Collects vol. 6 #513-529 & 523.1. -

Creative Team
Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates. Artist/Covers: Brian Stelfreeze.

Created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby.

Publishing History

 * Volume 1: #1-15, 1977-1979
 * Volume 2: #1-4, 1988
 * Volume 3: #1-62, 1998-2003 (Marvel Knights)
 * Volume 4: #1-41, 2005-2008
 * Volume 5: #1-12, 2009-2010
 * Volume 6: #513-529, 2011-2012 (numbering continued from Daredevil)
 * Volume 7: #1-18, 2016-2017
 * Volume 8: #166-172, 2017-2018
 * Volume 9: #1-25, 2018-2021 (Legacy #173-197)

Future Publication Dates

 * Black Panther #25/197: 26 May 2021

News & Features

 * 25 Feb 2021 - How Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther grapples with heroism and monarchy
 * 05 Apr 2016 - Ta-Nehisi Coates on Black Panther and Creating a Comic That Reflects the Black Experience
 * 25 Jan 2012 - Liss Brings Black Panther's War with Kingpin to a Close
 * 18 Nov 2011 - Oeming Heads to Hell's Kitchen in Black Panther
 * 29 Oct 2008 - Deadlier of the Species: Hudlin talks Black Panther
 * 21 Oct 2008 - The New Black Panther(ess)?
 * 14 May 2008 - Total War: Aaron talks Black Panther / Secret Invasion Tie-In
 * 28 Apr 2008 - Jason Aaron Blazes Hell and Invades Wakanda
 * 09 Apr 2008 - Jason Aaron on the Black Panther/Secret Invasion Tie-in Issues
 * 09 Nov 2006 - Hail to the King: Hudlin talks Black Panther
 * 31 Mar 2006 - For Queen and Country: Hudlin Talks Black Panther

Links

 * Marvel Comics - Publisher's Website
 * Black Panther (comics)