Black Panther #1 [Direct]

(July 1988)

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Black Panther / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis (credited as Peter B. Gillis)

Pencils

Denys Cowan (credited)

Inks

Sam de la Rosa (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is thunder in the heart of the land.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Panther [T'Challa]; Moise Bomvana (introduction); Mendinao; Ndebele; Panther [Sekhem Naville] (introduction); Supremacists (cameo introduction); N'daka; Ambassador Inouye; Governor Fugard (death); Reverend Treurnicht (death); Ralph van Slambrouk; Mary van Slambrouk; Jan van Slambrouk; N'Kabe; Smith; Felix

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Panther spirit, angered that T'Challa is doing nothing to stop the apartheid actions of the country of Azania, leaves T'Challa and enters the body of a tortured Azanian transforming him into a powerful "Man-Cat". The Man-Cat goes on a rampage killing members of the Azanian apartheid authorities. The Azanians think that T'Challa himself is behind the attacks. Without the Panther spirit, T'Challa begins to lose the confidence of the Wakandan people.

Reprints

• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #21 - La Panthère Noire (février 1989) [Moins 2 pages [Minus 2 pages]]
• in Black Panther Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 - Revenge of the Black Panther (2019)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #3

Keywords

apartheid; Azania; helicopters; revolution; rhinoceroses; segregation; torture; white gorilla

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