BIOGRAPHY - page 4
T'Challa found the occasion to call upon Monica Lynne, whose experience with the Serpents led her to put her music career temporarily aside to live as an activist and social worker in Harlem. Monica appreciated the work T'Challa was doing as Luke Charles in the schools, but questioned whether T'Challa the king or Black Panther the Avenger couldn't be doing more about the racial 
strife in her country. Still, a romance began to bloom between the chieftain and the chanteuse. And so, naturally, the Man-Ape targeted Monica for kidnapping when he returned to bedevil T'Challa and the Avengers alongside his new allies, the Lethal Legion. The Black Panther defeated M'Baku, Grim Reaper and the others with the help of the Avengers, and rescued Monica Lynne. [Avengers (1st series) #78-79]
In the role of Luke Charles, T'Challa learned of an anarchistic street gang called the Thunderbolts trying to press war hero Billy Carver, the older brother of his student Lonnie Carver, into joining them. The Black Panther drove off the Thunderbolts once, but Luke Charles soon saw bright Lonnie losing interest in his schoolwork, and even joined the Thunderbolts prowling the streets. The Black Panther tried to raise the issue of gang violence in the neighborhoods at the next Avengers meeting, but threats from the terrorist group Zodiac and the personal plight of their ally Red Wolf kept the other Avengers from helping T'Challa.
The Black Panther found Daredevil stopping a warehouse burglary by the Thunderbolts, and Lonnie was injured in the crime trying to drive an out-of-control getaway truck. With Lonnie getting treatment at the hospital, T'Challa shared with Daredevil what he knew about Lonnie and the Thunderbolts from his role as Luke Charles (admitting at the same time that he knew Daredevil and Matt Murdock were one and the same). It turned out Lonnie had become a delinquent because he found out Billy had joined the Thunderbolts, and Billy had joined only as an informant for Murdock and D.A. Nelson in order to bring down the Thunderbolts. Fortunately, T'Challa, Daredevil and Billy captured the gang's leadership and Lonnie pulled through at the hospital.
It turned out the Thunderbolts were paid agitators for the same Zodiac group the other Avengers had been investigating. Zodiac attempted to launch a takeover of New York City, capturing all the 
Avengers in the mansion at the time. Black Panther and Daredevil remained free and avoided the private army of Zodiac now patrolling the city streets. They made their way to where the other Avengers were being held and freed the heroes. Aries of Zodiac was killed in an explosion while trying to flee from Thor, and the Zodiac were defeated. [Avengers (1st series) #80-82, Daredevil (1st series) #69]
The time came when T'Challa could no longer ignore the duties of the crown, however. The regent N'Baza he had appointed after M'Baku's betrayal had died, leaving the throne empty once more. 
Despite his great respect for the Avengers and love for the people of Harlem (one in particular), "Luke Charles" had to give up his teaching role and growing romance with Monica Lynne so that T'Challa could return to his tribe and lead the people of Wakanda. [Avengers (1st series) #87-88]
On his way back to Wakanda, T'Challa learned of a series of inexplicable ground quakes which were ravaging the country. Black Panther traced them to the Great Vibranium Mound and found Doctor Doom of Latveria attempting to steal Vibranium for his own purposes. The Black Panther got the drop on Doom but refused to shoot him unawares with his own weapon. Doom had no such compunctions and took advantage of T'Challa's honor to stun him unconscious. When he awoke in chains, T'Challa realized he had to play Doom's game. After he escaped, Black Panther pointed his confiscated shock blaster at the core of the Vibranium mound, threatening to detonate the entire mound and them with it unless Doctor Doom removed himself from the king's country. Doom respected the Panther's convictions as one monarch to another, and left to pursue his goals another day. [Astonishing Tales (1st series) #6-7]
T'Challa also ventured into the neighboring white supremacist country of Rudyarda to hunt a pair of thieves who had stolen his new Vibrotron device. T'Challa attempted to enter surreptitiously, but was caught being out on the streets as a black man without his state ID and was imprisoned. His communications advisor Taku reached out to Human Torch and the Thing of the Fantastic Four to enter Rudyarda and recover their king. The Black Panther joined his allies in tracking down the thieves and their contact, Klaw, who was ultimately captured and imprisoned by the Rudyarda authorities. [Fantastic Four (1st series) #119]
Around this time, T'Challa hosted a most unique gathering in Wakanda at the request of his fellow Avenger, Iron Man -- Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme, King Namor of Atlantis, King Black Bolt of the Inhumans and Professor Xavier of the X-Men. The Kree-Skrull War had recently touched Earth's shores, and Iron Man felt it was a very near thing that all life on Earth didn't end because of it. He believed such catastrophes could be prevented by tighter alliances and information sharing between the various defenders of Earth. His idea of a united symposium of heroes was shot down by many of those present, especially Namor. The Sub-Mariner felt the Avengers had invited too many former felons and criminals onto the team to ever trust the entire group with Atlantis' welfare.
Instead, the discussion shifted towards private meetings, a secret alliance of only those present in the room, for the betterment of mankind. This network would maintain open lines of communication between their different groups and nations, and make decisions about how to 
approach threats they uncovered. This "Illuminati" was accepted by all present, save one. The Black Panther warned them all to walk away from this horrible mistake. In a matter of minutes, he said, they had decided for themselves to be responsible for the entire world, and answerable only to each other. T'Challa walked out of the room and left the heroes to make their own way home from his kingdom. [New Avengers: Illuminati one-shot]
For a time, T'Challa was concerned about the associations between his given title and the political groups native to his adopted home in America. He briefly changed his title to "Black Leopard" when operating abroad in response to these connotations. [Fantastic Four (1st series) #119] However, he soon recognized his heritage was his own, and it was not something he could or should change on a whim. T'Challa reclaimed the name Black Panther whether in America or Wakanda, and left it to other people to draw whatever conclusions they wished. [Avengers (1st series) #105]
Soon, T'Challa traveled to America at the request of Matt Murdock, posing as Daredevil in order to help Murdock maintain his secret identity. [Daredevil (1st series) #92] Black Panther visited 
Avengers Mansion while he was in the country, and was swept up in the search for the missing Quicksilver. [Avengers (1st series) #105] Almost without meaning to, T'Challa was once again acting as a member of the Avengers on a regular basis. Although his people called for him to return to Wakanda, one crisis after another kept Black Panther from making the excuses necessary to abandon his teammates in their times of need. [Avengers (1st series) #110] The Avengers were confronted by agents and the avatar of the Lion God, a male warrior aspect of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet who was rival to the Panther God, Bast. The Lion God's assault was intended to demoralize the chosen of the Panther God, proving the lion's superiority over the panther. Instead of humbling T'Challa, however, his attack renewed the Black Panther's determination to face threats at home and abroad from Wakanda, regardless of the consequences. [Avengers (1st series) #112]
When he found time to return to Wakanda, the Black Panther still kept the Avengers in his thoughts. At the request of Captain America, he helped Cap's partner Falcon develop new technology to augment his abilities. T'Challa and Sam Wilson worked together to design a set of silent thrust jet wings for Falcon's costume, giving him the power of flight. When an old foe of 
Falcon's named Stoneface kidnapped Sam's girlfriend Leila while she was visiting neighboring Nigeria, they put the wings to the test. Black Panther and Falcon rescued Leila and defeated Stoneface, proving the jet wings to be an effective addition to Falcon's arsenal. [Captain America & the Falcon (1st series) #169-171]
In New York, T'Challa was confronted by Ronald Pershing, the ambassador to Rudyarda. The contemptible man made no attempt to hide his racial prejudices, but his staff had received threats of a superhuman nature which required the help of Black Panther and the Avengers. Sure enough, no sooner had T'Challa, Pershing and the Avengers left the mansion than they were trapped in a solid sound bubble, held hostage by the team of Klaw and Solarr. Klaw had suffered greatly in the Rudyardan prisons after his recent encounter with T'Challa there. He intended to seek revenge on Rudyarda from neighboring Wakanda by forcing T'Challa to turn the throne over to him. He and Solarr planned to kill an Avenger every hour until his demands were met. The Black Panther soon saw through the ruse, however, and realized Pershing was actually Klaw in disguise, controlling the sound dome from within. Although the villains were defeated, T'Challa recognized he had been away from Wakanda for too long, and prepared to leave the Avengers and return to his duties in his homeland. [Avengers (1st series) #126]