BLACK PANTHER

Real Name:

T'Challa

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Avengers

Category:

Other

Additional Category Info:

Science- and Magic-based Mutate / Exotic Technology User

Alias:

Panther, Black Leopard, Coal Tiger, Luke Charles, Mr. Okonkwo, Ize Mbaya.

Nationality:

Wakandan

First Appearance:

Fantastic Four (1st series) #52

Powers & Abilities:

heart-shaped herb blessed by the Panther God gives him enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance, reflexes, senses, intuitive cat-like coordination, soul-stalker power, and spiritual connection to his ancestors, Panther habit can reform from normal clothes to ceremonial garb, made of Vibranium to absorb sound and impact, redistribute force as blasts, enhances night vision, retractable Anti-Metal claws, teleportational shunting ability, cloaking for invisibility, projectile energy daggers, constructed energy shields, and Kimoyo access to Wakandan techno-jungle or wireless control of other computer systems

Affiliation:

Avengers, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Force, The Illuminati, The Crew, Ultimates (616), Secret Avengers (Civil War), Mutantes sans Frontieres, Knights of Pendragon, Unknown Champions, Queen's Vengeance, Congress of Worlds, Agents of Wakanda, Galactic Council

Avengers Membership:

Recruited in Avengers (1st series) #52. T'Challa was nominated for membership by Captain America after they shared a mission together in Captain America (1st series) #100, replacing Cap on the active roster.

Notes:

The Black Panther was created by Marvel around the same time that the Black Panther Party began to rise in the 1960's public eye. Several efforts were made by Marvel to distance T'Challa from the group, referring to him in-story as the Panther (Avengers #52-53), the Black Leopard (Fantastic Four #119), or just by his given name (Avengers #99-100). None of these stuck, however, and by Avengers #105 T'Challa openly said he would keep the name regardless of connections it might draw, for good or for ill.

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Last Updated:

20th July 2023 by Monolith