Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Killmonger / Black Panther (N'Jadaka / Lt. Erik Stevens) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Stark Industries (First appearance)
- Tony Stark (First appearance; dies)
- Pepper Potts (First appearance)
- Happy Hogan (First appearance)
- J.A.R.V.I.S. (First appearance)
- Lt. Col. James Rhodes (First appearance; dies)
- United States Army (First appearance)
- General Thaddeus Ross (First appearance)
- Kathleen Sparr (First appearance)
- King T'Chaka (First appearance)
- General Ramonda (First appearance)
- Princess Shuri (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Ulysses Klaue (First appearance; dies)
- Black Panther (Prince T'Challa) (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Uatu the Watcher
- United States Air Force (First appearance)
- James "Jimmy" Ryan (First appearance; dies)
- Adam Pratt (First appearance; dies)
- Ramirez (First appearance; dies)
- Senior Master Sargent Watson (First appearance)
- Ten Rings (First appearance)
- Avengers (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in recap)
- Hulk (Dr. Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only in recap)
- Thor (Only in recap)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Logo)
- Obadiah Stane (First appearance)
- Christine Everhart (First appearance)
- Harry Whittington (First appearance)
- N'Jobu (Mentioned)
- Howard Stark (Mentioned)
- Dora Milaje (First appearance)
- Okoye (First appearance)
- Ayo (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Watchers
- Humans
- Asgardians (Only in recap)
- Rhinoceroses
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-32938 (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- Afghanistan (First appearance)
- United States of America (First appearance)
- California (First appearance)
- Malibu (First appearance)
- Tony Stark's Malibu Mansion (First appearance)
- Malibu (First appearance)
- MIT (Mentioned)
- California (First appearance)
- Wakanda (First appearance)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth (First appearance)
- Earth-199999 (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- Afghanistan
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- New York (Only in recap)
- New York City (Only in recap)
- Manhattan (Only in recap)
- Stark Tower (Only in recap)
- Manhattan (Only in recap)
- New York City (Only in recap)
- New York (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- Ancestral Plane
- Earth-32938 (First appearance)
Items:
- Arc Reactor (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor (Only in recap)
- Hawkeye's Bow (Only in recap)
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Black Widow's Gauntlets (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Infinity Stones (Only in recap)
- Power Stone (Only in recap)
- Space Stone (Only in recap)
- Reality Stone (Only in recap)
- Soul Stone (Only in recap)
- Mind Stone (Only in recap)
- Jericho Missile (Mentioned)
- Vibranium
- Panther Habit
- Stark Liberator Drones (First appearance)
Events:
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis
In the arid expanse of Afghanistan, Tony Stark finds himself ensnared in an ambush orchestrated by the Ten Rings, facing dire odds until an unexpected savior emerges: Erik "Killmonger" Stevens. Together, they retreat to the fortified haven of Stark Industries, where Killmonger unravels the involvement of Obadiah Stane in the orchestrated attack. In a shared pursuit of power, Stark and Killmonger converge their efforts, channeling their expertise to fashion a formidable humanoid combat drone infused with the rare and coveted vibranium. Driven by an insatiable thirst for vibranium to realize his ambitions of crafting an invincible drone army, Stark and Killmonger devise an intricate scheme. James Rhodes becomes an instrumental pawn in securing the vital resource, brokering a deal with the notorious Ulysses Klaue. However, Killmonger manipulates this arrangement, seeding rumors of the vibranium transaction to ensnare T'Challa, the prince of Wakanda, into the web of deceit. In a calculated and gruesome orchestration, Killmonger engineers a ghastly facade, maneuvering events to stage the demise of both T'Challa and Rhodes, casting their deaths as a mutually inflicted conflict. Stark, plagued by suspicions, confronts Killmonger, only to meet a tragic and untimely end at the hands of the treacherous manipulator. The cunning Killmonger, using Stark's demise to orchestrate a fictitious Wakandan aggression, takes lethal action, cementing his ascent to power. Amidst the Machiavellian subterfuge, Killmonger eliminates Klaue, the last loose end tethering him to his malevolent designs, and forges a return to the embrace of his kin in the hidden realm of Wakanda. However, a brewing storm threatens to disrupt this ill-gotten ascendancy as Thaddeus Ross dispatches a fearsome drone army, engineered to assail Wakanda's clandestine haven. Surprisingly, Killmonger allies himself with the Wakandans, turning the tides of battle and emerging as the unexpected champion, earning the mantle of the Black Panther.
As geopolitical tensions escalate with the United States poised for another attack, the astute Shuri, T'Challa's sister, takes decisive action. Fueled by her suspicion of Killmonger's ulterior motives, she forges an unlikely alliance, seeking counsel with Pepper Potts to unravel the intricate web of deceit and expose the unsettling truth lurking beneath Killmonger's facade.