Cover Date: September 2019; Publication Date: July 2019
Inside the Soul Stone is a multiverse that includes Warp World, where the Ghost Panther and other heroes reside. In Wakanda, the Ghost Panther frees himself from a trap laid by Bushman the Hunter and feeds the villain to his father, the giant fiery panther spirit. Later, Iron Hammer collects the Ghost Panther and brings him to the rest of the Defenders, who have been assembled by Captain Peace to face a threat from the future. In the year 2099 the world will be invaded and conquered by Martians, which will result in Erik Killraven traveling back in time to kill T'Challa's father as revenge against Wakanda. Ghost Panther volunteers to travel to 2099 to stop the Martian invasion, which would prevent Killraven from ever traveling back in time and ensure that T'Challa not become the Ghost Panther in the first place.
Ghost Panther arrives in 2099 during the Martian invasion and is attacked by the future incarnation of the Defenders, who mistake him for an enemy. The fight is stopped by Ghost Panther 2099, who recognizes T'Challa. The 2099 Defenders explain that the corporation Alchemars drained the planet Mars of all its resources, effectively killing it, and now seek to take over Earth and repeat the act. Ghost Panther sends the spirit of Zarathos to Mars, who uses the planet's desire for vengeance to destroy the entire invading Martian army in one stroke. The timeline, however, does not change and T'Challa remains cursed. Back in the present day, Captain Peace explains that even with the timeline changed Killraven still hated Wakanda and still came back in time to murder T'Chaka. The Defenders are then interrupted by the arrival of a new team of superbeings, the Squadron Seven, who have came to save their own timeline from destruction.
"Midnight Mass"
Writer: Daniel Kibblesmith; Artist: Ig Guara; Letterer: VC's Joe Sabino; Colorist: Matt Milla
While in a church in Harlem, T'Challa is attacked by Knightblade, who mistakes him for a vampire. He transforms into Ghost Panther and she is persuaded into believing he is not her enemy. Knightblade tells T'Challa her origin story, how she was a soldier that was bitten by a vampire and now hunts them. Wakandan vampires attack the pair, and the two quickly destroy them.