Infinity Wars: Ghost Panther (2018) # 2

"There Is a Place Called Wakanda, Part 2"

Cover Date: February 2019; Publication Date: December 2018

Writer: Jed MacKay; Artist: Jefte Palo; Letterer: Joe Sabino; Colorist: Jim Campbell; Editor: Jordan D. White; Assistant Editor: Annalise Bissa; Editor-in-Chief: C.B. Cebulski; Cover Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli

The Panther God Zarathos tells T'Challa the origin story of Erik Killraven, a time traveler who grew up after Martians conquered the planet. He hates Wakanda due to being exiled from there as a child, allowing him to grow up as a gladiator in the Martian arena while Wakanda remained the only free country. Now he has traveled back in time to kill T'Challa's father and attack Wakanda. In order to protect his sister Shuriri, T'Challa again agrees to become the Ghost Panther and is resurrected by Zarathos.

Killraven attacks Shuriri in Wakanda but is interrupted by Ghost Panther. However he is quickly overwhelmed by Killraven'a ability to predict his moves. In the spirit realm Zarathos talks with the ghost of T'Chaka, T'Challa's father, who offers his soul to help his son. Zarathos sends him to Earth as a flaming panther that easily subdues Killraven. Ghost Panther eats Killraven's soul and joins his father and sister as protectors of Wakanda.

Infinity Wars: Ghost Panther (2018) # 1

"There Is a Place Called Wakanda, Part 1"

Cover Date: January 2019; Publication Date: November 2018

Writer: Jed MacKay; Artist: Jefte Palo; Letterer: Joe Sabino; Colorist: Jim Campbell; Editor: Jordan D. White; Assistant Editor: Annalise Bissa; Editor-in-Chief: C.B. Cebulski; Cover Art: Humberto Ramos

T'Challa, prince of Wakanda, is exiled from the country after an argument with his father. He travels to America and meets Jericho "Brother Crash" Simpson, who gives T'Challa a job as a motorcycle stunt rider. Taking the name "Johnny Blaze" he performs stunts for five years until a wreck kills him. Brother Crash invokes a favor from the Panther God of Vengeance, Zarathos, who meets with T'Challa in the after life to offer him power in exchange for providing her with souls. He declines and she brings him back to life with the knowledge that his father T'Chaka has died.

He returns to Wakanda and meets with his sister Shuriri, who tells him about the two strangers that killed T'Chaka and destroyed the herbs used to grant the power of the Black Panther to the nation's ruler. After his sister accuses him of cowardice T'Challa goes off into the desert to find his father's killers. He soon finds them and is attacked by M'Bakshulla the Ape Man, a giant warrior with cybernetic arms. Despite his efforts T'Challa is nearly killed and is forced to take Zarathos' offer. He is transformed into the Ghost Panther and uses his power to eat the soul of his enemy. T'Challa, horrified by what he has done, transforms back into his human form. He's then stabbed in the back by the second attacker, Erik Killraven.