Created by: Don McGregor and Rich Buckler
1st appearance: Jungle Action #6, 1973
Real name: N’Jadaka, legally changed to Erik Killmonger
Alias: Erik Killmonger, Black Panther
Nationality: Wakanda
Team Affiliations: Black Panther Cult and the Death Regiment
Legal Status: Wanted criminal in Wakanda
Weight: 225 lbs Height: 6’6
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
Relatives: All deceased.
Skills and abilities: Killmonger holds a PH.D in engineering and is a world class fighter.
Powers: Thanks to the resurrection altar he has been granted enhanced physical strength resistance to injury and endurance.
His studded costume and belt can also inject poisons into while in battle. His wristbands contain energy blasters and communication devices with LCD display.
Biography
N’Jadaka was a child in the lower class of wakanda when Ulysses Klaw attacked and enslaved his people in a bid to overthrow the ruling king T’chaka. Even though Klaw was defeated his parents were killed and he was taken as Klaw’s slave. He later escaped and found refuge in America. He changed his name to Erik Killmonger, lived in Harlem, New York and studied engineering and business, eventually teaching at MIT (Massachusetts institute of Technology). While T’challa was in the USA for college Killmonger found him and had him returned to Wakanda. While there he revealed a deep seated hatred for the Wakandan royal line which he blamed for his life. Using the resurrection altar he granted his followers; Malice, Baron Macare, Salamander K’ruel, Sombre, King Cadaver; incredible powers. After T’challa defeated all his followers they had a titanic showdown atop warrior falls where he had the upper hand until Kantu, a young boy whose father had been killed by his forces shoved him off and he fell to his death. His lover Madame Slay found his lifeless body and buried him.
Return
He would be unsuccessfully resurrected by the Mandarin and Klaw before finally returning to the land of the living thanks to the remaining members of the death regiment. Alive again he planed to collapse the Wakandan economy to usher in a new age. He also empowered a new Malice to battle T’challa. TT’challa called his bluff, nearly collapsing the world economy. They fought again where he beat T’challa in a close fight. He was then given the rank and title of Black Panther and even tried to gain avengers membership. To complete his transformation into the Black Panther he ingested the heart shaped heart which was toxic to any but the royal blood line of Wakanda.
He fell into a coma soon after. When he awoke he again tried to get the leadership of Wakanda and found Kevin “Kasper” Cole who he granted a synthesized version of the heart shaped herb, Cole remained loyal to T’challa however and his plans were foiled. Killmonger next allied with one of the super Monkeys who gave him technology able to rival that of T’challa. He used these new devices to secure the nation of Niganda by rousing there need for financial and technological advancement and hate of the wakandans. He captured both T’challa’s sister Shuri and Photon to ensure a conflict. When T’challa arrived they engaged again in battle with Killmonger having the upper hand. About to strike the fatal blow he was killed by an enraged and newly released Photon. His death inspired the youth of Niganda and his remaining army to join forces with his death regiment and vow death to T’challa and the Wakandans.
May 4th, 2011 at 12:05 am
[...] Eric Killmonger then hired her to kill the Black Panther. She and her allies were defeated however. Vowing revenge she resurrected the Black Dragon Ciantang to kill the Panther but she was captured by the creature instead. Freed by the Panther she became his personal prisoner aboard his ship. It was here she discovered an older alternate world Black Panther with whom she bonded. She was granted amnesty and for the first time found a home. She accompanied this panther on a few adventures but when he was killed by Man-Ape she was distraught. In the chaos that followed she left Wakanda she has since returned to a life of Villainy. [...]
June 22nd, 2011 at 12:17 am
[...] Killmonger enhanced her strength, speed and agility to superhuman levels. She employed a blade firing gun and [...]
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:08 am
[...] later captured by by Eric Killmonger she displays her killer instinct by defeating her captors before Zuri rescues her. During the [...]
July 28th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
[...] She changed her name to Pulsar and became the leader of Next Wave. Aiding Black Panther against Eric Killmonger resulted in her accidentally killing him though she stopped his invasion.During “Civil [...]
July 29th, 2011 at 12:26 am
[...] he defeated Tony Stark, he reintroduced classic Jack Kirby villains such as Malice, Man -Ape and Eric Killmonger with new twists and made them not just a threat to the panther but to the whole Marvel [...]
August 2nd, 2011 at 1:38 am
[...] and defeated the Fantastic four infiltrates the Avengers to assess their threat level faced usurper Eric Killmonger, the Ku Klux Klan and apartheid in Africa. When he returns to America to solve a murder he [...]
August 2nd, 2011 at 4:35 pm
[...] and abilities: Skilled in taming feline animals. She trained Prey the leopard companion of Eric killmonger. She also uses retractable spiked wrist gauntlets in close [...]
August 2nd, 2011 at 5:00 pm
[...] she murdered him and framed Monica Lynne who was T’challa’s fiance at the time. When Eric Killmonger was recruited an army to help him take over wakanda she was one of them. When Venom one of [...]
August 2nd, 2011 at 5:07 pm
[...] altar and subjecting himself to it found himself granted unusual powers. Years later Eric Killmonger recruited him to his cause to overthrow T’challa and grant Kruel and his men rank and title in [...]
August 2nd, 2011 at 5:09 pm
[...] white gorillas to whom he sacrificed those who had been made useless by the altar. He assisted Eric Killmonger’s bid when he took over Wakanda. He allowed his men to be exposed to the Altar in hopes of making for [...]
August 4th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
[...] hero he tried to gain permission to eat the heart shaped herb by undertaking the rite of ascension. Killmonger who was head of the wakandan council at the time offered him and artificial version of the herb in [...]
August 14th, 2011 at 1:55 am
[...] poisoned by the herb or had their spirit devoured by the panther god. It should be noted only Eric Killmonger has been known to survive eating the herb though he fell into a coma. When he awoke he had none of [...]
August 17th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
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August 21st, 2011 at 12:10 am
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August 25th, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] Panther Movie rumors ablaze! Leiba is an imposing and powerful looking actor who instantly evokes Erik Killmonger, we tracked him down for a little Q &A as we dig deeper in the Black Panther Movie and this [...]
May 10th, 2012 at 1:46 am
[...] missing. He meets with his cousin the only person to escape the ship he informs T’challa that Killmonger has [...]
June 16th, 2012 at 1:03 am
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July 22nd, 2012 at 1:21 am
[...] teams with Uncle Hunter to find him in hopes of winning favor for herself. Just as they reach Killmonger to rescue him, T’charra arrives and kills, Killmonger, Hunter and [...]