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First Appearance: Defender #7, 2012 Location This special plant grows only in Wakanda on west ward facing trees on the edge of the country. What it does The Soul shaped one to access the psyche-scape of ancestral memory. All past black panthers
It’s Valentine’s Day and we are counting down our favorite Black superheroes in love. Sound off in the comments below let us know your favorite Black superheroes in love! Calypso and Kraven the Hunter When Kraven the hunter came to her land
Every once in awhile a fan submits something that simply must be published, it got lost in our always overflowing email but after a bit of spring cleaning here it is one fans tale of Lobo “The very first African American wild
The Houngan are empowered by and worship the Vodu/African Gods Background The Mantle of the Lord of the Loa originated sometime after slavery began in the Caribbean. Slaves brought the worship of the Vodu gods with them and all it’s trappings. Over
Who should play the King of Wakanda? That’s a question that keeps popping up in my mind ever since the last bit of speculation came about. It got me thinking, Christopher Priest fans will want one thing, Hudlin fans another. Those of
First Appearance: Black Panther’s Prey #2, June 1st 1991 Location This special plant grows only in Wakanda specifically on Mount Kanda in a section called “the Valley of the Panther”. What it does The Heart Shaped herb has been described as a
As I sit here waiting for the next issue of Black Panther Most Dangerous man Alive, despite the shoddy false advertising which threw me for a loop recently (Black Panther Man without fear #517), I got to thinking Why is Marvel still
As a father of a four year old I’m often very wary of what she is allowed to listen to. As a result allot of Pop music has been circulating around my house for the past four years. I brought this up
Drumm and Monica could have been THE black power couple in the marvel universe if handled correctly. Alas Drumm is dead…and Monica is back in comic book Limbo 🙁 This off kilter romance started not in Marvel Diva’s #1 but in Black
Who says it has to be love at first sight? Jessica Campbell was just your average girl at Midtown High school with a crush on Peter Parker before he became Spider-man. On the same day he was bitten by a radioactive spider
Grace Choi and Anissa Pierce are a couple for black superhero history books! Anissa is the daughter of one of the earliest black superheroes in comics Black Lightning. She joined the superhero team “The outsiders” who at the time operated under Nightwing
Welcome to a new section that I’ve had floating around my head since before worldofblackheroes.com began in 2010. Milestone Mondays will take place on a random Monday of each month and talk about, review or highlight art, cards, etc from the ’90s
Well the tale of how Black Heroes came into existence was a strange one. After crafting a very successful group dedicated to a former friend turned well known sprinter …who after hitting fame pretends I don’t exist (can you say asshole?)… I
Well BH as I’m affectionately called 🙂 is a graduate of University who majored in Philosophy and did subjects from a smorgasbord of such things as Rastafari, Dancehall, Reggae, Politics, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics, Spanish etc. Like most graduates I thought the
First Appearance: Black Panther vol.2 #1 Created by: Christopher Priest Background: The group was founded to secure peace between the eighteen rival factions of the marsh tribes of Wakanda and the more technologically advanced capital ruled by the Black Panther. It is
What if an African nation had escaped the bands of colonization? What if an African nation’s culture had been allowed to evolve separate and apart from the process of slavery? What is an African nation had never been conquered since time immemorial? WELCOME TO WAKANDA! Believe it!
First Appearance: Black Panther #4 Created by: Christopher Priest History The Hatut Zeraze (pronounced hah-TOO sir-AH-say) Created and founded by T’chaka The Great after Klaw tried to invade their nation of Wakanda. They are essentially the secret survive and assassins of the
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #53, 1966 Created by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Wakandan Vibranium History: Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed to earth it was composed of a foreign material which absorbed any vibration or kinetic energy directed against it.