When Marvel Comics' latest event series, Blood Hunt, kicks off this May, no place in the Marvel Universe will be safe from the vampire’s invasion...not even the proud nation of Wakanda.
Spinning directly out of the startling developments in Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz's main Blood Hunt series comes Black Pather: Blood Hunt, a three-issue event tie-in series written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton (Marvel's Voices) and illustrated by Farid Karami (Venom: Lethal Protector).
The comic sees the recently exiled T'Challa finally returning to Wakanda's capital city. Only he now serves a different nation entirely - the vampire nation! One of the vampire's first - but certainly not last - victims, T'Challa finds himself caught in a soul-crushing struggle between protecting his people from his new brothers and satisfying his new overpowering thirst for blood.
Threatening his legacy as king as well as his deep connection with the Panther God, T'Challa reluctantly embarks on a quest from the vampire overlord to find an ancient power.
In the process, he’ll unearth long-buried secrets about Wakanda's own secret history with creatures of the night as Eaton and Karami introduce new blood-sucking villains inspired by real African legend and mythology.
"Long live the king! Literally!" Eaton declares. "While T'Challa has always been the height of human excellence, steering such a legendary character as he navigates a supernatural battlefield populated with gods and monsters - all while adapting to a form and newfound powers unfamiliar to him - has been a treat."
"T'Challa’s royal status is not just Wakandan in nature, but vampiric as well. And I can’t wait to explore both of those bloodlines. No pun intended!"
Karami adds, "Once I read the script, I was delightfully surprised about where the story was going and how cool the tone and atmosphere were. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series was my introduction to most of Marvel's super heroes, and Black Panther was my favorite character there."
"The chance to draw T'Challa as a vampire battling other vampires and some African mythological demons in such an epic yet dark tale has been a dream come true."
See the horror that awaits Black Panther, and the nation of Wakanda, on the Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1 cover below and stay tuned for more on this event as we have it.
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 3)
Written by CHERYL LYNN EATON
Art by FARID KARAMI
Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO
On Sale 5/29