Black Panther
The Avengersare Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes butBlack Pantherhas an edge over them . Iron Fistis the domain ’s secure martial creative person , Doctor Strangeis the world ’s greatest sorcerer , Ghost Rideris a boost host of an immortal spirit , andThoris the most heroic deity of the Marvel Universe . But in the novel issueAvengers # 33 , Wakanda ’s ace stand when the rest of that team fell , for one simple reason : Black Panther ’s power source ca n’t be stolen .
Avengers # 33 , by Jason Aaron and Javier Garron , with color from Jason Keith , kick off themuch - hyped " Age of Khonshu " plot line . The mysterious and troubled heroMoon Knight(aka Marc Spector , aka Jake Lockley , aka several other dissociative identicalness ) has received a directive from Khonshu , the ancient Egyptian god he assist . The pursuance : to save the world by take away it over and turning the integral globe into a unexampled Egyptian imperium , with New York serving as its new thebe . Before he can do that , however , he call for to get powerful enough while eliminating those who would place upright in his manner . That means striking down the Avengers one at a time .
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Moon Knight fights each Avenger he targets on their home turf in turn ; each meter he benefit an opening , he rips the source of their exponent by and escapes with it . He punches out Iron Fist and siphon out the mystical energy that gives the martial creative person his chi - empowered strikes . Moon Knight then expend one of those strikes on Doctor Strange and rend the doctor ’s magic away . Ghost Rider never sees him ; the nocturnal crimefighter finds and steal Ghost Rider ’s car out from his service department , leave the possessed hero to heat up in a inhuman fret , wondering why he suddenly feels impoverish . Even Thor falls to Moon Knight ’s power .
The only hero that Moon Knight ca n’t depower and develop ? Black Panther .
The Fist of Khonshu arrives on Wakanda ’s doorsill with an army of ma and superstar behind him . MK comes threatening warfare , but offering an well-situated way of life out a affaire d’honneur between himself and Wakanda ’s tycoon , and one which he take he utterly will not lose . The Panther claims he ’s positive and surrenders . When Moon Knight root for out the ankhs he ’s used to syphon the vitality of the other Avengers , Panther scoffs that Moon Knight is waste his time . T’Challa unwrap that the baron of the Black Panther is in his bloodline , a part of him , and that the only way to employ it is to ally with him . Moon Knight leaves empty - handed .
Why was Black Panther so unforced to surrender to a violence that had cripple his mate ? He know what Spector wanted and that he would n’t be able to get it . T’Challa benefit his powers by ingesting aheart - forge herbthat every guardian of Wakanda accept , greatly enhance his physical power . The herb itself carries no inbuilt power ; it enhances human physiology , a lasting process that can be reversed but can not transfer or exhale . Thanks toBlack Panther’sconfidence in his understanding of his own business leader , he was able to protect his people and avert a potentially devastating nationwide conflict … and T’Challa will have every apothecaries' ounce of power within him for theeven more dangerous battle ahead .
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