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!!Beisa
Matima, a Wakanda citizen, who took to donning a costume and vigilantism in order to aid people in need.
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* AnimalMotifs: Beisa is the oryx of Eastern Africa, and she bears a antelope-styled helmet.
* PhantomThief: A female African variant.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She does not take kindly to being commanded by T'Challa.
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Ruler of the fictional African country of Narobia. A vicious woman wanted in fifteen countries, she was the sometimes-love-interest of T'Challa during the Creator/JackKirby helmed run of the book. Their relationship was strained upon his subsequent marriage to Comicbook/{{Storm}}.
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A Wakandan scholar who gave out revolutionary lectures for improving Wakanda.
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* AmicableExes: He was once Ramonda's lover till she married T'Chaka. They remain good friends and acquaintances, and don't let politics compromise their bonds.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He inspired Tetu to become a revolutionary. Though he respects Tetu's stance, he makes a broadcast to Wakandan citizens to not indulge in terrorism and harm their land.
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!!Zawavari
A Wakandan shaman who assists T'Challa in terms of magical and mystical affairs.
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* HollywoodVoodoo: He operates on this.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As T'Challa is more on the side of technology, his relationship with Zawavari is somewhat strained.
** He had a better relationship with Shuri when she took the title of Panther, as he was serving as mentor to her.
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!!Dora Milaje
[[folder:In General]]
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' The Adorned Ones
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
The Adored Ones are the Wakandan all-female personal body guards of the King/Queen. They are highly skilled in the use of various weapons and styles of martial art.
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* AmazonBrigade: The Dora Milaje is an all-female warrior society that protects the Wakandan king. Every member is a formidable warrior.
* BattleHarem: Subverted. In addition to bodyguards, The Dora Milaje also function as wives-in-training to the Black Panther as tradition dictates, but T'Challa considers them daughter-figures rather than love interests.
* BodyguardBabes: Younger than most examples, however.
* KidSidekick: They are actually all teenagers, though its hard to tell since they look very tall and mature.
* LaResistance: In ''Black Panther'' (2016), several of the Dora Milaje [[spoiler: join the Midnight Angels in their revolution against the king when it becomes clear that he cannot keep order in Wakanda.]]
* MultinationalTeam: Members of the Dora Milaje are Wakandan women drawn from all regions and tribes of the country.
* PraetorianGuard: The Dora Milaje have historically protected the Wakandan king.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Their outfits are revealing.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Seriously, would ''you'' believe they're all teenagers?
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[[folder:Nakia]]
!!Nakia
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Malice
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Jungle Action'' Vol. 3, #8
As a child, Nakia of the Q'Noma Valley marsh tribe was picked by her tribal elders to be a Dora Milaje, and spent three years training before presented to King T'Challa. She was one of the King's concomitants, and quicly became one of his deadliest bodyguards, where she was partnered to and befriended Okoye. At some point, Nakia fell in love with T'Challa.
Unfortunately, her love quickly turned to obsession, and after attempting to kill Monica Lynne out of jealousy was ousted from the Dora Milaje. Allying herself with Eric Killmonger, she took on the villainous persona of Malice to take revenge on her love, T'Challa, and her former sisters for abandoning her.
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* CosmicPlaything: Before she became Malice, the girl could not catch a break. Mephisto manipulated T'Challa into kissing her, and this is what sends her off the edge. When he discovers what she'd tried to do to Monica, he makes her leave, and she crashes her transport and is tortured by Achebe.
* EvilCounterpart: To every Dora Milaje ever, but ''especially'' to Okoye, who is a dutiful member of the Dora Milaje and completely understands her role and why T'Challa keeps her and Nakia around.
* FaceHeelTurn: After she is exiled by T'Challa.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, unrequited love for your king, being disgraced and exiled and some torture from Achebe.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Tried to fake an "accident" with Monica..
* StalkerWithACrush: Once she becomes Malice, she is relentless when it comes hunting to T'Challa.
* StatuesqueStunner: Over six feet tall.
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[[folder:Okoye]]
!! Okoye
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
Taken from an unknown tribe from Wakanda at the onset of puberty, Okoye was chosen by the Black Panther to serve as one of his Dora Milaje. Okoye stood out from an early stage and eventually became one of his personal aids along with Nakia. She served as T'Challa's chauffeur while Nakia was his personal aid. When Nakia developed romantic feelings for T’challa Okoye tried to reign in her fellow Dora Milaje to no avail.
Later when Kasper Cole became the Black Panther she engaged him at T’Challa’s behest to test his skills. Okoye later showed romantic feelings for Kasper.
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* BaldOfAwesome: She used to have long hair, but now that she has returned to prominence, she has a completely smooth head.
* CleavageWindow: During Kasper's tenure as the Black Panther, her default outfit had this.
* ConsummateProfessional: While working under T'Challa. Not so much in her interactions with Kasper.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her interactions with Kasper seemed to be leading to this, before she [[PutOnABus disappeared]].
* PutOnABus: After testing Kasper's resolve and deeming him worthing of the Panther moniker, she leaves to deal with [[HandWave her other duties]]. She hasn't been seen in a while. However...
** TheBusCameBack: She returns in ''Black Panther'' #171 (largely to tie-in with the movie).
* RetCanon: Okoye originally had long hair in the comics, but was given a shaved head and tattoos to resemble her movie counterpart.
* ShesGotLegs: Has nice long legs.
* SpyCatsuit: Her default clothing.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's over six feet tall.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Nakia/Malice.
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[[folder:Queen Divine Justice]]
!! Queen Divine Justice
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ce'Athauna Asira Davin
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #13
A young woman born to the Jabari tribe. Her parents were murdered by anti-Jabari extremists when she was a baby. T'Challa sent her to America for her own safety, where she grew up unaware of her heritage.
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* DamselInDistress: Man-Ape kidnaps her so that the Jabari can reclaim their ancestral lands and honor.
* IHaveManyNames: Her names include Ce'Athauna Asira Davin (her Wakandan birth name), Chanté Giovanni Brown (her American name), and Queen Divine Justice (her self-given nickname).
* OddFriendship: With Hulk, who she talks down from a rampage.
* [[KingIncognito Queen Incognito]]: She spends the early years of her life unaware that she is the chieftainess of a Wakandan tribe.
* RoyalBlood: She is the daughter of the late chieftain of the Jabari tribe.
* SoapBoxSadie: ''Her defining trait''. She just ''doesn't shut up'' when it comes to her political views.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Vibraxas. He's a commoner and she's a member of the Dora Milaje.
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[[folder:Aneka]]
!! Aneka
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 5, #8
A former leader of the Dora Milaje and a formidable warrior.. She is arrested and put on trial after killing a corrupt tribal chieftain. She and Ayo later become the Midnight Angels and start a revolution in Wakanda.
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* ArrestedForHeroism: She is placed on trial after killing a depraved chieftain.
-->'''Ayo:''' The chieftain's outrages upon the girls of his village were known. Yet his lechery was unopposed. Aneka spoke to him as fathers and brothers should have spoken long before. And when she was not heeded, she did as the honor of Wakandan fathers and brothers has always demanded.
* BadassCreed: "No One Man", meaning that no one man should rule Wakanda.
* BaldWomen: Like most Dora Milaje, she's bald.
* ConflictingLoyalty: She served her king faithfully as a leader of the Dora Milaje, but her devotion to the Wakandan people proves stronger than her loyalty to T'Challa. She eventually decides that the king can no longer protect his people and has become irrelevant.
* GoodVersusGood: Both T'Challa and the Midnight Angels genuinely care about the Wakandan people. However, the Midnight Angels decide that "no one man" should rule Wakanda.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She killed a predatory chieftain by hurling her spear into his chest.
* JavelinThrower: While part of the Dora Milaje, her weapon of choice was a spear.
* SympatheticMurderer: She killed a predator chieftain whom no one would hold accountable and who ''definitely'' had it coming.
* [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Woman]]: After Ayo breaks her out of prison, the two women become the Midnight Angels, protecting the Wakandan people because the Black Panther cannot.
* WifeBasherBasher:
** In flashbacks, she killed a tribal chieftain who was sexually abusing girls in his village. She flung a spear into his chest as his victims looked on.
** She and Ayo discover a militant group that is kidnapping women and girls for use as sex slaves. The two women slaughter the militants and free the captives.
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!! Ayo
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Ultimates'' Vol. 2, #1
A former member of the Dora Milaje and a fierce warrior. She and her lover Aneka become the Midnight Angels.
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* BaldWomen: Like most Dora Milaje, she's bald.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter
** Her romantic moments with Aneka show that she can be very sweet off the battlefield.
** After she and Aneka slaughter a group of militants, she comforts a freed captive who had been sexually abused by the militants.
* DestinationDefenestration: When she and Aneka attack a barbaric militant group, one militant refuses to stand down. Ayo hurls him from the window of the group's hideout (a fortress situated at the top of a massive tree), and he falls to his death.
* GoodVersusGood: Like Aneka, she protects the Wakandan people, but no longer believes that one man should rule the country.
* RescueArc: She breaks Aneka out of prison and steals the Angel armor suits.
* [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Woman]]: After Ayo breaks her out of prison, the two women become the Midnight Angels, protecting the Wakandan people because the Black Panther cannot.
* WifeBasherBasher: She and Aneka slaughter a group of militants who were kidnapping women and children for use as sex slaves.
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!! W'Kabi
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Wakabi
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #62
Wakanda's Chief of Security and commands the Black Panther armed forces.
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* KilledOffForReal: He died in the line of duty, defending his [[spoiler:queen]].
* LegacyOfService: Served under both T'Challa and his father.
* ServileSnarker: Was not very supportive of Monica Lynne or Everett Ross, and while he would never openly defy his king's wishes, he made his irritation with them repeatedly know.
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!! Monica Lynne
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #73
Monica Lynne was the long time love interest of the Black Panther and became his fiance.
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* BrokenPedestal: She is completely disillusioned with T'Challa and the romance of dating a superhero and royalty. She has nothing but contempt for it.
* ButtMonkey: While it wasn't really commented on in the early comics, she retrospectively became one of these during Priest's run. And she ''hates'' it.
* TheChanteuse: She's a jazz singer.
* DamselInDistress: It happens to her way too often.
* GoKartingWithBowser: After Killmonger of all people saved her life, she and Killmonger bonded over the mutual distaste of T’Challa and even played basketball together at his hideout.
* MsFanservice: She spent an entire arc with Killmonger dressed in a bikini top and a loincloth.
* RescueRomance: She and T'Challa met when he rescued her from an attack by the hate-group the Sons of the Serpent.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: To T'Challa.
* TheScrappy: In-Universe, she is extremely disliked by T'Challa's court and guards because she's American. Even after she stops appearing in the comics they continue to badmouth her.
* TheTopicOfCancer: Eventually she would succumb to cancer several years after the marriage between T'Challa and Storm.
* TraumaCongaLine: Gets nothing but grief for being T’Challa’s American girlfriend by the Wakandans, gets caught up in all sorts of danger with her as the main target, breaks up with T’Challa, gets put in more danger, gets derided as a WhiteDwarfStarlet by everyone, finds out T’Challa marries Storm and eventually dies of cancer.
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!! Princess Zanda
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 1, #1
Ruler of the fictional African country of Narobia. A vicious woman wanted in fifteen countries, she was the sometimes-love-interest of T'Challa during the Creator/JackKirby helmed run of the book. Their relationship was strained upon his subsequent marriage to Comicbook/{{Storm}}.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Monica Lynne's Betty.
* BlingOfWar: Courtesy of her designer, Creator/JackKirby.
* {{Bulungi}}: Her nation of Narobia, a [[FictionalCounterpart stand in]] for the real African nation of Kenya (whose capital is Nairobi).
* DatingCatwoman: Her actions often brought her into conflict with Black Panther, leading to this trope, as there was a very clear sexual chemistry between the two. She did not take it well when Black Panther chose Storm over her in the end.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Despite being from an African nation, she mirrors this in appearance. This is largely thanks to the design work of Creator/JackKirby, who was very fond of Olmec and Incan design.
* MostCommonSuperpower: She was modestly endowed in her initial appearance. Subsequent artists rectified that.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ShesGotLegs: None of her outfits include pants or leggings of any kind.
* WomanScorned: She takes getting dumped [[BlatantLies pretty well]].
** This happens again when T'Challa decides to marry Storm over her. In the end, however, [[AmicableExes she still turns up to the wedding]].
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[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!! Everett K. Ross
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ka-Zar'' Vol. 4, #17
A U.S. State Department employee, whose job was to escort foreign diplomats on American soil. His world changed forever when he was assigned to T'Challa, the Black Panther. He is the boyfriend of Nikki Adams.
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* AnachronicOrder: Ross is terminally incapable of just telling a story without digression or mixing up the order in which events occurred, which invariably confuses the hell out of whoever he's talking to. Any issue where Ross is the narrator has a habit of feeling like a Tarantino movie. As of the 2018 ''Black Panther Annual'', Ross is ''still'' doing it, much to the displeasure of an NYPD detective.
** This can also be read to some extent as Ross's creator Christopher Priest making fun of himself, as Priest got ''very'' fond of this kind of out-of-order storytelling during and after his ''Black Panther'' run. Later writers, when they used Ross in any capacity at all, usually didn't use him as a narrator.
* AudienceSurrogate: In Priest's ''Black Panther'', Ross is the reader's point of entry into what would otherwise be a somewhat impenetrable, near-total reinvention of Wakanda, its society, the factions within it, and T'Challa himself.
* BadassBureaucrat: He actually manages to be this from time to time, but not very often.
* ButtMonkey: Deconstructed Badly in that everyone treats him like crap, even his girlfriend, and he becomes more and more ill-tempered with others until eventually he cuts all ties with T’Challa.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "But, I'm getting ahead of myself."
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: It's part of his job.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: An unintentional one. [[spoiler: He asked for a pair of pants.]]
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator
* FirstPersonSmartass
* InsistentTerminology: T'Challa is almost always "the client" to Ross, even when he isn't.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: He does this constantly in his narration, to the annoyance of his boss/lover Nikki.
* MotorMouth
* MrExposition
* NonActionSnarker: He's not a skilled fighter, but he can sure bring the snark if he has to.
* OnlySaneMan: When you're stuck in a room with Mephisto and Zuri it's hard not to be.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or more specifically Iceland. It doesn't last though.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy
* RunningGag: In Ross's narration, whenever he's called upon to describe a superhuman character, he summarizes what he knows about their origin up to a point, then writes the rest off as "and then s/he fell into a vat of Cream of Wheat" and got powers.
* TokenWhite: He's usually the only prominent white person who hangs around with Black Panther and his allies.
* TheWatson
* UnfazedEveryman: Only after some CharacterDevelopment. He's still the ButtMonkey though.
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[[folder:Zuri]]
!! Zuri
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
Wakandian Warrior, formerly a close friend to King T'Chaka. A trusted aid and member of T'Challa's inner circle.
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* CoolOldGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* KilledOffForReal: Alongside [[spoiler:W'Kabi]].
* OldRetainer: He's essentially this to T'Challa, with a side of BattleButler.
* RamblingOldManMonologue: he's prone to these when it comes to matters of Wakandan history.
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[[folder:Storm]]
!!Storm
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ororo Munroe
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1
Storm, a.k.a. Ororo Munroe, a weather-controlling mutant and one of the most famous members of the ComicBook/XMen. She married Black Panther and taken on a new leadership role in Wakanda. The marriage lasted a long time, but came crashing during ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen in which Storm reluctantly took the mutants' side and caused Namor to flood Wakanda. This act enraged Black Panther that he, being both King AND High Priest of Wakanda, announced divorce even if Storm defected to the Avengers' side afterwards.
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-> See Comicbook/{{Storm}}
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' The Adorned Ones
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
The Adored Ones are the Wakandan all-female personal body guards of the King/Queen. They are highly skilled in the use of various weapons and styles of martial art.
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* AmazonBrigade: The Dora Milaje is an all-female warrior society that protects the Wakandan king. Every member is a formidable warrior.
* BattleHarem: Subverted. In addition to bodyguards, The Dora Milaje also function as wives-in-training to the Black Panther as tradition dictates, but T'Challa considers them daughter-figures rather than love interests.
* BodyguardBabes: Younger than most examples, however.
* KidSidekick: They are actually all teenagers, though its hard to tell since they look very tall and mature.
* LaResistance: In ''Black Panther'' (2016), several of the Dora Milaje [[spoiler: join the Midnight Angels in their revolution against the king when it becomes clear that he cannot keep order in Wakanda.]]
* MultinationalTeam: Members of the Dora Milaje are Wakandan women drawn from all regions and tribes of the country.
* PraetorianGuard: The Dora Milaje have historically protected the Wakandan king.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Their outfits are revealing.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Seriously, would ''you'' believe they're all teenagers?
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[[folder:Nakia]]
!!Nakia
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Malice
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Jungle Action'' Vol. 3, #8
As a child, Nakia of the Q'Noma Valley marsh tribe was picked by her tribal elders to be a Dora Milaje, and spent three years training before presented to King T'Challa. She was one of the King's concomitants, and quicly became one of his deadliest bodyguards, where she was partnered to and befriended Okoye. At some point, Nakia fell in love with T'Challa.
Unfortunately, her love quickly turned to obsession, and after attempting to kill Monica Lynne out of jealousy was ousted from the Dora Milaje. Allying herself with Eric Killmonger, she took on the villainous persona of Malice to take revenge on her love, T'Challa, and her former sisters for abandoning her.
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* CosmicPlaything: Before she became Malice, the girl could not catch a break. Mephisto manipulated T'Challa into kissing her, and this is what sends her off the edge. When he discovers what she'd tried to do to Monica, he makes her leave, and she crashes her transport and is tortured by Achebe.
* EvilCounterpart: To every Dora Milaje ever, but ''especially'' to Okoye, who is a dutiful member of the Dora Milaje and completely understands her role and why T'Challa keeps her and Nakia around.
* FaceHeelTurn: After she is exiled by T'Challa.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, unrequited love for your king, being disgraced and exiled and some torture from Achebe.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Tried to fake an "accident" with Monica..
* StalkerWithACrush: Once she becomes Malice, she is relentless when it comes hunting to T'Challa.
* StatuesqueStunner: Over six feet tall.
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[[folder:Okoye]]
!! Okoye
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
Taken from an unknown tribe from Wakanda at the onset of puberty, Okoye was chosen by the Black Panther to serve as one of his Dora Milaje. Okoye stood out from an early stage and eventually became one of his personal aids along with Nakia. She served as T'Challa's chauffeur while Nakia was his personal aid. When Nakia developed romantic feelings for T’challa Okoye tried to reign in her fellow Dora Milaje to no avail.
Later when Kasper Cole became the Black Panther she engaged him at T’Challa’s behest to test his skills. Okoye later showed romantic feelings for Kasper.
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* BaldOfAwesome: She used to have long hair, but now that she has returned to prominence, she has a completely smooth head.
* CleavageWindow: During Kasper's tenure as the Black Panther, her default outfit had this.
* ConsummateProfessional: While working under T'Challa. Not so much in her interactions with Kasper.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her interactions with Kasper seemed to be leading to this, before she [[PutOnABus disappeared]].
* PutOnABus: After testing Kasper's resolve and deeming him worthing of the Panther moniker, she leaves to deal with [[HandWave her other duties]]. She hasn't been seen in a while. However...
** TheBusCameBack: She returns in ''Black Panther'' #171 (largely to tie-in with the movie).
* RetCanon: Okoye originally had long hair in the comics, but was given a shaved head and tattoos to resemble her movie counterpart.
* ShesGotLegs: Has nice long legs.
* SpyCatsuit: Her default clothing.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's over six feet tall.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Nakia/Malice.
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[[folder:Queen Divine Justice]]
!! Queen Divine Justice
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ce'Athauna Asira Davin
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #13
A young woman born to the Jabari tribe. Her parents were murdered by anti-Jabari extremists when she was a baby. T'Challa sent her to America for her own safety, where she grew up unaware of her heritage.
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* DamselInDistress: Man-Ape kidnaps her so that the Jabari can reclaim their ancestral lands and honor.
* IHaveManyNames: Her names include Ce'Athauna Asira Davin (her Wakandan birth name), Chanté Giovanni Brown (her American name), and Queen Divine Justice (her self-given nickname).
* OddFriendship: With Hulk, who she talks down from a rampage.
* [[KingIncognito Queen Incognito]]: She spends the early years of her life unaware that she is the chieftainess of a Wakandan tribe.
* RoyalBlood: She is the daughter of the late chieftain of the Jabari tribe.
* SoapBoxSadie: ''Her defining trait''. She just ''doesn't shut up'' when it comes to her political views.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Vibraxas. He's a commoner and she's a member of the Dora Milaje.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aneka]]
!! Aneka
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 5, #8
A former leader of the Dora Milaje and a formidable warrior.. She is arrested and put on trial after killing a corrupt tribal chieftain. She and Ayo later become the Midnight Angels and start a revolution in Wakanda.
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* ArrestedForHeroism: She is placed on trial after killing a depraved chieftain.
-->'''Ayo:''' The chieftain's outrages upon the girls of his village were known. Yet his lechery was unopposed. Aneka spoke to him as fathers and brothers should have spoken long before. And when she was not heeded, she did as the honor of Wakandan fathers and brothers has always demanded.
* BadassCreed: "No One Man", meaning that no one man should rule Wakanda.
* BaldWomen: Like most Dora Milaje, she's bald.
* ConflictingLoyalty: She served her king faithfully as a leader of the Dora Milaje, but her devotion to the Wakandan people proves stronger than her loyalty to T'Challa. She eventually decides that the king can no longer protect his people and has become irrelevant.
* GoodVersusGood: Both T'Challa and the Midnight Angels genuinely care about the Wakandan people. However, the Midnight Angels decide that "no one man" should rule Wakanda.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She killed a predatory chieftain by hurling her spear into his chest.
* JavelinThrower: While part of the Dora Milaje, her weapon of choice was a spear.
* SympatheticMurderer: She killed a predator chieftain whom no one would hold accountable and who ''definitely'' had it coming.
* [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Woman]]: After Ayo breaks her out of prison, the two women become the Midnight Angels, protecting the Wakandan people because the Black Panther cannot.
* WifeBasherBasher:
** In flashbacks, she killed a tribal chieftain who was sexually abusing girls in his village. She flung a spear into his chest as his victims looked on.
** She and Ayo discover a militant group that is kidnapping women and girls for use as sex slaves. The two women slaughter the militants and free the captives.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ayo]]
!! Ayo
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Ultimates'' Vol. 2, #1
A former member of the Dora Milaje and a fierce warrior. She and her lover Aneka become the Midnight Angels.
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* BaldWomen: Like most Dora Milaje, she's bald.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter
** Her romantic moments with Aneka show that she can be very sweet off the battlefield.
** After she and Aneka slaughter a group of militants, she comforts a freed captive who had been sexually abused by the militants.
* DestinationDefenestration: When she and Aneka attack a barbaric militant group, one militant refuses to stand down. Ayo hurls him from the window of the group's hideout (a fortress situated at the top of a massive tree), and he falls to his death.
* GoodVersusGood: Like Aneka, she protects the Wakandan people, but no longer believes that one man should rule the country.
* RescueArc: She breaks Aneka out of prison and steals the Angel armor suits.
* [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Woman]]: After Ayo breaks her out of prison, the two women become the Midnight Angels, protecting the Wakandan people because the Black Panther cannot.
* WifeBasherBasher: She and Aneka slaughter a group of militants who were kidnapping women and children for use as sex slaves.
[[/folder]]
!!Allies
[[folder:W'Kabi]]
!! W'Kabi
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Wakabi
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #62
Wakanda's Chief of Security and commands the Black Panther armed forces.
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* KilledOffForReal: He died in the line of duty, defending his [[spoiler:queen]].
* LegacyOfService: Served under both T'Challa and his father.
* ServileSnarker: Was not very supportive of Monica Lynne or Everett Ross, and while he would never openly defy his king's wishes, he made his irritation with them repeatedly know.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Monica Lynne]]
!! Monica Lynne
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #73
Monica Lynne was the long time love interest of the Black Panther and became his fiance.
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* BrokenPedestal: She is completely disillusioned with T'Challa and the romance of dating a superhero and royalty. She has nothing but contempt for it.
* ButtMonkey: While it wasn't really commented on in the early comics, she retrospectively became one of these during Priest's run. And she ''hates'' it.
* TheChanteuse: She's a jazz singer.
* DamselInDistress: It happens to her way too often.
* GoKartingWithBowser: After Killmonger of all people saved her life, she and Killmonger bonded over the mutual distaste of T’Challa and even played basketball together at his hideout.
* MsFanservice: She spent an entire arc with Killmonger dressed in a bikini top and a loincloth.
* RescueRomance: She and T'Challa met when he rescued her from an attack by the hate-group the Sons of the Serpent.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: To T'Challa.
* TheScrappy: In-Universe, she is extremely disliked by T'Challa's court and guards because she's American. Even after she stops appearing in the comics they continue to badmouth her.
* TheTopicOfCancer: Eventually she would succumb to cancer several years after the marriage between T'Challa and Storm.
* TraumaCongaLine: Gets nothing but grief for being T’Challa’s American girlfriend by the Wakandans, gets caught up in all sorts of danger with her as the main target, breaks up with T’Challa, gets put in more danger, gets derided as a WhiteDwarfStarlet by everyone, finds out T’Challa marries Storm and eventually dies of cancer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Zanda]]
!! Princess Zanda
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 1, #1
Ruler of the fictional African country of Narobia. A vicious woman wanted in fifteen countries, she was the sometimes-love-interest of T'Challa during the Creator/JackKirby helmed run of the book. Their relationship was strained upon his subsequent marriage to Comicbook/{{Storm}}.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Monica Lynne's Betty.
* BlingOfWar: Courtesy of her designer, Creator/JackKirby.
* {{Bulungi}}: Her nation of Narobia, a [[FictionalCounterpart stand in]] for the real African nation of Kenya (whose capital is Nairobi).
* DatingCatwoman: Her actions often brought her into conflict with Black Panther, leading to this trope, as there was a very clear sexual chemistry between the two. She did not take it well when Black Panther chose Storm over her in the end.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Despite being from an African nation, she mirrors this in appearance. This is largely thanks to the design work of Creator/JackKirby, who was very fond of Olmec and Incan design.
* MostCommonSuperpower: She was modestly endowed in her initial appearance. Subsequent artists rectified that.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ShesGotLegs: None of her outfits include pants or leggings of any kind.
* WomanScorned: She takes getting dumped [[BlatantLies pretty well]].
** This happens again when T'Challa decides to marry Storm over her. In the end, however, [[AmicableExes she still turns up to the wedding]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!! Everett K. Ross
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ka-Zar'' Vol. 4, #17
A U.S. State Department employee, whose job was to escort foreign diplomats on American soil. His world changed forever when he was assigned to T'Challa, the Black Panther. He is the boyfriend of Nikki Adams.
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* AnachronicOrder: Ross is terminally incapable of just telling a story without digression or mixing up the order in which events occurred, which invariably confuses the hell out of whoever he's talking to. Any issue where Ross is the narrator has a habit of feeling like a Tarantino movie. As of the 2018 ''Black Panther Annual'', Ross is ''still'' doing it, much to the displeasure of an NYPD detective.
** This can also be read to some extent as Ross's creator Christopher Priest making fun of himself, as Priest got ''very'' fond of this kind of out-of-order storytelling during and after his ''Black Panther'' run. Later writers, when they used Ross in any capacity at all, usually didn't use him as a narrator.
* AudienceSurrogate: In Priest's ''Black Panther'', Ross is the reader's point of entry into what would otherwise be a somewhat impenetrable, near-total reinvention of Wakanda, its society, the factions within it, and T'Challa himself.
* BadassBureaucrat: He actually manages to be this from time to time, but not very often.
* ButtMonkey: Deconstructed Badly in that everyone treats him like crap, even his girlfriend, and he becomes more and more ill-tempered with others until eventually he cuts all ties with T’Challa.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "But, I'm getting ahead of myself."
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: It's part of his job.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: An unintentional one. [[spoiler: He asked for a pair of pants.]]
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator
* FirstPersonSmartass
* InsistentTerminology: T'Challa is almost always "the client" to Ross, even when he isn't.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: He does this constantly in his narration, to the annoyance of his boss/lover Nikki.
* MotorMouth
* MrExposition
* NonActionSnarker: He's not a skilled fighter, but he can sure bring the snark if he has to.
* OnlySaneMan: When you're stuck in a room with Mephisto and Zuri it's hard not to be.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or more specifically Iceland. It doesn't last though.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy
* RunningGag: In Ross's narration, whenever he's called upon to describe a superhuman character, he summarizes what he knows about their origin up to a point, then writes the rest off as "and then s/he fell into a vat of Cream of Wheat" and got powers.
* TokenWhite: He's usually the only prominent white person who hangs around with Black Panther and his allies.
* TheWatson
* UnfazedEveryman: Only after some CharacterDevelopment. He's still the ButtMonkey though.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zuri]]
!! Zuri
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol. 3, #1
Wakandian Warrior, formerly a close friend to King T'Chaka. A trusted aid and member of T'Challa's inner circle.
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* CoolOldGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* KilledOffForReal: Alongside [[spoiler:W'Kabi]].
* OldRetainer: He's essentially this to T'Challa, with a side of BattleButler.
* RamblingOldManMonologue: he's prone to these when it comes to matters of Wakandan history.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Storm]]
!!Storm
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ororo Munroe
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1
Storm, a.k.a. Ororo Munroe, a weather-controlling mutant and one of the most famous members of the ComicBook/XMen. She married Black Panther and taken on a new leadership role in Wakanda. The marriage lasted a long time, but came crashing during ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen in which Storm reluctantly took the mutants' side and caused Namor to flood Wakanda. This act enraged Black Panther that he, being both King AND High Priest of Wakanda, announced divorce even if Storm defected to the Avengers' side afterwards.
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-> See Comicbook/{{Storm}}
[[/folder]]
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