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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: He has a recurring group of bizarre minions empowered by [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Resurrection Altar]], including Baron Macabre, King Cadaver, Lord Karnaj, the BronzeAge version of Malice, Salamander K'Ruel, Sombre, Venomm (before his HeelFaceTurn), and [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Tayete and Kazibe]].

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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: He has a recurring group of bizarre minions empowered by [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Resurrection Altar]], including Baron Macabre, King Cadaver, Lord Karnaj, the BronzeAge UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} version of Malice, Salamander K'Ruel, Sombre, Venomm (before his HeelFaceTurn), and [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Tayete and Kazibe]].
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* InTheBlood: Only members of the Wakandan royal family can successfully become the Black Panther.
* LegacyCharacter: T'Challa was the first cannonical Black Panther, but in-story he inherited the title from his father, who inherited it from another relative before him going back hundreds of years.

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* InTheBlood: HeroicLineage: Only members of the Wakandan royal family can successfully become the Black Panther.
* LegacyCharacter: T'Challa was the first cannonical canonical Black Panther, but in-story he inherited the title from his father, who inherited it from another relative before him going back hundreds of years.
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* EvillyAffable: He's superficially quite courteous to people who seemingly aren't in the way of his vendetta against T'Challa, but as Ross points out, he's actually trying to manipulate people this way and knows full well that he's incredibly intimidating even when he's being polite.

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* EvillyAffable: FauxAffablyEvil: He's superficially quite courteous to people who seemingly aren't in the way of his vendetta against T'Challa, but as Ross points out, he's actually trying to manipulate people this way and knows full well that he's incredibly intimidating even when he's being polite.
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* {{Badass}} This is an absolute requirement for being the leader of the Panther Cult.

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* {{Badass}} {{Badass}}: This is an absolute requirement for being the leader of the Panther Cult.



* TheChessmaster: Can play at the level of the likes of Doctor Doom and come out on top.

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* TheChessmaster: Can play at the level of the likes of Doctor Doom SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom and come out on top.



** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athlete

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** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athleteathlete.



* SuperSoldier: As the Black Panther, T'Challa is endowed with power by the Panther God to make him his tribe's greates warrior.

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* SuperSoldier: As the Black Panther, T'Challa is endowed with power by the Panther God to make him his tribe's greates greatest warrior.



* ChurchMilitant: Not intially, but after becoming White Tiger he is an acolyte in the Panther Cult.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The same costume favoured by T'Challa. In fact his first costume was one of T'Challa's old uniforms.

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* ChurchMilitant: Not intially, but after becoming White Tiger Tiger, he is an acolyte in the Panther Cult.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The same costume favoured by T'Challa. In fact fact, his first costume was one of T'Challa's old uniforms.



* UnwittingPawn: Of Erik Killmonger, who granted him his powers, and of T'Challa and Hunter who both try to use him to their own ends early in his career.

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* UnwittingPawn: Of Erik Killmonger, who granted him his powers, and of T'Challa and Hunter Hunter, who both try to use him to their own ends early in his career.



** SuperSenses: All of his senses have been enhanced and he can recall anything he has smelled or heard for a long time afterwards.
** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athlete

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** SuperSenses: All of his her senses have been enhanced and he she can recall anything he she has smelled or heard for a long time afterwards.
** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athleteathlete.



* {{Archenemy}}: Of T'Challa

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* {{Archenemy}}: Of T'ChallaT'Challa.



* BackFromTheDead: Repeatedly. His being composed of pure sound helps with this of course.

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* BackFromTheDead: Repeatedly. His being composed of pure sound helps with this this, of course.



* MoralMyopia: He hates T'Challa for destroying his hand and keeping him from Wakanda's Vibranium, while ignoring the fact that he tried to enslave the Wakandans and casually killed T'Challa's father in front of the latter's child.

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* MoralMyopia: He hates T'Challa for destroying his hand and keeping him from Wakanda's Vibranium, while ignoring the fact that he tried to enslave the Wakandans and casually killed T'Challa's father in front of the latter's child.him.



* EvilFormerFriend: At one point he and T'Challa actually were friends.

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* EvilFormerFriend: At one point point, he and T'Challa actually were friends.



* WalkingShirtlessScene: When in his traditional garb
* WorthyOpponent: To T'Challa and Kasper

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: When in his traditional garb
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* WorthyOpponent: To T'Challa and Kasper
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* AnimalMotifs: White wolves of course

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* AnimalMotifs: White wolves wolves, of coursecourse.



* HappilyAdopted: Toyed with. White Wolf clearly cared for his adoptive father, T'Chaka, and is head over heels in love with his adopted culture. However, he was never able to overcome the institutionalised xenophobia that characterises Wakanda, was relegated to a behind-the-scenes job by T'Chaka, and is jealous and resentful of full brother, T'Challa who does not have to deal with any of these problems.

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* HappilyAdopted: Toyed with. White Wolf clearly cared for his adoptive father, T'Chaka, and is head over heels in love with his adopted culture. However, he was never able to overcome the institutionalised xenophobia that characterises Wakanda, was relegated to a behind-the-scenes job by T'Chaka, and is jealous and resentful of his full brother, T'Challa T'Challa, who does not have to deal with any of these problems.



* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Despite his dislike of T'Challa he still manages to be this.

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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Despite his dislike of T'Challa T'Challa, he still manages to be this.

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* BackFromTheDead: Repeatedly

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* AlienPhlebotinum: He and his minions derive their physical powers from the mutating energies of the Resurrection Altar, which is actually some sort of alien device that landed in Wakanda millennia ago. It can also bring back the dead in limited ways.
* BackFromTheDead: RepeatedlyRepeatedly, thanks to the aforementioned Resurrection Altar.


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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When he finally deposes T'Challa in ritual personal combat and subsequently goes through the Panther ritual, his mutated physique -- which allowed him to outmatch T'Challa -- reacts ''very'' badly to the Panther's sacred herb and puts him in a ConvenientComa.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: His first defeat happened when, in his moment of triumph, he was shoved off a cliff by a child whose father had been one of the first victims of Killmonger's troops.


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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His origin story is that he's a white European who invades an African country and tries to force its people to hand over a precious mineral resource.



* MoralMyopia: He hates T'Challa for destroying his hand and keeping him from Wakanda's Vibranium, while ignoring the fact that he tried to enslave the Wakandans and casually killed T'Challa's father in front of the latter's child.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It was always there, but it's taken UpToEleven in the Reginald Hudlin run.



* BladeOnAStick: Favours the spear.

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* BladeOnAStick: Favours the spear. spear.
* DirtyCoward: Despite his considerable physical advantages over T'Challa, he repeatedly resorts to poison and sneak attacks and has never used Wakanda's tribal challenge to try and legitimately oust his rival.



* EvilReactionary: Rejects various elements of modernity that conflict with his ReligionOfEvil.



* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: During Priest's run, he casually dismisses Queen Divine Justice's objections to the White Gorilla religion's practice of female genital mutilation as a view conditional on her "Western ways."



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Honestly does want what's best for his people.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Honestly does want what's best for his people.
people, within a certain definition of "best."



* BatmanGambit: Many of his schemes rely on knowing how T'Challa, the tribal elders of Wakanda, and others will react to his initial provocations.



* JokerImmunity: Will never be KilledOffForReal.

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* EvillyAffable: He's superficially quite courteous to people who seemingly aren't in the way of his vendetta against T'Challa, but as Ross points out, he's actually trying to manipulate people this way and knows full well that he's incredibly intimidating even when he's being polite.
* JokerImmunity: Will never be KilledOffForReal. Justified by his access to the Resurrection Altar.



* ManipulativeBastard: He's quite good at getting people and even governments to do exactly what he wants them to in furtherance of his schemes.



* QuirkyMinibossSquad: He has a recurring group of bizarre minions empowered by [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Resurrection Altar]], including Baron Macabre, King Cadaver, Lord Karnaj, the BronzeAge version of Malice, Salamander K'Ruel, Sombre, Venomm (before his HeelFaceTurn), and [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Tayete and Kazibe]].



* PatrioticFervour: Hunter's love for Wakanda is his distinguishing feature.

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* PatrioticFervour: PatrioticFervor: Hunter's love for Wakanda is his distinguishing feature.
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* DiplomaticImmunity: Thanks to his status as ruler of Wakanda.

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* DiplomaticImmunity: DiplomaticImpunity: Thanks to his status as ruler of Wakanda.
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* BigBadassWolf: The image that he projects.
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* DemotedToDragon: When resurrected by [[IronMan The Mandarin]].

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* DemotedToDragon: When resurrected by [[IronMan [[ComicBook/IronMan The Mandarin]].

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* {{Badass:}} This is an absolute requirement for being the leader of the Panter Cult.

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* {{Badass:}} {{Badass}} This is an absolute requirement for being the leader of the Panter Panther Cult.


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** T'Challa has encountered beings statistically far above him and ended up completely trolling them.
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* {{Badass}}

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* {{Badass}}{{Badass:}} This is an absolute requirement for being the leader of the Panter Cult.



* TheChampion: Of the Panther God

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* TheChampion: Of the Panther GodGod, Bast.
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* BackFromTheDead: Repeatedly. His being composed of pure sound helps with this of course.
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* {{Antivillain}}
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!!T'Challa/Black Panther

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!!T'Challa/Black Panther
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* LegacyCharacter: Inherited the title from his father.
* PantheraAwesome: Named for the black panther, which is his tribe's totem animal.

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* InTheBlood: Only members of the Wakandan royal family can successfully become the Black Panther.
* LegacyCharacter: Inherited T'Challa was the first cannonical Black Panther, but in-story he inherited the title from his father.
father, who inherited it from another relative before him going back hundreds of years.
* PantheraAwesome: Named for the black panther, which is his tribe's tribe and nation's totem animal.



!!Kevin "Kasper" Cole/"Black Panther"/White Tiger

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!!Kevin "Kasper" Cole/"Black Panther"/White Panther" II/White Tiger



* BulletProofVest: Wore a vibranium laced suit instead of the standard issue Kevlar vest for a while.

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* BulletProofVest: Wore a one of the Panther's vibranium laced suit suits under his police uniform instead of the standard issue Kevlar vest for a while.while. He later began impersonating the Black Panther using it, and still has one as White Tiger.



* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The same costume favoured by T'Challa.

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* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The same costume favoured by T'Challa. In fact his first costume was one of T'Challa's old uniforms.



* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Already a capable police officer before gaining superpowers.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When both Black Panther and White Wolf were trying to use him, with T'Challa as the good angel and Hunter as the bad.
* LegacyCharacter: Briefly masquaraded as Black Panther, before becoming White Tiger.

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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Already a capable police officer and Panther impersonator before gaining superpowers.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When In ''White and Black'' when both Black Panther and White Wolf were trying to use him, with T'Challa as the good angel and Hunter as the bad.
* LegacyCharacter: Briefly masquaraded as Black Panther, before becoming White Tiger. He's actually the third person to have the title of White Tiger as well, but has no connection to the previous two.



!!Shuri/Black Panther

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!!Shuri/Black Panther
Panther III



* TheChampion: To the Panther God, when she finally did gain its powers.

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* TheChampion: To the Panther God, when she finally did gain its powers.blessing.



* LegacyCharacter

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* LegacyCharacterInTheBlood: Only members of the Wakandan royal family can successfully become the Black Panther.
* LegacyCharacter: The third character to call herself Black Panther, and the first after T'Challa to actually have the powers granted to them by the Panther God.



* TheUnfavourite: Felt this way, though she was certainly better off than adoptive big brother Hunter.




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* BulletProofVest: His costume is laced with vibranium, making it a lot more than bullet proof.

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* BulletProofVest: His costume costume, like T'Challa's, is laced with vibranium, making it a lot more than bullet proof.



* FormerRegimePersonnel: He and the Hatut Zeraze are leftover from T'Chaka's secret police.
* HappilyAdopted: Toyed with. White Wolf clearly cared for his adoptive father, T'Chaka, and is head over heels in love with his adopted culture. However, he was never able to overcome the institutionalised xenophobia that characterises Wakanda, was relegated to a behind-the-scenes job by T'Chaka, and is jealous and resentful of full brother, T'Challa who does not have to deal with any of these problems.



* ManInWhite

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* ManInWhiteManInWhite: His uniform is pristine white, and can turn into a business suit of the same colour.


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* WellDoneSonGuy: With the father in question being not only the late T'Chaka, but all of Wakanda.

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* TheStrategist



* WorthyOpponent: To Killmonger and the White Wolf. He and Doctor Doom sometimes feel this way about one another as well.

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* WorthyOpponent: To Killmonger and the White Wolf. He and Doctor Doom sometimes feel this way about one another as well.
well, DependingOnTheWriter.



* EvilFormerFriend: At one point he and T'Challa actually were friends.
* TheFundamentalist: Of a ReligionOfEvil.



* ScaryBlackMan
* SuperStrength: Far moreso than T'Challa

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* ScaryBlackMan
ScaryBlackMan: Huge, angry, and very dark skinned.
* SuperStrength: Far moreso than T'ChallaT'Challa, being capable of hefting ten tonnes according to his official statistics.


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* EvilGenius: You have to be to get the drop on T'Challa.
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* WarriorPrince


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* BadassPrincess
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* CoolMask



* BecomingTheMask: Impersonated the Black Panther. Slowly came to act like him.



* ChurchMilitant: Not intially, but after becoming White Tiger he is an acolyte in the Panther Cult.



* CoolMask



* DefectiveDetective



* GoodAngelBadAngel: When both Black Panther and White Wolf were trying to use him, with T'Challa as the good angel and Hunter as the bad.



* MalignedMixedMarriage: Mom's Jewish, dad's black, and the guys he works with will not leave him alone about it, going so far as to dub him "Kasper" in honour of his paler skin tone.



* CoolMask



!!Erik Killmonger

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To T'Challa when it comes to hand to hand combat

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!!Erik !!N'Jadaka/Erik Killmonger

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To T'Challa when it comes to hand to hand combatHe's T'Challa's intellectual equal and his physical superior, serving as one of the few people who can regularly best The Black Panther in hand-to-hand combat.



* TheBigBad: Of multiple arcs.



* DemotedToDragon: When resurrected by [[IronMan The Mandarin]].



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Killmonger? It's the name he gave himself to boot.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Killmonger? Seriously? It's the name he gave himself to boot.boot.
* {{Revenge}}: Hates both Klaw and T'Challa, blaming them for his exile from Wakanda.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's the SBM that T'Challa isn't.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: When in his traditional garb



!!Reverend Achebe

* DealWithTheDevil: Made a deal with Mephisto for revenge.
* FreudianExcuse: His farm was burned to the ground by the rebel leader that his wife ran off with.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a poor African farmer to a lunatic on a mission from Mephisto.
* ManipulativeBastard: Was able to use Black Panther's stepmother as a stepping stone to the throne of Wakanda.
* SerialKiller: Tracked down and killed everybody associated with his wife.
* SinisterMinister: Calls himself Reverend Achebe, though his credentials are certainly dubious.
* SlasherSmile: Bears a permanant one.
* YourCheatingHeart: His wife ran away with a rebel leader.



* BadassInANiceSuit: His costume can transform into a business suit.



* CoolMask



* InvisibilityCloak: In his suit.



* ManInWhite



* TokenEvilTeammate: When acting as an ally to T'Challa.

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* TokenEvilTeammate: When acting as an ally to T'Challa.

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* PantheraAwesome: Named for one



* UnwittingPawn: Of Erik Killmonger, who granted him his powers, and of T'Challa and Hunter during his first appearance.

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* UnwittingPawn: Of Erik Killmonger, who granted him his powers, and of T'Challa and Hunter during who both try to use him to their own ends early in his first appearance.career.



* PantheraAwesome



* BadassNormal

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* BadassNormalBackFromTheDead: Repeatedly
* BadassNormal: One of the biggest ones in the Marvelverse. An unpowered human, Killmonger regularly fights SuperSoldier T'Challa to a draw and has defeated him on more than one occasion.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Fully aware of the fact that he's the one man who can defeat T'Challa in combat, and uses that to his advantage.


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* LargeAndInCharge: Stands six foot six, towering over most normal people.

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* BulletProofVest: His costume is laced with vibranium, making it a lot more than bullet proof.* TheChampion: Of the Panther God

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* BulletProofVest: His costume is laced with vibranium, making it a lot more than bullet proof.proof.
* TheChampion: Of the Panther GodGod
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to his adoptive brother Hunter's Cain.



** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athlete



!!Kevin "Kasper" Cole/Black Panther/White Tiger

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!!Kevin "Kasper" Cole/Black Panther/White Tiger
Cole/"Black Panther"/White Tiger

* AntiHeroSubstitute: To T'Challa for a while.
* BadassLongcoat
* BulletProofVest: Wore a vibranium laced suit instead of the standard issue Kevlar vest for a while.
* CainAndAbel: With his half-brother, Triage.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The same costume favoured by T'Challa.
* CowboyCop: Has a definite problem with the rules.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Already a capable police officer before gaining superpowers.
* LegacyCharacter: Briefly masquaraded as Black Panther, before becoming White Tiger.
* SuperPowerLottery: Possesses synthetic duplicates of all of T'Challa's powers:
** SuperReflexes: Heightened agility.
** SuperSenses: All of his senses have been enhanced and he can recall anything he has smelled or heard for a long time afterwards.
** SuperSpeed: A minor example, but Kasper can hit thirty-five miles an hour.
** SuperStrength: Close enough. He gained the strength of an Olympic athlete with no effort whatsoever.
* UnwittingPawn: Of Erik Killmonger, who granted him his powers, and of T'Challa and Hunter during his first appearance.
* WorthyOpponent: Killmonger began to see him this way, as did Triage.

!!Shuri/Black Panther

* ActionGirl
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The first female Black Panther.
* BulletProofVest
* TheChampion: To the Panther God, when she finally did gain its powers.
* ChurchMilitant
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Or superwoman in this case.
* HotBlooded: Far moreso than her brother.
* LegacyCharacter
* ReluctantWarrior: Hates to kill and took slaying the Radioactive Man very hard.
* TheResenter: Towards T'Challa for a while, though not to nearly the level of Hunter.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SiblingTeam: With T'Challa when both have their powers.
* SuperPowerLottery: Like T'Challa, Shuri has:
** SuperReflexes: Heightened agility.
** SuperSenses: All of his senses have been enhanced and he can recall anything he has smelled or heard for a long time afterwards.
** SuperSpeed: Faster than any recorded human athlete
** SuperStrength: Stronger than any recorded normal human.



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!!Black Panther/T'Challa

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!!Black Panther/T'Challa
!!T'Challa/Black Panther



* LegacyCharacter: Inherited the title from his father.




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* ReluctantWarrior: Will kill if he has to, but prefers to avoid it.
* WorthyOpponent: To Killmonger and the White Wolf. He and Doctor Doom sometimes feel this way about one another as well.

!!Kevin "Kasper" Cole/Black Panther/White Tiger



* ImmuneToBullets: After becoming a being composed entirely of sound.
* JokerImmunity: Though his being made of sound helps.



* ImmuneToBullets: After becoming a being composed entirely of sound.



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!!Man-Ape/M'Baku
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!!White Wolf/Hunter

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!!Erik Killmonger

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To T'Challa when it comes to hand to hand combat
* BadassNormal
* JokerImmunity: Will never be KilledOffForReal.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Killmonger? It's the name he gave himself to boot.
* WorthyOpponent: To T'Challa and Kasper

!!Hunter/White Wolf



* EvilCounterpart: To T'Challa, deliberately designing his White Wolf persona to mirror the Black Panther, and sharing his goals for Wakandan greatness, but not his methods.

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* DeadpanSnarker
* EnemyMine: Given his and T'Challa's mutual goal of making Wakanda great, this has happened.
* EvilCounterpart: To T'Challa, deliberately designing his White Wolf persona to mirror the Black Panther, and sharing his goals desire for Wakandan greatness, but not his methods.methods or sense of morality.



* NoLastName



* SecretPolice: Headed the Hatut Zeraze, the Wakandan secret police under their father, T'Chaka. Most of his mercenaries are made up of former secret policemen.

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* SecretPolice: Headed the Hatut Zeraze, the Wakandan secret police under their father, T'Chaka. Most of his mercenaries are made up of former secret policemen.policemen.
* TokenEvilTeammate: When acting as an ally to T'Challa.

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* TheChampion: Of the Panther God

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* BadassBookworm: Ph.D. in physics. Master of numerous African martial arts.
* BulletProofVest: His costume is laced with vibranium, making it a lot more than bullet proof.
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* BadassBoast: "I rarely move suddenly, but when I do, it's a sight to behold."


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* ArmCannon: Has a sonar gun mounted on the end of his hand.
* EvilGenius: Holds a Ph.D. in physics.
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* ImmuneToBullets: After becoming a being composed entirely of sound.
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!!Man-Ape/M'Baku

* AlwaysSecondBest: The second greatest warrior of Wakanda, always falling just behind T'Challa.
* AnimalMotifs: Gorilla
* BladeOnAStick: Favours the spear.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Does seem to genuinely care about his cultists.
* EvilCounterpart: T'Challa's first one, channeling a far more evil totem spirit to much darker ends.
* KillerGorilla: Invokes the imagery of one.
* ReligionOfEvil: Heads the White Gorilla Cult, which aims to return Wakanda to a state of primitive traditionalism that includes human sacrifice.
* ScaryBlackMan
* SuperStrength: Far moreso than T'Challa
* VillainTeamUp: Frequently joins up with other villainous organisations, including the Masters of Evil and the Lethal Legion.



* AnimalMotifs: White wolves of course



* BigBadassWolf: The image that he projects.



* EvilCounterpart: To T'Challa/Black Panther.

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* EvilCounterpart: To T'Challa/Black Panther.T'Challa, deliberately designing his White Wolf persona to mirror the Black Panther, and sharing his goals for Wakandan greatness, but not his methods.
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!!Black Panther/T'Challa

* {{Badass}}
* TheChampion: Of the Panther God
* TheChessmaster: Can play at the level of the likes of Doctor Doom and come out on top.
* ChurchMilitant: In a sense, as the representative of the Panther God.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Not all of his powers come from his suit, but the vibranium weave certainly helps.
* DiplomaticImmunity: Thanks to his status as ruler of Wakanda.
* GoodCounterpart: It has been pointed out that he is essentially this to DoctorDoom.
* TheGoodKing
* GuileHero: As a tactical, strategic, and political genius, T'Challa is this by default, regularly outwitting his opponents.
* PantheraAwesome: Named for the black panther, which is his tribe's totem animal.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: His nation's greatest warrior and an active diplomat and superhero, as well as a king.
* ScienceHero: When he has to be.
* SuperIntelligence: Close enough. He's one of the eight smartest men on the planet, alongside the likes of Reed Richards, Doctor Doom, and Hank Pym.
* SuperPowerLottery: Having a deal with the Panther God will do good things to you. T'Challa has:
** SuperReflexes: Heightened agility.
** SuperSenses: All of his senses have been enhanced and he can recall anything he has smelled or heard for a long time afterwards.
** SuperStrength: Not to ridiculous levels, but T'Challa is far stronger than even an Olympic weightlifer.
* SuperSoldier: As the Black Panther, T'Challa is endowed with power by the Panther God to make him his tribe's greates warrior.

!!Ulysses Klaw

* {{Archenemy}}: Of T'Challa
* YouKilledMyFather: Why T'Challa wants his head on a pike.

!!White Wolf/Hunter

* BadassNormal: Under his suit, Hunter's just a normal, if exceptionally well-trained man.
* CainAndAbel: Hunter cannot stand T'Challa and resents him for becoming king. This is tempered, however, by his own loyalty to Wakanda.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His uniform is made of the same vibranium weave as T'Challa's, carries a cloaking device, and energy dampening boots.
* EvilCounterpart: To T'Challa/Black Panther.
* HiredGuns: Became a merc after getting run out of Wakanda.
* KnightTemplar: Will kill anybody who threatens Wakanda.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Despite his dislike of T'Challa he still manages to be this.
* MightyWhitey: Subverted. Hunter might be more Wakandan than most Wakandans, but it's done nothing for his sanity, and most of the country never accepted him.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* PatrioticFervour: Hunter's love for Wakanda is his distinguishing feature.
* PoliceBrutality: Was exiled for this.
* TheResenter: Of T'Challa, whom he does not view as strong enough for the role of King of Wakanda.
* SecretPolice: Headed the Hatut Zeraze, the Wakandan secret police under their father, T'Chaka. Most of his mercenaries are made up of former secret policemen.

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