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COATES KIRK DEERING MARTIN RATED T $3.99US DIRECT EDITION MARVEL.COM 1 1 6 6 1 9 7 6 7 8 0 6 0 6 9 5 7 Just as is transitioning into a constitutional monarchy, something from its ancient past now threatens to upend everything. The gods of Wakanda--the Orisha--have gone missing. And in their absence, mystical portals have been releasing deadly creatures. Claiming the Orisha are dead, a Wakandan named Ras the Exhorter is leading the people to worship a new god called Sefako. T’Challa and hunted down a group of the creatures only to discover that the portal was no portal at all, but rather a device that created holograms of the creatures--using sound instead of light. Meanwhile, Midnight Angels Aneka and Ayo tracked Asira, an old friend of T’Challa’s who was kidnapped by the twins, to the nearby hostile country of Azania. They walked straight into a trap. Now the Angels are in the hands of , Wakanda’s bitterest foe. And he’s not alone: Stane, , Zenzi and Ras the Exhorter stand at the madman’s side... 7

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writerpenciler TA-NEHISI LEONARD COATES KIRK

inkers colorLEONARD artist KIRKLAURA & MARCMARTIN DEERING

letterer VC’s JOE SABINO design MANNY MEDEROS logo RIAN HUGHES cover by BRIAN STELFREEZE variant covers by WES CRAIG & TAMRA BONVILLAIN (based on the original cover of INCREDIBLE #340 by TODD McFARLANE & BOB WIACEK); JENNY FRISON; RYAN SOOK; CHIP ZDARSKY; MIKE McKONE & RACHELLE ROSENBERG

OF THE NEW WORLD associate editor SARAH BRUNSTAD editor WIL MOSS executive editor TOM BREVOORT editor in chief AXEL ALONSO chief creative officerJOE QUESADA president DAN BUCKLEY executive producer ALAN FINE

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