AFTER A TERRORIST BOMBING, KING T’CHALLA, A.K.A. THE BLACK PANTHER, BEGAN A RELENTLESS COUNTERATTACK ON HIS MANY ENEMIES. WAKANDA’S SECRET POLICE, THE HATUT ZERAZE, INVADED THE JABARI-LANDS TO TAKE ON THE ROGUE DORA MILAJE WHO HAD RECENTLY SEIzED CONTROL OF THAT AREA. ELSEWHERE, T’CHALLA ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CAPTURED BY EZEKIEL STANE, AN ARMS DEALER WHO HAD BEEN SUPPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO THE REBELS STAGING THE ATTEMPTED COUP OF WAKANDA. USING BLOOD-BORNE NANITE CAMERA TECHNOLOGY PIONEERED BY , T’CHALLA BROADCAST STANE’S PACT WITH THE REBEL LEADER TETU, UNDERMINING THEIR POLITICAL POSITION WITH THE CITIzENS OF WAKANDA. WITH THE TRUTH REVEALED, T’CHALLA CALLS IN STORM, , MISTY KNIGHT, AND MANIfOLD... A.K.A. THE CREw. MEANWHILE, TRAVELS THE PLANE OF COLLECTIVE WAKANDAN MEMORY KNOWN AS THE DJALIA, TRAINING WITH AND LEARNING FROM A GRIOT IN THE FORM OF HER MOTHER.

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