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 DOCTOR DOOM, 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, LUKE CAGE, MISTY KNIGHT, AND MANIfOLD... A.K.A. THE CREw. MEANWHILE, SHURI TRAVELS THE PLANE OF COLLECTIVE WAKANDAN MEMORY KNOWN AS THE DJALIA, TRAINING WITH AND LEARNING FROM A GRIOT IN THE FORM OF HER MOTHER. Discover more about the Black Panther and Wakanda with the BLACK PANTHER: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET spotlight videos at marvel.com/PantherNation SHURI T’CHALLA RAMONDA CHANGAMIRE MIDNIGHT ANGELS EZEKIEL STANE ANEKA TETU AYO ZENZI 7 part writer TA-NEHISI COATES pencils/layouts CHRIS SPROUSE inks/finishes KARL STORY color artist LAURA MARTIN A NATION A UNDER OUR FEET letterer VC’s JOE SAbINO design MANNY MEDEROS logo RIAN HUgHES cover by bRIAN STELFREEZE & LAURA MARTIN variant covers by MIKE DEODATO & FRANK MARTIN; ESAD RIbIC; MARgUERITE SAUVAgE; bILL SIENKIEWICZ; LEINIL YU & JASON KEITH; SCORPKINg COSTUMINg WITH JUDITH STEPHENS assistant editor CHRIS RObINSON editor WIL MOSS executive editor TOM bREVOORT editor in chief AxEL ALONSO chief creative officerJOE QUESADA publisher DAN bUCKLEY executive producer ALAN FINE BLACK PANTHER No. 7, December 2016. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2016 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO BLACK PANTHER, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. ALAN FINE, President, Marvel Entertainment; DAN BUCKLEY, President, TV, Publishing & Brand Management; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, created by Integrated Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 09/16/2016 and 09/27/2016 STAN LEE & by R.R. DONNELLEY, INC., GLASGOW, KY, USA. JACK KIRbY .