Appearing in "Malice By Crimson Moonlight"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Malice (First full appearance)
- Venomm (Horatio Walters) (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
Other Characters:
- Kradada (First appearance)
- Zatama
- N'Baza (Referenced) (Deceased)
- T'Chaka (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Mendinao (First appearance)
- Bruce Morgan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Roberta Flack (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Killmonger (N'Jadaka) (Only in flashback)
- Malice's Mother (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Panthers (Statue)
- Cats (Referenced)
- Ghosts (Mentioned)
- Reptiles (Only in flashback)
- Snakes (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Africa
- Wakanda
- Central Wakanda
- Royal Palace of Wakanda
- Torment Forest (First appearance)
- Central Wakanda
- Wakanda
- North America (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Massachusetts (Only in flashback)
- Cambridge (Only in flashback)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Only in flashback)
- Cambridge (Only in flashback)
- New York (Referenced)
- New York City (Referenced)
- Massachusetts (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Africa
Items:
- Panther Habit
- Heart-Shaped Herb (Referenced)
Synopsis for "Malice By Crimson Moonlight"
Killmonger's female assassin Malice tries to liberate her kidnapped co-conspirator Venomm (who was captured last issue). Despite a heated battle with the Black Panther and his inner cirlce, Malice is unsuccessful. She escapes into the jungle destined to return again.
Appearing in "Black Panther Artistry"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- John Buscema (Referenced)
- George Klein (Referenced)
- Barry Smith (Referenced)
- Johnny Craig (Referenced)
- Jack Kirby (Referenced)
- Joe Sinnott (Referenced)
- Herb Trimpe (Referenced)
- Rich Buckler (Referenced)
- Klaus Janson (Referenced)
- T'Chaka (Referenced)
- Lorna (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Africa
- Wakanda
- Domain of the White Gorillas (Named only)
- Serpent Valley (Named only)
- Chasm of Chilling Mist (Named only)
- Killmonger's Village (N'Jadaka) (Named only)
- Mount Wakanda (Named only)
- Mount Kanda (Named only)
- Great Plateau (Named only)
- River of Grace and Wisdom (Named only)
- Warrior Falls (Named only)
- Central Wakanda (Named only)
- Woods of Solitude (Named only)
- Tranquility Temple (Named only)
- T'Chaka Path (Named only)
- Palace (Named only)
- Panther Silo (Named only)
- Torment Forest (Named only)
- Black Warrior Creek (Named only)
- Twisted Visions Lake (Named only)
- Panther Island (Named only)
- Piranha Cove (Named only)
- Wakanda
Items:
Synopsis for "Black Panther Artistry"
Reprints previous clip art of the Black Panther and a new one from Rich Buckler and Klaus Janson. Reprinted art is from Avengers #58, Daredevil #52, Incredible Hulk #128, and Fantastic Four #52.
Notes
- In this issue, a brief origin for Horatio Walters is given.
- No letters page is published this month.