Avengers Vol 1 87

Avengers Vol 1 #87April, 1971

 Editor-in-Chief
Stan Lee

 Cover Artists
John Buscema John Verpoorten Morrie Kuramoto

 Writers
Roy Thomas

 Pencilers
Sal Buscema

 Inkers
Frank Giacoia

 Letterers
Mike Stevens

 Editors
Stan Lee

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  *-- but perhaps I **do** need to talk a bit about home -- about days long **forgotten** -- about nights lost in time's **shadow** -- and about the **origin** of one whom the outside world has called -- The **Panther**!*
-- **Black Panther** [[Category: T'Challa (Earth-616)/Quotes
## Appearing in "Look Homeward, Avenger!"Edit

**Featured Characters:**

* Avengers
	+ Thor
	+ Iron Man (Tony Stark)
	+ Black Panther (T'Challa)  ***(Appears in main story and flashback)***
	+ Goliath (Clint Barton)
	+ Quicksilver
	+ Scarlet Witch
	+ Vision

* Klaw ***(Only in flashback)***
* AIM ***(Only in flashback)***
* B'Tumba ***(First Appearance)*** ***(Only in flashback)***

**Other Characters:**

* Edwin Jarvis
* T'Chaka ***(Only in flashback)***
* N'Baza ***(First Appearance)*** ***(Only in flashback)***

**Locations:**

* Avengers Mansion
* Template:Flashonly

**Items:**

* Panther Habit
* Heart-Shaped Herb ***(Only in flashback)***
* Iron Man Armor MK IV
* Sonic Disruptor ***(Only in flashback)***
* Mjolnir

**Vehicles:**

## Synopsis for "Look Homeward, Avenger!"Edit

During a quiet evening at Avengers Mansion, the group spends the downtime together. They soon find their fellow Avenger, Black Panther, is troubled and manage to talk him into tell them his origins:

T'Challa is the son of the Wakandan chief T'Chaka, who raised him to be a brave and just warrior. One the explorers named Klaw came to their land seeking to exploit the excess amounts of Vibranium in the region, and killed T'Chaka in the process. T'Challa vowed to one day get revenge on the man who killed his father. Taken in by the father of his childhood friend B'Tumba, T'Challa the two of them were sent to America to get an education, where the two were always in competition with one another, T'Challa always overshadowing the efforts of B'Tumba.

When their schooling was over, B'Tumba went his own way while T'Challa returned to his homeland where he went through the tests to become the next Black Panther of the Wakandan people. The first test is to fight a dozen of Wakanda's finest warriors, the next is to spend the night in the temple of the panther god. After being awarded the costume of the Black Panther, T'Challa is sent on his third mission: to collect a rare heart-shaped herb that grows in the wilds that would grant T'Challa great powers.

Searching for the herb, T'Challa stumbles upon a number of members of Advanced Idea Mechanics, seeking to steal Vibranium for their own twisted purposes. Being spotted, T'Challa is easily captured by A.I.M. and is held prisoner. They soon reveal to T'Challa, that they plan to use the Vibranium to construct devices to rule the Earth from space. Black Panther also learns that one of the A.I.M. members is B'Tumba. Ordered to execute T'Challa, B'Tumba finds that he cannot do it, and frees the Black Panther and joins him in battling the A.I.M. soldiers.

During the combat, B'Tumba is fatally wounded, and after A.I.M. retreats, B'Tumba apologizes to Black Panther before dying. Finishing his story, T'Challa explains the reason his mind was on the past was that he had just received word that N'Baza had died, and that he must choose to return to Wakanda to rule, or renounce his title forever.

## Notes

* The iconic pose of the Vision on the cover of this issue will serve as a logo for this title from Avengers 93-Avengers 155. The image was probably re-touched and redrawn by Neal Adams for the cover of Avengers 93.
* The Black Panther's origin was first told in Fantastic Four 53. Some of the panels for this issue were re-drawn from that issue of Fantastic Four.

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## Recommended ReadingEdit

Although a flashback, Klaw will appear next in ***Fantastic Four*  #119**.

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