Black Panther #1

Dates

Cover date

April 2009

On sale

April 8, 2009

In stores

February 4, 2009

Pages

44

Editions and covers (9)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct Edition

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Variant Edition - Ken Lashley Wraparound Cover

  Barcode 75960606631500111

  This edition’s page
• '70th Anniversary' Variant - Marko Djurdjević Cover

  Barcode 75960606631500121

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  2nd Printing Variant - Ken Lashley Cover

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  Barcode 75960606631500151

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• Variant Edition - NYCC Exclusive - J. Scott Campbell Partial Sketch Cover

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07480802459904

  This edition’s page
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  Second Printing Variant Cover

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

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Creators

Publisher’s description

The Black Panther is back…and she’s badder than ever. That’s right -- she! What happened to T’Challa? Who is the new Black Panther? Find out why the female is the deadliest of the species.

Reprinted in

Black Panther: The Deadliest of the Species (2009), Black Panther: The Deadliest of the Species (2009), Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection (2017), Black Panther: Shuri - The Deadliest of the Species (2018), Black Panther: The Saga of Shuri and T'Challa (2022), Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin Omnibus (2024)