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Black Panther #13

Marvel · Series began 1977 · January 1979

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Dates

Cover date: January 1979
On sale: October 17, 1978
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #13 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Regular

Barcode 0714860268501 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0714860268501 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Jerry Bingham, Carmine Infantino, Sal Buscemainks: Bob Layton, Gene Day, Bob McLeodscript: Ed Hannigan, Jim Shooter, Stan Leecolors: Françoise Moulyletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

What Is... and What Should Never Be · 17 pages
The Black Panther encounters the true physical form of Kiber who, due to his experiments with matter transmission, has become bonded with the molecular structure of his laboratory floor. The Panther saves Khanata from being converted into living human energy in Kiber's converter. The Panther takes the globe holding the rest of human energy not yet consumed by Kiber back to Wakanda leaving Kiber to perish without the sustenance he needs to survive.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchT'ChallaBlack PantherVisionKhanataFrederick Kiber

Reprinted in

Black Panther by Jack Kirby (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2010), Black Panther Epic Collection (2016), Black Panther: Panther's Prey Omnibus (2025)