Dates
- Cover date
- [Early] June 1989
- On sale
- February 7, 1989
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #21 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602214521
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Creators
Stories
- The Retribution Affair - Part V: Best Laid Plans · 8 pages
Cyclops, Callisto and Moira are taken prisoners by Conscience and the Master Mold. As Cyclops is gradually dying from the virus, he loses his optic powers while Conscience outlines his origins. Meanwhile, two non-mutants contract the virus, which means that over 92% of humanity will die along with 100% of mutantkind. Conscience wants to stop the release of the virus, but Master Mold refuses.
- Panther's Quest Part IX: Justifiable Action · 8 pages
Not fatally shot by van der Merwe, T'Challa takes him down, but more soldiers arrive.
- Let's Take It from Where I Swing In and Rescue You... · 8 pages
Paladin accepts a paying job to rescue a newspaper tycoon's daughter from kidnappers, but all isn't as it seems. The job leads onto another job, which leads on to another, and another, and eventually leads to a group of intergalactic aliens that are trying to turn Earth into their armory.
- The First Cut · 8 pages
A woman is attacked by an old boyfriend that now has super powers, and she runs to the Thing to get help. Ben tries to reason with him, as his situation is similar to Ben's in terms of Alicia leaving him for Johnny.
Characters
Reprinted in
Cyclops: Retribution (1994), Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2010), Black Panther Epic Collection (2016), Black Panther: Panther's Quest (2018), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024), Black Panther: Panther's Prey Omnibus (2025)