Black Panther #40

Dates

Cover date

October 2008

On sale

August 27, 2008

In stores

August 27, 2008

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #40 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$2.99 cover

  Direct Edition

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

  Barcode 75960605583804011

  Source ↗
• 2nd printing

  2nd Printing Variant - Jefte Palo Cover

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

  Barcode 75960605583804021

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07480802459911

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Secret Invasion

This is part 53 of 105. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. New Avengers: Illuminati #5
2. The Mighty Avengers #7
3. New Avengers #38
4. Captain Marvel #4
5. Ms. Marvel #25
6. New Avengers #39
7. Secret Invasion #1
8. Captain Marvel #5
9. Ms. Marvel #26
10. The Mighty Avengers #12
11. New Avengers #40
12. Secret Invasion #2
13. The Mighty Avengers #13
14. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1
15. Incredible Hercules #117
16. Ms. Marvel #27
17. New Avengers #41
18. Captain Britain and MI:13 #1
19. The Mighty Avengers #14
20. Secret Invasion #3
21. Captain Britain and MI:13 #2
22. Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? #1
23. Incredible Hercules #118
24. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #2
25. Avengers: The Initiative #14
26. Ms. Marvel #28
27. New Avengers #42
28. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #1
29. The Mighty Avengers #15
30. Secret Invasion: Front Line #1
31. Captain Britain and MI:13 #3
32. Secret Invasion #4
33. Incredible Hercules #119
34. The Mighty Avengers #16
35. Avengers: The Initiative #15
36. New Avengers #43
37. New Warriors #14
38. She-Hulk #31
39. Black Panther #39
40. Ms. Marvel #29
41. Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3
42. Skrulls vs. Power Pack #1
43. Secret Invasion: Front Line #2
44. Captain Britain and MI:13 #4
45. Secret Invasion #5
46. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #1
47. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #2
48. Secret Invasion: Thor #1
49. Secret Invasion: X-Men #1
50. Guardians of the Galaxy #4
51. Incredible Hercules #120
52. Avengers: The Initiative #16
53. Black Panther #40
54. New Avengers #44
55. New Warriors #15
56. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1
57. She-Hulk #32
58. The Mighty Avengers #17
59. Ms. Marvel #30
60. Nova #16
61. Secret Invasion: Front Line #3
62. Deadpool #1
63. Secret Invasion #6
64. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #2
65. Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #3
66. Secret Invasion: X-Men #2
67. Guardians of the Galaxy #5
68. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33
69. Secret Invasion: Thor #2
70. The Mighty Avengers #18
71. Avengers: The Initiative #17
72. Black Panther #41
73. Deadpool #2
74. New Avengers #45
75. Nova #17
76. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2
77. She-Hulk #33
78. Punisher War Journal #24
79. Deadpool #3
80. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #3
81. Guardians of the Galaxy #6
82. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #34
83. Secret Invasion: Front Line #4
84. The Mighty Avengers #19
85. New Avengers #46
86. Secret Invasion #7
87. Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #3
88. Avengers: The Initiative #18
89. Nova #18
90. Secret Invasion: Thor #3
91. Secret Invasion: X-Men #3
92. Thunderbolts #125
93. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #35
94. Punisher War Journal #25
95. Secret Invasion: Inhumans #4
96. Secret Invasion: X-Men #4
97. New Avengers #47
98. Secret Invasion #8
99. Secret Invasion: Front Line #5
100. Avengers: The Initiative #19
101. Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1
102. The Mighty Avengers #20
103. Secret Invasion: Requiem #1
104. Secret Invasion: War of Kings #1
105. Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill - The Green Of Eden #1

Creators

Stories

• See Wakanda and Die [Part 2] · 22 pages

  With his people fighting and dying around him, Black Panther finds himself battling a Super Skrull with an awesome array of powers. With the felling of his foe, the Panther's side seems to be holding its own against the Skrulls until two more Super Skrulls join the battle and a Skrull traitor in his ranks threatens to end the Panther's reign.

Publisher’s description

Wakanda has never been conquered by any outside invader, but they've never faced an army of Super-Skrulls before, have they? As war rages on the plains of Africa, the Skrulls strike a major blow against the Black Panther!

Reprinted in

Secret Invasion: Black Panther (2009), Fantastic Four Adventures (2010), Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection (2017), Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin Omnibus (2024)