Black Panther #13
In "What Is... and What Should Never Be," Black Panther faces a terrifying adversary in Kiber, whose experiments have fused him with the very floor of his lab, turning him into a living conduit of unstable energy. With Khanata in danger of being consumed by Kiber’s machine, the Panther must act fast to stop the conversion—and secure the last remaining human energy globe before it’s lost forever. Written by Ed Hannigan and Jim Shooter, with art by Jerry Bingham and cover by Jerry Bingham and Bob Layton, this 1979 issue delivers a tense, thought-provoking clash of science and survival.
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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.
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