Black Panther #34

Gorilla Warfare" kicks off in style with this 2001 Marvel issue, and the cover by Sal Velluto and Bob Almond sets an immediately gripping tone — a massive white-furred, red-eyed gorilla figure dominates the scene, gripping both a struggling woman in green and a fiercely charging Black Panther against a dramatic full-moon sky above crystalline spires. T'Challa's gold-accented vibranium suit crackles with energy as he pushes back against this imposing adversary, promising a confrontation of real physical stakes. With Christopher Priest writing and Jim Calafiore and John Livesay on interior art, this first chapter of a two-part arc is exactly the kind of bold, kinetic storytelling that made Priest's Black Panther run so compelling.