Jungle Action #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeJungle Action #7 is the second chapter of 'Panther's Rage,' Don McGregor's groundbreaking 13-part arc — what critic Jason Sacks called 'Marvel's first graphic novel' — and it deepens that story by delivering the first full appearance of Venomm (Horatio Walters), Killmonger's acid-scarred snake-wielding lieutenant, alongside the debuts of Wakandan supporting characters Tanzika and Zatama. The issue also reveals Killmonger's birth name N'Jadaka in flashback, adding the partial origin that explains his exile-fueled hatred of T'Challa, making the central conflict of the entire arc suddenly personal and morally complex in a way uncommon for Marvel superhero comics of the era. Scholar Rebecca Wanzo has described 'Panther's Rage' as 'the first major step in decolonizing the character,' and this installment embodies that ambition: its cast is almost entirely Black, its setting is a richly imagined Wakanda, and its villain is not a foreign invader but a product of Wakanda's own history. The characters introduced here — Venomm especially — proved durable enough to be revived two decades later by Christopher Priest in his acclaimed 1998 Black Panther series.
In "Death Regiments Beneath Wakanda," the Panther investigates rising rebel unrest near Warrior Falls, uncovering a hidden vibranium mine beneath the surface. With Rich Buckler’s dynamic art and Klaus Janson’s sharp inks bringing the underground threat to life, the issue delivers a tense, grounded mystery rooted in Wakanda’s hidden dangers. Cover by Rich Buckler and Klaus Janson.
In "Death Regiments Beneath Wakanda," the Panther investigates rising rebel unrest near Warrior Falls, uncovering a hidden vibranium mine beneath the jungle floor. When he's ambushed by the venomous Venomm, the Black Panther must rely on his wits and skill to survive the deadly encounter.
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Don McGregor came to this assignment after noticing, as Marvel's staff proofreader, that the Jungle Action title's white-protagonist jungle stories were culturally incongruous; Marvel responded by tasking him to write original Black Panther material with the only editorial constraint being an African setting. Working with penciller Rich Buckler and inker Klaus Janson — the latter getting some of his earliest professional exposure on the run — McGregor designed 'Panther's Rage' from the outset as a single, sustained novel-length narrative, a structural ambition rare in periodical superhero comics at the time. Issue #7, released to newsstands on August 21, 1973 with a November cover date, replaced the traditional letters column with a prose piece by writer Steve Gerber explaining the creative philosophy behind the new series to readers who might have stumbled onto it expecting jungle-hero reprints.
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- Title of the main story: 'Death Regiments Beneath Wakanda' — Part 2 of 'Panther's Rage'; cover date November 1973, on-sale August 21, 1973.
- First full appearance of Venomm (Horatio Walters): previewed only as an illustration at the end of Jungle Action #6, he appears in the flesh and is named here for the first time as he ambushes T'Challa inside an illegal vibranium mine.
- First appearance of Tanzika (Wakandan handmaiden) and Zatama (supporting character) — both members of T'Challa's court who play roles in subsequent 'Panther's Rage' chapters.
- First chronological cameo of Malice, a character who receives a fuller introduction in Jungle Action #8.
- Killmonger's Wakandan birth name, N'Jadaka, is revealed for the first time in a flashback, along with a partial origin tying his exile to Ulysses Klaw's raid on Wakanda.
- Captain America, Hawkeye, and the Vision appear in flashback cameo, contextualizing T'Challa's prior Avengers membership and his decision to return home to Wakanda.
- Creative team: writer Don McGregor, penciller Rich Buckler, inker Klaus Janson, colorist Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein), letterer Tom Orzechowski, editor Roy Thomas; back-up reprint story ('The Fury of the Tusk!') drawn from Lorna, the Jungle Girl #22 (1956).
- The story has been reprinted in Marvel Tales: Black Panther (2019), Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther's Rage, Essential Black Panther, Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2010), and Black Panther: The Early Years Omnibus (2022).
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↩ Reprints Lorna the Jungle Girl #22 (1956)
Reprinted in The Comic Reader #99 (1973), Aventure dans la Jungle #7 (1973), L'Inattendu #2 (1975), Mundi Comics Super Héroes Presenta #34 (1975), Planet of the Apes #60 (1975), Planet of the Apes #61 (1975), Thor e i Vendicatori #161 (1977), Superaventuras Marvel #2 (1982), Thor #27 (1983), Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther #1 (2010), Essential Black Panther #1 (2012), Black Panther Epic Collection #1 (2016), Black Panther #[2] (2017), Marvel's Black Panther Prelude #[nn] (2018), Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов #120 (2018), Marvel Tales: Black Panther #[nn] (2019), Black Panther: The Early Years Omnibus #1 (2022)
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