Black Panther #2 - First Appearance of Malaika, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Black Panther (Marvel, 1988 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: August 1988
Key date: August 1988
On-sale date: April 5, 1988
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.25; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Malaika - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (cover) of Captain Blaze - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Konrad Fassbinder - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Harrie - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Johanne Haff - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Hungyr - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Frank Baer - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of White Avenger - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Dieter Steinhauer - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Barricade - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Alistair Koch - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Voortrekker - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Rutger van Bokhoven - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Enter: The Supremacists!	cover	1	pencils: Denys Cowan; inks: Sam de la Rosa	Frank Baer First, Barricade First, Black Panther, Captain Blaze First, Konrad Fassbinder First, Johanne Haff First, Harrie First, Hungyr First, Alistair Koch First, Dieter Steinhauer First, T'Challa, Rutger van Bokhoven First, Voortrekker First, White Avenger First
1	For Duty, for Honor, for Country!	comic story	23	script: Peter B. Gillis; pencils: Denys B. Cowan; inks: Sam de la Rosa; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Frank Baer First, Barricade First, Black Panther, Moise Bomvana, Captain Blaze First, Konrad Fassbinder First, Johanne Haff First, Harrie First, Hungyr First, Alistair Koch First, Malaika First, Mendinao, Sekhem Naville, Ndebele
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Craig Anderson	Craig Anderson

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; barcode 07148602939708

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Revenge of the Black Panther ISBN 978-1-302-91542-1	2019	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92869-8	2021	On eBay ›
Black Panther: Panther's Prey Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96765-9	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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