I will show the world Wakanda's true face... and they will kneel before us in fear. So swears Erik Killmonger. 
- —Erik Killmonger[src]
History
Early Life[]
N'Jadaka's childhood life was fraught with hardship as a seditious Wakandan plotted with the nation's enemies to usurp the power of the Black Panther's throne. This eventually resulted in the murder of his family at M'Demwe's hand when Klaw's co-conspirator kidnapped him and fled their Golden Realm after the death of the Late King.[9]
During exile, the treacherous M'Demwe acted as a forceful parental figure to a young Killmonger as they traveled abroad, the former boasting of their hierarchical supremacy as they foraged throughout what he called "inferior lands." In truth the boy's captor never had any real way to return to their hidden home realm.[10] The caravan of brigands he traveled with groomed him for years to embrace his hate and rage. The haughty Ulysses commanded the Wakandan refugee to cast aside the former life he knew and embrace him as his new god; even giving the orphan a different name, "Erik", while the traitor of his nation hypocritically called himself N'Jadaka's only real people, saying the world at large didn't value them at at all.[11] Years of stealing and building devices for his greatly despised caretakers made N'Jadaka increasingly bitter and resentful, largely towards M'Demwe, Klaw, the kingdom which he felt abandoned by, and the outside world as a whole. This eventually culminated in Erik killing his cruel caretaker before severing all ties with his slave masters, leaving his prior life of servitude in order to find his own path.[10][4]
As no one would adopt the now free urchin, N'Jadaka eventually took to his new alias in order to better blend in within Harlem, New York City, as people continually got his birth name wrong.[10][4]
N'Jadaka spent the next couple of decades honing himself in the outside world. Being naturally bright, finding education in the United States was no problem for him. He graduated with full honors and eventually gaining a PhD in Engineering and neural science, as well as an MBA from M.I.T..[4][12] He delved into researching various black market circles in order to dig up leads on his other despicable surrogate parent, so as to find him and kill him in retribution for all his suffering.
On the night of his attempt, just as Claw was running a slave trafficking deal, he was interrupted by a mercenary outfit of mutants hired on as protection detail for Erik's intended mark by The Kingpin.
Whom wished the would-be assassin brought in for questioning as to why it was that he was after one of Mr. Fisk's best men. Erik was defiant at first but was allowed to live after being let go by the mutant PMCs in the crimelord's services. They later approached Killmonger again after a failed hit by one of their potential initiates, the events of which that were set up by the leader of Wilson's henchmen, King, as a recruitment drive. After showing more exuberant defiance, King used his powers to telekinetically throw Erik out of his apartment complex.[4] Later Erik was met by one of his associates, Knight, the very same whom had stopped Erik's hit on Klaw. Afterwards he accepted the invitation to their personal condo where King explained that he was encouraged by Fisk to seek out a fourth member for their group. While the henchmen were prepping for their next big assignment, Killmonger ruminated with the panther goddess Bast while considering the job offer.[4]
As Pawn
After a time, Erik accepted the offer. Their first mission as a group entailed murdering the Kingpin's overseas competition within a tight window of opportunity.[3] As the crew ruminated on all the hazardous undertakings of such an endeavor, Erik laughed off such an assignment by offering a sound plan to deal with their employer's unwanted potential rivals.
There was still plenty of friction between him and the other operatives on King's team, the leader of whom told Erik that there was more to life than blind revenge, petty or otherwise, and that anger would only take you so far in the long run, but if it consumes you it will eventually lead you clear off the edge.[3] Erik took an interest in his fellow ne'er do well, Knight aka Patricia, but when she asked why he kept staring from afar, he simply replied that it was an immunization tactic to resist whatever appeal she had. After the night of a successful hit; Erik found himself shaken by the rush of battle he had endured.
Erik was somewhat dismayed at himself on his own performance as Knight had to dispatch a female money launderer for him due to the former's hesitation. After a while, King came back with alarming news: He was worried that upper management was setting them up for a fall after being handed an impossible task by the top brass. Fisk wished to test the mettle of the team and their newest addition by setting them up against an unstoppable mask by the name of Bullseye.[3] Their fearless leader knew this to be a death sentence as no one had ever beaten the Kingpin's top man and quite possibly never would.
N'Jadaka was left in the dark as he was not familiar with costumed hero & villain lore; but he stayed, thankful to another operator by the name of Rook who helped him pull through on their last job. Despite initial tensions between the two it looked as though they were on the track to becoming decent acquaintances, up until he was unceremoniously killed by the hitman whom King had warned them of.[3][13] Erik did his best to challenge the deadly assassin but found himself gravely outclassed. King saved what was left of the group by psychically floating them down to the bottom of the building complex they were on after jumping off the rooftop to escape their executioner.
The trio ended up torching their condo in order to cover tracks as they fled, Erik was incensed at the betrayal of Fisk and suggested they go after him in retribution,[13] but King rebuked such an idea, believing people like Kingpin and Klaw to be untouchable, and that none of them were capable of doing anything about it.
He and Knight retreated to a safehouse to prep for exfil out of New York the next morning. They consummated their passions for the sake of staying awake while being hunted. The two of them later bonded over stories of Erik's homeland, choosing to divulge the secrets of his hidden kingdom due to feeling a kind of kinship with Patricia due to their similarities in character. Erik convinced her to imagine the paradise that he came from, and she admitted her kid sister often pretended she came from such a magical place.
After his bedmate headed out to pick up passports. N'Jadaka was soon beset by heavily armed spooks in his bedroom. When next he awoke, Erik found himself secluded in the dark at an unknown location.[13]
Having nothing left to him Erik calmed his mind and contacted his patron deity once again to glean new knowledge. Mother Bast coaxed Erik to let go of his anger and return home, but her son rebuked this as he knew that meant serving the descendant of the King who ruled the nation that he felt had burned his family name. Still hateful of his father's kingdom for abandoning him, Bast stated such fury would only betray him in the end, and that the only real justice in the world is peace.[13] But Erik rebuffed such a claim, as there has never been peace throughout the world beyond sequestered borders, human history being a testament to such claims given the harsh indignities most of Africa has suffered while the golden realm sat idle. N'Jadaka cited T'Challa and his family's failings, as his domain let the world fall into decadence., and declared that he would one day drag his hated liege down and drown him in the blood of those whom the king let take him from paradise into the colonizers world.[13] Waking up in a carrier bunker, Erik was met by Knight who told him she brokered a deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to lead a new life outside of America. To do so, they would have to betray their leader, King. N'Jadaka was not at all keen on that idea and offered her an alternate solution, to protect King and murder everyone and everything that comes their way before heading to Wakanda where he would make her his queen.[13]
They eventually found King's home away from home in Sofia, Bulgaria, where N'Jadaka tried to convince their ex-captain to play along with their scheme so they could all finally go free.
N'Jadaka and Robert bickered back and forth about how far to trust the agency which Knight was dealing with, but the former hitman told his old protege that he was happy that they were together just the same. Such talks ended on a sour note as Patricia had betrayed the two by phoning her S.H.I.E.L.D. contact while ordering some freelance mercenaries of her own to detain her former compatriots.[14] Erik was distraught at the loss of both his teacher and his wife due to Knight's betrayal, but he was quickly dispatched by her when he turned on Patricia for what she'd done.
Instead of killing him however, Patricia left N'Jadaka alive while claiming "his queen" had enough mercy to do so. He later shambled over to his dying former associate to inform him of the tragedy that had befallen his beloved, and the enraged King used his dying breath to guide Erik to a cellar filled with all of his tools for war, begging him to avenge them all.
In that instant when his fallen manager had passed, though initially believing he was being contacted by Bast, another goddess corrected him as to whom she really was and why it was she who presented herself to him now. Spurred by this vindictive entity, N'Jadaka found King's arsenal sitting in the basement of the elderly couple's old home.
The nameless deity pushed him to take up the name "Killmonger" while coaxing him with the means to foster new strength and repay the debt of blood he owed to everyone whom had ever crossed or abandoned him.[14]
Roughly a year afterwards, Erik pursued his estranged love to her new homelife in New York with a forced proposition: Either she take a flash drive he left for her to plug into the S.H.I.E.L.D. mainframe so she could get the information he needed on his home country for him, or she would never see her little sister again in this lifetime. Patricia was terrified at such an undertaking, but N'Jadaka reminded her of the life choices that led her to where she found herself, saying he offered her a kingdom but she chose to remain a slave to those who would use her and cast her aside, and that this situation was no different than the ones she was used to being in. A little later in an abandoned factory, N'Jadaka conversed with his new patron goddess about his questionable sanity, but the war goddess reassured him the the strength given through her teachings was more than real enough, and that it was all that matters. Once again Killmonger was met by his former mother goddess, Bast, who demanded that Erik stop what he was doing,[15] but the disgruntled outcast rejected her once more, screaming into the sky why it was that the guardian of Wakanda never protected him like she had her favorite son. Soon, he met up with Patricia again at an old cathedral where she exchanged the USB he'd handed her in the first place. Killmonger went on to explain that it did not in fact download anything, but uploaded falsified information to incriminate Knight in ongoing criminal conduct to the spy division's mainframe, forever tarnishing any hope for a new life Patricia had hoped to find. Just then a cadre of special agents descended upon their location looking to apprehend their wayward asset, but N'Jadaka quickly and efficiently dispatched them all in a grizzly fashion. Just as his captive audience tried to profess her innocence, Erik Killmonger continued to ruthlessly gun down her would-be detainers, further incriminating Patricia in the deed. When his old flame tried to deal with him herself, Erik fatally stabbed her before mentioning that her sister was already dead. He laid his partner to rest before triggering explosives within the monastery to cover his escape, as the remainder of the S.H.I.E.L.D task force rolled in on him.[15]
Return to Wakanda[]
N'Jadaka returned to M.I.T for a while as he bided his time for ultimate revenge, furthering his studies into the sciences of mental and neurological network mapping. Erik saw a televised broadcast of King T'Challa on the news stating that Wakanda was opening its borders to the outside world. It was from there he went to the United Nations Headquarters near where he lived in order to contact the new lord of Wakanda.[16] From there Erik reached out to him, pretending to be grateful to his liege-lord for the opportunity to return home after spending decades stranded in the world. When they returned however, T'Challa and co were alarmed to find a Doombot sitting on the Wakandan Throne. T'Challa used his Kimoyo Beads to detonate his seat of power and its occupant, and Killmonger expressed his fear of exposing Wakanda to the outside, but the king reminded him that if he hadn't done what he did, Erik would never have found his way back to his promised land.[10] In that time, while basking in the majesty of the nation, the two spoke of theology both pertaining to the realm and the new world within the west. While observing the statue of Mother Bast in the royal palace, N'Jadaka attentions were drawn to a painting of the alternate idol whom had given him newfound strength and power. His future adversary addressed the entity as "K'Liluna" the Betrayer, a fallen goddess whom had been all but forgotten to the ages, yet the people of the realm kept her presence within their halls only as a warning of what rage and thirst for power would beget in the end. The good king went on to explain that she was the supposed sibling of Bast, but attempted to usurp her power at the dawn of Wakanda, and was cast into oblivion for it. Hearing this, Erik/N'Jadaka was reminded of a dream he had as a boy where the panther goddess would glare angrily before leaving him behind. He ended the tale on the low note of momentarily waking up certain nights just after, where he'd attempt to call out her name. T'Challa reassured him that the failings of the world he was plunged into would not be found here now that he was home. The supplicant thanked his liege and promise his dutiful service to the Panther King and the golden realm.[15]
Readjusting and Plans for War[]
In the spare time spent back in his motherland, Killmonger dedicated his time to secretly overthrowing T'Challa's government and conquest of the world. While the lonely refugee awaited within the palace, he was beckoned upon by Hunter, leader of the Hatut Zeraze.[10] The two bartered back and forth over information of their pasts and their respective offerings to the realm they called "home." The White Wolf interrogated the returned citizen, asking if he'd be interested in a position within his secret police after revealing a great many scars beneath N'Jadaka's scarf. Secretly White Wolf wondered if he'd murdered his traitorous captor in the name of Wakanda or for himself, and whether or not he was done killing. In the time that passed, N'Jadaka retold his story to the Queen Mother and a few council members willing to listen. While he was offered an easy ride back to his home villa, Erik instead chose to walk home, wishing to see what had changed within the kingdom since he was away.
Erik was soon approached by the council of elders in regards to their fears concerning the king's decision. While they were wary of the future, they stood thankful for T'Challa's bringing the last son of their great fiefdom back home. Councilman Cangza was moved by N'Jadaka's words about the faults in his king's revelation, offering him a keepsake: a Vibranium-tipped spear which he had used in the days of war with the other Wakandan tribes.
Having thoroughly reintegrated himself back into Wakandan society, N'Jadaka set out to accomplish his plans of ultimate conquest. He spoke often with Elder Takami while he studied within the labs of the nation, where Erik's research in memory preservation and the study of brainwaves greatly intrigued his companion.[17] While working together on such a project, Killmonger sprung his trap, killing the elder in order to pull secrets from his dead mind; in particular, secrets about Project: Koukou, through which the discontented man seeked to sow fear and domination in Wakanda's name.
Erik went about systematically murdering all the other survivors whom the Panther had brought home, using their death throes to power his unique brand of neuropsychic battlements to be used against Wakanda's main forces.[18]
As the Dogs of War were deployed to the scenes where Erik Killmonger had murdered his fellow missing Wakandans, the King himself came and did battle with him after Erik had kidnapped his stepmother, and did away with Cangza in pitched combat. Killmonger embraced his divinely-bestowed title as he managed to subdue the Panther using weapons which used the same brainwave altering technology he used to pull information from those he had killed.
As Killmonger prepped for flight, T'Challa managed to catch up to him just moments before his vessel carrying the Vibranium Shock Bomb took off towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. diplomatic envoy. As he made his getaway, Killmonger set the Pouncers loose on Wakanda in order to cover his escape.
The Panther and his family managed to disable the shock bomb's defenses and with Hunter's help, catch up to his adversary once again. A brutal bout ensued between the two aboard the doomsday device's carrier jet. T'Challa questioned why he wanted Wakanda to go to war with the whole of the world. Erik claimed he spent years out in the horrors the King was opening their lands too, saying that the outside and colonizers who inhabit it were all unworthy of their nation's greatness. Erik intended to sow confusion and distrust amongst the people on both sides, wherein to the public at large Wakanda would be the provocateurs of the conflict. The remaining council members would depose King T'Challa and go to war with everyone on the globe, conquering them all in the name of the realm he felt the Black Panther had despoiled when he revealed them to all that Killmonger despised.
But his plans would all fall short however, as Princess Shuri managed to catch up to them while T'Challa went to intercept Koukou before it fell on the envoy's Helicarrier.[18] As he was left incapacitated both by his own weapons and Shuri's Vibranium mesh binding, Erik jumped out of the plane before he could be turned over to S.H.I.E.L.D. vowing never to be taken from his country again.
Later Schemes[]
After his escape, Killmonger would again attempt to destabilize the Wakandan monarchy for his own gain. Having ravaged several villages to attract the Black Panther's attention.
When confronted by T'Challa, Killmonger dismissed the African Prince, having T'Challa fight with his leopard Preyy. When T'Challa stopped the leopard by snapping its jaw, Killmonger attacked, throwing him over a waterfall. T'Challa survived the fall but now had to battle Killmonger and Venomm.[19]
Killmonger teamed up with Sombre and King Cadaver to battle T'Challa, and forced him to fight a White Gorilla. However during the fight, T'Challa was able to kill Sombre.[20]
With the death of Sombre, Killmonger teamed up with Salamander K'Ruel. However during the fight it appeared that T'Challa killed Killmonger.[21]
Iron Man[]
The Mandarin claimed Killmonger's body and was able to restore him to life using his rings. In Wakanda, a warehouse containing Stark Industries energy hologram crystallography equipment was destroyed. When Tony Stark arrived in Wakanda to investigate, Madame Slay kidnapped Rhodey and Killmonger's men apparently killed the Black Panther. In reality, however, Killmonger had actually killed an LMD. At the Black Panther's "funeral" Killmonger appeared, taking the Black Panther mantle for himself. Iron Man and Black Panther proceeded with their plan, now that the Life-Model Decoy had drawn out the villain. They sneaked back into T'Challa's palace just after Madame Slay informed Wakanda of Killmonger's return from death. A battle ensued and as the heroes gained the upper hand Madame Slay revealed she had Rhodey captive. Iron Man used his life sensors to find Rhodey at the Great Mound, where a cyclotron was set up. Pounding the vibranium with gigawatt baryon beams, turning it into anti-metal, which would dissolve all metal in Europe, Asia, Africa, and potentially beyond. Iron Man disabled the machine and saved Rhodey. Black Panther defeated Killmonger and the Mandarin recalled his ring, and Killmonger reverted to an inanimate skeleton.[22]
Killmonger soon resurfaced alive and well in a later appearance. The person T'Challa believed to be Killmonger wielding the Mandarin's ring was in fact a form of simulacrum, some kind of homunculus created to simulate the real Killmonger and animated by his silent partner's ring. He and his followers would turn up again during T'Challa's stay in America, New York City, while overseeing Klaw's sentencing for his numerous crimes at a court hearing. Seeking to team up with Klaw while placing a spy within his hated rival's entourage, the usurper king plotted to waylay the heir to the Wakandan throne at his own embassy. Seeking to pin him for suicide while striding back to their homeland with his own loyal acolytes. In turn, once upon reaching home, the citizens of their nation would make him king in his place. Before his plans could reach fruition however, both he and his forced companion ended up clashing with Daredevil and T'Challa once again.[23] The two enemies clashed once again upon a catamaran owned by the good king, who intentionally left out dummy blueprints for its design knowing someone like Killmonger would attempt to exploit them in his schemes. During the dual battle, Erik attempted a sneak attack while T'Challa was preoccupied with Daredevil's battle with Klaw. As he moved to attack however, the mast from Panther's ship fell from its moorings, crushing him to death.
Taking the Throne[]
After Reverend Achebe's takeover of Wakanda, and the absence of T'Challa, Everett Ross was appointed temporary regent of the country. Killmonger tried to usurp the leadership by exploiting the economy.[24] He challenged T'Challa to the leadership ritual of combat and Killmonger was able to finally defeat the Panther on his own.[25] He remained ruler of the country for a while and even tried to join the Avengers in T'Challa's place.[26] He even had to battle the mercenary Deadpool.[27] However when he consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb which was his right as king, his body reacted badly, and it was revealed that it was poisonous to those not of the royal bloodline, leaving him in a coma.[28]
White Tiger[]
He later emerged from the coma and traveled to New York City to meet with Kasper Cole, a police officer who was the new Black Panther. He tried to turn him to his side by offering him the synthetic heart-shaped herb. He also helped his police captain find his kidnapped son. For this he would become the White Tiger representative in the Panther Cult. Cole agreed and used his powers to track the boy on his own. By doing this he was able to avoid his debt to Killmonger.[29]
Niganda[]
Under backing by the U.S. Government, Erik would later return to became a champion against the many wannabe despots and would be conquerors in Niganda. All while the White House intended to establish a foothold in Wakanda, using Killmonger's presence as a hometown hero to set up another invasive beachhead. Eventually T'Challa's sister, Shuri, would move in to spy on the American fighter carrier N'Jadaka came in on. It was here where his benefactors gave him his walking papers, around that time he eventually captured her for his own ends.
Forcing another invasion by Wakanda, the American constabulary realizing their mistake of employing such an unknown variant, attempted to send in one of their Super Agents, Monica Rambeau, in and out to removed him from power. Backed by one of Erich's experiments, a Mutant Baboon, the perceived savior managed to capture her as well. At an unknown time while prepping for battle with his hated rival, Killmonger went to some Nigandan oracles as to incline whether or not this will be the death of him. They confirm his suspicions only to say this would be the first of many ends he would meet.[7]
In that moment T'Challa, his Dora Milaje mounted their assault on N'Jadaka's seat of power. While the Panther acted to distract Killmonger through mortal combat, his associates would free both his sister and her consort in the prison complex. Just as he was about to strike a coup-de-grace on Black Panther, he was killed by the recently-escaped Monica Rambeau, who flew through his chest at light speed. His son, who watched it happening, blamed T’Challa for his death and swore vengeance against him.[30]
Reanimated by the symbiote
Resurrection[]
Following the war between the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda and the Maroons, Emperor N'Jadaka's symbiote, along with Zenzi and Tetu retrieved the corpse of Killmonger and brought it to the Resurrection Altar. The symbiote bonded to the newly resurrected Killmonger, intending to allow the soul of Emperor N'Jadaka to possess the body of the man he was named after.[7] However, Killmonger's soul returned to his body as well, creating an internal power struggle between the two N'Jadakas for control of their shared being.[31]
The battle would quickly turn against the would-be conquerors however as the Hadori-Yao managed to use her powers to take control of life support systems within the Imperial Fleet, cutting off the oxygen supply to a great many of the Askari manning the helm, but Killmonger, aided by the Symbiote Emperor, was able to resist such attempts and retaliate by opening gateways to the core timeline of the Empire to their position in order to summon reinforcements. Emperor N'Jadaka realizing the only way they would succeed is by working together instead of against one another.[32]
As the battle dragged on the two consciousnesses within the amalgam still battled for dominance over their corporeal host. Erik often suffering outbursts of pain whenever their disagreements became too intense to be contained in front of the war party.[33] The two coming to the consensus that they are not utilizing their full resources to their absolute potential, citing how risky that can be coupled with their outbursts due to internal squabbling in the face of their army. Considering the overlord's enclave stands divided due to their shared enemy having restored the lost and forgotten memories of the former slave labor of the empire, but they are given an opportune moment in taking Earth and Wakanda Prime as the goddess Bast uses what remains of her power to bridge a portal straight into the heart of the enemy.[33] The symbiotic N'Jadaka would lay savage siege to the enemy strongholds with all the resources at his dominions with all the forces of five galaxies and the stolen powers of a fickle goddess at their fingertips brought to bear.[34]
With intent upon stealing the powers of the Orisha after vanquishing the orphan king, the two Warmongers would duel the legend of today for the right to build a multiversal empire spanning across eternity at the heart of their homeland, but the Emperor would be momentarily distracted by the arrival of its former host's daughter Princess Zenzi.[8] Their divisionary schism gave the once and future king the time he needed to put the blade where it belonged, ending both the usurper and the resurrected menace for good.Attributes
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Powers
Mystically-Enhanced Physiology: Over the course of his many resurrections, Erik Killmonger had been resuscitated through a great many supernatural means. Routes of which had distilled in him incredible augmentations that made him all the more powerful than he already was.
- Replacement Body: N'Jadaka's mortal remains were used in a magical ritual in order to transfer his essence into a new, larger and stronger body than his original. Empowered through the Altar of Resurrection, Killmonger's new vessel boasted physical abilities on par or greater than the Black Panther.[35]
- Superhuman Strength: N'Jadaka is strong enough to physically overpower and kill an adult bull elephant with his bare hands.[36]
- Superhuman Speed: N'Jadaka's speed is similarly enhanced beyond the physical norms.
- Superhuman Stamina: Erik's staying power is enhanced well beyond the normal threshold of a normal human. Having sparred with similarly enhanced T'Challa for 3 days straight.[37]
- Superhuman Durability: Killmonger's bodily tissues are similarly toughened and enhanced well beyond that of even T'Challa.
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Reflexes
Heart-Shaped Herb Enhancement: Thanks to the intake of the Heart-Shaped Herb which put him in a coma, Killmonger now boasts enhancements that gives the Black Panther their powers. Adding to his already superhuman sense and augmented physical abilities once upon awakening:[38]
- Superhumanly Acute Senses: Killmonger can see in total darkness as if it was a clear sunny day, something at over a few hundred feet appears as though it is right in front of his face. Killmonger's sense of hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, enabling him to hear sounds that an ordinary human can't and to be able to hear sounds that an ordinary human can, but at much greater distances. Killmonger can memorize tens of thousands of scents and track them to the exact location, can smell fear, and detect if someone is lying by change in body odor. Killmonger's sense of taste is sensitive to the point that he is able to taste the exact ingredients of any particular food he is eating.[38]
- Peak Human Strength: The special herb has enhanced Killmonger's physical strength to the pinnacle of human perfection. While not superhuman, he is considerably much stronger than the average human and is almost as strong as a human can be without being considered superhuman. At his peak, marvel hand-books class him to lift just under 800 lbs.[38]
- Peak Human Speed: Killmonger is able to run and move at speeds superior to those of any Olympic athlete. He is capable of reaching speeds of 35 mph.[38]
- Peak Human Stamina: Killmonger's musculature generates less fatigue toxins than the bodies of most humans. He can exert himself at peak capacity for approximately 1 hour before fatigue begins to impair him.[38]
- Peak Human Durability: Killmonger's ability to resist and recover from physical injury or disease is also at the pinnacle of human capability. While he is susceptible to illness and injury as any normal human is, his ability to resist and recover from them is well above that of most other humans.[38]
- Peak Human Agility: Killmonger's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are also heightened to the pinnacle of human development. He is superior to any Olympic level gymnast that has ever competed.[38]
- Peak Human Reflexes: Killmonger's reaction time is superior to that of any Olympic athlete that has ever competed.[38]
Divine Symbiote: Having been resurrected by the Klyntar bonding to his cadaverous remains.[7] Killmonger would come to find he had acquired new and greater power than he ever had in prior lifetimes.[31]
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Constituent-Matter Generation
- Constituent-Matter Manipulation
- Shapeshifting
- Divine-Slaying
- Divine Siphoning: The klyntar whom had assimilated Erik's body had also subsumed the lion's share of the panther goddess Bast's almighty powers.[39]
- Portal Creation: Erik/N'jadaka could open portals that transcend time/space to bring his armies of five galaxies into the present era.[32]
- Symbiotic Expansion and Psychic Control: Killmonger, merged with the Emperor N'Jadaka Symbiote, learned to create offshoots of the klyntar to create The Joined.[33]
- Engineering Mimicry: Through his other N'Jadaka learned he could assimilate the vibranium studded facilities of T'Challa's panther habit through it's tentacles. Allowing it to mimic the technological appliance of absorbing and redistributing energy directed towards it.[8]
Abilities
- Master Martial Artist: Killmonger is a skilled combatant. He is sufficiently skilled enough to best the Black Panther in physical combat.[38]
- Master Inventor: Like a great many mechanical engineers, Erik is an avid inventor and mechanist. Having built various devices with special properties of his own design.[40] His engineering abilities coupled with his high mental acumen make him a particularly dangerous adversary.[38] Having brought his once poor village of N'Jadaka into similar technological societal advancement as the greater cities of Wakanda itself.[41]
- Political Leader: Erik Killmonger is a revolutionary leader, well-known to all Wakandans, and even supported by some. The village he grew up in has even been renamed N'jadaka Village. His revolutionary charisma, his mastery of politics and economics, his tactical cunning makes him one of Black Panther's greatest foes.[38]
- Multilingual: Killmonger can fluently speak his native language, English, and other various languages.[38]
- Electrocorticography Specialist: One of Killmonger's greatest passions during his studies both in Wakanda and at M.I.T was experimenting and ascertaining vital information from the study of memories and brainwaves.[16] Through his mastery of Wakandan and outsider technologies, N'Jadaka has been able to implement his findings for extracting and preserving knowledge and memories from the human mind.[17] Using this same scientific practice, he devised lethal weaponry which could hotwire the brain's electrical signals to cause biophysical degradation. Causing bodily functions to stop little by little the longer one is exposed to them.[18]
- Highly Influential Connections: Being the leader of his own technologically advanced corner of territory. Killmonger has access to various resources be natural, scientific or arcane in nature. Able to conduct secretive augmentative genetic experiments, enact mystical rituals to raise and empower the dead, even have access to what T'Challa describes as A1 level technological clearance.[42] Having and making use of incredibly advanced force field technology potent enough to trap and bind one who is of living energy and utilize said energy as an armament; on top of Wakandan-, Atlantean-, or even Inhuman-grade weapons tech which he often makes use of.[38]
- Genius Intelligence: Erik is an incredibly gifted mind rivaling that of T'Challa. Having an innate understanding of Industry, Politics, Genetics and Technical Design, he has PhD in Engineering and an MBA from M.I.T. possessing engineering abilities and intellect that makes him a peer to a great many of the greatest minds on the planet. Proving to be able to invent and create weaponry that rivals near any of the greatest minds engineering capabilities.[38]
- Charisma & Manipulation: Erik Killmonger is an incredibly masterful schemer and manipulator.[23] Easily being able to convert even the most loyal of T'Challa's citizenry to his cause, this coupled with his tactical mind gives N'Jadaka most easy acclimation of loyal troops who'll fight and die for him.[30]
- Diplomatic Immunity: When he was the leader Wakanda, He often visits the United States. He enjoyed diplomatic immunity during these trips, and his embassy is considered foreign soil.[38]
- Mystical Eugenics Expertise: Combining his knowledge of super science with arcane mysticism, N'Jadaka has been able to physically bolster and enhance his finest warriors using a form of metaphysical practice giving them similar power and enhancements to his own. As he'd done for Malice in the past while she was in his services.[43]
- Chemical Specialist: Through unknown means, Killmonger was somehow able to replicate the effect of a Heart-Shaped Herb through a counterfeit artificial enhancement production similar in its biomolecular chemistry.[38] He'd even deduced that it was not merely those of the Bashenga family tree who'd been able to consume it without side effects, but merely the repetitive intake of which by his bloodline that enables them to resist it's natural toxicity.[29]
Weaknesses
- When he first consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb it reacted badly with his body chemistry poisoning him as he was not of the royal bloodline. Eventually he would come out of his coma retaining the unique powers bestowed with it, but later developed a synthetic version to which others could adapt to for their own use.[38]
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Wakandan Armor: His uniform is studded with spikes that injected poisons into his opponents.[38] He would later design even heavier set armor to match the design of T'Challa's Thrice Blessed Armor he uses when confronting stronger enemies. Which comes equipped with a polarization field able to hit metallic objects with differing magnetic polarities.[44]
- Panther Habit (formerly): During his brief time as the Black Panther and king of Wakanda. Erik Killmonger donned a habit of his own, which still utilized many of his own hand made weapons designs.[26]
- Trained Leopards: He kept several pet leopards, such as Preyy, who obeys his commands.[38]
- Altar of Resurrection: Erik Killmonger has been killed many times but his followers were constantly able to bring him back thanks to ancient Wakandan magic.[38] Magic he would often use in order to enhanced and/or reanimate troops to serve his own cause.
- Death Regiments: Zombie-like soldiers created by Killmonger using the Altar of Resurrection.[38]
- Vibranium Panther Pendent: N'Jadaka had an amulet fashioned from pure Wakandan Vibranium. Particularly in the event Klaw would attempt to double cross him, useful as protection against energy attacks.[23]
- Mutant Animal Militia: N'Jadaka would employ the use of some of the Erich's and the Red Ghosts bio-genetics and technological designs in order to fabricate an army of super intelligent wildlife he could command as his personal task force.[30]
- The Joined: A special breed of shocktrooper's begotten from combining soldiers of the empire with seedlings of N'Jadaka's symbiote.[33] Turning his forces into deadly Klyntar adorned warriors with all the powers of the living abyss at their fingertips.[8]
Weapons
Notes
- N'Jadaka made his debut in Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #6, he was a resident of his village whose father was press ganged into the service of Klaw. For their family's crimes, Killmonger and his parents were exiled from Wakanda, which is where he vowed revenge on the Panther King line for the dishonor of his dead father's name.[19]
See Also
- 51 appearance(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 9 minor appearance(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 10 mention(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 6 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 50 image(s) of Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 10 quotation(s) by or about Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 3 victim(s) killed by Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
- 2 item(s) used/owned by Erik Killmonger (Earth-616)
Links and References
- Erik Killmonger on Wikipedia.org
- Erik Killmonger at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
References
- ↑ "Erik Killmonger" revealed in Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #6, "N'Jadaka" revealed in Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #7
- ↑ Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #6
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Killmonger #2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Killmonger #1
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 7) #17
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 4) #38
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Black Panther (Vol. 7) #19
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Black Panther (Vol. 7) #25
- ↑ Rise of the Black Panther #1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Rise of the Black Panther #4
- ↑ Killmonger #1–2
- ↑ Rise of the Black Panther #2
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Killmonger #3
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Killmonger #4
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Killmonger #5
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Rise of the Black Panther #3
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Rise of the Black Panther #5
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Rise of the Black Panther #6
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #6–8
- ↑ Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #12–14
- ↑ Jungle Action (Vol. 2) #15–17
- ↑ Iron Man Annual #5
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Over the Edge #6
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #13
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #15–16
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Black Panther (Vol. 3) #22
- ↑ Deadpool (Vol. 3) #44
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #24
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Black Panther (Vol. 3) #61
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Black Panther (Vol. 4) #35–38
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Black Panther (Vol. 7) #20
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Black Panther (Vol. 7) #21
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Black Panther (Vol. 7) #23
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 7) #24
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #21
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #15
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #20–21
- ↑ 38.00 38.01 38.02 38.03 38.04 38.05 38.06 38.07 38.08 38.09 38.10 38.11 38.12 38.13 38.14 38.15 38.16 38.17 38.18 38.19 38.20 38.21 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #6
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 7) #6
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #19
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #15–17
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 4) #36–37
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #21–25
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 4) #37–38
- ↑ Black Panther (Vol. 3) #18–19
- ↑ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #6
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 6