A recent episode of What If..? brought back Killmonger with devastating consequences for Black Panther and Wakanda. While he's been the main villain so far for T'Challa in the MCU, there are many others in Marvel Comics and some of them are extremely powerful. Some of them are among the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe.
Black Panther's role as the head of state in Wakanda brings him into conflict at times with the rulers of other fictional Marvel countries, like Doctor Doom. He also faces off against many threats from within, some of who hail from the main Marvel Universe of Earth-616 as well as the broader multiverse in the comics.
10 Killmonger
In the comic books, Erik Killmonger has no superpowers of any kind, but he remains a powerful threat to Black Panther. Killmonger is one of the best martial artists in the Marvel Universe, highly trained, and expert in several forms of hand-to-hand combat. He's also an expert marksman and strategist, making his intellect and experience strong counters to the superpowers of Black Panther and other foes. In several contests in the comics, Killmonger's strength has been shown to be enough to take on Black Panther head to head.
9 Kraven The Hunter
Comic book fans know Kraven The Hunter is one of Spider-Man's most significant villains. He has also been an antagonist of Black Panther on a number of occasions. The two fought in the Marvel Knights era of Black Panther comics in the early 2000s. Kraven possesses peak human strength, stamina, and agility, all heightened by his ingestion of poisonous toxins. He's also an expert marksman and hand-to-hand combatant. He doesn't have the power of Black Panther, but their knockdown drag-out fight in the story "The Lesson" was still brutal for both men.
8 White Wolf
Like Killmonger, the White Wolf is an expert martial artist. He has some advantages, though. Among them are his costume, which is made of a vibranium mesh, not unlike Black Panther's outfit and so is extremely durable. The suit also contains a cloaking field that makes him invisible to the naked eye. It can also project the appearance of different clothes as well. He can also fire energy blasts, which are primarily used as a way to blunt his momentum when he is falling or running. With the blasts, he can effectively walk across water.
7 Achebe
Achebe made a bargain with Mephisto, one of the most powerful demons in the Marvel Universe, and from it gained a new lease on life to hunt down the people who destroyed his village. His primary powers and abilities include his intellect and capacity for chaos. Achebe instigated a coup against T'Challa that he very nearly pulled off, working behind the scenes in Wakanda to sow dissension. He's also a highly skilled fighter and naturally acrobatic, making him nearly the equal of Black Panther in terms of agility.
6 M'Baku
The MCU version of M'Baku doesn't appear to have superpowers, at least not yet. In the comics, he gained superhuman strength, speed, and stamina by eating a white gorilla. This was a mystical process of power assumption as well, making M'Baku one of the more powerful opponents of the Black Panther.
M'Baku, like many Black Panther villains, is also an expert martial artist, who had training from the Wakandan military in weapons, tactics, and strategy.
5 Klaw
Fans of the MCU may be surprised to realize that Klaw is one of the more powerful Black Panther villains. His signature power - emitting sonic blasts from a weapon grafted onto his hand - was mostly dampened in the movies. But in the comics, Klaw's entire body has been converted through a scientific process into a living sonic being. He's made up of 'hardened sound' which gives him incredible strength and durability. In addition, he's able to project deafening sonic blasts and frequencies, which can debilitate enemies without him having to lift a finger.
4 Tetu
Tetu is a powerful Wakandan magician who once tried to overthrow T'Challa as king of Wakanda. He certainly had the power to do it. Tetu has the ability to manipulate natural elements like wood, which he often uses to terrifying effect with the pair of wooden rings he wears on his shoulders. He can alter the shape and length of the rings, turning them into spikes or tendrils which he can then unleash against opponents. He can also teleport, and not just from one place to another. Tetu has shown the ability to be able to teleport back and forth through time.
3 T'Channa
T'Channa is one of the most powerful variants of Doctor Doom in the Marvel multiverse. The sister of T'Challa from Earth-2301 has all of Doom's intellect and capacity for evil, as well as his propensity for magic. As such, she's well-versed in a broad range of spells that allow her to manipulate matter.
She uses this to devastating effect by creating and then orchestrating armies of Doombots, using power derived from the Negative Zone to make her a truly powerful technomage in this dark reality.
2 Namor
Namor and Black Panther are often at odds, with the history of Atlantis and Wakanda bound up in conflict. Namor is extremely powerful, with superhuman strength, stamina, and agility, all heightened by being a product of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis.
Namor can also fly, thanks to the wings on his ankles, and his senses are far beyond any normal human's. Perhaps his most devastating ability is hydrokinesis. Namor can literally control water, generating waves and other actions that have proven devastating in some cases.
1 Doctor Doom
Doctor Doom is one of the greatest supervillains in Marvel Comics and a longtime nemesis of Black Panther. With his genius-level intellect, he's a driven inventor of machines of war like the Doombots. He's also one of the most powerful magicians in the Marvel Universe, able to generate mystical blasts, force fields, as well as teleport between dimensions. He can nullify another person's power through magic, making him especially dangerous. During Doom War, he left Black Panther in a coma, forcing Shuri to take up the mantle for a time.
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September 26, 2021 at 02:00AM
