| "What is... and What Should Never Be" | |
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| Black Panther | |
| Title: | "What is... and What Should Never Be" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 13 |
| Cover price: | .35 |
| Cover date: | January, 1979 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Ed Hannigan; Jim Shooter |
| Pencilers: | Jerry Bingham |
| Inkers: | Gene Day |
| Cover artists: | Jerry Bingham |
| Cover inker: | Bob Layton |
| Colorists: | Francoise Mouly |
| Letterers: | Tom Orzechowski |
| Editors: | Roger Stern |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Black Panther #12 |
| Next: | Black Panther #14 |
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Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue is reprinted in Essential Black Panther, Volume 1 and Black Panther by Jack Kirby, Volume 2. It is only included in the latter volume to finish off the Kiber the Cruel storyline, even though Jack Kirby had departed the series with issue #12.
- This issue is job number LG190.
- The title of this issue is taken from the 1969 song "What Is and What Should Never Be" by British rock 'n roll band Led Zeppelin. It appeared on the album Led Zeppelin II.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther not written, drawn and edited by Jack Kirby.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther not inked and lettered by Mike Royer.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Jim Shooter as co-plotter.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Ed Hannigan as writer.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Gene Day as inker.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Francoise Mouly as colorist.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Tom Orzechowski as letterer.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Jerry Bingham as cover artist.
- This is the first issue of Black Panther with Bob Layton as cover inker.
- The Black Panther appears next in Avengers #172.
- Final appearance of Kiber the Cruel; dies in this issue.
- The Avengers only make a cameo appearance in this issue. They appear next as a team in Avengers #172.
- Khanata chronologically appears next in the second story in Amazing Fantasy, Volume 2 #7.
- Iron Man's helmet is the only component of the MK IV armor shown in this issue.
Recommended Reading[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Black Panther, Volume 1 #13 at MDP
- Black Panther, Volume 1 #13 at Comics.org
- Black Panther, Volume 1 #13 at Comic Vine