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Published September 17, 2018

Erik Killmonger Gets His Own Mini-Series This December

Writer Bryan Edward Hill and artist Juan Ferreyra will bring Killmonger's story to life.

Erik Killmonger has been a big part of the Marvel Universe for decades as one of Black Panther's biggest foes -- and this December, he gets the chance to tell his story in his own mini-series! Writer Bryan Edward Hill (WHAT IF? X-MEN) will team up with artist Juan Ferreyra for the five-part KILLMONGER, which will go on sale Wednesday, December 5.

Hill spoke with Vulture to provide details on how he approached telling Killmonger's story:

"I wanted to explore the choices and the failures that lead a person to dedicate their life to revenge, and how that happens. Because with Erik, I feel like it’s really a tragedy. It’s a story of a guy who was failed a lot by Wakanda in certain ways, by the people he met outside of Wakanda, by his own conscience in other ways, and I wanted to paint a portrait of that. Because to me the iconic fight between Erik Killmonger and T’Challa is tragic. It’s something that shouldn’t happen. It’s a conflict that’s borne from a tragic misunderstanding and a young man who was violently taken from his home."

 

 

Killmonger cover

Hill touched on how he got in Killmonger's head in order to write him, and wanted to tell a story about the character's choices and potential:

"I can say that the events of the stories for the most part begin with Erik graduating from MIT. Like all stories, it begins with him having a fork in the road in front of him. He’s a young man who could have a successful and peaceful life if he could just put away his desire for revenge. In this case he’s really focused on [villain Ulysses] Klaw and the men that took him from Wakanda, and also punishing Wakanda itself for its failures. We begin the story with him making that choice to step away from one potential future and step into another that speaks to more of his darker nature. For me, that’s what a tragedy is, really. Something isn’t tragic unless you can see a way that it could have worked out better. ... It’s about a fall of a person that should have been something much better than what he wound up being, and the story is about how he winds up in that place."

KILLMONGER #1, written by Bryan Edward Hill with art by Juan Ferreyra, goes on sale Wednesday, December 5. Stay tuned to Marvel.com for more news and contact your local comic shop to pre-order your copy!

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