Towards thee I roll. Thou all-destroying but conquering whale. To the last, I grapple with thee. From Hell's heart I stab at thee. For hate's sake... I spit my last breath at thee.
Appearing in "By Any Means: Part One of Five"
Featured Characters:
- Erik Killmonger (N'Jadaka) (Main story and flashback) (Joins Kingpin's Henchmen)
Supporting Characters:
- Bast (Main story and recap)
- Kingpin's Henchmen
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
Antagonists:
- M'Demwe (Main story and flashback) (Death)
- Klaw (Ulysses Klaue) (Main story and flashback)
- Bru (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in recap)
- Wakandan Army (Only in recap)
- Dora Milaje (Only in recap)
- Mbiti Bantu (Referenced)
- Hannah Weeks (First appearance)
- U.S. Military (Mentioned)
- Hanna's mother (First appearance; photo)
- Hannah's father (First appearance; photo)
- N'Jadaka's mother (First appearance; corpse) (Only in flashback)
- N'Jobu (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Name revealed) (Only in flashback)
- Herman Melville (Named only)
- New York Yankees (Named only)
- Lee Harvey Oswald (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Ennead (Main story and recap)
- Cockroaches
- Whales (Drawing)
- Cattle (Mentioned)
- Mutants
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Wakanda (Only in flashback)
- Warrior Falls (Only in recap)
- Kinamasi Region (Only in flashback)
- Western Foothills (Only in flashback)
- N'Jadaka Village (Only in flashback)
- Western Foothills (Only in flashback)
- Azania (Only in flashback)
- Wakanda (Only in flashback)
- North America
- United States of America
- Massachusetts
- New York
- New York City
- Madison Avenue Bridge
- Manhattan
- Long Island
- New York City
- Silicon Valley, California (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- South America (Photo)
- Europe (Photo)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Mentioned)
- D'Yshalah (Referenced)
Items:
- Panther Habit (Only in recap)
- Vibranium (Only in recap)
- Moby Dick (Topical Reference)
- Sonic Disruptor
Synopsis for "By Any Means: Part One of Five"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
THE BRUTAL TALE OF A MAN WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING FOR FREEDOM…
One day, Erik Killmonger will rise up and attempt to steal the throne of Wakanda. The throne he believes he is owed. But long before he became “Killmonger,” there was a boy known as N’Jadaka. A boy who was stolen from his home and taught only the world’s cruelties. A boy who knew the Black Panther only as a fairy tale, a whisper from strangers. This is the story of a man who driven by revenge. This is the legend of Killmonger.