Classic Marvel foundations · Character-centered definitive runs
No. 192 — Longer term

Black Panther — Panther’s Quest and Panther’s Prey

Don McGregor · Gene Colan · Dwayne Turner · Sandy Plunkett

Story era 05 · The Gauntlet Years

Panther’s Quest and Panther’s Prey continue McGregor’s exploration of Wakanda after Panther’s Rage.

0 of 1 book owned504 pages4 full issues

Setup & reading order

  1. After Black Panther: Panther’s Prey #4

    McGregor’s continuation concludes here. Priest’s later Black Panther run provides a new introduction.

Optional context & path

Path: Black Panther. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

Useful background and earlier stops: Black Panther — Panther’s Rage.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

UnownedBlack Panther Epic Collection: Panther’s PreyDon McGregor · Gene Colan · Dwayne Turner · Sandy Plunkett504 pp

Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther’s Prey

Epic Collection paperback · 504 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 1 · The Gauntlet Years

Panther’s Quest (1989–1990) leads into Panther’s Prey (1991), followed by the book’s early-1990s anthology codas.

See reading checkpoints
Released 10 Mar 2021 · 504 pages · Denys Cowan cover9781302921989Planned edition
Black Panther: Panther's Prey (1991)#1–4
Marvel Comics Presents (1988) (partial — Panther's Quest serial)#13–37
Marvel Comics Presents (1988) (partial — Triumph of the Hunter)#148
Solo Avengers (1987) (partial — The Vanities of Philip Whitehead)#19
Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) (partial — Conflagration)#1
Marvel Fanfare (1982) (partial — Big Applesauce!)#60
Fantastic Four Unlimited (1993) (partial — Legacy)#1
Earth-616 Primary

Panther’s Quest runs through the Black Panther portions of Marvel Comics Presents #13–37; follow those installments as one serial, not as twenty-five complete anthology issues. The other partial entries collect only “Triumph of the Hunter,” “The Vanities of Philip Whitehead,” “Conflagration,” “Big Applesauce!” and “Legacy,” leaving their source issues’ other features out.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication across this project

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.

Things to know
  • McGregor’s narration is deliberately dense and the two long stories use very different visual approaches.
  • Every anthology appearance is scoped to its named Black Panther segment so unrelated material in the same issue shell is not treated as duplicated.