Bryan Edward Hill (“The Wild Storm: Michael Cray,” “Detective Comics”) and Juan Ferreyra (“Colder,” “Green Arrow”) are teaming up for “Killmonger,” a miniseries at Marvel that will detail the origins of the Black Panther nemesis. Erik Killmonger, created by Don McGregor and artist Rich Buckler, has never headlined his own title, despite being a part of Black Panther stories for forty-five years. As reported by Vulture, the five part series will chronicle Eric’s early years as an exile from Wakanda in the United States, and show his progression from angry young man into the vengeance driven one that challenged the Black Panther. The character, as portrayed by Michael B. Jordan, was a major part of Black Panther, and is obviously having its greatest moment of mainstream notice right now.
In Hill’s interview with Vulture, he talked about his take on the character:
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. Like, you have to watch Hamlet and think, He could have done this without dying. It was possible. Or Othello is a better example. If he had just talked to Michael Cassio, then we could have avoided the end of that play. I think about Erik’s story the same way. I see him as a tragic figure, whether you’re talking about Othello or you’re talking about Anakin Skywalker. 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.
The first issue hits stores in December.
