After the events of
Secret Invasion, a regime change occurred in the western world.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was disbanded and Tony Stark was fired in favor of a new organization, called
H.A.M.M.E.R., which was headed by
Norman Osborn. T'Challa received a random summoning from the then exiled Atlantean king,
Namor. After meeting with him, he learned of the formation of a dark group mirroring the
Illuminati. Namor asked T'Challa to join this "Dark Illuminati", to which he refused, citing his preference for the Illuminati.
Although he was a little annoyed at the refusal, Namor allowed T'Challa to peacefully leave. As he prepared to depart Atlantis, T'Challa was confronted by Dark Illuminati member,
Doctor Doom. Not surprised that T'Challa refused to join their "
Cabal", Doom proceeded to attack him, pitting T'Challa and his Dora Milaje against him and his "
doom-bots".
After a brutally epic battle, that resulted in T'Challa becoming gravely injured, the Dora Milaje and T'Challa fled Atlantis. They managed to crash land in Wakanda and paired with the Doom altercation, the plane crash sent T'Challa into a coma.
Doomwar: Power
T'Challa awoke from his coma to find that Wakanda had been attacked by
Morlun. He began training his body to fight Doom and as a man of science, he resulted to using magic to prepare for war. While he was in a coma, Shuri became regent of Wakanda and the new Black Panther. T'Challa reached out to the powerful Wakandan alchemist,
Zawavari. The witch doctor empowered him with acolytes, that enhanced his strength, senses, and provided him with a way to resist Doom's magic-based attacks. He then approached the Dora Milaje sensei,
Aneka, about blending science and sorcery into her Wakandan battle techniques.
Elsewhere, Doom funded the Desturi (Wakandan dissidents dedicated to civil war) with resources to initiate a coup d'état on Shuri.
Walter Declun, Doom's chief of operations, laid a trail of disinformation that distracted Shuri and T'Challa long enough for the Desturi to overthrow the Panther Clan, in a highly elaborate and successful coup.
With the Desturi coup successful, they made Storm, S'yan, and Ramonda their prisoners. Meanwhile, T'Challa, Shuri, and the Dora Milaje, teamed up with the Fantastic Four and a few X-Men in an attack on the Desturi. T'Challa and his allies managed to take back Wakanda, freeing all Desturi prisoners. Elsewhere, Doom infiltrated Wakanda and managed to steal a large amount of processed vibranium.
He ventured to his home nation, Latveria, where he began attacking various cities around the world by using the vibranium to manipulate all vibranium-based objects and structures. Storm, Shuri, the Dora Milaje, and the Fantastic Four were instructed to take out Doom's worldwide network facilities, while T'Challa initiated a plan to save the world. The heroes later traveled to Latveria to confront Doom.
T'Challa engaged in combat with Doom and managed to plant a remote device on him that made processed vibranium inert.The device was so powerful that all vibranium across the world became defunct. Doom's newly acquired vibranium-based armor was rendered useless and he was defeated. T'Challa then returned to Wakanda to store some remaining active vibranium, that was recovered with the help of Storm, the X-Men, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four.
