Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther #3
In "Cry, the Accursed Country!", T'Challa confronts the past in a harrowing journey through South Africa, where he finally locates his mother, Ramonda, after years of separation. Written by Don McGregor and brought to life with haunting precision by Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, and Mike Rockwitz, this pivotal issue reveals the dark secret behind Ramonda’s disappearance and T'Challa’s forgotten childhood. The cover by Denys Cowan and Sam de la Rosa captures the weight of legacy and revelation.
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T'Challa frees himself from Gore's grasp. Gore attempts to gut T'Challa with his knife but fails and stabs himself in the throat, dying from the massive injury. T'Challa makes his way to Anton Pretorius' house and finally finds Ramonda, his mother. Ramonda tells him how, when he was a small child, she came to South Africa for her father's funeral. During her time there she joined a protest against the police and was arrested. Pretorius freed her and made her "disappear," imprisoning her in his home. T'Challa confronts Pretorius but decides not to kill him and leaves with Ramonda for Wakanda.
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