T'Chaka

John Kani
John Kani
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Cinematic and Comics

Fresh Start, Comics: T'Chaka is killed by Ulysses Klaw after refusing to give up vibranium mining rights, dying as he shields T'Challa.

Cinematic

King of Wakanda and the Black Panther, eldest son of Azzuri and husband of Ramonda. In 1992 he killed his brother N'Jobu in Oakland after N'Jobu helped Klaue raid Wakanda's vibranium. He passed the Panther mantle to T'Challa in 2009, backed the Sokovia Accords after the Lagos incident, and was killed in 2016 by a bomb in Vienna set by Zemo. His spirit later counsels T'Challa on the Ancestral Plane.

Comics

King of Wakanda and holder of the Black Panther title, father of T'Challa and Shuri. He defends the vibranium-rich nation against Nazi forces in the war years, is kidnapped by the ICON organization in 1959, and rebuilds his family after losing his first wife. He dies shielding his son T'Challa from Ulysses Klaw.

Timeline 10 events

  1. Modern · Comics: He earns Captain America's trust, giving him vibranium in exchange for the hero's triangular shield.
  2. Modern · Comics: In 1941, alongside his father the Black Panther, T'Chaka helps Captain America and Fury's Howling Commandos repel a Nazi super-soldier invasion of Wakanda.
  3. Modern · Comics: In autumn 1959 the ICON organization kidnaps T'Chaka to weaken Wakanda; Fury's Avengers defeat them and he is recovered from a castle in Latveria.
  4. Fresh Start · Comics: He fends off a Hydra attempt to infiltrate Wakanda; his first wife N'Yami dies after bearing T'Challa.
  5. Fresh Start · Comics: T'Chaka is killed by Ulysses Klaw after refusing to give up vibranium mining rights, dying as he shields T'Challa.
  6. 1992 · Cinematic: After Klaue's raid on Wakanda, T'Chaka travels to Oakland and confronts his brother N'Jobu, who had aided Klaue.
  7. 1992 · Cinematic: T'Chaka kills N'Jobu when he turns a gun on Zuri, leaving N'Jobu's young son behind.
  8. 2009 · Cinematic: T'Challa takes the Black Panther mantle from his father.
  9. 2016 · Cinematic: T'Chaka supports the Sokovia Accords after Wakandans die in the Lagos incident.
  10. 2016 · Cinematic: T'Chaka is killed by a bomb at the Accords signing in Vienna set by Helmut Zemo.

parent of

T'Challa, Shuri

allied with

Ramonda, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Steve Rogers

enemy of

Ulysses Klaue, Helmut Zemo, Red Skull, Wolfgang von Strucker

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026