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This December, Bryan Edward Hill and Juan Ferreyra will feature Erik Killmonger in a five-part comic series from Marvel.

With the smashing (and clawing) success of Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it comes as no surprise that Marvel is extending the world of Wakanda. Killmonger, a five-part mini-series helmed by writer Bryan Edward Hill and artist Juan Ferreyra, will take a closer look at Erik Killmonger’s story.

Erik Killmonger has been a long-time foe of the Black Panther, appearing in Don McGregor’s 1973 Jungle Action #6, but with new inspirations and old mythology coming together, Killmonger’s own perspective will finally be fleshed out. In this new series, the distinction between hero and villain will fade away, and, instead, a powerful tragedy will be at center, leading the characters down their paths.

Bryan Edward Hill spoke to Vulture and said:

I wanted to explore the choices and the failures that lead a person to dedicate their life to revenge, and how that happens. Because with Erik, I feel like it’s really a tragedy. It’s a story of a guy who was failed a lot by Wakanda in certain ways, by the people he met outside of Wakanda, by his own conscience in other ways, and I wanted to paint a portrait of that… So by the time we get to the event of the waterfall [fight between Killmonger and T’Challa in Don McGregor’s run], it doesn’t read hero and villain to me as much as, the world failed.

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The comic aims to create greater dimension to Killmonger, and to bring his tale, and the readers, into novel places. Beginning with Erik’s graduation from MIT and termed a “chronicling of a fall,” issue by issue, the story will see him steps towards his ultimate future, shedding the possibilities of what could have been. But for the first time, those possibilities, and the person beneath the villain, will be brought into sharp relief.

For me, Jordan’s performance is remarkable because even in his philosophy you can see that he’s still wounded. He’s a person justifying himself with his anger. And anger is always fear in disguise. Any time you see anger, you’re really looking at fear… Those emotions certainly play a part in that way.

The key to a compelling villain is always a depth of motivation and, despite everything, a recognizable humanity. Killmonger will deliver exactly this, changing the perspectives of a long-known story and creating a compelling mini-series for a foe ready to be a hero in his own tale.

Killmonger #1, written by Bryan Edward Hill with art by Juan Ferreyra, will be available for purchase Wednesday, Dec. 5.