Man-Ape
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Avengers #62 (Mar 1969) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas and John Buscema |
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| Alter ego | M'Baku |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Team affiliations | Lethal Legion, Masters of Evil |
| Partnerships | Grim Reaper & Saboteur |
| Notable aliases | White Gorilla |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility and durability |
Man-Ape is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe, and frequent enemy of the Black Panther. He first appeared in Avengers #62 (March 1969)
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[edit] Fictional character biography
M'Baku was born in Wakanda, in Northern Africa. He became one of Wakanda's greatest warriors, second only to the Black Panther. He plotted to usurp the throne of Wakanda with the help of the outlawed rival White Gorilla cult and return Wakanda to a primitive state. M'Baku becomes a renegade and gains his powers by bathing in white gorilla blood and eating white gorilla flesh, taking the alias of Man-Ape. He fought with the Black Panther and was believed to be dead when the Panther Totem that the Black Panther was bound to crumbled on him.[1] N'Gamo revived him and Man-Ape went to America where the Black Panther was with the Avengers at the time. He joined a group of villains that went to attack Black Panther's allies the Fantastic Four. He allied himself with the original Lethal Legion made up of Grim Reaper, Living Laser, Power Man, and Swordsman. Man-Ape bested Black Panther again until he was defeated by Captain America. Black Panther banned Man-Ape from Wakanda on order of execution if he returned.
Man-Ape later joined a new Lethal Legion (consisting of the Grim Reaper, Black Talon, Goliath (Erik Josten), Nekra, and Ultron-12) and battled Tigra.[2] He then abandoned the Grim Reaper, accompanied by Black Talon.[3]
Man-Ape traveled to uninhabited parts of the world before joining the seventh incarnation of the Masters of Evil which were defeated by the Thunderbolts. Despite the rivalry with T'Challa, M'Baku was invited to the wedding of T'Challa and Ororo Munroe (also known as Storm of the X-Men), where he got drunk on scotch tried to pick a fight with Spider-Man.
Man-Ape is next seen at the end of Heroes for Hire #6, teamed with Grim Reaper & Saboteur.
[edit] Powers and abilities
The Man Ape gained superhuman powers by consuming the flesh of a sacred white gorilla, enchanting him through the mystical transference of the abilities of the rare Wakandan white gorilla. M'Baku's mystically augmented powers include superhuman strength, and the enhanced agility, stamina, and durability equal to that of the mystical Wakandan white gorilla.
He has extensive formal military training in hand to hand combat from the Wakandan Royal Militia.
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