Luke Charles

Imperfect clone of Black Panther created by The Jackal.

Name:

Luke Charles

Publisher:

Marvel

Real name:

Aliases:

Birth date:

None

Gender:

Male

Powers:

Agility
Swordsmanship
Unarmed Combat

First issue:

New Avengers #1

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Origin

Luke Charles is a deranged clone of Black Panther, created by The Jackal thanks to a DNA sample provided by Baron Zemo. He was part of a larger agenda set up before Zemo's death to resurrect him should he ever die, which happened during Doom's reign as World Emperor.

Creation

Luke Charles was introduced in New Avengers (2025) #1 by Sam Humphries and Ton Lima. His name is a reference to an alias T'Challa used when he was enrolled in Western universities.

Major Story Arcs

Killuminati

Bucky Barnes and Black Widow put together a New Avengers task force to investigate a secret lab in Russia surrounded by missing persons reports. To protect himself, The Jackal clone running the lab released the clones of the Illuminati, including Luke Charles.

Rather than fight alongside his fellow clones, Luke made a break for it as soon as he had his chance. The others thought they were stronger together, but Luke wasn't going to miss his chance for freedom. However, he was eventually convinced to band together in order to take on these Avengers.

Iron Apex led the Killuminati to a lab in Hungary so they can put the finishing touches on Baron Zemo's cloning. The New Avengers tracked them to it and confronted them. Wolverine managed to cut Luke in two.