Dora Milaje | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Black Panther, vol. 3 #1 (November 1998) |
Created by | Christopher Priest Mark Texeira |
The Dora Milaje are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a team of women who serve as special forces for the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
Members of the Dora Milaje appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Disney+ animated series What If...? (both 2021), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
The Dora Milaje first appeared in Black Panther, vol. 3 #1 (November 1998), created by writer Christopher Priest and artist Mark Texeira.[1] Priest however added creation credit really should go to Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada: "actually came from his Marvel Knights editors Quesada and Palmiotti who thought it would be great if the Panther had female bodyguards."[2] The Dora Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons (Agoji), the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey,[3][4][5] which was located in West Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin.
The 2017 series "World of Wakanda" written by Roxane Gay and Yona Harvey, tells the story of the couple Ayo and Aneka, two former Dora Milaje.[6][7]
In the 2018 limited series Wakanda Forever, written by Nnedi Okorafor, the Dora Milaje act in team-ups with Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers.[8][9]
To keep peace in Wakanda, the Black Panther picked dora milaje ("adored ones") from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training.[volume & issue needed][10]
Title | Material collected | Pages | Date Published | ISBN |
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World of Wakanda | Black Panther: World of Wakanda #1–6 | 144 | June 27, 2017 | 978-1302906504 |
Wakanda Forever | Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever, X-men: Wakanda Forever, Avengers: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther Annual vol. 2 #1 | 136 | November 6, 2018 | 978-1302913588 |
Main article: Dora Milaje (Marvel Cinematic Universe) |
The Dora Milaje appear in live-action media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.