Malice (comics)

Malice
A Malice-possessed Karima Shapandar
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #210 (Oct 1986)
Created by	Chris Claremont and Rick Leonardi
In-story information
Species	Unknown
Team affiliations	Marauders
Abilities	Possession

Malice is the name of six separate fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Malice was a minion of Killmonger, an enemy of Black Panther. The second was a short-lived Ghost Rider villain. The third villain bearing the name Malice was a somewhat alternative personality of Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four. The last two villains bearing the name Malice are disembodied entities, the first of which was an evil doppelganger of Sue Richards who was absorbed into her own mind and the second is an evil mutant appearing in X-Men comics.

The first Malice was one of Killmonger's mutated allies during his vie for the throne of Wakanda. Her first appearance was in Jungle Action, Vol. 2, #8 (Jan 1974). She fought T'Challa, the Black Panther alongside Venomm, Lord Karnaj, Baron Macabre, and others. She was a Wakandan mutate with superhuman strength, speed, and agility and was eventually defeated along with the rest of the villains attempting the coup.

A second Black Panther related Malice named Nakia was introduced in Black Panther Vol. 3 #1 (November 1998) and was created by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira.

As a child, Nakia of the Q'Noma Valley marsh tribe was picked by her tribal elders to be Wakandan Dora Milaje, "Adored Ones" or wives-in-training and spent three years training before presented to King T'Challa; barely a teenager, she was instantly smitten with him, although he promised that her role was purely ceremonial. She became close friends with her fellow Dora Milaje, Okoye who unlike her was okay with being just his body guard. Nakia's obsession with King T'Challa increased dramatically when Mephisto cast an illusion over T'Challa causing him to kiss Nakia. She was immediately jealous of T'Challa's American ex-girlfriend Monica Lynne and plotted to kill her, but T'Challa rescued her and banished Nakia bringing great shame on her tribe and Wakanda.