Editing Vibranium (section)

==Fictional history==
In the [[Marvel Universe]], vibranium was first deposited on Earth by a [[meteorite]] 10,000 years ago. It was discovered during an expedition to Antarctica and named "Anti-Metal" due to its property of dissolving other metals.<ref>''Daredevil'' #13 (February 1966)</ref>

A different variety of vibranium found in Wakanda absorbs sound waves and other vibrations, including kinetic energy. Absorbing sound waves, vibrations, and kinetic energy makes this metal stronger. To protect this resource, Wakandans concealed their country from the outside world. Wakandan king [[T'Chaka]] funded his country's education by occasionally selling off minuscule quantities of the metal. As a result, [[Wakanda]] is one of the world's most technologically advanced nations.<ref name= "Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels">{{cite encyclopedia |title= Wakanda| encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels |last=Booker |first=M. Keith |year=2010 |publisher= Greenwood |isbn= 978-0-313-35746-6 |page=63 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=K2J7DpUItEMC |access-date=May 13, 2010}}</ref>
 
During the early 1940s, a small amount of Wakandan vibranium came into the possession of the scientist Myron MacLain. He tried to combine vibranium with iron to create armor, but was unable to fuse the elements. One morning, MacLain found that the two materials had bonded on their own in an unknown manner. The ultra-resilient alloy was used to create [[Captain America's shield]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Dan Glaister |date=March 8, 2007 |title=Wham! bang! Marvel kills off Captain America |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/08/usa.arts |access-date=May 12, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> MacLain worked for decades without success to duplicate the accident, creating [[adamantium]] in the process.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 2, 2008 |title=It's all in the super-gear |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=dd8df586-a6b1-4b88-9514-cb70bc55004e |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110094548/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=dd8df586-a6b1-4b88-9514-cb70bc55004e |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=May 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Gazette (Montreal) |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Moreels |first=Eric J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddXi-ih9PC0C |title=Marvel encyclopedia: X-Men, Volume 2 |publisher=Marvel Pub. |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7851-2396-5 |access-date=May 13, 2010}}</ref>
 
When [[T'Challa]] became the king of Wakanda, he strove to end his country's isolation from the rest of the world. Making the existence of vibranium known to the outside world around the mid-1980s, he sold small quantities of it to foreigners who, he believed, would not use it to harmful ends. T'Challa used the profits to enrich and modernize his nation.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://altcasey.com/works/alt_bp.pdf | first= Casey| last= Alt |title=Imaging Black Superpower! - Marvel Comics' Black Panther |access-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811093147/http://altcasey.com/works/alt_bp.pdf |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>