[2] Man-Ape has made scattered appearances on animated television series and video games while Winston Duke portrays a variation of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).

[4] M'Baku became a renegade and gains his powers by killing a white gorilla, bathing in its blood, and eating its flesh, taking the alias of Man-Ape.

[7] He allies himself with the original Lethal Legion made up of Grim Reaper, Living Laser, Power Man, and Swordsman.

He then captures the Black Panther's girlfriend Monica Lynne, binding her hand and foot with metal clamps.

The Legion straps him and Monica to chairs before leaving, though he is able to escape and contact the other members, before the Grim Reaper defeats him.

[11] Man-Ape travels to uninhabited parts of the world before joining Crimson Cowl's incarnation of the Masters of Evil which is defeated by the Thunderbolts.

[25] M'Baku appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Winston Duke.