Black Panther, Vol. 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates

You can also track down these issues in the Marvel Essential Black Panther Vol.

While Marvel may remain wildly embarrassed that these Black Panther stories are in a mag titled “Jungle Action,” the content of McGregor and Buckingham’s “Panther’s Rage” is excellent. These classic Black Panther comics are seeing renewed interest following T’Challa’s appearance in Captain America: Civil War. Black Panther in the 1970sĭon McGregor’s Black Panther 1973 – Jungle Action #6 to #24 T’Challa helps the Avengers deal with The Grim Reaper, and becomes a pretty regular Avenger from this issue forward, certainly at least until Avengers #92. Black Panther’s adventures with Captain America leads directly into… The premiere issue of Captain America’s solo comics (was previously a double feature with Iron Man in Tales of Suspense). Tales of Suspense #97 to #99, Captain America #100 Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading!

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the conflict between the individual and the state, between Black tradition and Black autonomy.Comic Book Herald is reader-supported. The King himself must hunt down the superhuman insurgents responsible, knowing that should he fall in battle his entire nation will fall with him. Published 50 years later in 2016, during the final months of the Obama administration, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet finds the Wakandan ruler facing a rebellion by his own people. Though a man of preternatural senses and athletic prowess, T’Challa’s chief weapon was his prodigious intellect he was both Super Hero and statesman. The first Black Super Hero to appear in American comics, Black Panther was not the secret identity, but the ceremonial title of T’Challa, ruler and protector of Wakanda. Created by Marvel legends Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 in July 1966, a month after the American Civil Rights Movement’s ‘March Against Fear’ brought the notion of Black Power to the nation’s attention.

Black Panther, Vol. 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates