In this series, too, McGregor pushed back against the presumptions of racism: Killraven featured mainstream comics' first interracial kiss. Craig Russell on Killraven in Amazing Adventures: a science-fiction romance about an earthbound hero's struggles against Martian invaders. Concurrent with his work on the Panther, McGregor collaborated with artist P. His groundbreaking run brought a new social relevance to the series, and McGregor's vision of T'Challa, his people, and the nation of Wakanda remains influential to this day.

Making the jump to Marvel Comics as a writer-editor in the mid-1970s, he combined a penchant for densely descriptive prose captions and character- riven narrative with the excitement of super hero drama on the first solo series devoted to the adventures of the Black Panther. Series: Penguin Classics Marvel CollectionĪ regular contributor to Marvel's letter columns as a teen, Don McGregor broke into comics writing short stories for Warren's Publishing black-and-white magazines Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella. The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges, special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains, and full-colour art throughout.

Whitted, and a general series introduction by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Black Panther and classic Marvel comics. This new anthology includes the Black Panther's 1966 origin tale and the entirety of the critically acclaimed 'Panther's Rage' storyline from his 1970s solo series.Ī foreword by Nnedi Okorafor, a scholarly introduction and apparatus by Qiana J. Combining the strength and stealth of his namesake with a creative scientific intelligence, the Black Panther is an icon of Afro-futurist fantasy. The Black Panther is not just a super hero as King T'Challa, he is also the monarch of the hidden African nation of Wakanda.

For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness as meditations on the fluid nature of identity and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics.

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Black Panther, Vol. 1 by Jack Kirby