They’re ready for this character who represents a kind of black empowerment we haven’t seen before. In the post-Ferguson world, people want this character. But it’s also just a different cultural moment right now. Certainly, we couldn’t imagine that the moment would soon be upon us that he would be a household name. When I was working on the character, Marvel was struggling to figure out how to get him more exposure. Why does Black Panther resonate with so many people right now? We asked him talk about his time with Black Panther, often billed as the first black superhero. trilogy Randoms, still works for Marvel, now creating video game content. His work on the character is now compiled in Black Panther: The Man Without Fear – The Complete Collection, released in December as a trade paperback. That led to a two-year (2010-2012) run with Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, which transported T’Challa into the urban jungle of Hell’s Kitchen. And a few years before he clawed his way onto the silver screen, David Liss - a San Antonio author best known for historical thrillers like The Whiskey Rebels - was his principal writer.Īfter being approached by a Marvel editor who’d fanboyed over his thrillers, Liss agreed to pen some titles for the comics company. Before Black Panther was a $1.3 billion box office breakout, he was a mid-level Marvel Comics superhero - ranking somewhere between Spider Man and, say, Moon Knight.
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