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September 2008: Afro-American Comic Characters :: T'Challa the Black Panther!

Artwork Details

Title:	T'Challa the Black Panther!
Posted By:	Spider Guile
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1588
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	9/6/2008

Description

The Black Panther (T'Challa) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller-co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966). Although there have been numerous men who have used the Black Panther identity during the history of the Marvel Universe, this article refers solely to the modern-day Black Panther, also known by his birth name, T'Challa. The Black Panther, whose name predates the use of the October 1966 founding of the Black Panther Party but not the segregated World War II Black Panthers Tank Battalion, is not the first Black hero in mainstream comic books. That distinction is split between Waku, Prince of the Bantu, who starred in his own feature in the multiple-character omnibus series Jungle Tales, from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics; and the Dell Comics Western character Lobo, the first African American to star in his own comic book. Previous non-caricatured Black supporting characters in comics include Daily Bugle managing editor Joe Robertson in The Amazing Spider-Man, and U.S. Army infantry private Gabriel Jones of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. Drawn by SpiderGuile Inked by Remi Dousset Colored by Soul

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	Sean Clarke wrote: [ Quote & Reply ] Real fine work, SG... great image of a favorite character! Posted on 9/7/2008

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