The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Black Panther Hardcover #fullreview 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. 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 — Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition includes the Black Panther’s 1966 origin tale and the entirety of the critically acclaimed “Panther’s Rage” storyline from his 1970s solo series. This anthology collects: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #52-53 JUNGLE ACTION (1972) #6-21 A foreword by Nnedi Okorafor, a scholarly introduction and apparatus by Qiana J. Whitted, and a general series introduction by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Black Panther and classic Marvel comics. The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges, special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains, and full-color art throughout. A 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. 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. 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. Rich Buckler (1949–2017) was a versatile artist who drew hundreds of pages for Marvel, DC, Archie, Warren, and others, during his long ca­reer. Among his most notable work for Marvel: In the 1970s he helped introduce Deathlok in the pages of Astonishing Tales; penciled several storylines in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; and enjoyed runs on Fantastic Four, Thor, and other monthly titles, including the first solo series featuring the Black Panther. Billy Graham (or the “Irreverent Billy Graham,” as he was known around the Marvel Bullpen, a play on the name of the popular evangelist) was one of the industry’s brightest young talents in the 1970s. Marvel’s first ongoing series following the solo adventures of a Black character. Joining Don McGregor on the Black Pan­ther in Jungle Action for his next assignment, Graham—the first Black creator to work on the character—would help to define the Wakandan warrior king for a generation of readers. Writer-editor Stan Lee (1922–2018) and artist Jack Kirby made comic book history in 1961 with The Fantastic Four #1. The success of its new style inspired Lee and his many collaborators to develop a number of super heroes, including, with Jack Kirby, the Incredible Hulk and the X‑Men; with Steve Ditko, the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange; and with Bill Everett, Daredevil. Lee oversaw the adventures of these cre­ations for more than a decade before handing over the editorial reins at Marvel to others and focusing on developing Marvel’s properties in other media. Born Jacob Kurtzberg in 1917 to Jewish-Austrian parents on New York’s Lower East Side, Jack Kirby came of age at the birth of the American comic book industry. Horrified by the rise of Nazism, Kirby co‑created the patriotic hero Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. Cap’s ex­ploits on the comic book page entertained millions of American readers at home and inspired US troops fighting the enemy abroad. Kirby’s partner­ship with Simon continued throughout the 1940s and early ’50s; together, they produced comics in every popular genre, from Western to romance. In 1958, Kirby began his equally fruitful collaboration with writer-editor Stan Lee, and in 1961 the two men co‑created the foundational text of the modern Marvel Universe: The Fantastic Four. Back Kor-Drath: the Reckoning here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/andy-smith-s-kor-drath-the-reckoning/coming_soon/x/17155973 Check out our new Kor-Drath Website for great information https://www.kor-drath.com/home Subscribe to the DNA YouTube Channel at: https://bit.ly/3zRTf9O Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dennis.turner.9047506/ Follow us on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DennisandAndyShow:a Follow us on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1516095 Watch DNA Guest Interviews: https://bit.ly/3uv5Z40 Watch Comic Book #FullReview Here: https://bit.ly/3iIwwWn Watch Book and Record Playthrough and Reviews Here: https://bit.ly/3iIchYP Get a Dennis and Andy show t-shirt here: https://bit.ly/3gW35i9 Hit Like and Follow and Subscribe to keep updated on all our new videos at: https://bit.ly/3jdg3Lj https://bit.ly/3ql7AHe twitter: Dennis Turner: @dinjascomics Andy Smith: @andysmithart Email us at: DennisandAndyShow@yahoo.com