In 1966 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced a unique character in the pages of the Fantastic Four issue number fifty-two. The Black Panther was the first black superhero in American mainstream comics and he was unlike anything anyone had seen before. Known as Prince T’Challa from the fictional African nation of Wakanda, Black Panther offered a generation of young African-American comic book readers a hero who was a regal, powerful, and intelligent. Black Panther would become an inspiration to a generation of comic fans who would generally never see themselves positively represented in the pages of comic books.
This past weekend saw the release of a film based on Lee and Kirby’s Black Panther. The movie shattered box office records and seemed to signal the arrival of something new once again in pop culture and the zeitgeist in general. On this episode of Part-Time Fanboy Kristian sits in with almost a full house of Part-Time Fanpeople as they discuss the newest Marvel film and how much they liked, or disliked, certain aspects of it. J. Holtham, Leeahd Goldberg, Mark L. Miller, Reyna Velarde, and Paul Edwards all have a sit down with Kristian to discuss the debut of the Wakandan king’s first movie! Does Black Panther land on his feet in his his first film or does he end up getting de-clawed in Marvel’s latest release? Find out on this episode of Part-Time Fanboy!
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