Besides Black Panther tickets going on sale this week, the other big news (at least if you're in the New York area) is the Annual Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture this Friday and Saturday January 12 - 13. (theblerdgurl.com)
While not the first black comic book hero — the first black character to headline his own comic book was Dell Comics» Western hero and gunfighter Lobo in 1965 — the Black Panther is considered the first black superhero, introduced as a supporting character in Fantastic Four in 1966 and later featured in his own book. (sfchronicle.com)
Yet that won't matter because the people this movie will speak most deeply to — a rainbow - coalition cross-section of black comic book readers, African - American movie audiences, Boseman / Jordan / Bassett / N'yongo fans, black - culture connoisseurs and pop - culture nerds — will see something of themselves in this movie. (rollingstone.com)