Black Panther and the Crew focused on Marvel's most
prominent black heroes — Black Panther, Misty Knight, Luke Cage, Storm, and Manifold — in the more familiar realm of Harlem, New York.
Saint Phalle chose
prominent and inspiring members of the African American community related to sports or music to highlight in the
Black Heroes series, such as jazz musicians Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong, performer Josephine Baker, and athletes Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Tony Gwynn.