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Black Panther Book Club

Black Panther Book Club, Week 4 of 4: Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates issues #1-12

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It’s our final week of Black Panther Book Club, where FanGirl and I read and discuss some of the stories that were the biggest influences on Marvel’s Black Panther film.

Our final week examines the 2016 run of National Book Award winner and first-time comics author Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is a slow, pensive run full of philosophy, where the action seems more like an interruption than a welcome break in the book’s thoughtful pace.

Want to catch up with the reading assignments all this month? Here’s our full schedule for the month – visit the Guide to Black Panther to learn how to collect these issues.

Please join us next month as we tackle DC Comics’ Batwoman across her first decade in comics by reading all of her best stories! To learn how to collect these comics, visit my Guide to Batwoman – which might be my favorite comic guide out of over a hundred I’ve put together in the past six years! I cannot wait to read these comics with FanGirl (and with you).

 

Black Panther Book Club, Week 3 of 4: Black Panther by Christopher Priest issues #25-35

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It’s our third of four sessions of Black Panther Book Club, where FanGirl and I read and discuss some of the stories that were the biggest influences on Marvel’s Black Panther film.

In this installment, Black Panther butts heads with his sovereign peers in Namor, Dr. Doom, and Magneto as Klaw tries to thrust Wakanda into international conflict. And, the long-running conflict with former Dora Milaje and not-quite-lover Nakia comes to a head.

Want to keep up with the reading assignments all this month? Here’s our full schedule for the month – visit the Guide to Black Panther to learn how to collect these issues.

Black Panther Book Club, Week 2 of 4: Black Panther by Christopher Priest issues #13-24

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It’s our second of four sessions of Black Panther Book Club to read some of the stories that seem to be the biggest influences on Marvel’s Black Panther film, out next week.

In this installment, we follow the Black Panther through some rote Avengers adventures and then watch as he code-shifts to hang out with his fellow 1970s black Marvel heroes (and Iron Fist). Then we meet Erik Killmonger, back from the dead again and ready to usurp T’Challa’s reign.

Want to keep up with the reading assignments all this month? Here’s our full schedule for the month – visit the Guide to Black Panther to learn how to collect these issues.