Discover the Intergalactic Wakandan Empire in Black Panther #1

Writer: Ta-Nahesi Coates / Artist: Daniel Acuña / Marvel Comics Back for the First Time… Time has been very kind to current Black Panther ringmaster, Story Don, and architect Ta-Nahesi Coates.  Since taking the writing reins for the rebooted series in April 2016, he has gone from left-field comics newcomer to one of Marvel’s golden scribes. In Coates’ two-year run on Black Panther, he has crafted a meticulous story of political philosophies, romantic entanglements, tradition, and rebirth against the backdrop of a revolution in the unconquerable kingdom. Over the course of the 25-issue run (numbered 1-18, and then 166 – 172 after the Marvel Legacy event), Coates created a long-form tale equal to or greater than famed comics runs by Warren Ellis or Grant Morrison. After his first run on a comic series, Coates sits amongst the best in the game. Now, in May 2018, year of our Bast, “Black Panther” is the third highest grossing domestic film of all time (9th worldwide), and highest grossing solo superhero film period; meanwhile, Coates has godfathered several critically acclaimed entries into the Wakandan mythology – the GLAAD-Award Winning “World of Wakanda” with Roxanne Gay and the slept on mini-series “Black Panther & The Crew.” After tackling the pathology of sociopolitical-racial pathology through the struggles of an artist or beginning a run as the writer of Marvel’s “Captain America” title, Coates has conquered the world with but one place remaining to take the lore of…