![]() ![]() So quit it with the lazy know-nothing complaints, old, out of touch cranks on the Internet.Įscapist readers, however, I know you’re cool. Marvel even temporarily changed Black Panther’s name to “Black Leopard” 1 to avoid association with that group. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby probably did not have that unit in mind when they created Black Panther in 1966, but they did beat the Black Panther Party to the punch by three months. ![]() ![]() That honor goes to the segregated 761st Tank Battalion, a highly decorated World War II outfit that, no joke, included Jackie Robinson among its members. Just so you know, the Black Panther party didn’t coin the name. Related: Our looks at Captain Marvel and The Inhumans Of course, the get-off-my-lawn brigade rarely bothers to do basic research, but it’s maddening to see reactions to something awesome being so cluelessly angry. ![]() I mention this because over the last few days, I’ve seen dozens of tweets, from clueless people who don’t know how Google works, expressing a strange, bitter resentment that Marvel has announced Black Panther as part of its next wave of superhero films called Marvel Phase 3. Let’s get something out of the way: Marvel’s Black Panther isn’t named after the political party. With the news that he’s getting his own movie, we look back on the lore and impact of the king of Wakanda. ![]()
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