Joseph J. Darowski teaches English at Brigham Young University and has published on comic book superheroes such as the X-Men, Wonder Woman, and Superman as well as on television series such as Chuck and Frasier.

Table of Contents

Preface (Joseph J. Darowski)

The "Secret Origin" of the Black Panther: Literary and Historical Sources of Inspiration (Liam T. Webb)

Breaking (Some) Ground While Dodging Politics:

How Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Started a Legend (Cathy Leogrande)

A Tale of Two Panthers: T'Challa and the Black Panther Party

for ­Self-Defense (Charles W. Henebry)

Wakanda Forever! (Except for That One Time...):

The Black Panther Party, Apartheid and the Brief Identity

Crisis of the Black LEOPARD?!? (Christopher Maverick)

Wakanda Speaks: Animals and Animacy in "Panther's Rage" (José Alaniz)

Fighting the Long War Against the Klan: The Black Panther as a Symbol of ­Self-Defense and Social Justice (Burton P. Buchanan, Ivon Alcime and Carlos D. Morrison)

The Shadow of Apartheid: Analyzing Peter Gillis' Run in the 1980s

(Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns)

The King of Wakanda and the Emperor of the Useless White Boys: Race and Gender in Christopher Priest's Black Panther (John Darowski)

An Initiative for a More Fantastic Union: Prowling Around the PATRIOT Act (Peter W.Y. Lee)

Secret Invasions, Lost Technology and 21st Century Learning Skills: How Black Panther Saved Wakanda Using the "Four C's" (Daniel J. Bergman)

Gender in Wakanda: Exploring Intersectionality and

Hyper-Sexualization in Princess Shuri's Tenure as Black Panther

(Hollie FitzMaurice)

Black Panther, Namor and Mimetic Violence in Jonathan Hickman's New Avengers (Matthew Brake)

A Different Nation: Continuing a Legacy of Decolonization

in Black Panther (Julian C. Chambliss)

About the Contributors

Index