Love, Duty and Politics: Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes on Marvel’s Black Panther

Last week the first issue of Marvel’s new Black Panther comic broke sales records and sold 300,000 issues in the first printing. Meaning that a comic book about a black superhero sold more copies than the daily circulation of the Baltimore Sun, Washington Times or Boston Globe. Why? It probably has a lot to do with who’s writing it. This latest incarnation of Black Panther is penned by critically acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates.