Sometimes it feels like the only things new in life are the things slowly being forgotten by new generations. Most young people don’t play instruments or drive. How can a young population imagine a pre-Internet world when independence and learning facts manually were a requisite for adulthood? A lot of history is being forgotten by the world. The first and forgotten black superhero, Lion-Man, is one of those things.
T’Challa, the Black Panther, and the Kingdom of Wakanda made their debuts in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966. Black Panther is generally considered to be the world’s first black superhero. Marvel Comics published this issue one year after the repeal of Jim Crow. The creation of Black Panther is an historic event.
