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Black Panther’s Epic Space Opera Became A Story About The Power Of Memory
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ current run on Black Panther thrust the nation of Wakanda into the far reaches of space and turned T’Challa into a resistance fighter in the midst of an epic war, the likes of which no one on Earth had ever witnessed. With the help of allies new and old, T’Challa has become the focal…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Captain America Is A Timely Story About Steve Rogers And The World We Live In
Captain America is not just a superhero or the Avengers’ on-again, off-again leader. He’s a symbol, both in Marvel’s comics and here in the real world, for all of the potential the US has to be an agent of justice and change in the larger world. We recently spoke with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates about the…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Explains How He’s Turning Black Panther Into A Superhero Again
The King of Wakanda doesn’t necessarily seem like a superhero in need of restorative treatment. In the Marvel Universe, he’s the ruler of the most advanced nation on the Earth, along with being a multi-disciplinary genius. But, in the newest Black Panther comics, both T’Challa and the nation he reigns over have internal problems that…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Trying To Do Right By Marvel Comics’ First Black Superhero
It’s 2am on March 20 in France and Ta-Nehisi Coates is not sleeping. “I’m up learning to make maps so I can make one of Wakanda, believe it or not.”