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Originally Posted by deadironpoolman

I tried googling it, can't find anything, u got a link?

Yeah, it's sort of a big deal given that Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the book. An important distinction because he's an African American journalist/social and political thinker of some renown. I've been following him for a couple of years now (community talk radio, the Atlantic Magazine/website, and his televised news pieces) and was flabbergasted to learn that he was writing for Black Panther. As it turns out, Coates has been a big comic book fan since his youth. The only druthers I have with the scenario is that I'd rather him write for Blue Marvel given that the character is African American, like Coates. My reason for feeling this way is that, with Blue Marvel, Coates could draw directly from his youth growing up in Baltimore for some really poignant urban American stories. Obviously, there's a shared lineage between Africans and African Americans, but there are also very important distinctions both historically and within the modern context. All that said, I'm greatly looking forward to Black Panther and Coates run as a writer for Marvel...

Conceptualizing the Black Panther - The Atlantic