In celebration of the launch of the new Black Panther series, Marvel has released this trade collection of Jack Kirby's 1970s Black Panther series. Jack throws in everything here, from cosmic saga and international intrigue to jungle action and romance, super heroics and more.  The end result is beyond genre and pure Kirby.  We can't pretend to understand how Marvel arrived at its decision to print only the first seven issues of Kirby's twelve issue run; it doesn't make any sense to us.  We can only hope that some day they print the remaining five.  We're grateful for the chance to revisit this series, though, and to their credit Marvel did a great job on what we have here.  KIRBY!

Written by acclaimed Hollywood director (House Party, Boomerang) and co-author of the one and only Birth of a Nation, and drawn by the legendary in-house scion  of the house of Marvel, this take on T'Challa goes back to basics and back to Africa.  One of Marvel's great characters gets a new lease on life, and from the looks of it, is off to a good start.