Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther, Vol. 3

Marvel Masterworks #303

by Don McGregor, Woo Chul Lee (Writer), Don McGregor (Writer)

The Marvel Masterworks proudly presents the continuing adventures of the Black Panther! In a political-thriller miniseries by Peter Gillis and Denys Cowan, the Black Panther as king of Wakanda finds himself in an existential crisis, presenting himself as a hero of Africa while with an apartheid state exists next door to Wakanda. Then, Don McGregor, the mastermind behind the Black Panther's first series, continues his saga with "Panther's Quest." When T'Challa learns that the mother he never knew may still be alive, he stops at no cost to rescue her, invading South Africa and battling mercenaries and militaries alike. It's a creative tour de force with artwork by Marvel icons Gene Colan and Tom Palmer that defined the character for a generation.

Black Panther (1988) 1-4, material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 13-37

Genres: Marvel, Comics

400 pages, Hardcover

First published April 21, 2021

About the author

Donald Francis McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics, and the author of one of their first graphic novels.

Reviews

[Paul]

4.2 stars

[Little Timmy]

Great collection of these Silver Age stories. Great read. Recommended

[Rick]

Black Panther (1988) #1-4 - This mini-series is in many ways a return to the types of stories that were seen in the pages of Jungle Action. Even so, it doesn’t have the same cohesion, although it does pack a lot of power and poignancy. Particularly when considering the time it came out. There was a lot of strife and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa at the time, just as there is today, and it was nice to see the Black Panther tackling some of those issues.

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[John Peel]

Black Panther confronts apartheid in South Africa as he searches for his long-lost mother. Unpleasant (well, it would have to be, considering the subject matter) and disturbing rather than entertaining, it gains a point from me for the beautiful Gene Colan artwork. But it's hard to tolerate the sadism in the stories.

[Chris W]

This was terrible.

[Del]

Exceptional art to be found her by Gene Colan, the stories can feel a bit long winded but it was mostly engaging.