The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy.A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection EditionIt is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few.The Black Panther is not just a super hero; as King T'Challa, he is also the monarch of the hidden African nation of Wakanda. Combining the strength and stealth of his namesake with a creative scientific intelligence, the Black Panther is an icon of Afro-futurist fantasy. This new anthology includes the Black Panther's 1966 origin tale and the entirety of the critically acclaimed "Panther's Rage" storyline from his 1970s solo series.
El camino de Pantera Negra a lo largo de los años ochenta y primeros noventa, en el segundo y último de sus Omnigold. En una miniserie a cargo de Peter B. Gillis y Denys Cowan, T'Challa combate el Apartheid, para a continuacion saludar el regreso de Don McGregor, quien todavia habria de narrar el segundo y tercer capitulo en su trilogia de Wakanda. En "La busqueda de la Pantera", T'Challa emprende la busqueda de su madre, en un comic brutal, dibujado por Gene Colan. Por ultimo, en "La presa de la Pantera", la accion vuelve a Wakanda, con el arte pictorico de Dwayne Turner. Incluye ademas otras aventuras de Pantera Negra aparecidas en este periodo historico.