…[T]he journey from comic book to screen has taken more than 50 years: Black Panther, Marvel Comic’s first black superhero, debuted in Marvel’s “Fantastic 4” comic in 1966, and became a member of the Avengers two years later, but didn’t get his own comic until 1977. To understand more about “Black Panther” and the history it reflects, we got some help from author Adilifu Nama, author of Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes.  Read the entire article here.