In 1966, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the character to correct the lack of superhero representation — just months before the founding of the Black Panther Party. (To avoid controversy, Marvel briefly changed the name to Black Leopard but later realized that just didn’t have the same oomph.) The pair — both white — had brought an awareness of civil rights to their work … Continue reading ‘A different kind of superhero’: Why ‘Black Panther’ will mean so much to so many