Marvel Comics

Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther run (2016–2021) is the most culturally discussed superhero comic of the decade. Written by one of America's most celebrated journalists and public intellectuals, the series uses T'Challa's struggles as king of Wakanda to explore colonialism, state power, consent of the governed, and what it means to rule justly. Coates's run launched in 2016 — the same year Black Panther's MCU debut was announced — and immediately became a publishing phenomenon, selling out multiple printings and bringing a literary audience to superhero comics for the first time in years. This omnibus collects the complete Coates run in one definitive hardcover, the essential volume for any serious collector.