Black Panther has been around in the stands for quite a while now. He first appeared in an issue of the Fantastic Four back in 1966. He’s moved on to the big screen, first appearing in Captain America: Civil War back in 2016. Now he’s got his own title feature film. However, people don’t really know much about this sleek superhero.
With that in mind, we prepared a list of 10 little known facts about T’Challa, the Black Panther of the great civilization of Wakanda.
10Black Panther Party
In 1966, the same year Black Panther debuted, there was a political party by the same name that came to widespread existence. Many may associate the two together but T’Challa predated the Black Panther Party by several months since he debuted in February.
Marvel didn’t see any problem with the naming coincidence until 1972. This is when T’Challa’s superhero identity was briefly changed to Black Leopard. However, it was reverted back to the original title eventually. According to Stan Lee, the name was actually inspired by a pulp adventure hero who had a sidekick black panther.
