Q 01/05

The Black Panther first appeared in 1966 as a guest star in which superhero team's comic?

A) The X-Men

B) The Howling Commandos

C) The Fantastic Four

D) The Guardians of the Galaxy

Answer · why

C) The Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four met him in issue #52, where T'Challa lures the team to Wakanda and takes them on one by one to test himself; the debut made him mai...

Q 02/05

Which writer and artist created the Black Panther?

A) Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

B) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

C) Roy Thomas and John Buscema

D) Len Wein and Dave Cockrum

Answer · why

B) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Kirby later returned to write, pencil and edit a solo Black Panther series in 1977, but it lasted only 15 issues.

Q 03/05

The Black Panther was mainstream comics' first Black superhero; which Marvel hero followed in 1969 as the first African American one?

A) Luke Cage

B) The Falcon

C) Blade

D) War Machine

Answer · why

B) The Falcon

The Falcon arrived in 1969; as a Marvel editor put it, the Panther 'preceded him, but wasn't American'. The two are tied together in the comics as wel...

Q 04/05

T'Challa gains his enhanced abilities by consuming the essence of what?

A) A vibranium tincture

B) A sacred lotus root

C) Panther's blood

D) The heart-shaped herb

Answer · why

D) The heart-shaped herb

The heart-shaped herb is reserved for whoever holds the Black Panther title; in the comics T'Challa earned his dose by defeating his own uncle in ritu...

Q 05/05

In which year did the Black Panther travel to New York to join the Avengers?

A) 1968

B) 1972

C) 1975

D) 1980

Answer · why

A) 1968

He joined in The Avengers #52 and, while on the team, moonlighted as a Harlem schoolteacher under a false name.