Essential Black Panther vol.1 just came out about a month ago. It's only 20 bucks for an insane number of pages, all in black and white, but still a brilliant deal. Any comic shop should still be able to order it if they don't already have it on-hand.
It includes:
1. The entirety of Don McGregor's run on Jungle Action, including the great and bizarre Panther's Rage storyline and the unfinished arc featuring T'Challa taking on the KKK and the offshoot cult, the Dragon Circle.
2. The first 10 issues of Jack Kirby's 1977 Black Panther series, which came just a few months after the cancellation of Jungle Action.
In a nutshell, this volume includes almost every Black Panther comic from the 1970s. The Panther's Rage story is especially worth it. It went for decades without ever being collected until just a couple of years ago when they put out a really expensive Marvel Masterworks edition. Now, with the Essential volume FINALLY out, this great, nearly forgotten story is easily available to the masses without having to hunt down obscure 1970s back issues.
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