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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Reintroducing Black Panther

    Black Panther was the first black superhero to appear in mainstream American comics in 1966. Fifty years later, Black Panther is having a good year. We’ll see him on the big screen for the first time in “Captain America: Civil War” next month.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 6, 2016 • 1 min read

    Black Panther was the first black superhero to appear in mainstream American comics in 1966. Fifty years later, Black Panther is having a good year. We’ll see him on the big screen for the first time in “Captain America: Civil War” next month. Today, a new version of Black Panther’s origin story hits comic shelves everywhere, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What should we expect?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    4 of 5
    Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks? And the New Black Panther
    1. 0:00Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?
    2. 11:04A 14th Amendment History Lesson
    3. 18:33Women in Combat
    4. 33:32Reintroducing Black PantherYou’re reading this
    5. 42:54The Iranian Revolution in Video Game Form
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