Though popular with college students, the overall sales of Jungle Action were low, and Marvel relaunched the Black Panther in a self - titled series, bringing in the character 's co-creator Jack Kirby -- newly returned to Marvel after having decamped to rival DC Comics for a time -- as writer, penciler, and editor. However, Kirby wanted to work on new characters and was unhappy at being assigned a series starring a character he had already worked with extensively. He left the series after only 12 issues and was replaced by Ed Hannigan (writer), Jerry Bingham (penciler), and Roger Stern (editor). Black Panther ran 15 issues (Jan. 1977 -- May 1979). Due to the series 's cancellation, the contents of what would have been Black Panther # 16 -- 18 were published in Marvel Premiere # 51 -- 53.
when did the black panther comic book originate
Jan. 1977