Black Panther appeared.
The Black Panther ( T'Challa ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller and co-plotter Jack Kirby , he first appeared in Fantastic Four # 52 ( July 1966 ) . He is the first black superhero in mainstream American comics , debuting years before such early African-American superheroes as Marvel Comics ' the Falcon ( 1969 ) and Luke Cage ( 1972 ) , and DC Comics ' Green Lantern John Stewart ( 1971 ) and Black Lightning ( 1977 ) . Chadwick Boseman portrays the Black Panther in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) and is set to return in Black Panther ( 2018 ) , both set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Black Panther is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name .