Deconstructing Comics #874: Jack Kirby’s ‘Black Panther’ #5-6 — The City Of Samurai

by Erik Amaya

Typical of the Jack Kirby comics we’ve read from the 1970s, the 1977 Black Panther series is a wild ride. Issues #5 and #6 feature a city of samurai (apparently nowhere near Japan), a yeti (nowhere near the Himalayas), and a nuclear missile (which is far too close to Wakanda). Wait, did we say “Wakanda”?! At last the series is inching back to the familiar territory, literally and figuratively, of a Black Panther story! But first, Panther has to survive Abner Little’s snafu in the Samurai City. Tim and Emmet are along for the ride.