Marvel Gets Play on Black Panther #1

I find articles like this one interesting because it's one of those cases when the publicity for a mainstream comic book title has gained some traction in wider media sources. In this case, it's not so much the film and TV status of the new writer, or the Black Panther's place in pop culture as the first black mainstream comic book superhero or the fact that a new title is being attempted with various state market goals -- as far as that last one goes, I'm not totally up on mainstream comics but the character's been missing from the stands for months, if at all -- but rather, some sort of combination of all these factors.

This indicates to me a few things: as many have suspected, comic book features have a definite place in newspapers they might not have had until recently; the publicity people are timing these things for consumers much more effectively (that title went on sale Wednesday); and finally, those who pick up the stories are willing to accept some company-sponsored direction on what constitutes news.
 
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