In 1966, Marvel creator Jack Kirby asked his colleague, the writer and editor Stan Lee, a simple question. ”Why don't we have a Black superhero?”

In the summer of that year, Fantastic Four #52 saw the first appearance of T'Challa, King of Wakanda...aka Black Panther. Last weekend, over 50 years later, the comic world's first mainstream Black superhero has his own film. Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther is not only a damn good comic book movie, it's a shift in American film culture. And if its opening weekend is any indication — the film’s $235M in four-day holiday weekend ticket sales in U.S. and Canada make it the fifth-highest cinema opening of all time — it will hopefully open the way for more film and TV opportunities for heroes of color.

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