<P> The Black Panther's name predates the October 1966 founding of the Black Panther Party, though not the black panther logo of the party's predecessor, the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), nor the segregated World War II Black Panthers Tank Battalion . Stan Lee, co-creator of the comic, denied that the comic was named after any of the political uses of the term "black panther", including the LCFO, citing "a strange coincidence". He is the first black superhero in American mainstream comic books; very few black heroes were created before him, and none with actual superpowers . These included the characters in the single - issue, low - distribution All - Negro Comics #1 (1947); Waku, Prince of the Bantu, who starred in his own feature in the omnibus title Jungle Tales, from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics; and the Dell Comics Western character Lobo, the first black person to star in his own comic book . Previous non-caricatured black supporting characters in comics include U.S. Army infantry private Gabriel Jones of Sgt . Fury and his Howling Commandos . </P> <P> In a guest appearance in Fantastic Four #119 (Feb. 1972), the Black Panther briefly tried using the name Black Leopard to avoid connotations with the Party, but the new name did not last . The character's name was changed back to Black Panther in Avengers #105, with T'Challa explaining that renaming himself made as much sense as altering the Scarlet Witch's name, and he is not a stereotype . </P> <P> Co-creator Stan Lee recounted that the name was inspired by a pulp adventure hero who has a black panther as a helper . Jack Kirby's original concept art for Black Panther used the concept name Coal Tiger . </P> <P> Following his debut in Fantastic Four #52--53 (July--Aug. 1966) and subsequent guest appearance in Fantastic Four Annual #5 (1967) and with Captain America in Tales of Suspense #97--100 (Jan.--April 1968), the Black Panther journeyed from the fictional African nation of Wakanda to New York City to join the titular American superhero team in The Avengers #52 (May 1968), appearing in that comic for the next few years . During his time with the Avengers, he made solo guest - appearances in three issues of Daredevil, and fought Doctor Doom in Astonishing Tales #6--7 (June & Aug. 1971), in that supervillain's short - lived starring feature . </P>

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