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Young Hiram Walker, born into bondage, loses his mother and all memory of her as a child but possesses a mysterious power. After a near-drowning incident, where a blue light inexplicably saves him, Hiram feels a renewed urgency in his quest for freedom. Encouraged by his makeshift family—Thena, a quiet woman with secrets, and Sophia, a young woman engaged in her own battle while falling in love with Hiram—he resolves to escape his plantation home. This decision propels him into a covert war against slavery, taking him from the opulent yet corrupt plantations of Virginia to guerrilla cells in the wilderness, and from the oppressive South to hopeful movements in the North. As he becomes involved in the underground struggle between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's ultimate goal remains to return to the Walker Plantation and rescue his family. To achieve this, he must master his magical abilities and confront the story of his greatest loss. This narrative offers a fresh perspective on slavery, blending adventure with a profound exploration of truth and identity, showcasing the author’s ability to delve into the complex lives of his vividly portrayed characters.

Exploring the intersection of storytelling and reality, Coates delves into profound questions about narrative and mythmaking. His journey begins in Dakar, blending modernity with personal myth, before shifting to Columbia, South Carolina, where he confronts the implications of book banning and the nation's historical reckoning. The narrative culminates in Palestine, revealing how nationalist stories can obscure harsh truths. Through these essays, Coates examines the power of narratives to shape perceptions and the often painful dissonance between stories and lived experiences.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these “urgently relevant essays,” the National Book Award–winning author reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency, and its aftermath, including Donald Trump’s election. The phrase “We were eight years in power” echoes the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the multiracial democracy experiment ended with the resurgence of white supremacy in the South. This collection explores the tragic resonance of that history today: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a backlash that led to the election of what Coates argues is America’s “first white president.” The narrative extends beyond presidential politics, examining new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged during this time, alongside the enduring impact of the nation’s unresolved history. Coates offers a personal perspective, starting from an unemployment office in Harlem to interviewing a president in the Oval Office. The collection includes iconic essays from The Atlantic, such as “Fear of a Black President” and “The Case for Reparations,” along with eight new essays that reflect on each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s experiences and insights, culminating in a unique assessment of the election that highlighted the era's tragedy. This work serves as a vital account of modern America from a definitive voice of this historic moment.

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. -front flap

Captain America - wanted for murder! And the victim is a familiar face in the Marvel Universe! Are the Power Elite truly behind Cap's downfall? Can the Sentinel of Liberty prove his innocence or will he be forced to break the law to bring the real murderer to justice?! Collecting Captain America 7-12.

*An extraordinary coming-of-age story, adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me*'Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation'

The full truth of the People's revolution -- and the power players supporting it -- has been revealed! Now, T'Challa must fight like never before for the fate of his nation -- and one of his most trusted allies is back to stand by his side. As the final battle begins, the entirety of Wakanda's glorious history may be their most potent weapon. But even if the People fall, can the monarchy still stand?

As Zenzi and the people poison Wakanda's citizens against the Black Panther, a cabal of nation-breakers is assembled. And Ayo and Aneka, the Midnight Angels, are courted by Tetu to help raise their land to new glory! His allies dwindling, T'Challa must rely on his elite secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, and fellow Avenger Eden Fesi, a.k.a. Manifold! And with T'Challa's back truly against the wall, he even calls in some old friends to lend a hand: Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Storm! But Wakanda may be too far gone for this all-new, all-different Crew -- and there's one job the Panther must handle alone. Only he can voyage into the Djalia! Getting there is hard enough, but can even he find his sister Shuri inside Wakanda's collective memory?

It's winter in America! For over 70 years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defense of our country and its people. But in the aftermath of Hydra's takeover of the nation, Cap is a figure of controversy, carrying a tarnished shield...and a new enemy is rising! Who are they? And how do they intend to co-opt and corrupt the symbol that is Captain America? Distrusted by a nation that seems to have lost faith in him, Steve Rogers is a man out of time - and out of options! Where can a now-unsanctioned Captain America turn for aid and assistance in order to stem the rise of the cabal of influence brokers known as the Power Elite? Join acclaimed BLACK PANTHER scribe Ta-Nehisi Coates for the next chapter of Captain America's life! COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA 1-6, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA) 1 (CAPTAIN AMERICA STORY)

A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME) takes the helm, confronting T'Challa with a dramatic upheaval in Wakanda that will make leading the African nation tougher than ever before. When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent uprising, the land famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions will be thrown into turmoil. If Wakanda is to survive, it must adapt--but can its monarch, one in a long line of Black Panthers, survive the necessary change? Heavy lies the head that wears the cowl! COLLECTING: Black Panther 1-4, Fantastic Four (1961) 52

Captain America is wanted for murder and the victim is a familiar face in the Marvel Universe

Acclaimed BLACK PANTHER scribe Ta-Nehisi Coates takes on the Sentinel of Liberty! For more than seventy years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defense of his country. But in the aftermath of Hydra's brief takeover of the nation, Cap is a figure of controversy - carrying a tarnished shield - and a new enemy is rising! As Steve Rogers takes on the manipulative Power Elite, will he end up as Captain of Nothing? Or does the living legend still have some allies in his corner? Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Steve is forced underground - but he's about to come out fighting! However, even as Captain America returns, so too does his greatest enemy. Can Steve marshal his forces in time to face the reborn Red Skull? Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (2018) #1-30 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA).

The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched only by brutality! You know them now as the Midnight Angels, but in this story they are just Ayo and Aneka, young women recruited to become Dora Milaje, an elite task force trained to protect the crown of Wakanda at all costs. Their first assignment will be to protect Queen Shuri... but what happens when your nation needs your hearts and minds, but you already gave them to each other? Meanwhile, former king T'Challa lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable. Plus, explore the true origins of the People's mysterious leader, Zenzi. Black Panther thinks he knows who Zenzi is and how she got her powers - but he only knows part of the story! COLLECTING: BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA 1-6

MARVEL FÄHRT DIE KRALLEN AUS! Die wilden 1960er: Im Haus der Ideen debütiert der erste Schwarze Superheld der amerikanischen Comics und schreibt Geschichte. Abseits typischer Klischees repräsentiert T’Challa alias Black Panther ein Afrika, das sich frei von Ausbeutung und Unterdrückung zum Wunderland unbegrenzter Möglichkeiten entwickelt hat. Ein Symbol für alles, was hätte sein können und noch sein kann. Für Marvel ein gewagter Schritt. Doch der Erfolg dauert bis heute an. Und hier ist der Grund dafür! Das Standardwerk über Wakandas größten Sohn, mit ausgewählten Storys von den bedeutendsten Erzählern seiner Geschichte und jeder Menge Hintergrundinfos.

T’Challa ist Black Panther, der König und Champion des technologisch und sozial hochentwickelten Landes Wakanda. Doch die glorreichen Zeiten im afrikanischen Utopia sind vorbei – T’Challa schlägt der blanke Hass seiner Untertanen entgegen, der von mysteriösen Mächten im Hintergrund bewusst verstärkt wird! Kann der stolze Herrscher und Held im Zeichen des Panthergottes, hinter dem sonst eine ganze Nation stand, sein Königreich zur alten Einheit und Ruhe zurückführen, oder ist Wakanda im Angesicht von Terror, Chaos und Revolution dem Untergang geweiht? Der erste Band der brandneuen, viel gelobten Soloserie von Black Panther, dem Helden aus NEW AVENGERS und SECRET WARS, der es bis in die New York Times Bestsellerliste schaffte! Geschrieben vom preisgekrönten Journalisten und Buchautor Ta-Nehisi Coates (Zwischen mir und der Welt) und gezeichnet von Brian Stelfreeze (Day Men). Mit umfangreichem Bonusmaterial! Autor: Ta-Nehisi Coates Zeichner: Brian Stelfreeze

MORD OHNE OPFER Auf der Flucht vor dem Gesetz hat Steve Rogers das Kostüm von Captain America an den Nagel gehängt. Während sich die Schlinge um seinen Hals immer enger zieht und das Land in Hass und Chaos versinkt, beginnt er mithilfe der Daughters of Liberty zurückzuschlagen. Aber die Zahl der einde ist groß und der Sumpf ihrer Verstrickungen reicht tief. Als eine Serie von Polizistenmorden New York in Aufruhr versetzt, mischt ein Name mit, der Rogers kalte Schauer über den Rücken jagt. Ist der totgeglaubte Scourge zurück? Eine Reise ins zerrissene Herz Amerikas aus der Sicht des Gesellschaftskritikers Ta-Nehisi Coates! ENTHÄLT: Captain America (2018) 13-19

Schwere Zeiten für Marvels afrikanischen Leinwandhelden! Wakanda steht in Flammen. Um sein Land davor zu bewahren, endgültig von der Revolution verschlungen zu werden, muss Black Panther jedes Mittel einsetzen und vor allem auf die reichhaltige, äußerst lebendige Geschichte seiner Heimat setzen.

ERBE. KÖNIG. BESCHÜTZER. HELD. T’Challa ist Black Panther, der König und Beschützer des afrikanischen Utopias Wakanda! Doch vor ihm wachten bereits seine Ahnen als Panther über ihr stolzes, uneinnehmbares Land. T’Challas Großvater trifft Captain America, und sein Vater T’Chaka kämpft gegen Hydra und Ulysses Klaw. Als es dann an T’Challa ist, die Bürde des Helden und des Herrschers auf seinen jungen Schultern zu tragen, muss er es nacheinander mit Feinden wie Namor aus Atlantis, dem tödlichen Winter Soldier, Dr. Doom und Killmonger aufnehmen! Aber nicht alles ist schlecht, denn er trifft auch Storm, die Liebe seines Lebens. Eine aufregende Reise zu den Anfangstagen von Marvels Helden-Ikone, inszeniert von Comic-Experte Evan Narcisse und Bestseller-Autor Ta-Nehisi Coates (BLACK PANTHER), mit Zeichnungen von Paul Renaud (AVENGERS) und Javier Pina (CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS).

Wakanda hat politisch einen neuen Weg eingeschlagen. Doch wo sind die Götter der Nation, die von Bestien und Monstern angegriffen wird? Black Panther begibt sich auf die Suche nach Antworten, während einige von Captain Americas und Iron Mans Feinden gegen ihn intrigieren. Zudem will TChalla sich mit seiner Ex Storm von den X-Men versöhnen.