Jungle Action #17. Art by Billy Graham.

Artist Billy Graham and writer Don McGregor, the team behind Jungle Action’s 1970s “Black Panther” stories, over which there were often battles with editors. “They continually wanted white people in the strip,” McGregor said. “That was a major deal. My feeling was, you’re dealing with an isolated, hidden African culture—so where were these white people supposed to come from? It probably was the only mainstream American comic book to feature virtually an all-black cast…. It was a fight every single issue.”
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Jungle Action #17. Art by Billy Graham. Words by Don McGregor.

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From “Panther’s Quest, Part VI” in Marvel Comics Presents #18, May 1989. Art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer. Words by Don McGregor.

“Panther’s Quest” has never been collected; the stories are scattered in eight-page installments that are no longer in print. But McGregor and Colan’s “Detectives, Inc.” stories are collected here.

Roughly 20 more copies need to be sold before Don McGregor’s royalties start kicking in. He and his family have had a number of health issues lately, so he could definitely use some extra income. Do you think we can make that happen before the holidays? If you reblog this, we can get the word out.