Marvel has shared more details on its upcoming Black Panther series, including release plans and this new Alex Ross variant cover for issue #1.

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The series was announced in September, with a creative team of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze (see “'NY Times' Bestselling Author to Write Ongoing 'Black Panther' Series”).  The series will launch in April.  The first issue will be 40 pages, and has an MSRP of $4.99.

Marvel  Entertainment recently released images of the cinematic Black Panther, who will make his first Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance in Captain America: Civil War on May 6 (see “The Black Panther Unleashed”).