W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects Summer 2017 Black Capes, White Spies: An Exploration of Visual Black Identity, Evolving Heroism and 'passing' in Marvel's Black Panther Comics and Mat Johnson's Graphic Novel, Incogengro Ravynn K. Stringfield College of William and Mary - Arts & Sciences,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Recommended Citation Stringfield, Ravynn K., "Black Capes, White Spies: An Exploration of Visual Black Identity, Evolving Heroism and 'passing' in Marvel's Black Panther Comics and Mat Johnson's Graphic Novel, Incogengro" (2017). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1530192363. http://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-db09-mg44 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Black Capes, White Spies: An Exploration of Visual Black Identity, Evolving Heroism and ‘Passing’ in Marvel’s Black Panther Comics and Mat Johnson’s Graphic Novel, Incognegro Ravynn KaMia Stringfield Williamsburg, Virginia Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 2016 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of The College of William & Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies College of William & Mary January 2018 © Copyright by Ravynn K. Stringfield 2017 ABSTRACT This thesis is a portfolio which contains two essays. The first essay, “Reclaiming Wakanda,” is a character biography of the Black Panther comic character from his inception in 1966 until 2016.