Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing New Captain America Comic for Marvel Coates, who wrote the latest Black Panther series, explained what drew him to the Captain America character. Ta-Nehisi Coates to The Atlantic Ta-Nehisi Coates to The Atlantic Ta-Nehisi Coates to The Atlantic The first issue of the Black Panther series, which was Coates' first foray into
comic writing, sold 253,259 copies in its first month, making it the best-selling comic in April 2016. The Captain America series is set to drop July 4.