History Creator / TaNehisiCoates

* DevelopmentHell: In February 2021, he was announced as writer on a potential Franchise/{{Superman}} film project, to be produced by Creator/JJAbrams. Nothing has moved forward on that project, it might even have been cancelled when Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery restructured its Creator/DCComics media under Creator/DCStudios. CEO and chairman Creator/JamesGunn has since confirmed that the project is still in development.

* DevelopmentHell: In February 2021, he was announced as writer on a potential Franchise/{{Superman}} film project, to be produced by Creator/JJAbrams. Nothing has moved forward on that project, it might even have been cancelled when Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery restructured its Creator/DCComics media under Creator/DCStudios.

* BlackAndNerdy: Besides being well-read and having detailed history knowledge (including, but by no means limited to American and African American history) he is also a comic book fan and author.

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* DevelopmentHell: In February 2021, he was announced as writer on a potential Franchise/{{Superman}} film project, to be produced by Creator/JJAbrams. Nothing has moved forward on that project.

In 2016, he began an acclaimed run on ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' for Creator/MarvelComics, which spawned several spin-offs & and partially inspired aspects of the [[Film/BlackPanther2018 blockbuster film of the same name]]. Coates continued his Marvel streak with the 2018 relaunch of ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', with a rumored take on ''ComicBook/{{Storm}}'' in the works.

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' (2016 -- 2021)
** ''Black Panther: World of Wakanda'' (with Roxane Gay; 2016 -- 2017)

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (2018 -- 2021)

Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (born September 30, 1975) is an American writer of essays, non-fiction, and comic books. The name ''Ta-Nehisi'' is [[AncientEgypt Ancient Egyptian]] for "land of Nubia" (nḥsy). It is pronounced Ta-ne-Ha'-si.

Coates was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was a Vietnam War veteran and a member of the Black Panthers, as well as a publisher and librarian, and his mother was a teacher. From an early age, Coates was an avid reader, consuming everything from history, fiction and comic books.

He became known to the rest of America, when he started writing for ''The Atlantic'' and was known for being able to talk about European history, blogging about the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar and Postwar European reconstruction, comic books and other nerd passions (namely cartoons, superhero movies, and comics) as well as seriously intensive and well researched journalistic articles and exposes, focusing primarily on African-American history and race relations.

In February 2021, he was announced as writer on a potential Franchise/{{Superman}} film project, to be produced by Creator/JJAbrams.

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* BlackAndNerdy: Besides being well-read and having detailed history knowledge (including, but by no means limited to American and African American history) he is also a comic book fan and author

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' (2016 -- present)

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (2018 -- present)

Ta-Nehisi Coates (born September 30, 1975) is an American writer of essays, non-fiction, and comic books. The name ''Ta-Nehisi'' is [[AncientEgypt Ancient Egyptian]] for "land of Nubia" (nḥsy). It is pronounced Ta-ne-Ha'-si.

In February 2021, he was announced as writer on a potential Franchise/{{Superman}} film.

'''Ta-Nehisi Coates''' (born September 30, 1975) is an American writer of essays, non-fiction, and comic books. The name ''Ta-Nehisi'' is [[AncientEgypt Ancient Egyptian]] for "land of Nubia" (nḥsy). It is pronounced Ta-ne-Ha'-si.

* AscendedFanboy: He went from reading ''Black Panther'' and ''Captain America'' as a kid to eventually writing both of their flagship titles for Marvel.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (2018 --)

Coates was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was a Vietnam War veteran and a member of the Black Panthers, as well as a publisher and librarian, and his mother was a teacher. From an early age, Coates was an avid reader, consuming everything from history, fiction and comic books. He became known to the rest of America, when he started writing for ''The Atlantic'' and was known for being able to talk about European history, blogging about the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar and Postwar European reconstruction, comic books and other nerd passions (namely cartoons, superhero movies, and comics) as well as seriously intensive and well researched journalistic articles and exposes, focusing primarily on African-American history and race relations.

* ''ComicBook/{{Storm}}'' (2018)

'''Ta-Nehisi Coates''' (born September 30, 1975) is an American writer of essays, non-fiction, and comic books.

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''Ta-Nehisi Coates'' (Born September 1975) is an essayist and author of non-fiction, as well as comic books (namely a celebrated ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' run that began in 2016 and is currently ongoing).

! Selected Works.
* "The Case for Reparations" (2014 Article)
* ''Between the World and Me'' (2015)
* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' (2016-ongoing)

―->-- '''Between the World and Me'''