4:27 PM
If you read comics and you're not reading Black Panther, you should be. Without a doubt it's one of the smartest mainstream books on the stands, and great fun to read. Check out writer Christopher Priest's Black Panther site and dig around for a terrifically comprehensive introduction and companion to the series, including a summary of events to date in the series, and a great FAQ.

(Dig deeper into Priest's site and you'll find more great reading, including his infamous Comics Style Guide. In my own stumbling around, I was also stunned to serendipitously discover that background characters in this month's Panther had appeared earlier in a Priest-penned issue of The Ray (from DC, no less!))

Updated to add links to Ray and Panther art