@Realdealholy, I looked at the 1st page was surprised there wasn't an essential reading list for BP.
I figure with the trailer dropped, a lot more people on this site who were unbeknownst to him, might have their interests recently ppiqued and might want to finally get into him.
A lot of curious people (and uninfomed clowns who keep making critques but know nothing about the character or Wakanda) need to have their knowledge checked before the movie comes out in Feb.
My personal reccomendation for anyone wanting to jump into BP would be:
Priest's entire run
Hudlin's entire run
BP Secret Invasion by Aaron
Doomwar (including the prelude)
New Avengers by Hickman and maybe even Secret Wars
and then moving on to Coates if they want to.
For a specific publication to get a straight up introduction to the character, I heavily, heavily reccomend Hudlin's
."Who Is The Black Panther?", A modern retelling of BP's origin story that's done very very well. It runs the entire gamut on the BP mythos in about 200 pages. It's extremely accessible and is able to hook in the most unassuming casual reader. It's the most ideal starting place IMO.