The Crew is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring teams of primarily dark-skinned superheroes banding together in New York City to fight injustice. The first series was published in 2003 and ran for seven issues. The series was written by Christopher Priest and illustrated by Joe Bennett. The second series, a revival known as Black Panther and the Crew, was published in 2017 and ran for six issues. It was written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and illustrated by Butch Guice. Publication history 2003 series According to writer Christopher Priest's pitch, The Crew was about four hardened heroes who had all lost their families, four men who came together initially out of self-interest, but would soon discover their commonality of loss. The Crew was all in one way or another orphans. These men were dedicated to their respective goals, but each had a hole in his center. The seven stories released prior to cancellation were introductory pieces, breaking down the lives and pain of each member and the universe they lived in. If the series had continued, it would have highlighted each man's personal evolution to his "state of grace." The bulk of the first story arc, Big Trouble In Little Mogadishu, was focused on the origin of Josiah X, son of Isaiah Bradley from Truth: Red, White & Black. Writer Priest intended that Josiah would eventually lead the team. 2017 series After the success of his run on Black Panther, Coates launched the spin-off title Black Panther and the Crew, a revival of the 2003 series. Coates originally wanted to use the same characters from the 2003 series, but found that a number of them weren't available. After selecting a new Crew, he ultimately added two female members — Misty Knight and Storm. Poet Yona Harvey also contributed to the series (as she did on another short-lived Black Panther spin-off, World of Wakanda). Black Panther and the Crew ran six issues before being canceled due to low sales. Plot 2003 series The Crew takes place in the No man's land between the streets of the fictional "Little Mogadishu" and those of the fictional exclusive gated community of "Princeton Walk" in Brooklyn, New York. Princeton Walk was developed by multimillion-dollar investments and tax incentives to Grace & Tumbalt, a largely black-owned corporation, who cleaned up a section of Brooklyn and moved the criminal element and the poverty line residents