The Jungle Book (2016 film) success, grossing over $966 million, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and the 40th-highest-grossing film of all time, and was praised for its visual effects, musical score, direction, faithfulness to the original animated film, and vocal performances, particularly those of Murray, Kingsley, and Elba. At the 89th Academy Awards, the film won the award for Best Visual Effects. Mowgli is a "man cub" raised by the wolf Raksha and her pack, led by Akela, in an Indian jungle ever since he was brought to them as a baby by the black panther Bagheera. Bagheera trains Mowgli to learn the
Jungle Action "Panther vs. the Klan" was later picked up as a subplot in "Black Panther" #14–15 (March–May 1979), the final two issues of that series before finally being concluded in "Marvel Premiere" #51–53 (Dec. 1979 – April 1980). However, these later chapters were written not by McGregor but by Ed Hannigan. The original conclusion to "Panther vs. the Klan" was never completed, though work had started on what would have been "Jungle Action" #25, and in a 2008 interview McGregor said that he still has Rich Buckler's layouts for the issue. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked McGregor's run on "Jungle Action"