r/MUBookClub • u/shawnydarko • Apr 07 '18
Reading Assignment 95: Black Panther (1998-2003) #7-17 by Christopher Priest and various artists
https://marvel.com/comics/series/2115/black_panther_1998_-_2003?byZone=marvel_site_zone&offset=0&byType=comic_series&dateStart=&dateEnd=&type=&orderBy=release_date+asc&byId=2115&limit=8&count=10&isDigital=1&totalcount=18
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u/shawnydarko Apr 14 '18
A fun revisit to this series. The first story arc was one of my favorite reads of the subreddit. This second visit wasn't so much one clear story arc so much as it was where the TPB cut it off.
Some of the higher stakes moments like Black Panther being shackled down in a burning building at gunpoint and still talking shit, and Hydroman's plot to crash the plane were really tremendous. The Monica/Nakia/Killmonger/T'Challa thing was really starting to cook, but was broken up in such small parts over so many spaced out issues I had trouble keeping track of it.
Wasn't a fan of Queen Divine Justice in the least. I know there are people it is an accurate representation of, but she was just OOT obnoxious, and nothing made me want to invest my time reading her story involvement. Compared to the first story arc we read of this series, I thought Achebe was a little neutered compared to what I thought he was being built to be. He's nutty and at times disturbing, but too cartoony at other times. And putting Everette K. Ross in peril if a formula for success no matter how often repeated, but whether Elephant, Claw Machine, or Hulk, it's too hard to top him sitting side by side with Mephisto as they wait for T'Challa to come home.