Mike Murdock
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I love that cover. Can't wait for this story to come out.
When were the Dora Milaje called the Midnight Angels?
I wonder if Hunter is going to appear in the story at all. My guess is no, but we'll see.
Ugh, it's looking more and more like he plans on making significant changes to Wakanda that ends with the monarchy being done away with. That's never been something that's gone over well with fans....
That doesn't necessarily solve the problem, though. It helps remedy it slightly in that T'Challa can still be Black Panther without a monarchy, but it doesn't raise the problem inherent in a ruling monarchy.
In fact, I would guess Priest's run was probably the biggest inspiration for this storyline. During his run, there was at least a hint of a Parliamentary-style system. Then T'Challa dissolved it with one absolute decree (something that helped contribute to world economic collapse). That's the tension in Wakanda. It's an absolute monarchy even if it might have pretenses of liberal democracy.
Keep in mind that a lot of this has to do with the evolution of what is Wakanda over the years. You look at Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's version, I would argue that Wakanda was not advanced for centuries. The very clear implication was it was a primitive African tribe with one valuable resource and, after the death of T'Chaka, T'Challa single-handedly reshaped the country by using that resource and western education and money. All the other nuances came later. The idea that Wakanda was advanced for centuries because it was never touched by imperialism didn't even come until Reginald Hudlin, imo.
If he's going to bring back the Midnight Angels then he should bring back Nakia leading them. Nakia, Okoye, and even Queen Divine Justice were great characters that need another shot. Especially Okoye.
It still bums me out how characters that were so prominent in Priest's run were just ignored after that
If he's going to bring back the Midnight Angels then he should bring back Nakia leading them. Nakia, Okoye, and even Queen Divine Justice were great characters that need another shot. Especially Okoye.
The first issue of the new series was pretty good. I knew that the art was going to be good, but it was even better than I thought it would be.
Is he stilled powered the herb or panther god?