Deron Generally
Deron Generally
Black Panther #12
Marvel Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by German Peralta
Colors by Ceci De La Cruz
Letters by Joe Sabino
The Rundown: T’Challa’s sins cost him everything and he must find a new team to help correct them.
T’Challa finds himself facing a friend whom he thought had been killed. A friend who has decided to use T’Challa’s sleeper agent plan as a way of uniting the world and beyond under the banner of Wakanda. When the former king rejects the plan, he must find a way to escape. An escape that will cost the life of someone who saw him as a hero right up to the end.
After revealing the truth to the Avengers, T’Challa finds that his allies no longer trust him and he goes to Shuri to create a new group made up of people he hasn’t studied in order to take down his former friend and end his plans.
The Story: The story is interesting and has some intriguing moments, but the overall theme was heavy handed at best. The humbling of Black Panther trope is becoming tired and having him constantly apologizing to people (many of whom do not deserve it given some of their actions) is thematically and narratively annoying to the point of taking me out of the story to wonder what the point is. It comes off as taking one of the few noble, strong and uncompromising black characters in comics and debasing him for the sake of an unknown agenda. Honestly, if this were the first Black Panther comic I ever picked up, I would struggle to find a reason to ever pick up another.
The Art: Peralta delivers some great art in the issue, but it is hampered by a story that constrains its characters.
Black Panther #12
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January 17, 2023 - 11:00 pm[…] The humbling of Black Panther trope is becoming tired and having him constantly apologizing to people (many of whom do not deserve it given some of their actions) is thematically and narratively annoying to the point of taking me out of the story to wonder what the point is. It comes off as taking one of the few noble, strong and uncompromising black characters in comics and debasing him for the sake of an unknown agenda. Honestly, if this were the first Black Panther comic I ever picked up, I would struggle to find a reason to ever pick up another Read Full Review […]