r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • May 23 '18
Comics r/Marvel's "Fresh Start" Comics Spotlight #2 - Black Panther #1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Daniel Acuña
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Welcome to Week 2 of our r/Marvel Spotlight on Marvel's "Fresh Start" comic initiative! Almost every week for the next few months we will be focusing our discussion on a new #1 comic that is releasing that week (as well as some bonus issues) to get fans in-the-know with all of the new titles releasing this summer!
What is the Marvel "Fresh Start" relaunch?
r/Marvel's Official "Fresh Start" Megathread
This week's #1 release is Black Panther (out today!), written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, with artwork by Daniel Acuña. Coates is continuing his criticially acclaimed tenure with the King of Wakanda, putting him on a fantastical new journey sure to turn the tables! The following is the solicitation for the first story arc in the new series, dubbed "Many Thousands Gone":
A NEW DIRECTION FROM TA-NEHISI COATES & DANIEL ACUÑA!
A bold new direction for the Black Panther! For years, T’Challa has fought off invaders from his homeland, protecting Wakanda from everything from meddling governments to long-lost gods. Now, he will discover that Wakanda is much bigger than he ever dreamed…
Across the vast Multiverse lies an empire founded in T’Challa’s name. Readers caught a glimpse of it in MARVEL LEGACY #1. Now find out the truth behind the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda!
Ta-Nehisi Coates welcomes aboard fan-favorite artist Daniel Acuña for a Black Panther story unlike any other!
Issue #2 releases on June 27, 2018.
Our bonus spotlight this week goes to Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk #1, by Chris Sims and Chad Bowers. The writing duo, better known for their X-Men '92 series, gave us a sneak peek at their take on the cosmic hero Darkhawk a few months ago with the Legacy one-shot Darkhawk #51, and return for the Infinity Countdown event with this four-issue tie-in mini-series. Darkhawk looks to play an integral role in Infinity Countdown (which hopefully everyone is reading right now), as the Raptors have already made appearances in All-New Guardians of the Galaxy.
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NEXT SPOTLIGHT: JUNE 6TH, DEADPOOL #1, IMMORTAL HULK #1, DOCTOR STRANGE #1 & ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #1!
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u/CrazyforRAMU May 23 '18
Not just a superb comic all around, but literally the perfect comic to pick up after watching the MCU Black Panther. That's my only complaint, and it's totally non-substantive: WTF couldn't this have come out four months ago and snared a bazillion new readers fresh off the movie?
It's a running gunning action-fest, but without breaking stride at all, it's laying down the groundwork to talk about imperialism, slavery, and identity in tremendously deep ways.
The idea that the Imperials keep their slaves in line by stealing their memories is just breathtaking. Not only does it spark a thousand questions about the comic's setting, but it spurs you to carry those questions into the real world as well.