KLAW STANDS SUPREME Part 4
• The Dora Milaje once lost faith in their nation. Can the threat of Ulysses Klaw and a hostile army reunite the king and his guard?
• Meanwhile, Klaw and his allies set in motion the next stage of their attack! Can Midnight Angels Ayo and Aneka escape to warn their king--or will the mind-controlling Zenzi reach them first?
• The Black Panther loses ally after ally as Klaw's powers grow. Legacy continues as T'Challa struggles to keep control!
Rated T
With the wrong artist on deck, this issue's concept could have easily bombed, but Leonard Kirk and Ta-Nehisi Coates were in perfect sync like they were driving a Pacific Rim jaeger. Read Full Review
Kirk and Martin prove they can handle the driver's seat any time they need to. This issue is an impressive display of the storytelling power of art by way of exhilarating action sequences. Read Full Review
Black Panther #169 delivers an exciting and high-action chapter focusing on the Dora Milaje. The arc is making some gestures towards a conclusion, and this issue is a lot of fun in itself. As is often the case, Black Panther gets another recommendation. Check this one out. Read Full Review
A Black Panther story with no Black Panther can still be a solid story. After Aneka and Ayo escape from Klaw's clutches, how will Klaw react? How will T'Challa get in the mix while he's being distracted with the creatures from Wakanda's past? Read Full Review
Black Panther #169 is a well-crafted book that arguably puts too much of the series' focus on T'Challa's supporting cast. How much one likes this issue will largely depend on how well Coates won you over on Ayo and Aneka in the first place. The artwork by Leonard Kirk and Laura Martin is stunning, but it's easy to imagine that most fans would rather see this type of work depicting the actions of the lead character. Read Full Review
This series has struggled quite a bit since the initial high of the "A Nation Under Our Feet" arc, and throwing a silent interlude tale into the mix only further dampens the book's momentum. Read Full Review
The ridiculously complex villain alliance working against Wakanda collapses in on itself, and Aneka is perfectly positioned for a revenge rampage as it does. True, this issue's spotlight is off of T'Challa, but this little soundless drama (there are some Klaw sonic cloning shenanigans) plays out perfectly as a star turn for Aneka, Ayo, and their fellow Midnight Angels. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leonard Kirk work beautifully together to invest the little beats of an impromptu escape-and-rescue with tremendous weight. This issue is both tactically and strategically satisfying to me. If T'Challa wants to have a little gloat in the near future about not needing to do much besides wait for this ridiculous alliance to fall apart of its own accord, he' more
Coates gives the reigns to Kirk to tell a visual story that makes the best use of the comic book medium in this entire run.
COATES is setting up something big. Coates is really starting to settle into BP as a super hero comic. The supporting cast continues to expand in this issue and more and more Coates seems to be raising the stakes. I think part of his mission is to give some of these characters a bigger profile so we can start seeing them in more corners of the Marvel 616. I'm holding out hope that we see Gentle pop up in the fight before his appearance in X-Men Red (also a book you should pick up). I am less a fan of Kirk as some others but he does a really great job in this issue.
Wakanda is the biggest star of each run so far and I don't see that changing before this Arc is done. I also so great potential in Storm being a recurring character fo more
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