BLACK PANTHER #10 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt.10

BLACK PANTHER #10 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt.10

Published January 25, 2017 by Marvel Comics. Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story.

Aneka and Ayo are confronted by the newly returned Shuri and Shuri is none too impressed with the Midnight Angels cause against her brother and the Wakanda throne. As well as her disdain for their alliance with Tetu and the People.

T’Challa, Hodari and Wakanda prepare for Tetu’s coming assault. They ready their stores for war and begin enlisting troops to defend against the coming war. But Tetu’s army may be more than they are prepared for as Zenzi’s magic has made them an army that doesn’t need sleep or food.

Back at the Jabari-lands the Midnight Angels begin to reconsider their alliance with Tetu. Shuri’s return has given them new hope for something better and her words have inspired them towards a new direction.

T’Challa seeks Changamire’s help in defeating Tetu. Not by force but by wisdom and the mind. Baba sheds light on the situation with Tetu and Wakanda by relating the rebellion to the American slave experience and it’s destruction it caused to both slave and slave owners.

The pack between Tetu and the Midnight Angels is broken and Tetu promises vengeance for the break while T’Challa and Shuri embark on the war.

I like the story however so far the action has been sparse but this is part of the build-up and with the coming war the pacing should increase and things in Wakanda should boil over soon…

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BLACK PANTHER #9 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt.9

BLACK PANTHER #9 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt. 9

Published December 28, 2016 by Marvel Comics. Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze.

As Shuri has returned she is now more than she was before she was victim of the Living Death. Changamire is still wrestling with Tetu and his methods of promoting his cause for change in Wakanda. But does he know there is an audience present to his discussion with his wife?

T’Challa still contemplates his sister’s handling of the throne of Wakanda and his own performance at the job. Shuri visits her ill mother and reports on what she has learned of Changamire.

Tetu and the Mid-night Angel continue to forge an alliance but Ayo still has her reservations about siding with Tetu and Zenzi. Which erupts into conflict with Aneka who doesn’t see eye to eye with Ayo.

Meanwhile Zenzi has her own reservations about trusting the Mid-night Angels and their true motives.
As a token of goodwill Aneka returns the captured Wakandan guards and is finally confronted by the transformed Shuri.

Shuri’s new power is very interesting and I’m sure there will be some kind of animalism explanation for it later. But the story is definitely beginning to come to a conclusion with all sides drawn and positions established. In the coming issues I think a final clash with Tetu and the Wakandan throne are coming. It's good to see Stelfreeze back on this title. I enjoy his artwork and it adds to an already interesting character.

BLACK PANTHER #4 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt. 4

BLACK PANTHER #4 July 2016

 

Published July 27, 2016 by Marvel Comics. Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze.

During a high level meeting with Hodari, T’Challa is briefed on the security status of Wakanda as well as Zenzi and Tetu. Tetu had been a pupil at one time at Hekima Shule. T’Challa’s step-mother, Ramonda, reveals that the one Tetu met was a tutor for the royal court under T’Chaka, T’Challa’s father. T’Challa is also briefed on the Midnight Angel’s crusade through the northern part of Wakanda and it is characterized as revolution against the throne.

The Queen Mother goes to Shule to visit Changamire, the one Tetu recently met with, and tries to persuade him on the side of the king. But Changamire refuses and is warned of the coming conflict.

Tetu visits the Midnight Angels in an attempt to unite with them on their cause against the throne of Wakanda. But Tetu learns it’s not as easy as just having a common enemy to side with the Angel’s crusade.

The Queen Mother confides in T’Challa about her recent visit to Changemire and recounts the differences in views held by his father and Changemire. But she feels T’Challa has not reached his people on a level he needs to, to defeat the forces conspiring against him and the throne of Wakanda.

After his meeting with the Midnight Angels Tetu tends to Zenzi revitalizing her with magic. And meets with a mysterious man, Zeke Stane, who warns Tetu of his impending doom if he doesn’t bolster his technology against King T’Challa.

After a devastating explosion that nearly kills the Queen Mother and leaves many dead in Wakanda, T’Challa vows to avenge the fallen from the recent attacked aimed at the throne.

T’Challa is starting to learn the key to reaching his people and how to make amends for past transgressions. The buildup for this story has been captivating to say the least. But I think it’s going to get better as more and more is revealed. All the major players are set in motion for the coming war T’Challa is going to unleash on his detractors.

BLACK PANTHER #3 – A Nation Under Our Feet Pt. 3

BLACK PANTHER #3 June 2016

 

 

Published June 29, 2016 by Marvel Comics. Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze.

Issue #3 opens up with a history lesson of Wakanda represented as a tree being harvested and finally burned. From colonialism to the modern age Wakanda was thought lost only to survive. Tetu is preparing his plan for a new Wakanda without the Panther. T’Challa is troubled by visions of guilt. Aneka and Ayo, the Midnight Angels, continue on and begin their plans for an army to liberate Wakanda. Shuri continues on her journey through the DJalia led by Griot the caretaker of Wakanda’s memory. Griot gives Shuri what might be the key to saving Wakanda.

 T’Challa finally tracks down Zenzi and Tetu in the Nigandan borderlands. And prepares to exact his vengeance for the miner’s uprising. But exacting revenge only risks making the hate in Wakanda stronger. And Tetu is able to best the Black Panther.

The book ends with the Midnight Angels new army defeating the White Gorilla Army.

 Will T’Challa ever find redemption? Will Wakanda ever rise up in one voice?...

The story is shaping up to be very interesting. I see the anguish and dismay of T’Challa coming to an end with Shuri regaining consciousness and bringing order and pride back to Wakanda. I also have the feeling the Midnight Angels maybe let back into the fold of the Dora Milaje too.