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Adventures In Poor Taste fawned over far-left Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther story, now being published yet again in an edition of Marvel Premier Collection, and what they say sure tells quite a bit about what political angle they're coming from:

Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York Times best-selling author of Between The World And Me and The Message, offered his unique voice and perspective to the world of the Black Panther starting in 2016. The successful relaunch, which ran for several years, was critically acclaimed by both fans and critics and set the stage for the future of T’Challa and the nation of Wakanda. The first major arc of Coates’ Black Panther run is titled “A Nation Under Our Feet,” and focuses on T’Challa and his supporters quelling several anti-monarchical rebellions within Wakanda, ending with the creation of Wakanda’s first Republic.

For the very first time, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet is collected in its entirety in paperback form. The seminal series has been given the honor of being one of Marvel’s first four Marvel Premier Collection books, alongside Daredevil: Born Again, Captain America: Winter Soldier, and Fantastic Four: Solve Everything. Coates’ brilliant, thought-provoking, and lore-changing work has been reviewed over and over again (Spoiler: it’s amazing), so this review will focus more on the experience of the Premier Collection. However, I would never want to ignore the artistic contributions of artists Brian Stelfreeze, Chris Sprouse, and Laura Martin, whose artwork in this series is truly superb.

Marvel’s new Premier Collection is designed to offer easy, accessible entry points into iconic Marvel franchises, and Coates’ Black Panther run is a great selection for this purpose. Not only does the series offer a “soft relaunch” of Black Panther and Wakanda, but it also perfectly sets up the next several years of storytelling, giving readers a wonderful entry into T’Challa’s ongoing trials and tribulations. That being said, a huge premise of A Nation Under Our Feet is the Wakandan people’s anger and disappointment in how T’Challa has ruled the country. A major part of this (quite reasonable) rage is T’Challa’s handling of Namor, Thanos, and the Black Order’s destruction of Wakanda, references that a new reader would not understand.

Umm, as it so happens, I already own a paperback copy of the DD: Born Again storyline from the mid-80s. The other titles mentioned are post-2000s stuff that doesn't do justice to the older Marvel stories and series. So I don't need this latest farce of Marvel's any more than I need to rely upon "reviews" like this one, which clearly were predetermined. What's so "brilliant" about the writings of somebody who wrote anti-American and anti-Israel screeds? Even some leftists have become disillusioned with him. What's so "unique" and "thought-provoking" about his viewpoint? For all we know, his take on BP could just as well be a metaphor for communism. And was it a financial "success"? Continuing failure to provide clear sales figures only makes clear they're not being on the level here.

That Marvel continues to associate with such an embarrassment, to the point of providing him the opportunity to get residuals he doesn't deserve, only makes clear they have no morality. That aside, it's head-shaking how they continue to waste tons of money reprinting some of the most worthless comics of the 21st century.

Labels: bad editors, Black Panther, Daredevil, marvel comics, misogyny and racism, moonbat writers, msm propaganda, politics