Black Panther Epic Collection: Revenge of the Black Panther
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Summary
Behold as the Black Panther sets out on adventures that only his co-creator， Jack Kirby， could conceive！ T'Challa discovers the startling secret of King Solomon's frog， encounters alien races， battles eternal samurai warriors - and so much more！ The history of the Wakandans， their majestic city and their amazing technology are also explored with a power and passion that only Kirby could offer！ Plus: The origins of Vibranium！ An epic battle between the Black Panther， the Avengers and Ulysses Klaw！ T'Challa returns to the American South to root out the evil Soul Strangler's cult！ And Peter B。 Gillis and Denys Cowan craft a compelling and contemporary tale as the Black Panther fights apartheid in the neighboring nation of Azania。
Vol。 2: Black Panther （1977） 1-15， Marvel Premiere （1972） 51-53， Black Panther （1988） 1-4， material from Marvel Team-Up （1972） 100
Vol。 2: Black Panther （1977） 1-15， Marvel Premiere （1972） 51-53， Black Panther （1988） 1-4， material from Marvel Team-Up （1972） 100
Reviews
Bryan
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Kirby’s take on Black Panther is not for everyone， and it’s very unlike the MCU version （or really any other comics version）。 It’s much more like Kamandi or New Gods。 If that’s not what you’re looking for， look elsewhere。 I absolutely love Kirby’s 70’s work， and this was no exception。 The other stories in here range from forgettable to pretty solid， but the Kirby run is the crown jewel。
Sanjeev Kumar
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A tome of two halves。 The first reverses all the character development and African heritage developed by McGregor’s first stint on the Black Panther， much of which is captured in the movie。 Kirby’s story arch turns the king into a circus freak literally chasing golden eggs。 Once this dreadful run ends， the book comes to live。 Battles with the KKK and the spiritual embodiment of the victims of racism is conceptually breathtaking。 As is the four-issue series concerning apartheid South Africa。 This A tome of two halves。 The first reverses all the character development and African heritage developed by McGregor’s first stint on the Black Panther， much of which is captured in the movie。 Kirby’s story arch turns the king into a circus freak literally chasing golden eggs。 Once this dreadful run ends， the book comes to live。 Battles with the KKK and the spiritual embodiment of the victims of racism is conceptually breathtaking。 As is the four-issue series concerning apartheid South Africa。 This is the most politically charged Marvel has ever been。 The conflict between the man and the enraged and vengeful god is a telling call to arms and unity that echos to today’s Black Lives Matter movement。 They have always mattered。 Black Panther pushed this envelope in the 1980s。 Now we all push it with him。 Ignore the Kirby run and dive straight into the real Black Panther stories to enjoy a marvellous， emotionally charged and provocative journey。 You won’t be disappointed。Enjoy！ 。。。more
Rob Schamberger
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The Kirby issues are WILD。 Then Black Panther punches some Klansmen， followed by some exquisite Denys Cowan art。 It’s all over the place， little of it ages well， but golly it’s fun。
Zack！ Empire
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Not as good as I was thinking it would be。 Kirby returns to Marvel and takes on the Black Panther。 The result is。。。 just ok。 Kirby has this annoying character called the little man being a sidekick to Black Panther。 He's supposed to be comic relief （I guess？） but he is really just annoying。 The story's Kirby comes up with aren't that strong either。 Rather than having Black Panther fighting a bunch of Samurai， Kirby has them have this strange sort of honor duel， where they talk about honor and th Not as good as I was thinking it would be。 Kirby returns to Marvel and takes on the Black Panther。 The result is。。。 just ok。 Kirby has this annoying character called the little man being a sidekick to Black Panther。 He's supposed to be comic relief （I guess？） but he is really just annoying。 The story's Kirby comes up with aren't that strong either。 Rather than having Black Panther fighting a bunch of Samurai， Kirby has them have this strange sort of honor duel， where they talk about honor and that's how they fight？The saving grace is the artwork， as Kirby was really hyper developed at this point。 。。。more
Stefantheviking
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Quirky， kind of all over the place。 Fun read if you are looking to go deeper into Marvel's past。 Overall best described as Black Panther before he found a solid place in the Marevel universe。 Quirky， kind of all over the place。 Fun read if you are looking to go deeper into Marvel's past。 Overall best described as Black Panther before he found a solid place in the Marevel universe。 。。。more
Justin Nelson
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Early Black Panther was a strange， mixed bag， man。 The first half of this collection tells the Panther's early adventures of his first solo series after Jungle Adventures。 It's classic Jack Kirby and it is absolutely bonkers。 The brightly colored， cosmic/sci-fi adventures take center stage。 I appreciate some classic Kirby but it was tough to read Black Panther adventures from then， knowing the cultural powerhouse his character would become。 The second half moves T'Challa more in the direction we Early Black Panther was a strange， mixed bag， man。 The first half of this collection tells the Panther's early adventures of his first solo series after Jungle Adventures。 It's classic Jack Kirby and it is absolutely bonkers。 The brightly colored， cosmic/sci-fi adventures take center stage。 I appreciate some classic Kirby but it was tough to read Black Panther adventures from then， knowing the cultural powerhouse his character would become。 The second half moves T'Challa more in the direction we know of him today。 Some fighting the KKK in a small arc。 Some establishing a history with Storm many years before their wedding became a thing。 And， finally， his 4 issue 80s limited series that was very enjoyable if not still searching for an identity。 This collection takes you to some random places in Marvel history。 If you're a Black Panther fan， though， I would say find the limited series for a decent story， but you can skip the rest of this unless you're a Marvel completist。 。。。more
Brandon
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This is such an odd collection of stories， it's certainly an "Epic Collection" or several runs instead of one uniform title。Jack Kirby's run is weird。 His voice for T'Challa is awful and sounds nothing like him， what other writers did before and after。 He fashions the Black Panther as a sort of Indiana Jones for the first half of his run， exploring the world and some time travelling space shenanigans that aren't "Black Panther" as we know it but are still fun。 For his final issues he starts to f This is such an odd collection of stories， it's certainly an "Epic Collection" or several runs instead of one uniform title。Jack Kirby's run is weird。 His voice for T'Challa is awful and sounds nothing like him， what other writers did before and after。 He fashions the Black Panther as a sort of Indiana Jones for the first half of his run， exploring the world and some time travelling space shenanigans that aren't "Black Panther" as we know it but are still fun。 For his final issues he starts to flesh out more of T'Challa's family - the heroes and the villains - before leaving the title after the penultimate issue of his arc。 Jim Shooter comes in to plot the final of the arc， Black Panther #13， in what is clearly the best full issue in the entire collection。 This villainous kidnapper "Kiber the Cruel" who abducts people and siphons their energy from them， which is wonderfully sci-fi and leads to some great action sequences when the Black Panther comes up against his henchmen。Ed Hannigan scrips the Jim Shooter issue， then goes on to script the remaining solo series issues and its continuation in Marvel Premiere。 Frankly I hated what he did， it picked up on a lot of the plot threads left hanging from the quick cancellation of Don McGregor's Jungle Action but it changed them for the worse。 I'd almost rather they didn't continue at all。There's also the Peter B。 Gillis mini-series which is pretty boring and cliche， with some questionable art choices。 It tries， it sure does try， to incorporate some politics and statements about racism， but it's a pale imitation of McGregor's work before him。While not a full issue， the Claremont/Byrne story from Marvel Team-Up #100 is fantastic。 It features the meeting of famous X-Men mutant Storm （Ororo Munroe） and the Black Panther （T'Challa） when they were young， tied in with them reuniting in the present day。 In the modern era these two have a complicated and tumultuous relationship， so to see the roots of that was great。 And Claremont， who of course wrote so much of Storm in X-Men before and after this story， brings a weight to his words that's compelling and a must-read for fans of either of these two characters。I don't know if I can really call this collection "bad"。 It's great that Epic Collections are gathering these scattering of stories at all。 And most of the time it's not awful， just mediocre or uncharacteristic。 But aside from maybe the Marvel Team-Up #100 story I think most of this volume could probably be skipped and little of value would be lost。 。。。more
Nicolas
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The Jack Kirby stuff is so disjointed from the Jungle Action that preceded it and the Hanigan stuff that succeeded it。 Read the Kirby stuff if you're a Kirby fan， but don't look for much in the way of recognizable Black Panther stuff。 The 80s mini-series was bananas， but I'm glad to have it included。For more， check out Comic Book Coffee Break:https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=zikuP。。。 The Jack Kirby stuff is so disjointed from the Jungle Action that preceded it and the Hanigan stuff that succeeded it。 Read the Kirby stuff if you're a Kirby fan， but don't look for much in the way of recognizable Black Panther stuff。 The 80s mini-series was bananas， but I'm glad to have it included。For more， check out Comic Book Coffee Break:https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=zikuP。。。 。。。more
B
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This is largely dumb and incredibly uneven。 Each writer has， basically， an entirely different book that they're writing。The Kirby stuff feels very dated -- outside of his incredible look。 It's a series of adventures that seem designed to create weird covers。 And some characters with big reactions but not much depth。 And the goofy "Black Panther family" has rightly been consigned to the dustheap of continuity -- as well as the idea that vibranium turns you into a pink exploding bomb-monster-man。 This is largely dumb and incredibly uneven。 Each writer has， basically， an entirely different book that they're writing。The Kirby stuff feels very dated -- outside of his incredible look。 It's a series of adventures that seem designed to create weird covers。 And some characters with big reactions but not much depth。 And the goofy "Black Panther family" has rightly been consigned to the dustheap of continuity -- as well as the idea that vibranium turns you into a pink exploding bomb-monster-man。Jim Shooter comes in and tries to clean it up。The Hannigan & Bingham story feels like an "Avengers Team-Up" book。 It's perfectly fine。The Gillis & Cowan tries to write a direct sequel to some of the MacGregor stuff and tries hard to make it as though all the intermediate stories never happened。Confusing！ And mostly dull。 。。。more
Brandt
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In 1972， an incredibly woke Marvel editor named Don McGregor pointed out to his bosses how publishing a book called Jungle Action and filling it with reprints of 50s comics featuring white colonialist explorer types was culturally outdated and insensitive。 In true management style， Marvel made this McGregor's problem and gave him the reins to Jungle Action where he immediately started writing new stories featuring the Black Panther。 While this run was sometimes choppy in execution， it also was w In 1972， an incredibly woke Marvel editor named Don McGregor pointed out to his bosses how publishing a book called Jungle Action and filling it with reprints of 50s comics featuring white colonialist explorer types was culturally outdated and insensitive。 In true management style， Marvel made this McGregor's problem and gave him the reins to Jungle Action where he immediately started writing new stories featuring the Black Panther。 While this run was sometimes choppy in execution， it also was where Killmonger （used so effectively later by Christopher Priest and by extension Ryan Coogler in the film） was introduced to readers for the first time。 Additionally， McGregor was willing to court controversy by having the Black Panther eventually take on the Klan， only to have that arc cut short by Jungle Action's cancellation。In 1976， after a stint with DC Comics， Jack Kirby returned to Marvel， this time handling both writing and art duties， much like he did when he was at DC。 However anyone familiar with this era of Kirby's work， on both "The Fourth World" and The Eternals （which let's face it， is just kind of Kirby ripping himself off） would consider this to be Jack's "cosmic" phase and apart from asking whether Kirby was dropping acid on a regular basis， it seems that Kirby wanted to present everything on an epic scale。 This is no different for his work on Black Panther which begin in media res with the Black Panther associating with a group of eccentric collectors whose MacGuffins are overpowered items on a cosmic scale。 There is no explanation as to why the Panther is here， given that the last time we saw him in his own book he was staring down a guy dressed like a flying eagle who was under the employ of the KKK （or a group very much like them。） I can't say that I had any expectations that Kirby would pick up where McGregor left off--by that point in his career I'm pretty sure that Kirby had enough cachet to do whatever he wanted with the book （although while at DC he apparently didn't have enough cachet to draw Superman on the pages of Jimmy Olsen。） But given how groundbreaking McGregor's run on Jungle Action was， the fact that Kirby decided to go full Eternals on Black Panther is disappointing。 Eventually Kirby left the book and the new creative team decided to pick up on McGregor's Klan arc， only to have the book be cancelled again。 However， Marvel had avenues for finishing these unfinished arcs by the end of the 70s， and the story arc was finished in the pages of Marvel Premier and are included here。 In addition we are treated to a Marvel Team-Up story featuring the Black Panther and Storm by Chris Claremont and John Byrne that was the likely inspiration for Reginald Hudlin marrying those two characters during his run on Black Panther as well as a four issue limited series from the 80s that is enjoyable but not nearly as impressive as McGregor's run on the book， even though there are shadows of McGregor's run here（in the limited series the antagonism comes from an white African regime supporting apartheid， which was incredibly relevant at the time。）As with the previous volume， the execution is the problem here。 The mistake was putting Kirby on the book， likely in the wake of The Eternals being cancelled。 Since Kirby co-created Black Panther with Stan Lee， I think from Marvel editorial's perspective assigning Kirby， who appeared to be under a five year contract with Marvel at the time looked like a good idea。 But Kirby wasn't interested in portraying T'Challa as an African king with the problems a political leader would be dealing with on a regular basis。 The trail blazed by McGregor was not a path to be taken for Kirby， and honestly wasn't fully realized until Christopher Priest wrote the book， where he deftly wrote the Panther as a world leader who was not only a superhero imbued with the power of the Panther god that granted his rule of Wakanda legitimacy， but also a leader who knows how to play the game of thrones， always trying to stay a step ahead of those who would take him off the throne。But that is a review for another time。 。。。more
Jonathan Anderson
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The first third to maybe half of this collection is pretty rough， but once it starts picking up steam it gets very good in a hurry。
Andrew Seaton
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"It belongs in a museum！" This was running through my mind for quite awhile when I started the book。I had a lot of fun with this collection。 I certainly wish there was more Kirby， but that could probably be said about most books， so I'll take what I can get。 These are basically about a half-dozen loosely connected stories about the Black Panther mythology， with particular notes referencing Apartheid。 Taken as a whole， they weave together pretty well， both from run to run and within each issue of "It belongs in a museum！" This was running through my mind for quite awhile when I started the book。I had a lot of fun with this collection。 I certainly wish there was more Kirby， but that could probably be said about most books， so I'll take what I can get。 These are basically about a half-dozen loosely connected stories about the Black Panther mythology， with particular notes referencing Apartheid。 Taken as a whole， they weave together pretty well， both from run to run and within each issue of the particular runs。Importantly， you don't need to be a super nerd about T'Challa to dive into these books， although having read Priest's run did help with identifying some of the characters。 Solid read。 。。。more
Edward Davies
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