Black Panther #3 Review

Writer: Ta-Nahisi Coates // Artist: Daniel Acuña // Publisher: Marvel “The Empire speaks of the grandeur of its Civilization. AND IT IS GRAND. BUT IT IS ALSO STOLEN.” – NAKIA.” – Nakia The third installment in the 2018 volume of Black Panther, “Book I: Many Thousands Gone,” continues to boldly go where no panther has gone before. The mystery surrounding the Intergalactic Wakandan Empire and the brain-wiped T’Challa yields more clues as Emperor N’Jadaka continues his aggressions against the rebels. The key to the rebels’ ultimate victory, however, may be the very thing that could bring them certain doom. T’Challa the Ultimate Legends never die. They just fade away. That faith in the return of the legendary T’Challa fuels the heart of the maroon rebellion leader, N’yami. While stationed on one of the rebellion’s lunar hideouts, N’yami reveals to Naki his belief that their new ally, the freed slave T’Challa, is the same T’Challa of lore – “T’Challa the Ultimate. T’Challa the Avenger.” According to record, T’Challa disappeared during a war with the Shi’ar empire, lost in the midst of battle. N’yami, however, knows that this knowledge must be safeguarded for such a threat to Emperor N’Jadaka’s power would mark them for death.

Later, when Nakia takes T’Challa on a climb to meet a shipping vessel, she tells him of how the Empire harvests the memories and knowledge from the mindslaves they conquer. The individuals are left with blank slates, while the Empire uses the totality of…