Rise of the Black Panther #4 Review

Writer: Evan Narcisse / Consultant: Ta-Nehisi Coates / Artist: Javier Pina / Marvel Comics What’s better than Doom and T’Challa sizing each other up? The answer is: nothing is better than Doom and T’Challa sizing each other up. Just as the primary Black Panther series is a detailed look at the inner strife within Wakanda, Rise of the Black Panther serves as a look at how Wakanda works on an international level. It kind of sucks that this is a limited series because I would love to see it continue, following current events as Wakanda interacts with the world politically. One of the best parts about Rise of the Black Panther is that it constantly reminds you that Marvel has some great fictional nations of its own. From Atlantis to Latveria, it’s really fun to see Narcisse play with Wakanda’s first interactions with these great foreign nations. Last issue’s infiltration of the Winter Soldier is the first consequence of T’Challa revealing Wakanda to the world. At the end of that same issue, we are treated to the second consequence of that action – Doom on the mother fricken throne of Wakanda.

This obviously prompts a visit to Latveria from T’Challa and Shuri. Their mission can only be described as a mix of spy antics and political posturing. It’s also fun to see T’Challa and Doom spit philosophical on how to rule and each of their nations’ purpose to the greater world. We also get a good callback to the Black Panther’s first appearance in comics. It’s great to see Narcisse play …