Black Panther: World of Wakanda #6 Review

Writer: Rembert Browne [Consultant: Ta-Nehisi Coates] / Artist: Joe Bennet / Marvel Comics “Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA”- Kendrick Lamar Welcome home, Kevin “Kasper” Cole! Arghhhhhh, I’ve been ranting and raving for this character’s return since his cameo at Rhodey’s funeral over in Captain America: Sam Wilson. Kevin’s last appearance was in his series The Crew (after his run as Black Panther) which was about fourteen years ago now. We get to check in on our guy and we see he’s got a desk job now but still hasn’t made detective and is going trough real life shit. Baby mama drama, work drama, bills drama, it’s been so many years and our guy has been in a slump. Browne does a great job showing the inner conflict with Kevin as he struggles with trying to get ahead at his job while also wanting to get back into that vigilante life as [T’Challa’s] White Tiger.

It was expressed that Cole has been doing the odd job here and there for T’challa as White Tiger, getting no credit, with no one even knowing he’s in the position. Real Black Ops shit, we don’t know how long he’s done this, just that he’s sick of being the gopher. That is, until T’Challa calls him and needs him to hit the streets to find some stolen raw vibranium being sold by The Vanisher, a teleporter. Cole’s grounded wit is still sharp as he gets testy with T’Challa on Wakanda’s affairs and gets that G-check real quick. We follow Cole as he goes t…