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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
This comic series was ok. There wasn’t a whole lot of action and not a lot of backstory to go off of to be excited about what was happening.
So, I know I missed something because I'm not up to date on Black Panther, but I went to see a symposium/signing with Nnedi Okorafor, and though I brought my copy of Binti with me, they still caught me at the merch table by having copies of Wakanda Forever and Long Live the King, which I did not already have. :)
So I'm sitting in the audience as close as I can get behind the reserved seats, reading Wakanda Forever, thinking shit; I don't remember when Malice became Malice. I am sooo far behind. And yet, this did not stop me from cracking up at Okoye's wry observations, or from enjoying the storyline. I have some reservations in general about, I also think this kind of thing is one of the huge advantages of including a more diverse cast of writers to pick up and smooth out established story lines that have problematic decisions baked in without resorting to a full retcon.
The art is fantastic, the writing is clean and entertaining, and reminded me that I have a bunch of books to catch up on. Damn it. :D
So I'm sitting in the audience as close as I can get behind the reserved seats, reading Wakanda Forever, thinking shit; I don't remember when Malice became Malice. I am sooo far behind. And yet, this did not stop me from cracking up at Okoye's wry observations, or from enjoying the storyline. I have some reservations in general about
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Nakia's turn to Malice simply because T'Challa didn't want her, I found Okorafor's backstory somewhat helping the idea that she was a little unstable to begin with, making that particular pill easier to swallowThe art is fantastic, the writing is clean and entertaining, and reminded me that I have a bunch of books to catch up on. Damn it. :D
4 stars for the first 3 issues, and like WTF was that last issue? I mean, it was clearly some sort of Black Panther celebration thing, but it made no sense.
Fun seeing more of the Dora Milaje, especially as they team up with Spider-Man, X-men, and the Avengers.
I did not love this -- while it's got a good hook (what happened to Malice?) I think Nakia was ill-served by both the story and the art going on here. What a waste of an interesting narrative thread. And despite being a tie-in to other characters in the world, the Avengers don't really...do much here, so why is it an Avengers book rather than just a coda to World of Wakanda? I don't know, but while I enjoyed stuff like the Dora Milaje doing tourist shit in NYC or handing out with Storm, the main story felt rushed and totally pat in a way that was at odds with the characters. Nakia being this love-sick over Black Panther, still, after all these years? Eh, I guess.
This was a fun read. It reads like a fun crossover event like the good old days of Marvel Comics.
As always with Okorafor the character writing is strong and the arc actually ties into the wonderful Christopher priest run on Black Panther. In particular, this comic finishes Malice (Nakia) story arc.
In a desperate attempt to lure the Black Panther to her before she dies, Nakia tracked down a long forgotten Dora Milaje weapon called the Mimic-27 which can create power-duplicating doppelgangers. Nakia eventually decided to send Mimic-27 after T'Challa's ex-wife, Ororo Monroe aka Storm of the X-Men, but the weapon broke free of Nakia's control and attacked her, too. To stop it, the Dora Milaje need Nakia's help, but she refused to act until she could see her king again. This comic is basically about the Dora Milaje alongside of various X-Men and Avengers attempting to stop Malice (Nakia) from destroying Brooklyn with the Mimic-27. It is also about the redemption of Nakia.
It made me want to go back and read Christopher Priest's legendary run on Black Panther, which I think I'll do.
As always with Okorafor the character writing is strong and the arc actually ties into the wonderful Christopher priest run on Black Panther. In particular, this comic finishes Malice (Nakia) story arc.
In a desperate attempt to lure the Black Panther to her before she dies, Nakia tracked down a long forgotten Dora Milaje weapon called the Mimic-27 which can create power-duplicating doppelgangers. Nakia eventually decided to send Mimic-27 after T'Challa's ex-wife, Ororo Monroe aka Storm of the X-Men, but the weapon broke free of Nakia's control and attacked her, too. To stop it, the Dora Milaje need Nakia's help, but she refused to act until she could see her king again. This comic is basically about the Dora Milaje alongside of various X-Men and Avengers attempting to stop Malice (Nakia) from destroying Brooklyn with the Mimic-27. It is also about the redemption of Nakia.
It made me want to go back and read Christopher Priest's legendary run on Black Panther, which I think I'll do.
I'm not much of a Marvel fan; I read this because of the authors. And unfortunately, I just don't know enough about the world to be able to follow it. I'm sure that there are good reasons that each episode focused on a different part of the Marvel canon, with the Dora Milaje as the common thread, but it really jarred -- that to have a story about black women as both heroes and villains, it couldn't happen without other people. Particularly given that the first one is spider man, and I failed to read the title as cross over, but rather as "Wakanda Forever: Amazing Spider-man" -- lets talk about African women through the lens of a white man.
So basically -- I wasn't able to get enough into the story to enjoy it; I don't have the background to have easily got in to the story.
So basically -- I wasn't able to get enough into the story to enjoy it; I don't have the background to have easily got in to the story.
when i saw this i had to get it and i was so excited to read it! but then was really disappointed. not for me. and the art was so weird looking, did not do justice to the Dora Milaje.
This was a fun story centered around the Doras of Wakanada who run into other familiar heroes as they try and quell a menace that shows up in New York. Full of female-centric action, this story runs through the Spider-man, X-men, and Avengers lines and wraps up in a satisfactory ending. If you want more of the female badasses from Black Panther, don't miss this one!