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A review by voidboi
Black Panther Book 6: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda Part 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5.0
Putting aside the absolute nightmare that is Marvel's series and numbering decisions, this is a fantastic new story that I'm really excited to get into.
Probably the best thing Coates has done for Black Panther is explore and confront the capacity of all nations to corrupt themselves with power, to present a futurism that reflects on African history as a whole, not just as a colonized continent. This story especially plays out scifi tropes of intergalactic control and resistance without white people, without clumsy racial metaphors projected onto aliens. I think it's really important in the world of Marvel, where diversity is led by neo-liberal "progressive"-ism and feel-good capital interests, that these books don't settle on the laurels of being Black. Coates is doing really interesting things to confront dominant (white) ideas of Blackness, and is also telling a really good story.
Also, the art in this book is amazing. I love the way it plays with color and contrast, with reality and the symbolic or unseen.
Probably the best thing Coates has done for Black Panther is explore and confront the capacity of all nations to corrupt themselves with power, to present a futurism that reflects on African history as a whole, not just as a colonized continent. This story especially plays out scifi tropes of intergalactic control and resistance without white people, without clumsy racial metaphors projected onto aliens. I think it's really important in the world of Marvel, where diversity is led by neo-liberal "progressive"-ism and feel-good capital interests, that these books don't settle on the laurels of being Black. Coates is doing really interesting things to confront dominant (white) ideas of Blackness, and is also telling a really good story.
Also, the art in this book is amazing. I love the way it plays with color and contrast, with reality and the symbolic or unseen.