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A review by ayoung720
Shuri: Wakanda Forever by Nnedi Okorafor, Vita Ayala
4.0
I really enjoyed this story! It's nice to see Shuri get her own story, I like that while she is the Black Panther she still maintains her uniqueness (not being BP the first few editions, then being BP but complemented by her own inventions). The wings are amazing! Love the appearance of Storm and other Marvel cameos, although Spiderman and Ms. Marvel seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest. The artwork is beautiful and the villain is cool, if a bit comic book trope-y. I do have two small bones to pick with it:
- the cover art, while beautiful, seems to be completely unrelated to the story and art style, I prefer the original cover art for the collection editions.
- VERY NITPICKY, but the drawing of Shuri's face in closeups is very inconsistent... Isn't she meant to be a teen/early twenties? In some panels she has the face of a 50 year old.
Overall, I highly recommend this story, even if you haven't read any Black Panther comics recently the story is very easy to get into. I wish there were more Shuri standalone stories!
- the cover art, while beautiful, seems to be completely unrelated to the story and art style, I prefer the original cover art for the collection editions.
- VERY NITPICKY, but the drawing of Shuri's face in closeups is very inconsistent... Isn't she meant to be a teen/early twenties? In some panels she has the face of a 50 year old.
Overall, I highly recommend this story, even if you haven't read any Black Panther comics recently the story is very easy to get into. I wish there were more Shuri standalone stories!