Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One

Not what I was expecting. It's a bit of a muddle for the first few issues and you only see the political angle start to take shape in the last of five issues.

There's almost too much continuity to unpack. It's frustrating because it makes it hard to understand the context of T'Challa's challenges and goals. At best, he just seems a bit emo and boring. Comic characters shouldn't resemble Hamlet.

There's potential though as hopefully Coates can now weave everything together.

I don't think I will review this separately because it doesn't feel like a complete story arc. It essentially feels like the introduction to a story. And even though I have had some (not a lot but some) introduction to the Black Panther, I never felt like I really understood the context of what is going on here. I need to go back and figure out the back story I am missing.

The art is good. The story telling from Coates is wordy, but I think theoretically can be good in context of the larger arc. But this still feels incomplete.