tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561725686440521641.post7535227510735349161..comments2023-03-27T05:28:17.013-05:00Comments on Four Freedoms Plaza: Hell('s Kitchen) is for Heroes - Black Panther #515Kellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08968990603380238489noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561725686440521641.post-56540030660462985942011-03-13T00:50:32.824-06:002011-03-13T00:50:32.824-06:00Ah, because THAT's what will help this series ...Ah, because THAT's what will help this series establish its own identity -- having it cross over slash "tie in" with another series! I'm sure it'll have a big tie-in story when Fear Itself gets started, too.<br /><br />Seriously, that's a great strategy for getting people to buy one or two issues of a series, but it doesn't exactly create long-term readers or encourage good storytelling. Not that I expected this series to last long anyway -- in fact, I'm kind of surprised that it hasn't been canceled yet. Maybe they're waiting for Daredevil to get back on his feet with his own series again?Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558378521891430225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561725686440521641.post-85086911134365113442011-03-12T23:12:00.620-06:002011-03-12T23:12:00.620-06:00Marc, you've perfectly articulated everything ...Marc, you've perfectly articulated everything I feel about the concept of this series. All that made T'challa truly unique (his heritage, position, even power source) has been stripped away, but the desperation to prove himself doesn't seem strong enough to drive the storyline along. The "hook" seems to be that he's really bad at being an average superhero. <br /><br />With the snail's pace this book is traveling, I have no idea how this plot could possibly unfold into something bigger. I'm guessing with the appearance of Luke Cage, an Avengers or T-Bolts crossover is going to usher the Pussy-Cat Man into the larger Marvel Universe. As with most BP stories in the last few years, this one just makes me appreciate Priest's work that much more!Kellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968990603380238489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561725686440521641.post-60199265285058996482011-03-12T21:16:26.479-06:002011-03-12T21:16:26.479-06:00I guess I'm still just not sold on the concept...I guess I'm still just not sold on the concept of this book. T'Challa beating up on street thugs in Hell's Kitchen? I just don't get it.<br /><br />But that isn't to say it can't work. It did, to an extent, in the Christopher Priest run, although that was also filled with political intrigue that kept T'Challa pretty closely tied to his African roots even as he was kicking drug dealers in the face. Plus, the borderline postmodern storytelling approach and the fact that we were kind of removed from T'Challa himself (since someone else was the narrator) gave that run some style.<br /><br />But I'm not sensing any of that from your review of the issue, or from the images themselves. This seems like straightforward superheroics, and that doesn't cut it for me when you put a character out of his element in the way they've done here. The writer has to justify that somehow, either through the story itself or even just the storytelling style. Otherwise, it's just an African king randomly beating up thugs in New York City.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558378521891430225noreply@blogger.com