A million years ago? Yeah, I'm definitely viewing this as the creators stretching the truth quite a bit about human origins. I'm not even sure if the dragon, Shou Lou is that old, to be honest with you. But let's see where they go with it. I might pick up an issue. Might.
Well, to be fair, that wasn't the Black Panther channeling Bast or any African god. That was BP using the White Tiger god's powers, which is a separate entity altogether. I found it curious that Ewing didn't make Bast that powerful.
Obviously, Marvel wanted BP for this book, but I probably would have gone a different direction altogether in terms of the entire cast. And why would Ghost Rider ride a Mammoth when the mythos could have easily called for him to ride a dragon or wyvern, or some other mythological creature? Interesting.
it is a one shot but it has been said they will turn up again sometime ahead in the future.
Id like to have seen one of the green knights champions on the team......
Ewing did that because the train wreck that is Coates BP solo is doing a god arc (Very cool concept, something long time fans have been asking for, but just a horrible horrible execution that does T'challa and Wakanda zero favors) and Bast is missing so ewing noted that int he Story and had him Take the tiger gods power, which that was cool, forcefully taking a gods power. But for this BP he could be connected to Bast directly and be able to channel basts power
The continuity regarding Iron Fist still bothers me. Early theories mentioned she may actually be Shao Lao in human form, but that looks to be false after reading this preview. Always canon issues when a clueless writer handles Iron Fist...
At least the art's beautiful.
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