If the title was Agents From Wakanda then yes, there should be more Wakandans. Should there be more Wakandans? Probably so.
If the book delivers good actions and feats for T'Challa, then I'm good.
If the title was Agents From Wakanda then yes, there should be more Wakandans. Should there be more Wakandans? Probably so.
If the book delivers good actions and feats for T'Challa, then I'm good.
By now, you should know my reaction to the idea "Keep reading! I'm sure it'll make sense later!"
Seriously, though, if they really wanted to play that superspy vibe there are much better ways to handle this. Take a bit of the movie War Dogs, mix in a dollop of the TV version of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, and add a dash of BATMAN INC. for spice.
Imagine an ad campaign like this:
First poster: One of Marvel's traditional all-black ads with the phrase "Who are the Agents of Wakanda?"
And then, every few days/weeks release a new poster.
"I am Kevin Cole... and I am an Agent of Wakanda."
"I am Jason Strongbow... and I am an Agent of Wakanda."
"I am Navid Hashim... and I am an Agent of Wakanda."
Possibly even "I am Nakia Q'noma... and I am an Agent of Wakanda."
Play it right, and you'd have people wondering what that means. And then reveal that T'Challa has recruited heroes, villains, and ordinary citizens around the world to work with Wakandan Intelligence to handle issues not suitable for the Avengers' more confrontational style.
You could then do ACTUAL superspy stories with a rotating cast, without having to deal with Aaron's leftovers.
More than anything I think Aaron just found a reason to cram a bunch of c list characters he likes into his Avengers book (which this obviously spins out of). AoW has to work with what Aaron gave. The group is incredibly random and in a lot of ways makes zero sense... but that also is arguably a part of its charm.
And there is a certain brilliance to having a under cover group acting of Wakanda behalf NOT made up of Wakandans.
Last edited by XPac; 10-13-2019 at 01:16 PM.
I only say wait and see for myself because the arcs are do short.. otherwise I'm on the same boat, Coates has killed that optimistic view a long time ago.
That being said I really like your idea and that would be awesome, especially adding in some villains as well your version would be the way to go, get the hype, tease some known characters, and go from there. Hindsight man.
I don't think it would hurt to have Shuri, it's better than what is going on with her otherwise, but again this would of been the time to bring back characters from Limbo
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I think most sensible people would've expected the same but this is what happens when some writers do their utmost to rubbish a mythos thus diminishing story potential for other writing teams to build from.
There's no reason on earth why a combination of Wakandan supers, Dora Milaje and Hatut Zeraze could not have been incorporated into the book as active agents of worth, thus drawing from the rich tapestry of the BP mythos built up over the years.
Last edited by Mr MajestiK; 10-14-2019 at 02:19 PM.
Part of me wonders if this is due to the Coates effect. His book really does nothing to incorporate, or even address all the things being done with Black Panther in other books. It truly seems as though Marvel threw him the book and said do what you want, we don't care cause we're doing what we want to do. At the end of the day this doesn't allow for the character to have the type of integration and build up to do really big things. Look at what has been, and currently is being done with Thor. Breakdown and the slow methodical rebuilding setting up higher profile in Marvel universe. This was done through his and other books working together.