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Agreed, Coates has definitely had a positive impact on BP, though reading through this thread it seems many here are not a big fan of his work. But for myself, I’ve enjoyed a lot of his work for the most part, from what I’ve read anyways. I’m on vol six, and looking forward to seeing this series and characters go Intergalactic.
But Coates influence is. When you sour folks on the last 2 BP spinoffs-except folks to sour on the third with fear it will be a vehicle to showcase a crappy Black Panther.
One or two volumes is what many expected to see.
Establishing spinoff books takes time. Especially when the main book disrespects the name on the title. So whoever follows Coates not only has to house clean the main book but do repair work on making spinoff books possible.
I just came across this on Instagram by an artist for Empyre:
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You know what's also not to be found?
A rational for the members. The ability to act as foils for one another. A consistent them for the team itself.
It's almost as if throwing together the pet characters of Jason Aaron willy nilly hasn't itself produced a strong book with good themes.
Who could have predicted that?