Last edited by Cville; 03-30-2021 at 03:12 PM.
It did work for Spider-Man all those decades ago. Maybe they figured they'd be able to do the same here, especially since Priest did admit at one point to creating Kasper as a slightly more cynical riff on Spider-Man's familiar status quo --- a costumed hero exploiting his alter ego's abilities and adventures for the sake of personal advancement to support himself (and his loved ones) in unmasked life.
Cited from Christopher Priest's website digital-priest.com, specifically the article The Black Panther: Black & White, "Tom DeFalco once taught me that Spider-Man's motivation for being Spider-Man was to patrol the city looking for crimes so he could photograph himself in the act of stopping the crimes and sell the photos to Jameson to raise money to pay his rent which was always late. Kasper's motive is to wear the costume so he won't be recognized by the good guys or the bad guys as he goes about cleaning up his precinct so he can get a promotion to Detective so he can make enough money to marry his pregnant girlfriend and move them all out of Harlem."
Last edited by Huntsman Spider; 03-30-2021 at 03:42 PM.
The spider is always on the hunt.
I liked The Crew but it was marketed wrong
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It was cool for everyone except T'Challa. Kn every issue each character was introduced, there reason for being there and they got a cool action sequence. T'Challa? Pined after Storm, said he was too afraid to save his marriage, got talked down to by an old lady and... Sang. Everyone else got kickass action scenes and T'Challa sang a damn song... I cringed so hard when I watched a YouTube video try and spin that shit issue onto something good.
Black Panther and the Crew should’ve been the equivalent to Batman and the Outsiders. Like how Bruce used a specialized team of heroes to act clandestinely and separate from the League, T’Challa should’ve assembled heroes (most of whom happened to be black) that could act as his personal squad, handling missions on a need to know basis.
That’s basically what we got with BP and the Agents of Wakanda but the characters they used were mostly D-listers. But that name I feel has more marketability than the Crew even if it’s a bit derivative. So if they were gonna do another all black team I’d like if they used AOW. But honestly I’m tired of all black team-ups as far as BP is concerned lol. He’s leading the Avengers now so it makes sense that if there were more guest appearances in the next solo they’d be from his primary allies like Cap, Tony, Thor, and Carol. I’d be more interested in that than seeing Prodigy and Frenzy, and they’d probably do a lot more to stabilize sales.
I still want my Brother Voodoo, Luke Cage, and Blue Marvel team ups don’t get me wrong. But the BP solo doesn’t need to feel obligated to prove its blackness/wokeness by throwing in random black characters from other franchises or ignoring T’Challa’s many connections to heroes of other races. He’s not just a black hero, he’s a global hero and his relationships should reflect that.
A book where T'challa teams up with various heroes for different arcs would be fun. And there is a history of "team up books." Savage Wolveine was one... each arc he had a different team mate.
T'challa can dabble in so many different "types" of books because he does a little bit of everything.
So arc one (say 3-4 issues) would be T'challa in NYC, teaming up with Cage and Kasper.
arc two... investigating a mystical threat with Voodoo and say... Moon Knight, Blade, or Strange.
arc three... science bros with Reed and Stark
arc 4... cosmic fun with Adam and Monica.
arc 5... meeting with Kings with Thor, Namor, Doom, BB or whatever.
Arc 6... murdertime with Black Bolt
Never happen, but fun in fantasy land lol
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T'challa is a Godzilla fan right? Ain't no way he is rooting for a giant gorilla lol
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