Actually, the Sword of Bone was connected to Agamotto and wielded by his avatar - - Cadaver, The Pale Horseman. Oshtur, only had a cursory connection to the Sword as seen in Mystic Arcana: Magik
Also see: Secret Defenders #16
Actually, the Sword of Bone was connected to Agamotto and wielded by his avatar - - Cadaver, The Pale Horseman. Oshtur, only had a cursory connection to the Sword as seen in Mystic Arcana: Magik
Also see: Secret Defenders #16
I’m 99% sure Marvel eventually said no to Hickman because they realized the optics of their premier black male superhero being an absent father weren’t great lol. If the replacement for the baby story was making her queen of a planet, I kinda assumed Hickman’s idea was to have Storm raise the kid on Krakoa while the Wakandans angled for the kid to return his dad. That’s an absolutely terrible look for T’Challa and arguably worse for Storm, especially if/when tensions between the two factions flared up.
Even if that wasn’t the reason, I still think Ridley is responsible for the plans not coming to fruition. Which may be a hint he plans on having the two characters separate altogether by the end of this arc. But you never know, maybe he’s the guy that makes the couple work for the modern era. Ewing isn’t nearly as possessive as other comic writers so it’s possible Ridley’s able to write T’Challa and Storm as a power couple in his book without stepping on anyone’s toes. And we’ve already seen the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda show up in SWORD so maybe there will be some connective tissue between both franchises. I tend to doubt it (and obviously I’m biased) but you never know.
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I think Ororo and Tchalla need a lot more work before having a kid, also a much better story than what Hickman tried to do
For me one of the things I look into a hero having a kid is them actually raising a kid. When Superman's son was aged up, it was a bummer
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After finding out about the potential baby story and thinking about the connection between the x-office and bp office at the time and their talks etc it makes perfect sense to me now (and i admit this is all head canon) why BP was stalled and it's because that story was dropped. I can't unsee Coates foaming at the mouth the write Tchalla as a deadbeat dad to his out of wedlock son with Storm. Now i'm not saying that's a bad thing but i'm saying show me a show where a royal couple moves like that and it's suppose to be a good thing. Now to mention the image that puts forward for what would be one of the few high profile black couples. Again i admit this is all head spec but it just makes sense to me and i'm so glad it didn't happen.
Oh man, can you just imagine the intergalactic empire arc actually being ended by the unknown child of storm and bp riding in to save the day. like i just feel that script is unfortunately in existence somewhere. lol
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It would've been a PR nightmare. Storm and T'Challa owe their popularity in large part to being the exact opposite of black stereotypes, to saddle them with the biggest black stereotype of all is beyond dumb and short-sighted. For one, Black Panther will never be under the X-office or vice versa so just like with Storm you'd end up with this constant jockeying between two sets of creators to control the character, which as we've seen leads to shitty, contrived stories.
And it would've stunted the hell out of Storm as a character by making her a single mother, since from what we've heard she would've been the one to raise the kid when they returned from the World. Why bench or otherwise diminish your #1 black female character by giving her a child she didn't even raise with a man she fights with half the time? The least they could do is marry her first and give her some more agency in the whole thing.
I have no doubt Hickman would've approached it with some decency and maybe would've even told a good story. But I have zero trust that Marvel wouldn't eventually fuck it up and I think they themselves knew that, which is why they shut the whole thing down. Hell, if Coates had any plans for the kid that alone would've messed up the story because he writes just the worst T'Challa.
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I'm not sure "Gentle is secretly a loyal sleeper agent for T'Challa" is really a case of love winning. Guess we'll have to wait for issue 4, though.