Then maybe you need to up your analytical skills and outside of the box awareness before seeking to cast aspersions on my observations
If we were talking about a neophyte character yet to be properly established that no one knew that much about, I'd see your point but as we're talking about T'Challa, a character who single handedly bested the Fantastic Four all the way back in his 1966 debut, you're really not in any position to be describing anyone elses opinion as being "out of proportion" or "nonsensical" so please miss me with the passive/aggressive retorts maquerading as informed opinion.
When said "hero" has had a virtually unbroken losing streak within the 616 MU all the way from
Doomwar to
Avengers vs X-Men his tale might as well have been orchestrated by the WWE scriptwriters so your wrestling analogy is ironicallly quite apt. (albeit not in the way you intended.)
But you know what, it's the
"let's wait and see attitude" espoused by some readers that have actually made it possible for T'Challa and the entire BP mythos to have been consistently disrespected post Priest, Hudlin and McDuffie to uch a degree that even now, 20+ issues into Jonathan Hickman's
New Avengers, we're none the wiser as to what the full range of T'Challa's
King of the Dead supposed upgrades are other than the teleportation and light shielding exhibited in NA#1 and his most recent encounter with the Batman analogue from the
Great Society.
That may have been a good story for that time but if you hadn't noticed were in 2014 now and the T'Challa of today is supposed to be a helluva lot more sophisticated than the guy who got strung up like a pinata in the 1970's.
Like Reginald Hudlin, I have zero interest in seeing a 21st century Black Panther getting his ass beaten like a government issue mule.
I expect to see T'Challa acting like a man who's been through a crucible that's burnt all doubt from his mind, body and soul.
I'd like to see a T'Challa who hasn't forgotten the face of T'Chaka his late Father as well as all of the other Black Panthers stretching back 10'000 years of Wakandan history whose conciousness and accumulated power reside within his body and multifaceted mind.
This isn't about a character of T'Challa's stature merely "winning" but more about his character being shown to have grown into something truly worthy of wearing the mantle of
King of the Dead: Most Dangerous Man Alive.
Funny you mention this especially as guess what, none of us are any the wiser as to what T'Challa's own freaking "new" powerset is supposed to be either.
In contrast, Stephen Strange's power boost has clearly been illustrated in the current issue as well as the New Avengers Annual so readers feeling somewhat dissastisfied at the length of time it's taken Hickman to show us what the frak T'Challa is all about nowadays, are fully within their rights to be feeling somewhat antsy.
I am well aware of the fact that this is an ensemble as anyone familiar with some of my previous posts would know but this factor in no way invalidates my opinion or that of my learned colleagues who have also voiced similar concerns.
This being an ensemble book did not prevent Jonathan Hickman from scripting T'Challa backhanding a Hatut Zeraze Elite on panel.....
whilst failing to depict the former Wakandan monarch laying unbroken hands upon Black Dwarf.
It's not as if Geoff Johns had any problem scripting T'Challa kicking the Red Skull's Nazi ass here...
in an equally ensemble based book.
Next.