Black Panther #3 review: T’Challa’s memories

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as mentioned in T'Challa finds out that his memories are the big prize for the Wakandan Empire in Black Panther #3. Black Panther #3Title: "Book I: Many Thousands Gone: Issue #3"Writer: Ta-Nehisi CoatesArtist: Daniel AcuñaOur story opens with two leaders of the Maroon resistance, Nakia and Commander N'Yami, pondering. N'yami shows T'Challa's greatest hits: Taking out Klaw, taking on Mephisto, taking Ororo in his arms (metaphorically). But that's in part because, as a captive of the Empire, he's been brainwashed and had his memories stripped from his mind. Ta-Nehisi Coates spent so much time in past Black Panther issues developing the world of Wakanda and its people, it's jarring to be kept away from there.


The Most Important Debate in Black Panther Is, Unsurprisingly, Between Two Women

Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowMarvelThe plot of Black Panther is driven by a fight between two perspectives on the history and future of Wakanda, writ large on T'Challa and Killmonger. But these characters, unlike Nakia and Okoye, cannot clearly navigate their way through a political debate because of their personal stakes and past trauma. Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowAdvertisement - Continue Reading BelowMATT KENNEDY/MARVELIt's a debate that, arguably, wages in all corners of our society. Okoye and Nakia not only provide a model for political discourse and disagreement, but also a model for cinematic representation. These women are crucial to the structure of the film and to how the film's central ideas play out.

The Most Important Debate in Black Panther Is, Unsurprisingly, Between Two Women

Why Fashion Is Key to Understanding the World of Black Panther

as informed in The result is stunning sartorial storytelling that weaves the past and the present to imagine a future of fashion. She then transferred it onto black fabric, using a 3D printer to make the graphic lines raised and textured. Carter said she was concerned that the complexities of Black Panther might get lost as trendiness and camp take over discussion of the film. That sense of complexity and contradiction is what Carter brings to Black Panther. For Carter, Wakandan fashion is "absolutely saying we're not falling into any kind of mold of the way things should be.

Inventor, Warrior, Spy: The Badass Women of Black Panther

As part of their Movie HQ page for Black Panther, Toys R Us has posted a bunch of character bios, including those for three of the wonderful women of Wakanda. The bios for Nakia, Okoye, and Shuri give each woman a full, realized character with motivations of her own, outside of T'Challa. However, if Marvel's previous treatment of women is any indicator, they'll likely still be confined to supporting roles. (We got an Ant-Man movie before we got a Black Widow movie, folks.) Here's hoping Kevin Feige will go ahead and greenlight that all-female Marvel movie already.

Inventor, Warrior, Spy: The Badass Women of Black Panther




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