Ah, but now I'm just bitching." - Dwayne McDuffie on the first Black Panther comic he ever read. Four 22-page issues to tell about one issue's worth of story seems to be the norm. Compare this to the bloated, empty, ill-planned "story arcs" you see in many of today's comics. Don and company did it in only 17 story pages per issue. That's what we should all be delivering, every single month. You'll find in seamlessly integrated words and pictures clearly introduced characters and situations a concise (sometimes even transparent) recap beautifully developed character relationships at least one cool new villain a stunning action set piece to test our hero's skills and resolve and a story that is always moving forward towards a definite and satisfying conclusion. Okay, now go back and read any individual issue. It's damn-near flawless, every issue, every scene, a functional, necessary part of the whole. If you can get your hands on it (and where's that trade paperback collection, Marvel?), sit down and read the whole thing. This overlooked and underrated classic is arguably the most tightly-written multi-part superhero epic ever. Let's just say that Marvel wasn't exactly a stickler for shipping dates, back in the seventies), aided and abetted by a number of artists, including the late, great Billy Graham, " The Panther's Rage" was everything a super-hero comic should be. If you can get your hands on it (and where's that trade paperback co " For 13 bimonthly issues, over the course of nearly three years (yeah, I know. " For 13 bimonthly issues, over the course of nearly three years (yeah, I know.
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