{"id":26734,"date":"2022-10-19T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=26734"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:41:54","slug":"black-panther-adventures-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2022\/10\/19\/black-panther-adventures-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Panther Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jeff Parker<\/strong>, Marc Sumerak<\/strong>, Christopher Yost<\/strong>, Elliot Kalan<\/strong>, Roy Thomas<\/strong>, Manuel Garcia<\/strong>, Ig Guara<\/strong>, Scott Wegener<\/strong>, Christopher Jones<\/strong>, Chris Giarusso, John Buscema<\/strong> & various (Marvel)
\nISBN: 978-1-3029-1034-1 (Digest PB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n

From its earliest days, Marvel always courted and accommodated young comic book consumers, often through separates titles and imprints. In 2003, the company instituted the Marvel Age<\/strong> line to reframe classic original tales by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others for a fresh-faced 21st<\/sup> century readership.<\/p>\n

The experiment was tweaked in 2005, becoming Marvel Adventures<\/strong>. The tone of all the tales was very much that of the company\u2019s burgeoning TV animation franchises, in execution if not name. Titles bearing the Marvel Adventures<\/strong> brand included Spider-Man<\/strong>, Fantastic Four<\/strong> and The Avengers<\/strong> and ran until 2010 when they were all cancelled and replaced by new volumes of Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes<\/strong> and Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Most of those comic book yarns have since been collected in digest-sized compilations such as this one, gathering a quartet of all-ages Black Panther<\/strong> tales but also including a brace of early1960s episodes from his first stint in mainstream MU series The Avengers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed as the first black superhero in American comics and one of the first to carry his own series, the Black Panther<\/strong>\u2019s popularity and fortunes have waxed and waned since he first debuted as a character in Fantastic Four<\/strong> #52.<\/p>\n

In that 1966 landmark the cat king attacked Marvel\u2019s First Family as part of his extended scheme to gain vengeance on the murderer of his father, before eventually teaming up with them to defeat malign master of sound Klaw<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This eclectic compilation – comprising Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four<\/strong> #10, Marvel Adventures The Avengers<\/strong> #22, Avengers: Earth<\/strong>\u2019s Mightiest Heroes<\/strong> #1, Marvel Universe Avengers Earth<\/strong>\u2019s Mightiest Heroes<\/strong> #8, plus Silver Age epics from Avengers<\/strong> #52 and 62 – begins by broadly reimagining that initial FF encounter in \u2018Law of the Jungle<\/em>\u2019 <\/em>by Jeff Parker, Manuel Garcia & Scott Koblish (from Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four<\/strong> #10; May 2006) wherein the quixotic quartet are suckered into buying smuggled Vibranium.<\/p>\n

The miracle mineral is Wakanda\u2019s only export and the illegal sale quickly brings the duped heroes into savage conflict with a mysterious cat-garbed super-warrior. Tracking the Black Panther back to his super-scientific jungle kingdom, the team \u00a0eventually convince the king of their innocence and good intentions before teaming up to tackle the true villains\u2026<\/p>\n

Two years later Marvel Adventures The Avengers<\/strong> #22 (May 2008 and by Marc Sumerak, Ig Guara & Jay Leisten) revealed the \u2018Wakanda Wild Side<\/em>\u2019<\/em> as sightings of murderous mutant Sabretooth<\/em> in Africa draws Wolverine<\/strong>, Storm<\/strong>, Captain America<\/strong>, Spider-Man<\/strong>, Giant-Girl<\/strong> and the Hulk<\/strong> into an uncharted kingdom. They needn\u2019t have bothered: Wakanda\u2019s Panther chieftain is more than equal to the task of taking down the savage invader\u2026<\/p>\n

Following a page of comedic Marvel Mini Classics<\/em> by Chris Giarusso, a short vignette from Avengers: Earth<\/strong>\u2019s Mightiest Heroes<\/strong> #1 (November 2010) as Christopher Yost & Scott Wegener reveal how rival heroes T<\/em>\u2019Challa<\/em> and Hawkeye<\/strong> work out their \u2018Trust<\/em>\u2019 <\/em>issues whilst battling crazed villain Whiplash<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Never the success the company hoped, the Marvel Adventures<\/strong> project was superseded in 2012 by specific comics tied to those Disney XD television shows designated as \u201cMarvel Universe cartoons\u201d, but these collected stories are still an amazingly entertaining and superbly accessible means of introducing characters and concepts to kids born sometimes three generations or more away from the originating events. They\u2019re also pretty good fun for us old lags too\u2026<\/p>\n

Another short tale – this time from Marvel Universe Avengers Earth<\/strong>\u2019s Mightiest Heroes<\/strong> #8 (November 2012) – unites the Panther with the Hulk. Crafted by Elliott Kalan, Christopher Jones & Pond Scum, \u2018Mayhem of the Madbomb!<\/em>\u2019 <\/em>finds Green Goliath and Cat King furiously fighting Hydra<\/em> to prevent he detonation of an insanity-inducing WMD stashed in the Empire State Building\u2026<\/p>\n

Wrapping up the action are a brace of classic exploits from Roy Thomas & John Buscema.<\/p>\n

On Captain America\u2019s recommendation the Black Panther joined the Avengers in #52\u2019s \u2018Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes<\/em>!\u2019 <\/em>(May 1968, inked by Vince Colletta): a fast-paced murder mystery which also saw the advent of obsessive super-psycho The Grim Reaper<\/em> who tried to frame the freshly-arrived-in-America T\u2019Challa for the murder of Goliath<\/strong>, T<\/strong>he Wasp<\/strong> and Hawkeye.<\/p>\n

Then \u2018The Monarch and the Man-Ape!<\/em>\u2019 <\/em>(Avengers<\/strong> #62, March 1969, and inked by George Klein) offered Marvel fans the first real view of hidden Wakanda – and a brutal exploration of T\u2019Challa\u2019s history and rivals – as his trusted regent seeks to usurp the kingdom and overturn the state religion after declaring himself to be \u2018M\u2019Baku the Man-Ape<\/em>!\u2019<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

Augmented by a cover gallery from Carlo Pagulayan & Chris Sotomayor, Leonard Kirk & Val Staples, Scott Wegener & Jean- Fran\u00e7ois Beaulieu, Khoi Pham & Edgar Delgado and John Buscema, these ferociously enthralling riotous mini-epics are extremely enjoyable and engaging, but parents should note that some of the themes and certainly the level of violence might not be what everybody considers \u201cAll-Ages Super Hero Action\u201d\u2026
\n\u00a9 2017 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Parker, Marc Sumerak, Christopher Yost, Elliot Kalan, Roy Thomas, Manuel Garcia, Ig Guara, Scott Wegener, Christopher Jones, Chris Giarusso, John Buscema & various (Marvel) ISBN: 978-1-3029-1034-1 (Digest PB\/Digital edition) From its earliest days, Marvel always courted and accommodated young comic book consumers, often through separates titles and imprints. In 2003, the company instituted … <\/p>\n

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