A big hand for Huey Lewis & the News, people!
You know, Black Panther #19 just won't let go. The more I think about it, the more I realize Hudlin missed an opportunity with the Doom/T'Challa fight.
I think having Ororo and T'Challa hand Doom a double-team beatdown would have sent such a better statement. These two people are supposed to be deeply in love, to share a deep emotional connection. What better way to demonstrate that, than by showing them working together to beat someone that neither one should be able to beat one their own?
Hey, I like Storm and the Black Panther, but we're talking about Dr. Doom. This guy beats the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, steals the power of nearly infinite being. He's a serious player, and it should have required a team effort to teach him a lesson.
And think about the message. These two people, reunited after so long apart, work in harmony together, can draw on each other's strengths to persevere and win over an opponent who has no one, who holds himself apart from everyone. Doom doesn't have that connection with anyone, he doesn't have anyone that he can lean, who can pick up for him in those rare moments he stumbles, or when he just can't get the job done by himself.
Think about it, the two of them, struggling against Doom. T'Challa can't beat him down, and Doom's suit resists what Storm's throwing at him. But then she whips up a blinding snowstorm (or fog), so Panther can get close enough to break down some of the armor's defenses (he's a clever guy).
Just a thought. Now I want to figure out what inspired this: Devon's post, or me seeing that Simpsons' episode where Homer eats Guatemalan Insanity peppers and winds up on a quest for his soul mate.
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But...but that would spoil Hudlin's master plan to make T'Challa the greatest fighter, strategist, scientist, ruler and all-around man to ever step foot in the Marvel Universe.
Remember, this is the Black Panther's world. We just live in it.
I don't care so ubersuperduper cool T'Challa is. HIS WIFE CONTROLS THE WEATHER. WEATHER!! He should be 'Yes Dear'-ing himself into next week.
It's amazing how better this book is via weblogs. I wish we could get a collective oust Hudlin. A coup.
More than that... EVEN WHEN SHE DIDN'T, SHE KICKED ASS.
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Prophet King-
fortress: Of course, a strategist would realize the advantage of Storm helping, so I think Hudlin's missed the mark there.
carla: Well, I'm free next Friday, let's storm Hudlin's Bastille at BET.
d. edward: agreed.
If T'Challa doesn't lighten up on his "Get in the kitchen" attitude with Ororo, I hope that she hits him with a lightning bolt where the sun don't shine. Sheesh!
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