Mar. 19th, 2018
Black Panther #21: Victory
Mar. 19th, 2018 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)

"So, how do we do a book about a black king of a black nation who comes to a black neighborhood and not have it be a 'black' book? Moreover, how do we deal with reader apathy and resistance to the return of one of Marvel's least appreciated and dullest characters? Do we turn Panther into WolverPanther? Do we kill him off and replace him with some kid with a crab on his face? Cut off his hand and replace it with a hook? The answer came to me while watching the brilliant Matthew Perry perform a scene in the NBC hit sitcom Friends. [...] I asked Joe and Jimmy, 'What if we put that guy - Chandler Bing - into the series?" - Christopher Priests
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