[Black Panther #38] Return of the Dragon, Book One of Three: Noted Sword

[superboyprime]

"He’s the black guy. C’mon, let’s be honest. He’s the black guy. And he’s not angry, he doesn’t use slang or 'Ebonics,' he pulls his pants up, he keeps his word. Black Panther shames us—all of us—by his nobility. He may well be the single most noble guy on Earth. Do your best. Keep your word. It’s all anyone can ask of you." - Christopher Priest

Comments

[thanekos]

Oh yeah, Junzo was a character.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Kinda surprised how he's not popped up in any of the Iron Fist titles, if only to get killed, even.

[cyberghostface]

"And he’s not angry, he doesn’t use slang or 'Ebonics,' he pulls his pants up,"

[razsolo]

+1

[cricharddavies]

Yes, despite the way that he sometimes miswrites women, I don't think Mr. Priest is a misogynist, like too many other male comic book writers are. What he is, unfortunately, is a huge and unmitigated SNOB.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Wonder if anyone's ever gonna address Black Dragon.

Probably not, given how convoluted his origin was. Man, what was Priest thinkin'?

To be fair

[chortles81]

The next issue's quote has him wondering just that:

Black Dragon's backstory was immensely, unthinkably complicated. Why I thought draggin' all of that in would help me simplify PANTHER, I'll never know. The dizzying amount of plot threads and continuity we went into with ...Dragon was complicated all the more by there being a 'silent' issue right in the middle of it. As a writer, this mess presented a unique challenge. As a reader, it must have been hell to try and sift through.