The barely controlled chaos of Vol. 1 continues into the solid follow-up. The comedy relief, courtesy of the ever-present Everett K. Ross and 'Queen' Chante Brown ("This is the part where I run like crazy . . . somebody cue Lalo Shifrin") is as strong as ever. There are various cameos - I loved seeing 80's P.I. Dakota North (anyone else remember her?) dropped into the action - throughout many of the issues. While it did start to drag towards the middle section the plots became more compelling as...

I found this volume to be much better than the first. Now that Priest has developed the supporting characters, there are a number of subplots that are happening now. The plots weave in and out together (although sometimes a little bit too much back and forth, with abrupt transitions) all of which are genuinely interesting. Storytelling became more linear, with fewer captions and more dialogue, although slightly less humor.The best story was a global, political story featuring the other monarchs

This run continues to disappoint. The ending to the Killmonger story is very unsatisfying and once again features a guest star, or what did you expect. There was apparently little faith in Panther to carry his story wholesale, because the neverending team-ups continue here, with Moon Knight, Deadpool (what a mess) and Storm being the more prominent ones. Luckily there are also a few that make sense, since Namor and Doom get involved in a geopolitical dispute with Panther. Basically Wakanda, Atla...

Dnf

Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Moon Knight, Deadpool, the Avengers, frigging aliens... yes, this was interesting, but I don't know if I should say this as a compliment. Comic Books in the 90s were quite something, and Marvel is no exception; the stories were tremendously saturated with many characters and several side-plots that affected the development towards the original story meant to be told. Like a tv-show, for all that matters. Black Panther was a comic book I’ve always been eager to check, and th...

Serious lull in the middle of this. The love triangle with Monica and Storm rings completely hollow. Several should-be-significant events fall completely flat and some of the webs built up around T'Challa to show him as the chess master supreme don't even merit figuring out. Just shut the door on them. I still had to give it four stars though because, in fairness the last few issues are really, REALLY compelling reading.

4 1/4 stars

For the most part, Christopher Priest's run on Black Panther is extremely mediocre. This continues in this volume. Although this has a few gems that keep it somewhat readable : KillPanther, Deadpool, Cap and T'Chaka/T'challa interactions, Moon Knight, and the mini Batman Easter egg thrown in. Otherwise, most of the volume isn't good. It seems clear that Priest wasn't the best for writing Black Panther and is better at writing characters that aren't T'challa.

Priest maintains a nice balance of geopolitical thriller and bringing back old Black Panther villains. While the Killmonger story ran a couple issues long, his issues where he tries to join the Avengers as the new Black Panther are fantastic. The Man-Ape issues are especially strong as well. There was an interesting afterward by the inker Bob Almond. He talked about how any of the longer stories were invariably cut short by editorial because this book was consistently on the cusp of being cancel...

This really isn't some sort of amazing story, but it's a fun Black Panther title with lots of cameos from other Marvel superheroes.Captain America, Namor, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Magneto, Iron Man and the rest of the (then) Avengers to name a few. Not to mention, everyone's favorite...Storm.Could this be the start of something special?Ross plays a smaller role, but he's still there as the main narrator and he isn't quite so overpowering anymore. <--which is a good thing!The main plot is still mos...

By now Christopher Priest's Black Panther has such a rich bench of characters, you can give any of them the spotlight and have a good time. The issues collected here draw from source material both classic (Killmonger, Klaw, Man-Ape) and new (White Wolf, Nakia, Queen Divine Justice) to build arc upon arc, inspired by and expanding upon the riveting mythology of the Black Panther. T'Challa himself gets plenty to do too, especially when paired with Storm or Captain America, and Everett K. Ross even...

I definitely prefer this collection over volume 1. While some of the style still feels a little dated, the plotting feels much tighter in these stories. Although it is a continual roller coaster ride where the end of every issue is a crisis begging the reader to return next month, Priest & co manage to work in some good character development and relationship evolution. Everett K Ross, while still mostly comedy relief begins to show a bit more depth and we learn just why T'Challa considers him a

T'Challa is my main Marvel man, now. Even though I felt a little lost at the beginning of this book because I haven't read volume one yet, I quickly gained an insight to the originality of his story lines, and his squad. I'm behind in many Marvel titles, so it was fun to have an introduction to Moon Knight (my other new Marvel main man. I love the obscure ones), and of course the cameo of Deadpool was the best.

Collects Black Panther (1998) issues #18-35 and Deadpool (1997) issue #44I still appreciate the originality of the story-telling in these Black Panther issues, but for some reason the story itself didn't hold my attention as well as Volume 1. There are tons of cameos by other Marvel superheroes if you happen to like that sort of thing.

Killmonger Continues to Return (18-20). The Killmonger plot continues, and it's an interesting blend of machinations and fighting. This all feels a bit decompressed, but is still a good read. [7/10].Dead Again (21-22). A dying Black Panther travels through the dream realms, and this sort of thing is almost always dull and uninteresting. And it is here too. Meanwhile, the cool bit, of Killmonger taking over as Black Panther, seems to be constrained to the Avengers comic! [5/10]Cat Trap (23, DP44)...

In between 3.4 and 4 stars for me. I was really interested in reading this volume as I missed out on Christopher Priest’s run the first time. The good thing about this collection is that, not only does it include hard to find Black Panther back issues, but also the tie-ins from other titles so that the story makes sense.I guess I should get my grouses out of the way first. I didn’t care for the multitudinous footnotes at all. They were excessive. I know that it’s due to editorial edicts and the

I definitely think Priest's Black Panther run is the best Black Panther run. It will really test your knowledge of everything that has ever happened in the Marvel universe, because sooner or later EVERYONE shows up, but the author is very good at summarizing things and even repeating things later when you've gotten people confused to keep you going. T'Challa himself is a very distant and standoffish, even boring figure, but this is apparently totally in line with the way he's always been in comi...

Volume 2 concludes the Killmonger plot, while also going through other story-lines and resolves one of the meta-plot lines from volume one. While not every story was a solid hit I was still very entertained with this series overall. Priest is a master of balancing seriousness and humor in his writing and he is one of the few people who can masterfully write the extremely somber T'Challa and absurdly deranged Deadpool without missing a beat. Also we see T'Challa once again come up against his imp...

Christopher Priest's run on the Black Panther continues to be one of my favorite Marvel stories ever written. From engaging postcolonial struggles to identity politics and patriarchal structures, the second volume of Black Panther builds upon the Marvel mythos, but then it calls it into question, meditating upon how perception shapes reality. I'm intrigued if any elements from this run will make it into the film that will come out in 2018. I certainly hope that Kevin Fiege and his team do so.

When I read Vol 1, I found it very frustrating, but starting to get interesting at the end. I wasn't tempted to continue, but with the Black Panther movie coming, and remembering that I was interested with what was happening with Nakia at the end, I went for it.Still frustrating. Also, still getting more interesting toward the end with Queen Divine Justice, whom I like. Perhaps at the end of Vol 3 it will look like something interesting is going to happen with Okoye.Mainly, though, it's frustrat...