This might be my favourite volume of Priests run so far, mostly for the team ups and some of the kookiness

While this was really about the same as the previous volumes, I found it to be a little more wild and off the wall. In order to show BP as an advanced tactical thinker, the story has to be written in such a way that the reader doesn't really know what is going on, and it looks like Panther is just acting in random, odd, and inexplicable ways. This continues until the culmination of the story where there's a big Scooby Doo ending and everything is explained. By this point in the series, it's a li...

I can finally say that I am addicted to Black Panther comics and this series is the culprit. Black Panther has a lot of content on how the history of tribalism in Africa affects the daily life of its citizens. The whole Dora Milaje aspect of Black Panther is so intriguing because the women are separated for the King to one day be picked out of the other woman to be his Queen. They have to live a dichotomy of protecting and loving the King at all costs but as well as not falling in love with the

Does Queen Divine Justice have her own stories? I want more of her. And with this, I've read over 1500 pages of Black Panther. I'm going to call this a wrap.

This was really hard to rate because there were a few parts I liked. But most this just wasn't for me. some stories didn't even feature Black Panther.

"Once upon a time, WAR used to mean tanks and guns and ships and soldiers and lots of things blowing up. Nowadays, wars are fought with a TELEPHONE."goofy as all hell (doppelgangers! geopolitics!! time-traveling frogs!!??!) and they do "Black Panther as Hamlet" in two different stories. However, Black Panther as absolutely paranoid weirdo who thinks the Avengers suck is good, and the completely wordless issue in which he fights Iron Fist is great.

I have a lot of fondness for the Priest version of Black Panther and I appreciate him bringing back some of the jack Kirby creations, but these issues are a tad overwritten. Too much narration, too much explaining to the reader what's happening. They are dense issues, and unfortunately, that drains them of some of their impact.

There is a point in any series when the ideas get too big, too frenetic, and the series begins to scream out the need for a pause or reset. But that moment is also ripe for an out of control, wild ride. That’s what this phase of Priest’s Black Panther is. Suspend your disbelief and embrace your role you must share with Panther’s sidekicks: nothing makes sense, but the King has it all under control.

Gets slightly better near the end of this volume. That said, it is super difficult to read. I just don't feel that this stands the test of time.

very interesting, but so much lost on me since it always refers to other marvel comics. and still, the same question: if the king is so noble, so good, so intent on doing what's best for his people, why is there so much misery and backwardness in wakanda? he can't even make a sane, non-sexist decision about who is more worthy to follow him as leader, it seems....

Was well on my way to hating this collection. The Once and Future King was a mess that I really didn't enjoy but things were turned around impressively. The Iron Fist story was solid. Enemy of the State was riveting and the story's conclusion has, once again, hooked me in waiting to see what's around the corner in the next collection.

It's telling that a tragic Hulk one shot is the best issue of this entire collection. There are some good ideas peppered throughout this volume (like the Panther from the future), but the stories get so convoluted that it's hard to keep caring. It's not a good sign when one issue needs a page long recap in the next one. I'm a fan of crazy and zany storylines, but arcs like Enemy of the State II go over the top. I do like the issues that close this volume (The King is Dead), since they wrap up T'...

So we're in the future. And hand puppet guy is back. And the children that you didn't know The Black Panther had, because this is the future, are killed. And Luke Cage is old. And something is wrong with T'Challa besides his dead kids. You should really really care about all of this because dead kids that you never knew about is sad. You can tell because The Black Panther is kneeling with arms outstretched and crying. It's. So. Emotional. Also a Wakandan is in love with The Hulk? Why not?Then, g...

This book is a hot mess. There's just too much crazy stuff going on all over the place.

This third volume of Christopher Priest's Black Panther principally details an investigation into time, identity, and fatalism. Signifying on the original run of the Black Panther, Priest draws on T'challa's past adventures, as well a classic Thor issue, to create an intertextual experience that embraces the complexity of the character. While earlier volumes may be better than this one, Priest's work here remains so superb that I feel it is an injustice for me to give him anything fewer than fiv...

This book covers a lot of ground with 16 issues of Black Panther, an issue of the Hulk and an Issue of Thor from the 1980s.The Once and Future (Issues 36 and 37): A story from Black Panther's future where he has kids and one of them is determined to ensure he's the next king. This story's not horrible but there's not really a great context for what type of story this (alternate future, etc.). Probably my least favorite story in the bookIncredible Hulk #33: The Incredible Hulk meets up with Queen...

I think this collection felt the most tedious to me. Even so, there were a lot of issues that I really enjoyed.Vol 3 of Priest's Complete Collection has several interesting storylines (T'Challa's double from the future, Queen Divine Justice's tribe of crazy cultists, etc.), but I think I enjoyed the one-shot stories more than anything else.Saddles Ablaze was a fun time-travel story that inserted Black Panther & Co. into an old Thor story (issue #370) and replayed the whole thing with a few twist...

Book 3 of 4 on Priest’s Black Panther run. A major improvement over book Two with much more interesting stories such as "Return of the Dragon" and "Enemy of the State", where once again we are witnesses to T'Challa's superb strategist skills. Also notheworthy are great cameo appearances by Iron Fist, Wolverine and Thor. The book finishes on a great cliffhanger, leaving me eagerly waiting for book 4 to arrive.

Priest is a great writer and this is probably the best of the first three volumes, just because he has more of a handle on the character and he does more summarizing so I have a better idea of what's going on, especially because the plots are often non-linear for comedic effect. T'Challa himself is still an absolute jerk to everyone around him, but he occasionally owns up to it. Towards the end of the volume the artist kinds of gives up and starts drawing him like Batman, utility belt and everyt...

The Once & Future King (36-37). This is a rather surprising flash forward, and it takes you a while to figure out what's going on, but it's a nice tragedy to fill the Panther's later days, with good, sometimes fun, extensions from he modern-day stories [7+/10].Hulk. A cute little story that's pretty much what the Priest-Hulk would be. It's got Queen in it, to tie it to the Black Panther series, and it's got just enough emotional depth to be more than fluff (but it's still a one-off). [6/10]Retur...