Black Panther & the Crew #4

Although the story moves slowly, it moves well. Very rarely does this issue truly feel boring. Every scene has a place and a purpose, furthering the plot. Read Full Review

The art is a little rough at moments on the facial features but there are other moments where Guice has these characters lookin' like they back on their ol' bullshit. When Luke Cage lands like The Terminator after jumping from his building being blown up? I was like, Oh. Oh, Cage back on his ol' dumbshit. The action scenes look so street and raw, which I truly enjoy with the artwork. Man, this series is looking like it is going to be another cult classic just like Priest's original Crew incarnation. I dunno what the fuck Marvel was thinkin' by not letting this shit breathe but they gone see the truth. Don't sleep on Black Panther or The Crew y'all. Read Full Review

Pick up Black Panther and the Crew before it dies. If not, at least buy the trade paperback collection. I have a feeling that in 10 years, this will be considered one of Marvels unsung gems. It will be something which pairs perfectly alongside writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Panther. Read Full Review

CrazyforRAMU

Jan 27, 2018

Luke Cage's arrival signals a twist on the volume knob. Blowing up helicopters and conducting ominous interviews with Hydra-affiliated honkeys; Luke and Misty have got it covered. Before I picked this issue up, I was thinking that one of this title's problems was not letting any of its awesome stars demonstrate their awesomeness within these pages. You had to rely on your prior reading to love T'Challa, Storm, Misty, and Luke. Naturally, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey deliver a script for #4 that's wall-to-wall awesome for its two focus heroes. Butch Guice's pencils are mostly great, with just a few slightly-iffy faces, and whichever writer was responsible for the laser-sharp dialogue (this is by a wide margin the most quotable issue of t he title so far) deserves extra kudos. Even Ezra's flashback Crusade scene gets a dose of awesome, and if Mr. Coates wants to continue in comics after he's done with the Panther, I would love to see him do an independent series on the Civil Rights Movement. Either with a superheroic twist or just straight history; it's a part of the American story of which too many of us (myself very much included) are criminally ignorant. more