Ultimate Black Panther #1

Ultimate Black Panther #1 is an impressive beginning. Read Full Review

This book is everything a first issue should be. It is an action-packed adventure and a brilliant glimpse at a new world. If Hill and Caselli can maintain this momentum, this could easily become one of Marvel Comics' strongest titles. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther #1 is another excellent entry into the new Ultimate Universe, revamping the world of Wakanda with plenty of political intrigue and new challenges for its titular regent. If you loved the Black Panther movies, the new Ultimate comics, or you're looking for a great jumping on point this comic has it all. Here's hoping the next issue keeps up the forward momentum. Read Full Review

Casellis art is brilliant. I love the details throughout the panels and the rich, deep and visually engaging colors from Curiel. The visuals enhance the drama of the story perfectly. Read Full Review

Heart-pumping, action packed I could go on and on about this book. I can already smell the conflict brewing inside T'Challa and the twists and turns that must come later in the series. Read Full Review

Overall, Ultimate Black Panther #1 is a tense retelling of TChallas rise as Black Panther, one which shows his might as king and superhero. The story by Hill is exciting. The art by the creative team is beautiful. Altogether, a story that shows the Black Panther in a way we have not seen since Christopher Priest. Altogether, a story that shows a world where walls do not stop the barbarians at the gate but gives them another border to cross. Read Full Review

Tradition, superstition, politics, family, and love. There are so many ways to tell stories featuring any combination of these subjects. Ultimate Black Panther #1 is taking them all head on. So many potential conflicts are set up in this one issue, it will be interesting to see where Hill and company go story-wise and visually. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther #1 appeals to my sensibilities and presents a complex world that balances conflict, plot, setting, and characterization. Read Full Review

The familiarity is nice and all but the creative team plays things a little too safe. The Ultimate line was known for taking risks, with varying degrees of success, but it seems Ultimate Black Panther would rather hide in the shadows than risk open war. Read Full Review

Will it happen or am I providing more conjectures than the author actually is? And thus, I have to use a bit of my own imagination to see where this series might go instead of relying on the storyteller for guidance. And that becomes the problem. As of right now, Im in on issue two mainly due to where I feel the story is going. But I want more guidance from Hill. In the meantime, youve got me for the first arc. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther #1 is a solid start. It's a bit more backroom debates than expected, but that makes the comic stand out as Black Panther should be about the balance to statesmanship and being a superhero. It gets to the core of what makes the character and this world work so well. It also again stands out just enough from what has come before, laying the groundwork to expect new and exciting directions. Another solid start for the Ultimate Universe which is quickly standing out from everything else Marvel is currently doing. Read Full Review

A handful of surprises are still in the mix that will have readers raise an eyebrow, but if you've read a Black Panther comic in the past 20 years this one doesn't feel all that different, but that's still not a bad thing to publish. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther#1 is the familiar yet fresh take T'Challa and the Kingdom of Wakanda have been in desperate need of for the last three years. With so much potential brimming on the book's future, this is a must-read for anyone even considering jumping into Marvel's new Ultimate Universe. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther #1 is the first introduction of the Ultimates version of the character to longtime Ultimates fans. Hill's script is tight, dramatic, and fueled by the onset of war, and Caselli's art, including the new suit, looks fantastic. That said, the point of Ultimates is to create a fresh spin on an old character. On that point, Hill doesn't deliver. Read Full Review

This is an uneven, but great start. Its going to be interesting to see where the Killmonger, Storm, and Shuri developments lead. To be frank, every character besides TChalla is interesting in his own book. They need to work on that. Also, the lack of a Tony cameo is disappointing. However, this is only issue 1. Theres a lot of time left. Read Full Review

Ultimate Black Panther #1 packs a cool villain in a derivative script. Read Full Review

A strong enough debut issue sets up all the characters and the world, but unlike Ultimate Spider-Man, there's little that sets this apart as a special interpretation of the classic Black Panther. Read Full Review

Lock

Feb 07, 2024

Happy to see this ultimate universe starting off strong with Spider-Man and Black Panther

BillyBat

Feb 10, 2024

I have been frequently disappointed by Black Panther comics (And when I say frequently, it's actually most of the time since the botched ending of Doomwar), and between Ridley, Coates, and Ewing, I've lost count of the number of times I've been misled by a promising first issue that turned out to be a disaster. But... I want to believe; Hill seems to finally be an author who loves Black Panther. Let's see what comes next.

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Feb 14, 2024

Plot T'challa is the new king of Wakanda after his father abdicates the position and faces a territorial crisis carried out by the gods Ra and Konshu, who together form Moon Knight, who want to take over the entire African continent. from Egypt. T'challa and his queen Okoye, the former warrior Dora Milaje, seek not to go to war with anyone until they have all the information possible, but when they carry out an attack against T'challa where his father T'chaka dies, the war It starts with everything. Shuri is Wakanda's Woman in Arms and is dedicated to arming the Dora Milaje, who were waiting for the order to attack. On the other hand, Killmonger fights Moon Knight alone with the help of Wind Rider, whose identity is unknown. Ep ic beginning of a new saga that reimagines the Black Panther universe and relates it to Moon Knight. Art The art has many textures that offer a gloomy tone and interesting dynamism to this dramatic beginning, each page is hypnotizing with a cold color palette with many plays of shadows. Summary T'challa faces a powerful enemy who wants control of Africa in this new and bold vision of Black Panther´s universe with stunnig twists and revelations more

Gio

Dec 10, 2024

Really enjoyed the writing and the art is chef's kiss! A great start!

justonemore

Feb 07, 2024

This issue was great, it developed very well. I loved the art, that's the first thing, but Bryan Hill. He presents the conflict very well in the first few pages, and takes the time to tell what each character thinks of it. There's a lot of depth to the characters, and everything has the soul of the Black Panther stories, but with just the right changes to be interesting. The ending leaves you wanting more, and it's very good. This ultimate universe is off to a great start.

ResearchReader

Feb 17, 2024

Like others have mentioned here, there is no lack of poor Black Panther stories. How many years has it been since he has been done the least bit of justice? Well here is finally have the change of pace. Hill delivers a great first issue, that although it is heavily focused on world building, it really spells out the similarities and differences in this Wakanda. Black Panther himself has not changed much but the world around him has changing how he responds. this Wakanda is one steeped in superstition and yet immensely high tech and advanced. Their King has a mystic secret council that he doesnt trust. There is political intrigue everywhere. On the outside, Moon Knight is like nothing we have seen before, two individuals of unknown power but clearly with a thirst for destruction leave a wake of blood across West Africa. I look forward to how this draws out Black Panther and how he operates in this new world. As a general side note, I would have really liked to see at least a couple more issues of his father. I thought that dynamic was quite interesting. Shame to cut it so short. Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity, even if it was an effective opening catalyst. more

Screaming Enigma

Feb 07, 2024

I thought this was a rather solid debut issue for the second series in the new Ultimate Universe. This was a book I was really interested to read, especially following the insane amount of praise Jonathan Hickman's Ultimate Spider-Man got. I don't think this reached those heights, but it was still good. I felt as though a good chunk of T'Challa was the same or similar to what we've seen in the past. That doesn't make the book bad, but I do think it, somewhat, lessens my interest in the book, especially with how different the depiction of Peter Parker is in Ultimate Spider-Man. Either way, I think Hill did a nice job of building tension within T'Challa's family and conflict within himself. I did also find the twist of Killmonger and Storm be ing together pretty interesting and I'm really looking forward to that aspect being explored more in the future. All things considered, this was a good start, despite certain gripes I had, and I hope this series does nothing but improve going forward. more

daspidaboy

Feb 12, 2024

pretty interesting an d a much stronger start than the previous ultimate marvel line ups. I like the plot twist where Killmonger and Storm are together. I just hope there will be clear differences between Ultimate black Panther and Earth 616 black Panther

fzanca

Feb 23, 2024

I'm not sure I like the mouth cut into the mask. I always like the original mask that covered the entire face. I liked how they pulled in Killmonger, if that's Storm - I'm all in. I also like making Moon Knight the villain. That can really work. Looking forward to the next issue. My Comic Review Channel - https://youtu.be/Y3t73t41xPg

TSMack

Mar 28, 2024

(Cover Date: April, 2024) Good dialogue, nice visuals, but there's nothing really special about this from a story standpoint: bad guys preying on the innocent.

Mout

May 14, 2024

Wasn't putting faith in this book, thank god I was wrong, so much potential here. Loved this angle os T´challa being reluctant to help other while Killmongers is on the front line among Storm.

Kenjamin

May 24, 2024

Art: 4/5 Story: 4/5 Total: 8/10

Maximus

Apr 03, 2024

It seems like the best artwork Marvel has to offer right now is in the Ultimate Universe, but I can't say the same for the stories. I don't get the point of this particular book. Supposedly, in this universe the Maker build, he deprived the Marvel heroes from the circumstances that created them, their origins, so that they would no longer represent a threat to his designs, Tony Stark found out about it and now he is doing the impossible to fix what the Maker did and retrieve the original destiny of this universe. That's the whole concept behind this new line of comics, but here it seems like the Maker did nothing to prevent T'Challa from becoming the Black Panther and protector of Wakanda. It doesn't make sense. AT ALL. In Ea rth-616, T'Challa is the leader of a world power with advanced technology, an Avenger and a member of the Illuminati, the Maker should have considered him one of the major potential threats to his reality, but the T'Challa of Earth-6160 is not only alive, he is not imprisoned, he is already king of Wakanda and the Black Panther, and Wakanda is still a secret nation. Why did the Maker allow this? It doesn't look like Tony Stark already helped T'Challa. Maybe there will be an explanation for the plot hole at some point, but I don't know, and that leads me to my other problem with this comic: I don't want to wait until the sixth issue to see if I like the story, the first issue, the first chapter, should be the one that sells me the series, instead this made me go like "Well, maybe this will lead to something interesting", I hate that feeling. These books are not cheap, you know. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Why was T'Challa already king of Wakanda if his father was still alive? What kind of monarchy is that? Also, what was the writer trying to tell me with the dialogue between T'Challa and Okoye at the beginning? He, the King, doesn't want his wife, the Queen, to call him "My King" because they "are equals"... What?! What does one thing have to do with the other? If I was a King I would like it if my wife called me "My King" and I would call her "My Queen". I don't get it. Okoye looked very sad when she was talking about how the people would traditionally see her as less important than the King (a weird topic to discuss in the morning, if you ask me)... was she complaining about... THE PATRIARCHY??? "Traditions must change" Whoa! That came out of nowhere. I don't like the agenda I'm seeing here. Anyway, if T'Challa and Okoye are married, why do they sleep in separate beds? Killmonger looks cool and surprisingly heroic, speaking of surprises, Ororo Munroe is his girlfriend and I kinda like it... but what's going on with her haircut? She's supposed to look like a goddess, not like that. Of all the haircuts Storm has displayed throughout the years, this has to be the worst. I also don't like Okoye's haircut, that's not the look of a Queen, if she had her head completely shaved that would be better and more ceremonial than that haircut. Enough of haircuts. I didn't like the "ending". Why did they have to show us the dead and burnt body of T'Chaka? It wasn't necessary to show it, but they did and I think the resulting panel is unintentionally funny, that drawing is like: OOOOOH I'M BURNIIIIN!!! And Black Panther staring at it like: Damn! A little anticlimactic. "Our enemy calls themselves: Moon Knight" This is teasing that there would be a face-off between Black Panther and a Moon Knight, but, although I enjoy a good old fight between Marvel heroes, that also came out of nowhere, there was no real setup for that. That is my review. Cool artwork, questionable story. more