Black Panther Book 5: Avengers of the New World Part 2

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Other authorsChris Sprouse (Illustrator), Leonard Kirk (Illustrator)

Paperback, 2018

Call number

GRAPH N COA

Publication

Marvel (2018), 136 pages

Description

"Klaw stands supreme! The Black Panther's greatest foe has returned, ready for war! Can T'Challa finally defeat Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father, while his country threatens to rip itself apart? To make matters worse, Wakanda's gods disappear - and the Originators return! The former gods are back, but what are their intentions for a land that has forgotten them? And all this is only the beginning, as a cadre of villains returns, monsters pour through strange gateways and Wakanda is brought to its knees! T'Challa must defend his country from within - but with his hands full, who will come to Ayo and Aneka's aid? And as Klaw steals the very lifeblood of Wakanda, the Panther turns to unlikely allies. Who will join the king's ill-fated crusade? The answers will surprise you!" --… (more)

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LibraryThing member nicolewbrown

In the previous comic, the world of Wakanda has come together and formed a new government, a constitutional monarchy. Representatives from each region will sit on a council and meet regularly with T'Challa and discuss Wakanda business. When he can't be there his mother Ramonda will fill in for him.

They are experiencing problems though. A door has opened and half snake half man creatures have come out and began attacking the people. Black Panther kills them off, but he realizes that the Orisha, the Wakanda gods have not been present protecting the people, including Bast, the goddess that gives him his power. More doors open with more creatures coming out and they tell him that the "Originators" is coming. The Originators are the gods before the Orisha took over. Ras the Exhorter is leading the people to worship a new god called Sefako.

T'Challa and Shuri figured out that some of the portals weren't real, but holograms using sound rather than light. Meanwhile, Aneka and Ayo tracked down Asira an old friend of T'Challa's who was kidnapped and taken to Azania and found themselves walking into a trap. Now they are in the hands of Klaw who is not alone, he is with Ezekiel Stane, Doctor Faustus, Zenzi, and Ras.

Klaw has used Faustus's ability to control other's with his voice and Zenzi's ability to liberate others hearts to create a device for his arm that will cause his enemies to bend to his will. His goal is to bring his sister back out of the coma she is in. Klaw uses reverbium since he can't get his hands on vibranium. It has dangerous drawbacks.

Eden, the portal maker, takes Shuri to go and get Dr. Franklin out of jail to help in their cause. They need the physicist as well as the man with the superpowers. He fights with Black Panther, Shuri, and Storm on a landscape that has suddenly become a desert. A request has been made to Ramonda to rescue Aneka and Ayo and at first, she says she can't due to the fact that it has to go before the council, but then Dora Milaje appears in Midnight Angel outfits to go and fight against Klaw and his gang and rescue Aneka and Ayo. Will the Orisha gods reappear? Will they be able to stop Klaw from achieving his goal? This book is even more exciting than the first part with the reintroduction of Dr. Franklin and Klaw with his sad backstory that almost makes you pull for him. I give it five out of five stars.

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