Sunday, November 17, 2019

Black Panther Vs. Deathstroke in: "Contract on a King!"



Will we see a caped Black Panther when he next appears on the big screen?  I'm sure that Shuri could design one with a tactical ability that he can use to give it a purpose beyond looking cool.

T'Challa first tangled with Deathstroke in STF #2357...

I hope you checked out Part One... Now, wait a minute - how is this story related to yesterday's tale?  Make sure you come back tomorrow for Part Three of our Five-Part story, and the connection will become clearer...


11 comments:

Carycomic said...

Well, I'm sure of this much. The assassination attempt is related to Doom's wanting to seize control of the vibranium mines for himself!

MarchHareSupreme said...

Oh, I see. Indulging in regicidal fantasies,eh. Wondering who's next.

Anonymous said...

In honor of Ed Asner reaching the big 9-0, maybe a cover could feature Granny Goodness (who Asner, oddly(?), voice) with a vs.-type team-up involving male characters voiced (at times, at least) by voice actresses (i.e. Bart Simpson, Woody Woodpecker, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Ash Ketchum, "Ben 10", Timmy Turner, etc.) and female characters that look just(?) like they're male (i.e. "Moose" Pearson, Wilhelmina Scharnhorst, Blue the dog, etc.).

Slarti said...

The best part of this to me -- and you may already know this, though you didn't mention it here -- is that Priest wrote a fantastic run on "Black Panther", and has for the last few years been writing a similarly excellent run on "Deathstroke," including the introduction of Matthew "Ja Zaki, the Red Lion!" Bland as basically a semi-villainous riff on his own past BP work. 😄

Jeff Albertson said...

Did Black Panther shrink or did Deathstroke grow gigantic? I don't think either has those powers in the comic books.

Bob Greenwade said...

Very interesting-looking cover on this one, Ross. It would definitely catch my eye on the stands, and get me intrigued.

The one thing that I can see in common between this cover and yesterday's is that each features the leader of a country (Wakanda and Latveria). Even if that's not just coincidence, the fact that they're both on the Marvel side probably is; on yesterday's cover we also had someone in line for a throne (Markovia). It'd surprise me if I was right about this being deliberate, mostly because I'm usually wrong about these things, but if there was an actual comics story going on behind the covers I'd expect something to be done with it.

About that cape: I think you're right, about Shuri coming up with multiple tactical reasons for a cape, and it probably would appear and vanish as needed. It might even have as much of a personality as Dr. Strange's cloak (in which case I'd love to see the two interact). But I don't think it'll be in the next BP film; we'll more likely have to wait for the third, or maybe something in between. And it almost certainly won't have that high, vision-obscuring collar.

Anonymous said...

Crisis on Earth-STF, a five part series that rewrites absolutely nothing you knew, because Ross and his readers know better than to do that.

Anonymous said...

@Jeff Albertson: it looks like Doc Doom supplied Deathstroke with some kind of Pym-particle beam. Perhaps similar to the "rainbow missisle" warhead once used on Captain America and Doc, himself, by the Red Skull (back in Marvel's short-lived "Super-Villain Team Up")!

Daviticus said...

"NO CAPES!" -Edna Mode

Jeff Albertson said...

Yesterday was Markovia. Today is Wakanda. What fictional countries are next? Genosha? Corto Maltese? Bialya? Pottsylvania? Skartaris? Atlantis? Themyscira? Kooey Kooey Kooey?

Carycomic said...

@Jeff Albertson: I'd prefer The Notah Republic (formerly known as Ile Moreau). After all; talking animals are people, too!

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