Comments on: Spinner Rack: Black Panther #1, Mighty Avengers #21, Hercules #125, X-Men First Class Finals #1

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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:34:17 +0000

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By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:36:22 +0000

Wait, Black Panther was promoted on the back of the female Black Panther and the cover shows a female Black Panther and she’s not even in the issue?

This is a basic failure of both marketing (promoting something that isn’t there) and storytelling (not showing your title character), surely.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:14:19 +0000

Black Panther looks like the current Bat-Girl without the Bat-stuff…

By: Rob Spencer

Rob Spencer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:04:45 +0000

I think BET has a Black Panther cartoon lined up, most likely with T’Challa, so don’t expect that female Panther to last very long.
Comas tend to work the same as magic.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:21:19 +0000

Re: First Class Finals, somebody told me that the villain who shows up in the end is someone Scott encountered in an earlier issue of First Class, but I don’t really remember it either. I do tend to be patient with last-page reveals because I assume the next issue will explain it.