tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post114697501878140828..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: The SKY is on FIRESleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1147093290183702702006-05-08T06:01:00.000-07:002006-05-08T06:01:00.000-07:00I haven't been reading the current Black Panther s...I haven't been reading the current <I>Black Panther</I> series, but I've been reading <I>about</I> it, so let me ask some questions to see if it's as stupid as I think it is:<BR/><BR/>Is it true they are promoting the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther as some big surprise mystery? Didn't I see a comics cover that read "Who will be the Panther's bride?" Who <I>doesn't</I> know what direction they are going?<BR/><BR/>Is it true they are now saying the current Panther is the son (or was it grandson?) of the classic Panther (the one who starred in his own series and was in all those FF Kirby issues? If so, when did this happen? When was the break when the new Panther came along? Where did the old one go--dead, retired, what? Is the Panther in <I>Illuminati</I> the young one or the old one?<BR/><BR/>If this is true, then didn't I read they are basing the concept of Ororo and T'Challa being destined for each other on the back-up strip in <I>Marvel Team-Up</I> #100 (whose theme seems condescending to me at the time, even when I first read it as a tiny, <I>tiny</I> stuffed bull: "The only man Storm can really fall in love with is another black man, and we only have a <I>few</I> of those in the Marvel Universe!") If so--well, wouldn't that have been the <I>original</I> Panther, not the son?<BR/><BR/>Oy. My head hurts and I think I'll lay down. I support the idea that continuity should be fluid and flexible, but surely <I>peeing</I> all over continuity isn't doing much good either, especially in a day and age when you're not really able to get many new readers on board but are looking for new ways to impress the same people who have been reading for 5, 10, 20 years.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sending Miss Storm and Mister T'Challa this wedding present toaster I bought them until I find out the truth.Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.com