Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Christopher Priest's run of Black Panther is quite simply the best take on the character yet in comic book form. Part of the initial line up of Quesada & Palmotti's 'Marvel Knights' imprint, Priests run firmly establishes Black Panther as one of the top superheroes in the Marvel Universe, while also exploring his political obligations as the Ruler of Wakanda. This TPB collects #1-17 of the series and the opening stories are a genre smash of super-heroics, political manoeuvring, crime drama and even some comedy. There's guest appearances from an array of Marvel Mainstays from the Fantastic Four to the Avengers, however Priests biggest contribution to the Panther legacy is his supporting cast. U.S based advisor to the Panther, Everett Ross is the breakout character - serving as the narrator of stories in this collection. Part of the fun is that Ross tends to tell things out of order in how they actually happened leading to a lot of jumping around the plots which adds an extra layer to the stories. The artwork in this collection starts off with a gorgeous four issue run by Mark Texeria. After that the art style varies a bit, with stand out contributions from Joe Jusko before more traditional comic book style art by Sal Velluto and M.D Bright. It can feel a bit disjointed jumping from one art style to another, but the story by Priest is so strong you adapt to the new takes on characters just to see what happens next. Overall this collection contains one of the defining stories of Black Panther and is the perfect place to start reading about the character - Highly recommended!

heard a lot about this run but never got round to picking any up so when I saw this collection amd at such a good price it seemed wise to pick it up.I'm glad I did! the Panther was always (to me) a bit bland, but this run really changed my opinion. he comes across as a very clever man, with twists, turns and agendas that puts him 3 steps ahead of everyone else.if you were like me about T'challa, you could do a lot worse than getting this!

Excellent story and art, the a couple issues are slow and difficult to follow. Nice hydro-man cameo

Perfect for people reading BP for the first time. Artwork can look a little grainy in places

Bought this for my fiancé who has never read comics and she loves it, its a very good intro to the character and the stories are very well written.

As expected great book in superb condition

The art work is Dreadful. Had to squint and take some time out to decide what some of the panels were trying to depict. Interesting story lines but will not be buying follow ups for above mentioned art work.

Awesome and original.