23.1 - Still Reading Black Panther: Man Without Fear

I do not know why I am still reading it. Wait, no that is a lie, I know why I am reading it and that is only because I am a Black Panther fan. My dad got me collecting the series as a little kid and those early issues of the original Black Panther series are some of the first books added to my collection. Now I am reading the book almost out of habit, or for my father, or for the semi vague hope that the book will turn around.

Most everything about the book is bad, in my opinion, at least in every way that counts. I guess you could say the lettering is good and the editor seems to have caught any spelling or punctuation mistakes. The art though is not very good, and the writing is horrendous. I have nothing against this David Liss guy, but it kind of shows that this is his first on going comic. It really feels like he has taken everything cool about the BP and gotten rid of it, try and think of what batman would be like if he had no money, ran a dinner, and could barley protect a small section of a city. Oh yeah, and Hate Monger is back, but this time its just a random racist dude who got his possessed mask off ebay or something.

Then the art, I don't know if Francesco is rushing or the inker is muddling the thing up, but I feel his art is sub par. I have seen what he did in the recent Detective books (774-780) and it was cool, but when I look at Man Without Fear everything looks cramp and indistinct.

I am not one to over analyze my entertainment, I like to veg out and enjoy, but when something so glaring is done to a character I love, I'm generally quick to notice. Despite all I have said I will probably still get the book seeing as I am insane a collector and a fan of the character.