[Video] Black Panther: Long Live the King (Book Review) by Nnedi Okorafor

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Review of Nnedi Okorafor’s run at writing Marvel Comics T’Challa by Ms. Malcolm Hughes.

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About the Book

Black Panther: Long Live The King by Nnedi Okorafor (Author), Aaron Covington (Author), Andre Araujo (Illustrator), André Lima Araújo (Cover Art, Artist), Mario Del Pennino (Artist), Tana Ford (Artist) 

Collects Black Panther - Long Live The King #1-6: Heavy is the head that wears the crown. As the Black Panther and an Avenger, T'Challa has had to save the world time and again — but those duties pale in comparison to his responsibilities as king of Wakanda. Now, as the nation rebuilds in the wake of revolution, T'Challa finds his people besieged by a massive monster tearing through the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake! From acclaimed novelist NNEDI OKORAFOR (Binti, Who Fears Death) and illustrator ANDRE LIMA ARAUJO (SPIDEY, The Wicked + The Divine) comes an adventure set in the world of Ta-Nehisi Coates' landmark BLACK PANTHER run and told in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

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Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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