The cover to Avengers #27 is one of the covers that tells you exactly what to expect. Black Panther joins Captain America in a battle with Masters of Evil. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. “Black Panther and Captain America vs. Master of Evil” is definitely an idea that can satisfy the comic. And that’s a storyline that Jed Mackay and Andrea Broccardo manage to make the most of it.
It is also a storyline worth exploring. When he began his Avengers run, Mackay came to mind the idea that there was tension in the event that took place at John Ridley’s Black Panther Run. However, through Avengers #27, it shows that even if Panther and Cap don’t make eye contact, they still work together to kick the evil ass. Together they defeat Mr. Hyde. They can use their hands to overwhelm the Oubliette Midas. It’s basically a superhero who takes on a deadly weapon, and it’s as bad as it sounds.
One thing I would like to do more of Avengers #27 is to showcase the Black Panther time in Meridian Diamond. He worked to free the planet, the whole prison. Certainly it deserves more than three pages? But for its value, Farid Karami draws hell out of these three pages. The level of detail in Karami’s work is incredible. On the rocky plains of diadem, you can see the folds of all the intricate pieces that make up the Black Panther costume. The transition to impossible cities is much more than that, as it represents T’Challa moving between the worlds.
Amazing
Brockardo is not leaning forward either. He draws some very nifty moments. In fact, the first page of his art features the Black Panther descending Mr. Hyde as Musclebound Madman threatens to kill Captain America, effectively picking up where Avengers #26 was suspended. Another splash page brings readers upright, fists stopping straight and faces set (not to mention Mackay, I write killer lines that resonate much more vigorously than I expected, especially on this day and age). The Resistance piece is the moment when Panther and Cap take on Midas’s Plastoid Robot Army. The hat’s shield will tear through the plastid’s body. Panther’s claws shred them into metal. And Midas’ bullet, faithful to her name, turns the target into a target. It’s a hell of two-page spreads filled with the goodness of comic books.
The end of this issue suggests that Panther and Cap, and potentially the rest of the Avengers, if they were fighting Doctor Dom, they would have to fight with the crazy thinkers. True to his name, the thinker has created something that could give him more advantages than the most powerful heroes of the planet. I don’t know how Mackay and Broccardo will top what happened in this issue, but Avengers #27 has lived to the promise that its cover offers. I love seeing more Panther and Cap work together on future issues. These two are dream teams.
“Avengers” #27 is a complete “fatal weapon”
Avengers #27
I don’t know how Mackay and Broccardo will top what happened in this issue, but Avengers #27 has lived to the promise that its cover offers. I love seeing more Panther and Cap work together on future issues. These two are dream teams.
Panther and Cap make a great team
Mackay’s writing remains as sharp as ever
Brockardo offers some epic battle scenes
Karami’s artwork is too short for the sequence
Diadem’s storyline seems to be shorter
