The 33th review 26th BOOK "Black Panther"

We begin with the Shield of the Nation meeting in the Golden City. Hodari recounts the last issue’s story of Killmonger attempting to lead rebels in overthrowing the Wakandan government. Black Panther thanks Hodari for his information and convenient recap of the last issue for new readers. Black Panther says that he has tracked down the psychic woman who is behind the rebels and using her powers to defeat their enemies. That she is located at the edge of the Wakandan border. The Shield of the Nation members say it is too risky for Black Panther to go engage the psychic woman in battle. Black Panther overrules the members and says that it is his responsibility and that he has fought psychics before and, therefore, is the person best prepared to defeat her in battle.

Aneka and Ayo attack the bandits. The Midnight Angels say that the Golden City might be cowering in the face of the bandits but that they are not. Aneka and Ayo beat up the bandits. We then turn the page and see that Aneka and Ayo are now outside of the compound saying that this was too easy. One of them calls the other “beloved

Aneka and Ayo tell the woman that she deserved a Wakanda that cherished her. The Midnight Angels say that as long as they breathe that they will make sure that the Jambazi will pay for what they did. We then see some of the women lighting the ground on fire in the shape of the words “No One Man” and then they dance around the flaming words.

We cut to Ayo and Aneka having a private moment under a tree together. They are out of their identical costumes so it makes it easier to tell who is who. Ayo calls Aneka “beloved” (Take another shot!) and the Jambazi and other corrupt chieftains are all operating underneath the royal eye of Black Panther’s monarchy. Aneka says that she assumed that Ayo had a plan once she freed her from the prison. Ayo replies that she was only thinking of Aneka and that she does not have a plan. Aneka says that Ayo’s sweet words cannot save her and that they need a plan. Luckily, Aneka has a plan and suddenly a hologram appears out of thin air showing a map of various cults and tribes.  Ayo asks what exactly is the holographic map. Aneka answers “This, beloved, is a plan.”

We cut to the Nigandan border region with Black Panther arriving outside of the compound of the psychic woman.  Black Panther starts beating up all of the soldiers. The last soldier standing is a very large dude. Black Panther places one hand on the ground and blasts a repulor style ray out of the palm of his other hand to take down the soldier.

Black Panther busts into the compound and stands face-to-face with the psychic woman. Black Panther says that the woman cannot get into his head. The woman replies that why should she bother attacking his mind when she can devour his heart.

We hop over to a university where Baba, a professor, is reading a long quote  of  about what is his remedy for the robber who has broken into his house. Baba asks his class to leave class and think about how the weak shall marshal justice against the powerful. The students leave and a guy with a large scythe enters. The man’s name is Tetu and he is an ex-student of Baba’s who left the university to join The Shaman.

Baba says he did not expect to see Tetu again. Tetu replies that in either science or mysticism that the quest for knowledge never ends.  Baba says that he hears that Tetu now associates with evil and brutal men. Tetu says that what he does he does for a better country.  Baba says he thought Tetu was better than this. Baba asks why Tetu is here. Tetu replies that he came to talk. Baba says Tetu came here for Baba to tell him that he approves of what Tetu is doing. Tetu says that he has founded an order that fights to protect Wakandans while Black Panther slaughters them Tetu ends his discussion with Baba with the final line of the Locke quote that Baba was just telling his students.

We cut back to Black Panther under the mind control of the psychic women. Black Panther is being attacked by a phantom version of his “dead” sister, Shuri. Black Panther realizes that none of this is real. He pulls himself free from the psychic woman’s powers. Black Panther narrates that the psychic woman pulls outside of people the awful feelings they have tucked away. In the Black Panther she pulled out might, shame and rage.

Once Black Panther beats up all the soldiers we see that the psychic woman appears to have escaped. (I am just guessing here. We are not told that she escaped. She is just simply absent from the scene.) Black Panther tells the civilians in the area that they are now free, that the soldiers will be brought to justice and that their king will provide for them. The civilians point to the defeated soldiers and say that those men were providing for them.

We shift to Black Panther at the Necropolis.We see Shuri in a state between life and death. Black Panther says that Queen Shuri did not live and did not die.

We then cut to Shuri surrounded by a white void. Some random woman touches Shuri on her shoulder. Shuri asks the woman “Where am I?” The woman points around them. They are no longer in a white void. They are now in The Djalia. The Plane of Wakandan Memory. End of issue.