New Avengers, New Black Panther, New Black Power??? Why the Black Panther needs a solo book Pt. 1

There are 13 reasons to date why the Black Panther requires his solo ongoing series and they are all to be found in the pages of New Avengers. Hickman, like Liss before him, has attempted to return weight and stature to Tchalla. Just as Liss' Black Panther was in need of extrication from an odious premise, Hickman"s Black Panther requires procurement from an ill-fitting team format.

To stay in a team book without a solo series will continue to stifle the necessary expansion of the Black Panther and his world. There is simply not enough panel space to properly display the scope of the character in a group book without supplementation of an individual ongoing. The team format works well for new or under-developed characters but not for those well established in their own mythos.

This begs the question; Does the Black Panther need to be part of the Illuminati? Not out of the New Avengers book but off team Illuminati. I say he does. IMO the Black Panther works best as an independent sovereign with his own agenda and with Wakanda being an insular society under his protection. This credentializes Tchalla's mystique, attitude, motivation and objectives.

Does this preclude the Black Panther from interacting with the "new" Avengers? Absolutely not but it makes lucid his reasons for being with them; thus removing the passive, inactive, forlorn Panther and inserting the proactive, preemptive, assertive Black Panther.

The moral directive of the incursions and its dilemma imposed on Tchalla is external and debilitating. Sure as a plot device saving the multi-verse is useful but so is one about saving Gotham. Tchalla's reasons for not joining the Illuminati in the first place should still stand. The Black Panther should be motivated by the internal, underlying imperative of what is in the best interest of Wakanda.

The incursions are a threat to Wakanda and like any other affront must be dealt with accordingly. Thus the Black Panther should be seen manipulating the members of the Illuminati to achieve this agenda. To this end the Black Panther's machinations saves Wakanda and by extension the Multi-verse. The Black Panther is Wakandan centered. This is the essence and true worth of the Black Panther. Anything else is a waste of his potential.

To Be Continued...