The constant action makes up for previous, stodgier volumes, Klaw is a fairly sympathetic villain and who doesn't like seeing Storm and T'Challa together? Coates run partly influenced the new movie, so pick this up. ( )

In the previous comic, the world of Wakanda has come together and formed a new government, a constitutional monarchy. Representatives from each region will sit on a council and meet regularly with T'Challa and discuss Wakanda business. When he can't be there his mother Ramonda will fill in for him. They are experiencing problems though. A door has opened and half snake half man creatures have come out and began attacking the people. Black Panther kills them off, but he realizes that the Orisha, the Wakanda gods have not been present protecting the people, including Bast, the goddess that gives him his power. More doors open with more creatures coming out and they tell him that the "Originators" is coming. The Originators are the gods before the Orisha took over. Ras the Exhorter is leading the people to worship a new god called Sefako.

T'Challa and Shuri figured out that some of the portals weren't real, but holograms using sound rather than light. Meanwhile, Aneka and Ayo tracked down Asira an old friend of T'Challa's who was kidnapped and taken to Azania and found themselves walking into a trap. Now they are in the hands of Klaw who is not alone, he is with Ezekiel Stane, Doctor Faustus, Zenzi, and Ras.

Klaw has used Faustus's ability to control other's with his voice and Zenzi's ability to liberate others hearts to create a device for his arm that will cause his enemies to bend to his will. His goal is to bring his sister back out of the coma she is in. Klaw uses reverbium since he can't get his hands on vibranium. It has dangerous drawbacks.

Eden, the portal maker, takes Shuri to go and get Dr. Franklin out of jail to help in their cause. They need the physicist as well as the man with the superpowers. He fights with Black Panther, Shuri, and Storm on a landscape that has suddenly become a desert. A request has been made to Ramonda to rescue Aneka and Ayo and at first, she says she can't due to the fact that it has to go before the council, but then Dora Milaje appears in Midnight Angel outfits to go and fight against Klaw and his gang and rescue Aneka and Ayo. Will the Orisha gods reappear? Will they be able to stop Klaw from achieving his goal? This book is even more exciting than the first part with the reintroduction of Dr. Franklin and Klaw with his sad backstory that almost makes you pull for him. I give it five out of five stars. ( )