Marvel Comics: 50 best Marvel comic books of the 2000s
By Mark Lynch
6. Black Panther
Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates
T’Challa is known for being a hero who has a plan for everything and unbreakable confidence. The great Ta-Nehisi Coates gives fans a Black Panther story that challenges both T’Challa’s confidence and skills as a planner. He also ushered in a new era of Wakanda. One where the country becomes a democracy and an intergalactic empire.
Ta-Nehisi Coates was the perfect person to write a Black Panther. He took T’Challa and brought him all over the world and into space. Readers see sides of him that we never knew existed. Some of them are awful and still affect him years later. One thing that didn’t change is that there are few people who can lead like T’Challa.
5. House of X/Powers of X
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Could it be early to make these titles in the top five? Maybe, but there’s a good reason it’s here. Like Messiah Complex to Second Coming was a depressing time for mutants, the Dawn of X is the best of times. Mutants created a home for themselves (Krakoa) and told the world that they no longer needed them. It was the beginning of an era no one would have thought could happen.
Seeing how Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Moira MacTaggert created this new era was exciting. The best part was how it finally came together. Every mutant was allowed access. Including former enemies and rivals. Xavier shook hands with Apocalypse. Wolverine shared a beer with Tomi Shishido. Even Exodus, Mystique, and Sebastian Shaw are on the Quiet Council. In the end, it was the birth of what could go down as the greatest era in mutant history.