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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-23 09:20:00

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char: the dora milaje, creator: christopher priest/james owsley, creator: reginald hudlin, publisher: marvel comics, title: black panther

A question about Black Panther's Dora Milaje.

Was there ever an explanation why the Dora Milaje turned from looking like this...

...to looking like this?

Also, I know one of the Dora Milaje was expelled in Priest's run and became the villain Malice (no relation to the x-villain of the same name) and I think there was only one left when Priest's series had ended.

And in Priest's run it was stated that T'Challa had the Dora Milaje because "they were from two Wakandan tribes" and "keeping them in his family as potential wives somehow kept the peace between the city dwellers and the tribal factions of [his] kingdom." (as Everett K. Ross stated in #2). Why would he still have them if he's married?

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	arilou_skiff 2009-05-23 09:25 am UTC (link)
	Polygamy? (Reply to this)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-05-23 09:49 am UTC (link)
	Concubines? (Reply to this)

	freivolk 2009-05-23 09:56 am UTC (link)
	Foursomes? (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-05-23 10:03 am UTC (link)
	They were playing Street Fighter and saw Dhalsim and thought "I can pull off that look, with a few minor adjustments." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kitty_tc_69 2009-05-23 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	Win. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daningram 2009-05-23 10:44 am UTC (link)
	No one can answer your questions with regards to Hudlin's run, because the issue hasn't been addressed in depth. The Dora Milaje have been around since the first arc, but still don't have names. (Reply to this)

	moneyless_jew 2009-05-23 11:47 am UTC (link)
	The fact that most of this run, not to mention the Don McGregor series, remains uncollected is unbelievable. Speaking of, I'd simply die of happiness if anyone posted any of the McGregor Panther. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kali921 2009-05-23 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	I'll HAPPILY post McGregor's Panther. I've been a fan of his work on Black Panther since I was a child, and I was lucky enough to work with McGregor once on a book for Topps. McGregor's Panther was AWESOME. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-05-23 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Hudlin" isn't explanation enough? (Reply to this)

	greenmask 2009-05-23 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	There's still the imaginable potential of heirs, and illegitimacy is never TOO much of an obstacle in Royal settings? (Reply to this)

	proteus_lives 2009-05-23 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	I'd say it's another example of hudlin's half-assed attempt at African culture. (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-05-23 11:52 pm UTC (link)

If the issue hasn't been addressed during the Hudlin run, and it's during that time that the change occurred, then perhaps those AREN'T the Dora Milaje. It's possible that the Dora Milaje are strictly a 'before marriage' sort of thing, and after the king has married it's accepted that they are no longer 'potential wives', and, now that the king has made his choice, are no longer necessary to keep the peace (especially in this case, since Storm is a member of neither faction, and therefore the stalemate has effectively been broken). My guess is that the ladies with the tufty heads are simply an official bodyguard of some sort.

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	xdoop 2009-05-24 07:11 am UTC (link)
	No, they're referred to as being the Dora Milaje in Hudlin's run. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-24 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Oh - well, then maybe Hudlin is just stupid. (Reply to this) (Parent)