Marvel has shown us super-soldiers and tech geniuses, demigods and inhumans, spies and a Spider-Man, but in “Black Panther,” the franchise showcases a character who’s totally new and fascinating: A king, trained to fight and born to lead.
This 18th chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the most dramatically compelling of the bunch, and the most fully realized. Credit the brilliant work of director Ryan Coogler (“Creed”) and a crew of determined artists, who deliver high emotion and the most complete world-building the franchise has ever done.
Marvel has taken us to Thor’s Asgard and the various planets where the Guardians of the Galaxy perform their heroic deeds.