Writer: Cody Ziglar
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Colorist: Bryan Valenza
Letterer: Cory Petit
Cover Artists: Federico Vicentini & Ceci De La Cruz; Iban Coello & Jesus Aburtov; Mirka Andolfo
Design: Jay Bowen
Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski
Publisher: Marvel
Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 1, 2025
While Miles’ new Vibranium costume keeps Varnae’s vampiric infection at bay, Black Panther wants to cure Spider-Man. So Wakanda's protector sneaks Miles into the nation that exiled him to meet his god. But will Bast help Miles as she did Black Panther? And in Miles’ absence, can Ganke ease Shift through his first day of school? Let's brew a pot of green tea, leap into Miles Morales: Spider-Man #28, and find out!
Story
Miles' life flashed before his eyes when a panther confronted him by the soul tree. Shuri assures him that the panther's retreat means Bast doesn’t seek Miles’ death. Still, Spider-Man needs Shuri's help to enter her god’s realm.
As Varnae once tried using Vibranium to attain godhood, the Black Panther feels duty-bound to cure Miles of the demon's infection. Black Panther wants to erase the first vampire's stain on Wakanda's legacy. But T’Challa takes such pride in his heritage that outsiders seem empty by comparison. While Miles values his roots, he and his friends groove more to the rhythms of contemporary life. But Miles isn't just a Puerto Rican Brooklynite. He has a heritage as Spider-Man. Sadly, Miles knows as much about that as he does about Doctor Strange’s Bleeker Street home.
Despite T’Challa, Shuri, and Miles’ ignorance, Bast gazes down from her realm and sees Miles’ links to other gods. Varnae’s original intrusion brought other gods to Bast’s home. In Miles Morales: Spider-Man #28, the Humans use the key they retrieved from N'Yobi (and Natima). Other gods see the open door and think, "I'd like to enter Bast's realm!"
Like any homeowner, Bast doesn't want someone else invading her home, dusting her bookshelves and rearranging the furniture. The Humans' blunder irritates Bast in Cody Ziglar’s story. Still, Bast needed another god's help to cure her champion. And she's not inclined to give Miles a purifying kiss.
Art
After Shuri makes her grand entrance, she sinks into her brother's arms. Then, the royal siblings regard the outsider. While the panther that read Miles' mind takes its place in the sinuous soul tree, Shuri hands Miles a small leaf. Then Daniele Di Nicuolo tunes us into life in Brooklyn in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #28. Ganke gives Shift a comradely nudge. But when his eyes bulge, Shift leaps into action.
A timelapse overhead shot framed by foliage reveals Shuri etching ancient symbols into the bluish-green grass. When Miles sits in his black, purple, and red costume, Bryan Valenza shows yellow, mauve, and purple smoke surrounding the supplicant. Then Miles floats in a cloudy, luminous realm in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #28. Gold shimmers around Bast's neck while red, green, and gold stream from her face. The ethereal ribbons may not entrap Spider-Man like the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, but that doesn’t mean Miles is free to explore Bast’s realm.
Humans speak black uppercase letters into white balloons. Gods speak colored words into similarly bordered divine dialogue balloons. The delicate font emboldens for names and rarely shrinks. Cory Petit enhances the everyday dangers of living in Brooklyn and heralds Miles' ascension through Shuri's stargate to a higher level of existence. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
Black Panther has brought Varnae’s stain into Bast's realm twice now. After being stripped of his throne and exiled from Wakanda, T’Challa worries about the consequences of helping Miles. But Brooklyn's Spider-Man faces mortal danger.
If Miles survives the divine testing and cleansing, he had better return home quickly. Shift is getting used to assuming his brother's identity. So, in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #28, Ganke takes Shift in hand. And like Rocket Raccoon, Ganke intends to talk with Shift about his (frickin') language.
Rating 9/10
To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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