Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
My favorite black panther run is a tie between Priest run and mcgregor's panther's rage. Everett ross annoyed me and the monica simping annoyed me. But the heroic feats. in the priest run can't be touched and the descriptive writing of mcgregor of T'challa's struggle against his greatest foe is second to none IMO. I haven't read panther's prey or the 4 issue mini in the 80's (don't want to damage my copies )
That Gillis mini is pretty good.
The biggest issue with Panther's Prey was the whole "Crack in Wakanda" thing. I get what McGregor was going for, but that shyt was tone def as fukk.
Hudlin's Flag's of our Fathers is worth read, just have to keep in mind that Hudlin loves the Lee/Kirby era stuff and his writing is heavily influenced by that.
Hudlin's love of Lee/Kirby era Fantastic Four is all throughout his Black Panther run. I think people were so upset that his stuff wasn't Priest that they missed what h was actually going for.
Priest's run has always been described as the West Wing with Superheroes.
Hudlin's run is basically Black Indiana Jones in the Marvel universe.