the "Panther's Prey" arc had excellent painted artwork from Dwayne Turner (warning for little ones, some nudity).. and it dealt with the drug-epidemic allegory, a 'contemporary' issue for sure.. still, IMO, by the end of the series, it couldn't escape author Don McGregor's weakness of having the Panther 'survive' his climactic fights more than he 'won' them.. and the epilogue with the girl hiding behind a statue and lighting up a pipe was not just a glaring highlight of a breakdown in Wakandan security (let alone moral weakness for succumbing to 'western debauchery'); it was, really a body blow to any fan (especially black fans), who felt that "hey, even in this fictional world, there's a (black) leader who fully protects his people from this scourge.." powdered coke or heroin would be bad enough.. but straight-up crack, where you cut it with baby powder, measure it on a triple-beam scale, then boil it, then strain it, then let it dry, then chop it up, then hide the vials in soccer balls while you stand on the village corner listening to Fela Kuti.. = epic fail on the part of T'Challa, regardless of any bad guys put in the dirt..
