A vast improvement over the previous issue. This one returns to more earthly matters (in both senses of the word) and the best part of the first collected volume is introduced and showcased. The Egungun (the pan-African Alliance) turns up, and it's a small group of leaders from around the continent who are trying to build bridges. They are smart and perceptive and quite snarky, and they have no compunction in calling out Wakanda for being insular and self-centred and unwilling to adequately engage with neighbouring countries. Which is honestly quite realistic, I think.

I know Shuri's a teen, and that necessarily plays into her character, but the Egungun feels like the adults have arrived and I enjoy the politicking much, much more than I do the bug-fighting. There's more of that in here, unfortunately, but the mere presence of the Egungun makes up for a lot.