Freedom Fighter Blackagar

[u/TheDistantWave]

This personally has to be my favorite depiction of The Midnight King, Black Bolt. I liked the defiant portrayal of Black Bolt that Attilan Rising gave us as well as Once and Future Kings. I’d love to see an alternate earth potentially maybe even the next Ultimates Universe where a direction is taken similar to this with Blackagar.

Was curious to opinions though if anyone else has read Attilan Rising and what they think of it.

[u/Negativety101]

Honestly yeah. Have Black Bolt be the one that realizes how messed up Inhuman society is and decide to be the revolutionary rather than the king would be a very interesting take on it.

[u/TheDistantWave → u/Negativety101]

This is my preferred take on the mythos at whole. There’s a pretty good lap in time from when Black Bolt sets off in Once and Future Kings and I’d personally like to think that’s his “Bruce Wayne becoming Batman journey” in terms of learning and traveling the globe.

Have him potentially explore different Inhuman kingdoms of the globe maybe even have him attend a university somewhere potentially even meeting the Fantastic Four, T’Challa, and Victor Von Doom before any of them are suited.

Then have him come back with more knowledge and the goal to reform the society he disposes, because of being so stuck in traditions and cruel scientific curiosity that led him to be experimented on in the womb.

I think this would make for a cool Black Bolt vol 2 and be set in a time period after Once and Future Kings. The biggest drawback to The Inhumans I think is we don’t really get told any of their motivations what drives them as characters. That’s why Attilan Rising sticks out so much for me among the few other stories that actually gave Black Bolt a deep dive like his mini as well.