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His most famous works were [[Quantum and Woody]] (about two dysfunctional best friends turned superheroes), [[Power Man And Iron Fist]] (about two dysfunctional superheroes turned best friends), [[The Ray]] (which was ''[[Invincible]]'' ten years before Invincible, only with lots more [[Time Travel]] and [[Xanatos Gambit|Gambitting]]), and perhaps most famously, his [[Black Panther]] relaunch, considered by many (if not most) fans to be the definitive take on Panther, and is largely credited with legitimizing the character beyond being "that black guy in the back of the Avengers team photos".
He also worked on [[Deadpool]], [[Steel]], [[Justice League Task Force]], and other, less popular/successful characters and teams (including his [[Too Good to Last|doomed-from-the-starting-gate]] epic, [[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]]. He never really got a crack at writing [[Batman]], [[Superman]], or any other A-list character. Reports of how bitter (or not) he was over this vary. While a lot of his fans like to claim racism is responsible, Priest himself has always taken the high road, focusing more on just exactly how difficult it is to truly break through in the industry, particularly if your first or second project isn't an enormous success, and the tendency of DC and Marvel to give their flagship books to flagship talent.
He was a notorious victim and/or perpetrator of [[Executive Meddling]].
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* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Happens in both [[Quantum and Woody]] and [[Black Panther]].
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Most Black Panther stories, and a lot of the Justice League Task Force stuff. Quantum usually thinks this is going on, but he's never right.
** [[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]] has a decently epic one, as well, although we never really get to see it play all the way out on account of the book being [[Too Good to Last]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Everett K. Ross, Woody, and Deadpool are all pros. Ray eventually gets pretty good at it. Savage is a master.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Successfully published a Justice League story in which [[Wonder Woman]] gives Aquaman a BJ. Not sure anybody has ever topped that one at Marvel or DC.
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* Technobabble: Constantly, especially in books involving Triumph, Ray, or Black Panther.
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: Priest LOVES this trope.
** In [[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]], the Call knows where you live, and will show up there with a couple of dangerous renegade superheroes in tow.
** In [[Black Panther]], the Call dresses up in a kitty suit and runs the most powerful country in the world. And will come and get you, even if you get reassigned to Antartica. Even if you'd rather stay in Antartica.
*** It was a really hard decision.
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* [[What Might Have Been]]: Priest's never-realized run on a mainstream Justice League title might have been fantastic... his Martian Manhunter is often regarded as one of the best takes on the character, and pretty much everyone agrees that he did great things in his limited opportunities with Batman, Aquaman, etc.
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: There's an AMAZING Justice League Task Force story that does this with [[Dracula]] of all things.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Little Mogadishu, from [[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]].
** Ray visits one in
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Quantum, almost constantly. Triumph, even more often than that.
** Ray's whole character is basically this, as he was locked in his apartment for the first eighteen years of his life, and just about everything he knows about the world he learned from watching TV.
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