It looks like the world just won’t be happy until I’m a Wolverine fan. Or at least until Wolvie is in every comic that comes out… including DC and Image.
So into an already saturated market comes Wolverine Weapon X. And dag gum it if it isn’t pretty good. Wolverine: Old Man Logan covers the Wolverine that interacts with the rest of the Marvel Universe. This book is all about bad-assness and undercover ass-kickery. I always described Wolverine as the friend that you have that always acted like he wanted to start a fight, but would scream “hold me back” if anything real started. But in recent times, the powers that be have seen it within their wisdom to give Wolverine some teeth… and claws, of course.
Wolverine: Weapon X is a great Rated-R Wolverine. He cuts off a mugger’s hand and then shoves the gun up the other mugger’s poo poo hole in the first issue. “Somebody else is looking to build the perfect killing machine. That’s usually when I show up and remind them they already did.” Sounds like he’s there to kill punks and chew bubble gum. And he’s all out of bubble gum.
And I would be remiss if I didn’t say something about the author, Jason Aaron. He is awesome. He writes Scalped and Ghost Rider, and if you enjoyed Wolverine Weapon X at all, I would highly recommend that you check out those books, especially Scalped.
- Geoffrey Jr.
4-10-2009