Two Wolverine appearances this week plus Marvel Previews for February 2008.

-X-Men #205 (Preview): Chapter 5 of ‘Messiah Complex.’ By far the best issue of the crossover with cover-to-cover action and a nice surprise twist at the end.
-Marvel Zombies 2 #2 (Preview): More Zombie fun that we all know and love, but Robert Kirkman is adding a more serious layer about what it means to be a hero and I’m not sure it works for this series. This is supposed to be good zombie fun, not a morality play.

Mini-reviews of new Wolverine appearances in comic stores on 11/29/07:

–X-Men #193 (Preview): “Guess that’d be a no.”
–What If? Wolverine: Enemy of the State (Preview): Wolverine kills everyone (almost).
–Ultimate Power #2 (Cover): Is it just me or is Greg Land’s artwork too much like a Victoria’s Secret catalogue?

Probable Wolverine appearances scheduled to hit stores Thursday, 11/29/07:

-X-Men #205 (Preview): Chapter 5 of ‘Messiah Complex.’
-Marvel Zombies 2 #2 (Preview): More Zombie fun.

Mini-reviews of new Wolverine appearances in comic stores on 11/21/07:

-New X-Men #44 (Preview): Chapter 4 of ‘Messiah Complex.’ It’s like we flashed back to a 1980s X-Men crossover. And not in a good way.
-Wolverine: Origins #19 (Preview): Between overly-convoluted plot twists and the sadistic depiction of Logan, Daniel Way and Steve Dillon continue to poison the past of a once noble character.
-Penance: Relentless #3 (Preview): So Speedball is now Penance. And Wolverine, for reasons unknown, is trying to stop him from launching… zzzzzzz… sorry… tryptophan and pointless comics putting me to sleep… zzzzzzzzz.
-Marvel Adventures The Avengers #18 (Preview): Genuinely dreadful series gets worse as Captain America reveals he knows ancient Greek.
-Ultimate Marvel Sampler #1 (Cover): Preview of upcoming Ultimate Universe storylines includes nifty Wolverine art.

Mini-reviews of new Wolverine appearances in comic stores on 11/14/07:

-X-Factor #25 (Preview): Chapter 3 of ‘Messiah Complex’ includes a rather lame Wolverine cameo.
-New Avengers #36 (Preview): Wasn’t Civil War supposed to have consequences? Can’t Bendis write something stronger than the Venom-bomb? Must we suffer through this Skrull storyline?
-Wolverine #59 (Preview): What is the only way to tell the difference between 110-year-old Wolverine and 12-year-old Wolverine? The length of his sideburns, of course. Dreadful art by the once-great Howard Chaykin.

Mini-reviews of new Wolverine appearances in comic stores on 11/07/07:

-Astonishing X-Men #23 (Preview): The penultimate chapter of perhaps the best X-Men series ever.
-Uncanny X-Men #492 (Preview): Chapter 2 of another bloated 12-part X-Men crossover.