From Marvel.com comes a sneak preview of ‘Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine’ #1 by Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert, in stores May 5 (details)…
As for probable/possible Wolverine appearances this week (4/7/10), we have previews of…
–Wolverine Weapon X #12 (preview): Wolverine, Deathloks and Captain America…
–Uncanny X-Men #523 (preview): Second Coming, Part 2…
–Ultimate X #2 (preview): Ultimate X-Men Next continues…
Two more Wolverine appearances from last week and two from earlier in March that I missed…
X-Men: Second Coming #1 (Preview)
Writers: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
Pencils: David Finch
Inks: Matt Banning
From Marvel: “MANY WILL BE WOUNDED. SEVERAL WILL DIE. The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops’ faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target of an initiative for mutant eradication unlike anything they X-Men have ever experienced. Many will be wounded. Several will die. Is Hope worth it?”
X-Force gets revealed to the rest of the X-Men in brutally awesome fashion.
After watching Wolverine tear through the window of a van moving at high speed, I was left to wonder just how good X-Force could have been if David Finch had been drawing it all along…
In stores March 31, 2010.
Dark Wolverine #84 (Preview)
Writers: Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu
Pencils: Guiseppe Camuncoli
Inks: Onofrio Catacchio
From Marvel: “SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!! PART 2 OF 3 Daken has been given glimpses of the life he could have—as well as the lives he might destroy—and the time for a choice is finally at hand. Will he become a force for good…or reign as a king in Hell?”
Wolverine cameos in a flash of Daken’s memory, but the story focuses on Daken’s flawed nature and narcissism.
If you’ve enjoyed this run, then you will definitely enjoy this issue…
In stores March 31, 2010.
Spider-Woman #7 (Preview)
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Alex Maleev
From Marvel: “The startling conclusion to the first story arc begs the question: Can Jessica Drew be an Agent of S.W.O.R.D. and an Avenger? What will the new direction of Jessica’s life cost her? Brought to you by the Eisner award-winning team of Bendis and Maleev.”
I completely missed this Wolverine appearance from mid-March (hat tip to Comusiv) that features the New Avengers providing an assist to the Skrull-hunting Spider-Woman….
In stores March 17, 2010.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the briefest of brief Wolverine appearance from the same week — Wolverine as a memory of the M’Kraan Crystal in Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #5 (preview), again thanks to the eagle eyes of Comusiv…
And don’t forget (Comusiv!) to add any other Wolverine appearances from the week that I may have missed…
Hey, everyone, jrpbsp here…This week we have the end of Necrosha in ‘X-Force’. Hope you enjoy it.
X-Force #25 (Preview)
Writer: Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost
Art: Clayton Crain
SPOILERS BELOW…
RECAP: The issue opens with Selene rising as a goddess and affecting all of the magic users of the world. Even with all her power, Selene hungers for more and orders her followers to bring back the rest of the techno-zombie mutants. Blink leaves and teleports all the attackers off of Utopia and back to Genosha.
Meanwhile, Proudstar is using his people’s mystic arts to protect X-Force and allow them to speak with the dead and hopefully kill them. Selene’s troops are starting to question their purpose, especially Mortis. The others are less fearful or even in awe of their mistress. They are interrupted by X-Force who separate to take out Selene’s people.
Wolverine and X-23 take down Senyaka and Vanisher intercepts and holds Blink while Archangel slices her. Rahne fights Mortis and cuts her deeply, but is nearly grabbed by Kevin who sneaks up on her. Elixir confronts his once friend and they fight power to power and it is Josh who proves to be the stronger. He completely destroys Wither until there is nothing left.
James confronts his brother and they fight even though neither of them really wants to. Proudstar is able to best his older brother and give him peace in death. X-Force then moves to confront the former Black Queen while Blink flees with the wounded Mortis in tow. Selene tries to absorb the living mutants but they are immune. The fight turns into a traditional battle of powers and will, and Wolverine and Warren manage to get Selene’s arms partially pinned. Warpath then jams the spirit knife into her heart and she explodes in a burst of light.
While X-Force takes stock, they see all the spirits of the dead departing. Proudstar even sees his brother’s soul ascending and is able to make peace with his death. In the end, Scott and Wolverine meet. Cyclops wants X-Force to stay together and Wolverine says he will stay with Domino and Vanisher. Elixir, James and Rahne are all out for various reasons, and Wolverine says he is taking X-23 out so she can be normal. Still Scott needs his strike team and says that things are only going to be getting worse before they get better.
MY TAKE: This a good, if somewhat anti-climatic issue, that gave us resolution on the total arc but not much more then that. There were very few surprises to the issue, all of the heroes survive, and the enemies that might eventually be allies. There are lingering questions on which of the risen characters are still around but that will probably not be resolved until after the next big event finishes.
The story and the characters are well written, as usual, but there is not a lot of plot. There are a few good character moments, and I was glad to see that Proudstar is finally getting some resolution to his personal issues. Still, most of the story is taken up by fighting between X-Force and their various enemies. The combats were fine but none of them was unexpected. Everything was pretty predictable and well foreshadowed, though, and the ending was never really in doubt. I also wonder how a broken neck was able to even phase Thunderbird considering the healing power the techno-dead possess.
The fight with Selene was definitely the weakest part of the comic. They spent most of the event stressing how powerful and godlike Selene could become and then the team was able to fight her with hand-to-hand tactics. Wolverine and Warren should never been able to hold her so Proudstar could simply stab her with one easy blow. Even with Native magic, which Jimmy has never been shown to possess, Selene’s appearance was enough to take out the most powerful magic users in the world. But once it got to the end, there was no real feeling of threat. Plus her size seemed to really fluctuate, in one panel she is able to hold Warren in her hand, and the next her head is nearly the same size as Logan’s.
Still it was an entertaining read and I did enjoy the story. I am afraid it will be overshadowed by Second Coming though, especially with the first issue of that story happening on the same day as this conclusion. An event of this scope should have had more importance and been given more focus for the conclusion. This felt rushed and a bit slapped together to make way for the next major story. Even the deaths are already being overshadowed by what will be happening in the near future. And that is a shame because this was a fun and well-done story that deserved to the spotlight all by itself.
Thanks for reading my review for Wolverine Files. I will be keeping to this format for the most part but please keep the comments coming and I will see everyone again next time.
Wolverine Origins #46 (Preview)
Writer: Daniel Way
Pencils: Scot Eaton
Inks: Andrew Hennessy
From Marvel: “His final confrontation with Romulus on the horizon, Wolverine reaches out to a friend to help him put to rest one of the greatest tragedies of his long, long life-the death of Mariko Yashida. Guest-starring Nightcrawler.”
On sale March 31, 2010.
Share your thoughts on the prologue for the final arc of the series in the comments below.
And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.
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From ComicBookResources, Craig Kyle and Chris Yost discuss the latest X-Men crossover event, ‘Second Coming’ (details)…
As for probable/possible Wolverine appearances this week (3/31/10), we have previews of…
–Dark Wolverine #84 (preview): Daken’s journey from “Siege’…
–Wolverine Origins #46 (preview): Daniel Way’s take on Mariko…
–X-Force #25 (preview): Necrosha ends here…
–X-Men Second Coming #1 (preview): The climax of four years of X-Men stories…
