Written by Jeff Lemire
Penciled by Andrea Sorrentino
Cover by Andrea Sorrentino
Published Feb 15, 2017
Logan and Puck stare down a Brood infected Jean Grey as he bounces from past to present and the rest of the aliens just keep coming. He tries to free himself but falls backwards, hearing Jean call out to him in the process. Suddenly his claws pop out on their own and he knows he's not in control. Deja Vu strikes and he sees a sea of dead X-Men, his nightmare scenario that has played out in his mind over and over again. The Brood possessed X-Men visions attack him just as the lights turn out and Logan is back in the Wastelands. Alone. Again.
He hears a sound over the horizon - a baby crying. He remembers that he came back into the Wastelands to get the Hulk baby he left there. The baby reaches his hand out, touches his face, and eventually completely dwarfs it. The grandson of Bruce Banner stands before him as warlord of the wastelands. He thanks Logan for leaving him there and helping him fulfill his destiny. If he'd have raised the boy, he'd have been weak like Logan's own family. He then sees them standing there, asking why he didn't save them. Logan knows it isn't real, and the red hair of his own daughter Jade reminds him he's here in the present to save Jean Gray. He pops a claw, tells her to hold still, leaps up and precisely slices the brood embryo off her neck.
Weak, he picks her up. Puck reminds Logan that they're not ok yet and Logan asks Jeanie to shut down the brood's hive mind. She does so in one brilliant 2 paged panel, and they all fall asleep. Jean apologizes to Logan for making him see the visions he saw. He tells her it's ok but he's not cleaning up the brood mess. Beast shows up with a SHIELD containment squad and Iceman, Puck and the rest of Alpha Flight are ok, Logan still has a problem shaking it off. Jean sits next to him again and in their conversation, he reveals to her that he intends to fix these problems he left behind. He tells her he has to go back and with that, this story arc concludes.
I've read so many Wolverine comic books that I was burnt out on the character and this series has completely reinvigorated it. I've said before I truly believe it's the best book in the Marvel Universe and I stand by it. A year and a half in, my only hopes is that they don't mess with the formula. Great writing and great art. I give it a 10/10.
Cover by Andrea Sorrentino
Published Feb 15, 2017
Logan and Puck stare down a Brood infected Jean Grey as he bounces from past to present and the rest of the aliens just keep coming. He tries to free himself but falls backwards, hearing Jean call out to him in the process. Suddenly his claws pop out on their own and he knows he's not in control. Deja Vu strikes and he sees a sea of dead X-Men, his nightmare scenario that has played out in his mind over and over again. The Brood possessed X-Men visions attack him just as the lights turn out and Logan is back in the Wastelands. Alone. Again.
He hears a sound over the horizon - a baby crying. He remembers that he came back into the Wastelands to get the Hulk baby he left there. The baby reaches his hand out, touches his face, and eventually completely dwarfs it. The grandson of Bruce Banner stands before him as warlord of the wastelands. He thanks Logan for leaving him there and helping him fulfill his destiny. If he'd have raised the boy, he'd have been weak like Logan's own family. He then sees them standing there, asking why he didn't save them. Logan knows it isn't real, and the red hair of his own daughter Jade reminds him he's here in the present to save Jean Gray. He pops a claw, tells her to hold still, leaps up and precisely slices the brood embryo off her neck.
Weak, he picks her up. Puck reminds Logan that they're not ok yet and Logan asks Jeanie to shut down the brood's hive mind. She does so in one brilliant 2 paged panel, and they all fall asleep. Jean apologizes to Logan for making him see the visions he saw. He tells her it's ok but he's not cleaning up the brood mess. Beast shows up with a SHIELD containment squad and Iceman, Puck and the rest of Alpha Flight are ok, Logan still has a problem shaking it off. Jean sits next to him again and in their conversation, he reveals to her that he intends to fix these problems he left behind. He tells her he has to go back and with that, this story arc concludes.
I've read so many Wolverine comic books that I was burnt out on the character and this series has completely reinvigorated it. I've said before I truly believe it's the best book in the Marvel Universe and I stand by it. A year and a half in, my only hopes is that they don't mess with the formula. Great writing and great art. I give it a 10/10.
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