SCARLET SAMURAI pt I
Written by Ed Brisson
Penciled by Mike Deodato Jr.
Cover by Mukesh Singh
Published Nov 29, 2017
Old Man Logan walks the streets of Tokyo when he stumbles upon a gang throwing someone through a bar window. He offers to buy a round if they let him go but instead they attack him, resulting in him slicing one of their arms off. If that wasn't alarming enough, the limb regenerates. Realizing it's gonna take some elbow grease, he knocks one of them out and persuades another to spill his guts.
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| Just need some extra coaching. |
Across town, a technician rebuffs the others from trying to get him to take a break. Once they're gone he steals some vials, but only makes it to the parking garage before his boss confronts him. He demands to know who the stolen goods are for. As the Silver Samurai holds him over the ledge, he confesses it was for Kenji Alzone of the Crazy Thunder Clan, before falling to his death.
Logan walks towards the Clan's warehouse. As Kenji loudly complains that the vials of the experimental drugs aren't showing up, the future X-Man walks in and tells him that these substances don't need to be on the streets. Obviously this news is not well received, and as Logan tears into them, he realizes that being they're in a freezer, their limbs seem to not be regenerating as quickly.
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| These guys clearly don't see things Logan's way. |
Finally he gets the upperhand, and with claws to Kenji's neck learns that it's from a man called Touko Kenmochi.
Meanwhile at the Yashida Corp, Touko is disturbed from a business call as the Hand scale his tower. They attack and he arrogantly takes them out while talking about how easy it is. This time though, he's joined by Gorgon, the Hand's leader. The Silver Samurai uses his powers to defeat all of them, but fails to realize one more still waits in the shadows.
Meanwhile at the Yashida Corp, Touko is disturbed from a business call as the Hand scale his tower. They attack and he arrogantly takes them out while talking about how easy it is. This time though, he's joined by Gorgon, the Hand's leader. The Silver Samurai uses his powers to defeat all of them, but fails to realize one more still waits in the shadows.
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| Was that so hard?! |
Their invasion was all meant as a distraction, as he's impaled through the back. The Scarlet Samurai tells the dying Touku that Clan Yahsida is now in her capable hands. What will happen next? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.
So finally, Old Man Logan get's his own taste of the Legacy treatment, and it's of course, a doozy. Ed Brisson shows us that he knows how to mold an old character in new and interesting ways, bringing Wolverine back to his Frank Miller inspired Japanese past. I've always been a fan of this characters past exploits there, and this new tale looks to have all the layers and weaponry it needs to be another great story. I've also read interviews alluding to the Scarlet Samurai being someone important from Logan's past. I can't wait to see who it could be. For this one, I give it a 9/10.
So finally, Old Man Logan get's his own taste of the Legacy treatment, and it's of course, a doozy. Ed Brisson shows us that he knows how to mold an old character in new and interesting ways, bringing Wolverine back to his Frank Miller inspired Japanese past. I've always been a fan of this characters past exploits there, and this new tale looks to have all the layers and weaponry it needs to be another great story. I've also read interviews alluding to the Scarlet Samurai being someone important from Logan's past. I can't wait to see who it could be. For this one, I give it a 9/10.
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