Posted on: June 12th, 2009 Pull-List: Wolverine 74 Review
First I want to say sorry to all the readers out there. I’ve been gone for the last couple weeks and just now am catching up on my comic book reading. I’ve missed it quite a bit and have been ready to write for the past few weeks, but they just been a little crazy. So enough about me, let’s get to Wolverine.
As you all know I’m a bit biased when it comes to Wolverine. As long as they don’t kill him (I don’t know how they would) then they can really do him little harm in my eyes. Especially now with the hype of Wolverine over the last few years and the recent movie, he seems to be everywhere. New Avengers, X-Men, X-Force, and everywhere else he seems to have a little niche in. This for me is awesome, but I never stopped to think why. This is addressed in the second story some I’m getting a little ahead of myself.
Like the last issue, this concludes the two part filler from Old Man Logan to Dark Wolverine. By the way, Old Man Logan is one of the best stories Wolverine has ever had, if you haven’t picked it up yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. So not only is this a two part series, its two stories in one book. A couple weeks back I reviewed 73 where you can catch up.
The first part takes place with some old friends of Wolverines. It’s about two biker gangs on the verge of war. If anyone else has played the recent expansion for Grand Theft Auto 4, The Lost and Damned, then I think you could appreciate this story a little more. PS also a great little expansion. So last time Horrorshow, an old friend of Logan’s, gets Logan out of some trouble with the law. Logan was on his way back to New York from San Francisco. They go to a nearby bar and catch up. Horrorshow tells his sad tale of how his son Ram has been on drugs and has joined his opposing gang.
As he tells the story, him and Logan get news that his son has just killed two members of his gang, the Burning Sons. Horrorshow blames himself for his son but won’t do anything about it. The Burning sons are pissed and Logan volunteers to do something about it. Here is where we start and we go on a short but sweet ride.
Logan finds Ram and they do a bit of talking, only to find out all is not what it seems. I’m going to leave you here with this one only because we get to see something that I enjoyed a bit. So the first story was at least a 3.5 out of 5. Danny Way does a great job writing the story, especially given the limited space, only half an issue. Tommy Lee Edwards is great with the art, especially with the gritty feel of the biker gang. So yeah, the first story was pretty good.
The second half is where this book really shines. Again we get a look into the day to day life of Logan. A Monday through Friday thing and you start right where we left off. As I said earlier we are left with the question of why does Logan do what he does? Why appear everywhere? I never thought about it, but really I figure it was just a way to sell comics.
They do this in an interesting way. Instead of following Logan and finding out through his eyes, we get Spider-Man thrown in. Spider-Man goes into the story saying that Logan is going to kill himself doing what he does. Logan obviously just wants to be left alone and being in a bar just wants to enjoy his drink. Before Logan can throw Spidey out the door a couple muggers step in. No action, just thirty seconds later with Logan towering over them (as much as a short Canuck can tower) and them all webbed up waiting nicely for the police to arrive.
After all this we do get an answer. Again, I won’t spoil it, I mean I do want you to go out there and read the book for yourself. Jason Aaron does little writing again, but the dialogue between Spidey and Logan are spot on. I really like the end bits in particular. Andy Kubert does a great job with the art. Very clean and new looking, definitely enjoyed it.
It’s good to be back and I hope you all go out and enjoy this book like I did. Have any comments or questions, post away. As always, enjoy.