Writer Charles Soule
Penciler Steve McNiven
Inker Jay Leisten
Colorist Justin Ponsor
Letterer Chris Eliopoulos
Part Two of Four
I only got this for the final page and the Ogun mention but before that, this stuff happened :
Madripoor. Lowtown. A runner shows up and retrieves Wolverine, who is in a nice suit and rocking a beard.
I noticed that silly Harley Davidson Wrecking Crew is no longer the back cover ad but a regular ad within the comic. Did Harley Davidson not pay up for the continued placement? This comic isn’t a fair one, as the cover, both front and back, are glossy. So, maybe they decided to let this week go. If they can’t have all the back covers, then don’t get any of them.
Wolverine is trying to get a meeting with the boss. He brought a working Iron Man helmet as the cost of the meeting.
Hightown. Turns out Viper is the new ruler of Madripoor. With Mystique in hiding from both the X-Men and SHIELD, as she was impersonating Dazzler, that left a power vacuum. The other go-to ruler is Tiger Tyger, but it must have been Viper’s turn.
I like the references to Viper and Wolverine being exes. I really liked that storyline. I believe I’m set to review it next year for my wife and I’s seven year anniversary.
Koro, who set up this meeting, didn’t know it was Wolverine. Viper isn’t pleased with this.
Viper sends some goons after him, he makes short work of them.
Viper foolishly asks how Wolverine got the helmet. Like really? He’s an Avenger with Iron Man. He probably just asked Tony for it. I’m sure Tony made the helmet so that it will depower, or something, within a time period.
Viper hints that a contract is out on Wolverine. It isn’t her’s, she’s just sub-contracting it. Which seems pretty insulting. Before she will reveal the buyer, she wants Wolverine to get into one more fight.
There is an ad for Marvel Chess. Which I really want, but not piecemeal like their website sort of implies. Its a nice mix of heroes and villains. I’m going to hold out until the second set, and hope Kitty Pryde shows up in that set.
Sabretooth is on a chain. He is Viper’s dog now. She tells Wolverine that she got him out of prison. When we last saw Sabretooth, only two months ago, he was being locked into a SHIELD prison. I can’t imagine SHIELD has a price tag for prisoner releases. This happened in Paul Cornell’s second twelfth issue. I guess SHIELD rather be paid off for Sabretooth, instead of losing agents in the eventful escape.
There is an odd two page dream sequence, which gives NcNiven a chance to draw a costumed Wolverine. It seems like a waste as it took me out of the comic. Like maybe I had a few pages stuck together or something.
Sabretooth slashes Wolverine’s left eye, which should mean he now has two scars over each eye but I don’t see the scar that Silver Samurai Jr. gave him during Cornell’s first volume, towards the end. Maybe it is the same eye and now, the one scar is hidden under the giant scar he will now have.
We see a, snikt.
Lady Deathstrike, that looks like her old look and not her latest look from the recent Wood / Dodsons X-Men run. She starts slashing into Sabretooth’sback.
Wolverine tells her to stop. Sabretooth flees.
Lady Deathstrike’s name is on the list that Wolverine’s name is on. She was hoping to work with Wolverine but now that she knows he doesn’t have his healing factor, she is done with him.
She reveals that Ogun told her about the contract. Which is impressive, as the last time we saw him, he was in Hell during Jason Aaron’s Hellverine storyline. I thought when Simon Spurrier revealed he had two children at the start of his X-Men Legacy run, that was going to lead to Ogun’s return.
Not that it matters, as Lady Deathstrike is about to kill Wolverine.
Luckily, Kitty shows up! I knew she was in the third issue and guessed that she may appear on the final page of issue two. I’m glad she did, this series just got a lot better.
In the commentary section in the back, McNiven comments that he enjoyed drawing this page. Soule was also excited for the pairing.
I’m definitely getting issue three. Not sure about the fourth and final issue. Most likely
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