Writer Charles Soule
Penciler Steve McNiven
Inker Jay Leister
Colorist Justin Ponsor
Letterer Chris Eliopoulos
Issue opens pretty dramatically with Kitty threatening to give Lady Deathstrike not a good time. Lady Deathstrike doesn’t believe Kitty has it in her, she’s no killer. One quick exchange later, Kitty unphases her hand and destroys Lady Deathstrike’s in the process. Something we all know she was able of but haven’t seen before. That’s some intense action!
I’ve been waiting for this third issue forever! Still no word if Kitty will be in the fourth one. The way this issue ends, makes me feel like Kitty won’t be there in the fourth issue, unless there is a page of a slew of characters looking sadacus.
Lady Deathstrikes scurries away, as Logan bleeds on the floor.
Kitty pulls a serum out of her back pocket and injects Logan. His eye starts to heal.
Kitty explains how it is a regen serum, nowhere close to his old healing factor but it helps when needed. She doesn’t explain where it comes from. We are suppose to believe it comes from Beast, perhaps?
Kitty implies that Wolverine gave her a call. It didn’t happened in the last issue and I checked Marvel Database’s first issue summary and Kitty isn’t listed as a mention, so it must have happened off panel or in-between panels.
Logan updates her about the situation. He wants to live but he has to deal with whomever has a contract out on him. At least, it isn’t for his death, whomever it is, wants him alive. Since Ogun is involved, it must be someone with deep pockets. Also, that Ogun must be on the top of the chain.
Kitty is all for going after Ogun, she will always have unfinished business when it comes to Ogun.
Tokyo. Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens.
McNiven and Ponsor do a great job with this park, it looks bright and peaceful. I do like how Marvel holds Ponsor back for these big events.
Now that they can sit and talk (I wonder what they talked about on the plane over?), Logan is able to go into even more detail about the situation. Essentially, just recapping the previous issue.
Logan wonders if this will ever stop, or does he have to fight people until his last breath. He contemplates suicide. Which is never the solution, Kitty agrees. I like how Logan says, snikt. He knows the sound of his own claws popping.
Logan is looking forward to getting older, he has plans.
In the grossest panel I’ve seen in a long time, Kitty moves in and kisses Logan. He likes it, of course, but that’s not how he defines their relationship. Kitty sort of loses her mind.
Wolverine quickly figures out that it is Ogun who is controlling Kitty’s body. So Ogun has kissed Wolverine as Kitty and who knows what those two did as husband and wife while Ogun was controlling Viper’s body. That Ogun, he’s an interesting fellow.
Ogun’s telling of how he possessed Kitty isn’t that exciting. It is basically, I needed her body, I took her body. Sure there was a fight, but look, this is the situation. This is a big event (or should be one) so I like that we just stick with the bigger moments.
Wolverine starts fighting Ogun Pryde. He’s holding back, as he should, but Ogun isn’t limited by such thoughts.
Wolverine finds an old samurai armor and dons it. It is on!
We get an awesome sword fight. Wolverine isn’t doing so well. Ogun Pryde attempts a death blow but the sword phases right through Wolverine. Kitty is fighting back, yo!
So fantastic that Kitty isn’t some weak body host, she knows Ogun and knows she can fight him.
I also like the artistic choice of, while her body is controlled by Ogun, that we don’t see her face.
Wolverine mentions how Ogun trained both himself and Kitty. Ogun could probably kill Wolverine but not while Kitty is fighting him. The old master can’t take on two of his best students.
Kitty has fought Ogun out of her system. She knows he couldn’t have gotten too far. She just needs a moment but he needs to go now.
Kitty also reveals who may end up killing Wolverine. Good ol’ Professor Abraham Cornelius of Weapon X days. Which I’m a little embarrassed I didn’t suspect him. He’s an old enough villain that it makes sense. I guess I may have been under the impression that he is dead.
Wolverine hints that this is the big time. Though Cornelius isn’t the type to have his hands around Logan’s throat, so it will probably be a machine of some sort that kills him.
Logan has followed a trail, not sure what type of one. He has located Cyber’s dead body. Ogun killed Cyber. Logan doesn’t care, Cyber deserved worst. Cyber is one of those Wolverine villains that I just associated with adamantium and low level thug.
Logan reveals he knows about Cornelius, Ogun knows that it was Kitty who told him. I like Ogun referring to her as, Ms. Pryde.
Ogun tells us about what Viper hinted at last issue. Cornelius is collecting things. Cyber’s skin. Swords. A statue of the Hulk. Like Viper said, the items seem to be random or at least – from what I can tell – Wolverine related.
Logan suspects Cornelius is after adamantium. Ogun tells him that isn’t the case. The professor really wants Logan alive.
Ogun goes on to explain that Cornelius is in Paradise Valley, Nevada at one of his multiple bases.
Ogun makes an unusual offer. He would be willing to kill his latest host body if Wolverine wants to fight, or he will let his host body live if Wolverine just walks away.
Ogun offers more healing serum, but Wolverine has already decided to let him go. He doesn’t take the serum, if only he knew what the title of the miniseries is.
Issue ends with a splash page of Professor Cornelius’ face.
The bonus section has nice sketch art and portions of the script with plenty of Kitty Pryde sections.
Cornelius was killed via shot to the head by Maverick, in X-Men Volume One Issue 7.
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