MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
WRITER: Paul Cornell
PENCILS: Alan Davis
INKS: Mark Farmer
COLORS: Matt Hollingsworth
LETTERS: VC’s Cory Petit
COVER: Alan Davis and Mark Farmer with Jason Keith
VARIANT COVERS: Olivier Coipel; Salvador Larroca and Frank D’Armata; Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado; Skottie Young
28pp, Color, $3.99 (May 2013)
Parental Advisory
Until Demon Knights #1 (DC Comics, 2011), I disliked every comic book written by Paul Cornell that I read. Now, I have found another one that has really grabs my imagination. It is the new eponymous Wolverine comic book, part of the Marvel NOW initiative that has seen the re-launch of several Marvel titles.
Wolverine is written by Cornell and drawn penciller Alan Davis and his longtime inker, Mark Farmer. This new series is not specifically a team-up series, but it will apparently feature some surprising guest appearances by Marvel characters, both the familiar, the surprising, and the unusual.
Trying to stay relatively spoiler free, I will say that Wolverine #1 (“Hunting Season” Part 1 of 4) opens with Wolverine in a bad way. The cause is Robert Gregson, a 41-year-old man on a murderous rampage, and Gregson’s young son, Alex, may be the only person who can help Wolverine put an end to a massacre.
To me, Wolverine #1 simply works because Cornell manages to put Wolverine in a perilous situation, one in which he actually seems imperiled. The longer these superhero characters are published, the more they become like indestructible demigods and the less like fragile humans with special abilities, which is what most Marvel characters are in their beginnings. However, without revealing spoilers, I can say that I certainly thought Wolverine would be killed, and that made Wolverine #1 an exciting read.
The other reason I like this comic book is Alan Davis. I love this comic book artist, and it is always a joy to read comic books drawn by Davis – even when the story isn’t that good. He brings humanity to the characters, emphasizing their vulnerability over their super powers. I look forward to following this Wolverine series – especially if both Cornell and Davis keep delivering the good stuff.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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