WOLVERINE #10

Wolverine (2020) (Single Issues)

by Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert (Artist)

Cover by Adam Kubert. JUST LIKE THE BAD OLD DAYS! WOLVERINE gets into a jam with his old Team X compatriot MAVERICK… but the reunion won't last long if they can't break free of the LEGACY HOUSE!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics

28 pages, Comic

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Solid issue. A big scrap and an escape. The things that really have my attention is where DID that Wolverine hand come from and what’s going on with Maverick and Ramirez.

[RG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this issue

[Tanabrus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un altro numero che potrebbe essere vecchio di qualche decennio, non fosse per le poche pagine a Krakoa.

Logan e Maverick sfuggono a chi li voleva vendere come armi, si scopre che l'X-Desk (che apparentemente è della CIA) era alla ricerca di Maverick e sperava di prenderlo come arma dal Mercante ma si accontenterà di pagare i suoi servigi.

E poi Maverick cerca di convincere Logan a entrare nel suo gruppo mercenario, Logan cerca di convincerlo a spostarsi a Krakoa. Stallo condito da "sei cambiato" "non sei più quello di una volta" "ricordo poco del passato ma mi va bene il presente".

Non so quando ricomparirà Maverick (al soldo della CIA), ma riguardo alla grande domanda che assilla Logan sulla provenienza della mano artigliata, beh, con tutto il suo passato sicuramente qualche volta in combattimento si sarà ritrovato con la mano mozzata, no?


Comunque, numero senza infamia né lode.

[heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

- The X-Desk agent is… evil?? What.

- Maverick's unwillingness to join the “hand-holding Krakoan cult” (as he calls it) raises a question: what happens when a mutant who has refused to be a Krakoan citizen dies? Do they get resurrected? Does Cerebro regularly copy and back up their consciousness anyway, without their express permission?

- I really like the artwork in this issue and the previous one. Particularly the way the panels are arranged in the action scenes.

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kick-Ass!

[Scratch · Rating 1 out of 5]

*rubs temples*

So, my complaint from last issue still holds true. Even though Wolverine's memory loss was supposed to have been cured after House of M? We're just going to gloss over that and return to the status quo of amnesia, but with no in-story explanation for why. Maverick was last seen in his Agent Zero persona in the 2020 Doctor Doom miniseries, but he is now inexplicably back to wearing the Maverick costume and using the Maverick codename.

Previously, we had no idea whether the writers had any inkling what the state of Maverick's powers is. But I think based on something Wolverine said, Maverick is still powerless? Ever since he was depowered after House of M? (How weird that Maverick keeps his effect from House of M, but Wolverine doesn't, and no one's going to question this.)

Anyway. They had a fight. Because some factions want to buy or steal Maverick's services. (Despite the fact he is apparently still powerless.) At one point during the fight Logan threw a squid at somebody's face. Because that's a really effective battle strategy.

This is just bad.

[Ian Sharman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This issue was just gorgeous, and while Adam Kubert should get a lot of the credit for that, colourist Frank Martin should also get a lot of credit too, particularly for the double page spread of Logan and Maverick running across the waterfront in Madripoor at sunset. Simply stunning.

The action is fairly standard Wolverine stuff, with the main intrigue coming from the fact that Maverick has no interest in moving to Krakoa. He's happy doing the mercenary thing. But I can't help wondering if we're going to return to this at some point.

Anyway, this is cracking stuff.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action is always good in a comic with Logan in. The contrary animosity then comeraderie between the two was a good interplay and Mavericks disdain of Krakoa was interesting, we don't have all happy and aligned mutants.

Good issue.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good! The best Wolverine since the reboot. Murk past, untrustworthy allies. Maverick must have lost his powers at some point, probably M-Day. From the look of things he's about to be a double agent. I'm digging the art here too.

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Benjamin Percy just really knows how to write a good Wolverine story. The ghosts of his past, his demeanor, everything. I love all the tiny boxes grids in these pages, running through, it's got a lot of kinetic energy when called for, and dizzying dialogue when needed.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's great to see the return of a classic Weapon X character, and the way Percy writes them, it's as if they haven't missed a day.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4

[Geoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the growth we're seeing here. The action is fun, too. Fast paced panel movement.