Wolverine: Firebreak (2007) #1

Wolverine: One-Shots

by Mike Carey, Scott Kolins (Artist)

Everyone knows that Wolverine is an expert tracker, but what about when he's been blinded? The fighting Canadian must lead a vacationing family out of the woods, using only his 4 remaining senses and the help of that same family. Things get more complicated, however, with a visit from Advanced Idea Mechanics.

Genres: Comics

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2017

About the author

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Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959. He worked as a teacher for fifteen years, before starting to write comics. When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics, he gave up the day job.

Since then, he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics, writing storylines for some of the world's most iconic characters, including X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, LUCIFER and HELLBLAZER. His original screenplay FROST FLOWERS is currently being filmed. Mike has also adapted Neil Gaiman's acclaimed NEVERWHERE into comics.

Somehow, Mike finds time amongst all of this to live with his wife and children in North London. You can read his blog at www.mikecarey.net.

Reviews

[Jennifer Juffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having not delved too deeply into the world of Marvel, I'm not familiar with Hydra, one of Wolverine's nemesis.
I guess these are the weak minded cult followers who live and die to say "Hail Hydra! Cut off one limb and two more shall grow.".

I enjoyed this one shot. I'm a fan of Wolverine. The premise of the story was simple but engaging. Wolverine is blinded by a fire and saves a nice, normal nuclear family of 3.
Together, they work to stop Hydra and its nefarious experiment.

The pacing was good. Action was exciting. The art fit extremely well with the dialogue. The editing was excellent!

All together, one of the better one shots I've read lately. A fun and pleasant diversion from the drudgery of normal human life. lol

The last story places Logan in a situation with no good options. In "Little White Lies", a short at the end, Logan is tasked with rescuing a boy kidnapped by
a pseudo cartel clown cult, which specializes in kidnaping, drug dealing and manufacturing.
Straight to the point. Solid 3- 4 stars with this story.

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a good, solid, stand-alone Wolverine story. Fast paced, witty and fun. Good art too.
Very good.

[Buck]

Read Macon Blair’s “Little White Lies” segment. Was so excited to see him take on Wolverine and it didn’t disappoint.