Excellent start
I admit I was a bit wary of this story arc, but Millar, McNiven and the rest of the team have pulled it off so far; the writing is atmospheric, the art and colours effective and the whole thing nicely pulled together. The story has lots of references to wolverine's past, an air of oppression over it, and its almost painful to see wolverine behaving as a pacifist. It also has loads of nods to other characters (is that a wolf-like symbiote on the back cover?!) and I will be interested to see what has happened to the other heroes, not to mention if (when!) Old Man Logan steps up the plate and becomes the Wolverine we all know and love once more. As long as the team keep up this standard of work all the way through the story arc, I shall be a firm fan.
*SPOILER ALERT*
In an unspecified time period, all the heroes have been defeated by an unknown enemy, and Wolverine got the worst of it. Set in an almost post-apocalypse future, wolverine is now nothing more than a farmer called old man Logan, struggling to make ends meet and keep his family safe from the 'landlords' of his area, the hulks (hulk's own hill-billy grandchildren). Something big must have happened here; the road map shown towards the end of the issue shows that continents have been merged (but how the hell did kingpin become the leader of his own zone, unless he mutated something chronic?). Lets hope to see plenty more references; I cant wait to see what has happened to some of my favourite characters such as Venom and Spider-Man, yet to be shown.
