Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Wolverine Vol. 6: Rot

Well this is the next volume in this Wolverine series but its the debut of a new writer in Cullen Bunn.  I am not familiar with Dr. Rot so I really wasn't liking this book at first but by the end I came to realize that he is one of the deadliest villains that Wolverine has.  This title continues to mine Logan's past but changes in tone from fantastic in an exotic Asian setting to the a straight up horror story in the great American south.  This is not a book for kids by any means, this is probably the goriest Wolverine book that I have seen.  Bunn is a decent writer but you have to know what you are getting into ahead of time especially if you were used to Jason Aaron's style this was a bit jarring.  One of the great things about Wolverine's rogues gallery is that there is a balance between villains who focus on brute strength & villains that rely on there intelligence.  This provides Wolverine with a bunch of different challenges even though he tries to solve each of them the same way; stab it first then stab it again.  By the end of this story I was wanting more; I want to know where Dr. Rot will wind up next.  I like that Marvel has found a way to return the gaps to Logan's memory ever since he regained all of his memories post M-Day fans knew it was only a matter of time before that would be retconned.  


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