Wolverine #10 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters)

The Story: “I know you’re the bastards who sent me to hell!  I’m here to return the favor!”

The Review:  With Wolverine on the warpath, Jason Aaron continues to right the ship on this title.  While this issue isn’t mind-blowing, “best of the year” type stuff, it’s the kind of comic where if I can get this level of quality month in and month out, the series will wind up being among the best that Marvel has to offer.

Fans of Jason Aaron’s run on Ghost Rider will enjoy this issue.  That’s not so much due to any ties in continuity or what have you, but rather because, in this issue’s major action scene, Aaron displays the gruesome, twisted imagination that made his work with the Spirit of Vengeance so memorable.  It’s that over-the-top, wince-inducing, yet oddly comical and ridiculous grindhouse frame of mind that Aaron has.   I’m mostly referencing the baddie Wolverine squares off with this month, a furry guy named Cannonfoot whose power or ability is both simple and ludicrous.  Honestly, only Aaron could have come with a character like this.  It’s just bonkers, but it also leads to a fight’s a lot of fun, particularly with how it ends.