Product Description: Wendell Rayfield is a recently divorced, down-on-his-luck ex-cop who's looking down the business end of a 40 with no hope for the future and with demons from his past still haunting him at every turn. All he has going for him is his new job. A job that involves a very large machine gun, a hole in the ground, a certain hirsute mutant, and several thousand bullets. We all know what damage Wolverine can do with his claws, but how dangerous can he really be when all he's able to do is talk? Wendell Rayfield is about to find out! Written by up-and-comer Jason Aaron (The Other Side, Scalped), with art by comic book legend Howard Chaykin (Blade, American Flagg!) Collects Wolverine #56-61.
Interesting to a point Wolverine dead? Marvel would never kill off one of their most iconic characters would they? On second thought, don't answer that. All kidding aside, The Death of Wolverine isn't exactly what it sounds like it is, but instead finds Logan close to meeting his maker. Written by Marc Guggenheim (The Flash, Blade), this storyarc flirts with the idea of what exactly happens to Logan's soul if and when he dies. Soon enough, an assassin named Shogun actually manages to kill Logan, seperating his soul from his body, and sending Logan on a mystical journey of sorts in the process. What Guggenheim manages to weave here is an interesting take on the idea of just how no matter how bad Logan gets hurt, his powers always manage to re-generate him. The supernatural ideas that Guggenheim presents should not work here, but for some reason, they do. Maybe its because Guggenheim picks up on plot threads from Mark Millar's past, smash storyarc on the series, or maybe it is because Guggenheim is in fact the only writer since Millar to actually "get" the character. Either way, the story works for what it is, and there is great use of Doctor Strange in a supporting role as well. The only real downside to The Death of Wolverine is the artwork from Guggenheim's Blade partner Howard Chaykin. An industry legend in his own right, Chaykin's artwork is just at times ugly to look at here. Sometimes it doesn't look too bad, but sometimes it looks downright atrocious. Art flaws aside, Guggenheim's story makes things interesting enough, as he manages to conjure up the best Wolverine story since...well, since he was last on the title during Civil War. All in all, The Death of Wolverine is definitely worth a look for Wolverine fans, just as long as they proceed with some caution.
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