Wolverine #64 Review

WOLVERINE #64
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Ron Garney

I can't believe how much I am enjoying this Wolverine / Mystique storyarc. There's lots of action, a great game of cat and mouse between Mystique and Wolverine and some interesting flashbacks that flesh out the backstory and history between the two characters. Add some great art and story and it's hard to pass up.

After Mystique hooked up, in disguise of course, with the US military, using them as human shields to stop Logan's pursuit, Wolverine enlists the aid of some insurgents he had some run ins with in the past. I wasn't sure what to expect here, but it was pretty funny when Wolverine's big plan was to blow himself up and have the insurgents, disguised as local police, deliver his remains to the US as a road side bomb victim for identifaction. It was actually pretty clever, but I think I would have went with a more stealthy entrance or, at least, one that didn't involve being blown up.

Once inside, Logan bursts from his body bag, still burnt and healing from the explosion in a rather disturbing looking image. It wasn't like I hadn't seen him regenerating from nothing before, but there was just something about the way Garney drew him coming out of the bodybag with the half regen'd look that made me do a little cringe for some reason.

Free of his bodybag, Logan quickly makes his way through the base and hides in wait in Raven's new office. When she finally returns, the chase is on again as, after a brief tussle and chitchat, Mystique makes a run for it, leaving Wolverine to deal with a couple guards. This leads to a rather funny scene where she shapeshifts into a pin-up model that a couple soldiers are looking at and, once distracted, disables both and makes off with a vehicle, leaving one of them saying they'd just been beaten up by Ms December.

Issue ends with Mystique stopping the vehicle in the desert. Tired of running, she loads up with guns, much like the cover image, only naked for some reason. Yes, she shapeshifts out of her clothing. I'm not sure why, but I'm not going to argue either...

Verdict - Must Read. I found myself more anxious to read this issue than just about any other book in my pile this week. I don't know what it is, as I'm not really a big Wolverine fan, but Aaron and Garney are doing a great job pulling me into this story. Only fear is they cop out on the conclusion to this storyarc next month.

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