About Heroes

Author: Daniel Way
Artist: Steve Dillon
Colors: Dan Kemp
Covers: Joe Quesada & Michael Turner

If you have read my past Wolverine reviews, then you know I am not a fan of Way's run on Wolverine. So needless to say, I was not excited about this comic one bit. Way just doesn't seem to know where he is going with any of this and I thought anybody could write a decent Wolvie story. He has his memories back and he is looking for answers! Well, its nice to see that Chaos magic can make Wolverine think that he remembers everything, but in reality he can't remember it all too well. On a side note, the Michael Turner variant cover is one of the best pictures of Wolverine that I have seen in a long time.

We start off with Wolverine on top of a mountain, because you know there is always a mountain in a good Wolverine story. And who says Way doesn't do his research? So yes, he is on top of a mountain swinging his Murasame sacred sword around, because: THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!!! Sorry couldn't help myself. Wolverine regained his memories and he is looking for answers in the most evil of places. Yes the White House has replaced Asteroid M, Apocalypse Moon base, and hell even MumRa's lair as the evil domain. And its good to see that Way has replaced Wolverine's most deadliest foes such as Sabretooth, Omega Red, and Lady Deathstrike with a monster that eats puppies and children while they sleep. Yes Wolverine's arch nemesis in this issue is none other than Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice! THE FUCK YOU SAY?

Luckily she doesn't stay around very long, because Shiva just fries her to a crisp. That's right folks Shiva is back! Not that big of a spoiler, actually I don't really think there are any spoilers in this issue, because nothing gets fucking answered. Much like the last arc, we have more questions than answers. Shiva was the menacing robot that went around and tried to kill the remaining Weapon X members who may be deemed uncontrollable. I don't think Shiva was successful any of those times, but it never gave up. It was programmed to learn from its past mistakes and trigger memory implants in Weapon X members. So this was a pretty menacing foe at one time and should know Wolverine's tactics by now. It's a good thing for Wolverine that Shiva has never fucked with the Murasame, because that's exactly what he gets!

Ohh yeah, the mutant with the healing factor indestructible skeleton, six adamantium claws and all around bad-ass, now uses a fucking sword! I can buy that its a quasi-mystical sword, but does he really need the damn thing? Most of his Samurai past happened before he was entered into the Weapon X project and he has always respected that part of his life. He has never actually used the sword in battle, with a few exceptions. Mainly because writers were able to figure out that having a guy with six claws and spandex carrying a sword around is just stupid.

After Shiva gets cut in half Wolverine states and I quote "This ain't like the old days. This is a new day an' I'm packin' a whole new heat." That's right Wolvie your packing Daniel Way and a sword, badass motherfucker! By the end of the issue we get another ending that no one saw coming, unless you've checked out the solicitations. And really no one got it, because just like the Bucky Bullshit from Origins and Endings, this came out of nowhere. I never bought the whole bullshit that Nuke was part of the Weapon Plus Program during Grant Morrison's Weapon Crap story in New X-men. He was a crazy bastard in Daredevil's Born Again story and could make for a fun fight with Wolverine. The only other connection I can see, is the flashback story from Wolverine 18, so this might work.

I'm not sure how long Way is going to stretch out Logan's past getting more convoluted. His stories have been bland and boring so far. I have to admit that this is better than the shit he wrote in Endings and Origins. Its really a shame that the most important story in Wolverine's history was given to someone who doesn't even understand the character. Dillon's art as always is clean and crisp and can tell a sequential visual story. But his linework doesn't really work on this book and all his faces still look the same. To sum it up, between Condy Rice and the Whitehouse this just left a bad taste in my mouth. Not a good start at all, for a new ongoing title that is supposed to be revealing the past one of Marvel's most important characters. C-