Wolverine, Vol. 2: Killable

Wolverine (2013) (Collected Editions)

by Paul Cornell, Alan Davis (Illustrator), Mirco Pierfederici (Illustrator)

The biggest Wolverine event in years starts here! After the recent loss of his healing factor, Logan must adjust to a very different reality. Wolverine thinks a cure has been found...but it's in Wakanda, where he's not exactly a welcome guest! And as his foes react to his new status quo, a hefty bounty is placed on Logan's head, and villains and mercenaries begin popping out of the woodwork to try to take him down. As the noose tightens, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde take a road trip to the grounds of the former Howlett estate - but more than bittersweet memories are waiting for Logan in the place he once called home! Meanwhile, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. are dealing with even bigger problems that Wolverine might have caused. Guest-starring Storm, Beast, Black Panther and more!

Collecting: Wolverine 7-13

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, X Men, Comic Book, Superheroes, Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Paul Cornell is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy prose, comics and television. He's been Hugo Award-nominated for all three media, and has won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, and the Eagle Award for his comics. He's the writer of Saucer Country for Vertigo, Demon Knights for DC, and has written for the Doctor Who TV series. His new urban fantasy novel is London Falling, out from Tor on December 6th.

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Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine’s long slide into a dirt nap has begun.

Incredibly long story short: A virus from the Macro Verse has taken away his healing factor.

This is bad because:

- If Wolverine gets any boo-boos (loses a limb, an eye, an organ), he’ll heal (or not) like a normal person. It's ouch time whenever Wolverine pops out his claws.
- Wolverine can get sick
- Wolverine can now age normally
- Wolverine is now mortal and can die

This is good because:

- Wolverine can now get drunk (and forget about losing his healing factor)

There’s a huge price on Wolverine's head, so it’s open season on the Canucklehead. Sabretooth (wasn’t he decapitated by Wolverine?) is sending Baltroc the Leaper and a bunch of ninja’s to soften him up, so Wolverine runs home to find that his old house has been replaced by a Tim Horton.

So it’s a showdown between the aforementioned ninjas and Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, and Paul Blart, mutant hating, Canadian mall cop.

Oh, and the virus is trying to take over every living person on the planet.

Jinkies!!

Note: The cover pictured by Goodreads is the cover of a single issue. My volume had Sabretooth and Wolverine on the front.

[Subham · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was another bad one and feels long unnecessarily and while there are some good moments, the bad ones overwhelm then and just shows that Cornell is dragging a simple story.

So it starts with Wolverine losing his healing factor and dealing with that but then we have something with the virus and it taking over the world and it killing super-powered people who can fight off the virus like the host whose trapped in Wakanda so Wolverine fights BP to rescue her and something with Storm and he being together rather than her and BP so that was a fun one. But the big story is that the virus is gonna take over the world and the solution for that is the HOST augmented with SHIELD and their resources but Wolverine has a price on his head from Sabretooth leading the HAND and so he travels to his childhood home in Canada and yeah there's that so he and Kitty have to face off against Lord deathstrike, Silver Samurai, maybe Mystique and Sabretooth?

That end description sounds more awesome but the actual result is a mess as there is no coherent fight just random battles and him getting injured and the end thing is even more boring and makes for a tedious read. It has so much potential to be good but isn't. The virus story is dragged for 6 issues unnecessarily and the main fight is boring though he makes a bold choice in the end which was fun. But anyways Davis artwork is good so yeah there's that. My advice: skip Wolverine by Cornell and read the one by Aaron or Daniel Way before him.

[Gavin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel very wishy-washy on this one...the concept I like; Wolverine having to reassess how he does things due to losing his healing factor.



What? I'm as surprised as you were Cary...though I already knew about this, and read Vol. 1 of this title, I didn't recall that taking place...shows how well it was written that a major thing like that happens and I don't remember.

Cornell is hit and miss, but mostly miss. This is 2.5 Stars



Yup. So Beast gets all sad that Logan is now Human, and boohoohoo. Everyone thinks he's going off, and he does, so Kitty follows him.

There's one decent passage where Thor comes down to drink with Logan and tells him that he loves Midgarders so much because they're mortal, and that with time, Logan will realize what a great gift it is. Frankly, I think Logan as written by most GOOD writers would have him make a few snide remarks, but file that away as decent advice. Cornell has him start a fight with Thor...while NOT able to heal...ya. Good idea.

There's some stuff about SHIELD and a virus from the microverse (how Wolvie lost the healing in the first place) taking over Earth, and that leaves Nick Fury Jr. to look like a dolt and have TERRIBLE dialogue.

"We're Facing Impossible Odds!"
"There's Just Too Many of Them!"

So in a Mall in Alberta (because of course, they've built a mall over the site where James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine grew up) Kitty and Logan fight off Hand ninjas (did you know that Sabretooth is the head of the Hand now?) and spend way too much time in stupid arguments with mall cops about how "Muties" are so bad news...Muties? is it 1987?

Anyhow, Alongside Victor Creed we've got Mystique, Silver Samurai, and Lord Deathstrike (not Lady, but Lord..he's kinda...dumb). All fighting and way too much talking from Kitty's inner monologue...

Sabretooth shows up, and to prove he's REALLY EVIL he tells Logan he won't kill him even though he's totally defeated, because he wants to let it sink in that he's much better than Wolverine, and he wants Logan to get old and fall apart and then he'll maybe put him out of his misery in a nursing home...

So the title is apt: Wolverine IS Killable. But not in this volume.

Missed opportunity here...could have been GREAT in a better writer's hands.

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[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a slight improvement over the previous volume, mostly thanks to the first issue here, in which we see Wolverine start dealing with the fact that his healing factor is gone. I liked Cornell's little touches, such as Wolverine now being afraid to shave, and the gradual realization Logan has that he literally can't be a loner anymore. He has to rely on others if he's going to survive, now that he's not essentially invincible anymore.

If the whole story played out in this grounded way I think I would've really loved it. Instead, it quickly jettisons this in favor of a story about Wolverine trying to hunt down Mystique and Sabretooth (arguably the people who would be most excited to kill him) over a ceremonial sword they steal from him. It's patently absurd that Logan would risk his newly-vulnerable life over this, pride or no pride, and the fact that the next six issues are spent dealing with his dumb decision makes the story kind of a drag to get through.

That said, there are some cool moments. Wolverine's showdown with Sabretooth is well-written and suspenseful, and you get a real sense of the danger Logan's found himself in. Still, most of the plotting that gets us to this moment feels like stalling, so it doesn't quite have the impact it could have. I think if this had been a 3- or 4-issue storyline it would've really soared, but as is, it feels long and a little clunky.

[Nate Meadows · Rating 4 out of 5]

MUCH better than previous volume. I like the new vulnerable Wolverine and the sense of doom you felt as Sabretooth toyed with him.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this downward spiral of a run, especially Cornell's effective shake-up of Wolverine, and as usual, the great art of Alan Davis.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

The wrap up was unfortunately no better than he first half. Alan Davis and Mark Farmer do come back, so he art is pretty at least. But overall, I just didn't care for the story. We did get to see Wolverine in some battles with the Hand, Batroc, and Sabretooth makes an appearance too.

I had several problems with the storyline. First off, Wolverine has lost his healing factor, which has been done before but can still be intriguing. But he just came across as too whiny in parts. I know he's also been tortured by his inner demons, but I don't remember him being so afraid of everything.

Next, the plotlines with the virus mixing in with him and the supervillains were confusing. And even the ending was unsatisfying. Wolverine still doesn't have his healing factor back, and he's all beat up. He just says "The Wolverine is dead." and that's it. I'm assuming this plot thread is picked up in the next series, but still.

Sadly, I continue to be disappointed in the Wolverine titles. They look nice though!

[Maddy · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, I can't get over that ridiculous panel in issue #8 of Storm and Black Panther where he looks like a puppydog with a garbage bag pulled over his head and she looks like a deep south redneck man with a mullet that's completely bald on the sides.
Also please explain why The Host is working with them, she's a mega super villain? Like she'd benefit more from not helping SHIELD. The virus could definitely use her and reward her. Did they just explain the situation and she was like 'oh okay cool yeah I'll just do the exact opposite of everything I've ever done in my entire life and join you instead of join the people who are doing something that I would probably actually really enjoy'
It felt really awkward to just have Mystique have this picture of herself about to stab some younglings and literally just text it to Wolverine and by the way how does she even have his number? Why would he give it to her? Or did the mansion just think 'ah yes, Logan would love this. it's just perfect for him' and then send it? surely it would have been better to tell the x-men who were actually at home at the time?
And why didn't the virus try to get to T'challa? Why else would it be in Wakanda if not to infect him? Everyone said that's what it wanted and yet it got there and he wasn't infected and the virus knew and yet it just let him be? Didn't get any of its hundreds of infected soldiers to rip off his sci-fi korean mouth mask? It needed him to nuke Iran and release The Host or something but it just... travelled to Africa and then chilled out for a day while Wolverine took his time getting there? I dunno man seems kinda unrealistic to me.
And can someone explain to me why and how the virus just waits for Wolverine to work through some of his personal stuff? like they could take over the world and whatever else they want to do in a matter of hours they really should've just gotten on that
I'm also not entirely sure how I feel about French Wolverine, he has a pretty cool mustache I guess.
Another thought that popped into my head: imagine you're one of the best ninjas in the world. you've spent years training harder than anyone else, never wanting anything else. You start from the bottom and you slowly make your way up over the course of your life. Eventually, you're at the top. You're working with the best of the best, you're the top tier, the one everyone wants to be. And your codename is The Meat. I think I'd just resign
My last addition: yeah i'd fuck sabretooth, yeah I have a claw fetish, what are you gonna do?

But onto real review. I wasn't so keen on the first part of this arc, but I really enjoyed the 'journey into hell' type structure. The quality improved over the course of the volume, and it sort of destroyed me watching Wolverine break his sword. It was really hard to hear all of these fears that he has and see them written out on the page because I honestly have the same fears and I know that if I had Wolverine's power and lost it I would be absolutely destroyed. I don't think I would be able to resist the virus's offer to return his healing factor, even if it meant undermining all the efforts of SHIELD to save the planet. So it was nice to have a little philosophical reflection along with my helping of Wolverine vs Sabretooth. I like how morals and ethics and philosophies can be explored in comic books. Writers who do it well do it really well and in a way that draws the reader in as well as provokes further thought. The response the medium can provoke is really interesting, as I find quite often that it's more emotional than a regular book, especially when you're so familiar with the characters, settings and stories from years and years of reading and watching. I just wish the earlier issues in this volume were better (and that victoria frankenstein was not a character) and then it would've definitely been 4 stars.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reprints Wolverine (4) #7-13 (September 2013-March 2014). Wolverine has lost his healing factor and the world knows it. Now, he finds himself the target of assassins and killer while his greatest enemy Sabretooth is staging an ultimate attack on him. Meanwhile, the virus that robbed Wolverine of his powers is sentient and has big plans for the world…would could mean the extinction of humanity!

Written by Paul Cornell, Wolverine Volume 2: Killable is the second and final volume in the fourth Wolverine series. Following Wolverine Volume 1: Hunting Season, the collection features art by Mirco Pierfederici (Wolverine #7) and Alan Davis (Wolverine #8-13).

The cover of the collection announces “something completely new and different” in regards to the series. Wolverine has lost his healing powers…but people must have short term memories, because he frequently loses them (like the strain when his Adamantium got knocked out, on Genosha, etc.) Now, Wolverine is mortal…but that doesn’t mean fun.

Wolverine has always been a character that I was never the biggest fan of. I didn’t think he was a bad character by any means, but I didn’t particularly care about many of his storylines or the mystery surrounding him. When Origin revealed Wolverine’s past, it removed the last of most of my interest for the character. This story has a little nod to Origin in that he returns to his home, but for the most part it is just Wolverine getting beat up for the seven issues.

The “no powers” thing doesn’t really work with the character. If someone sliced open your head over your eye, that would bleed and bleed (head wounds always bleed). Likewise, half the damage Wolverine takes in this collection is unrealistic if he has no healing powers. This makes the storyline just a convenience for the writers…a crutch they can use. If they want Wolverine’s fight with _____ character to be more challenging the ______ wound he receives causes him more problems…if not he just slices them (and don’t even start about the fact that the weight of Adamantium would probably be unmanageable even if the poisoning from it is being countered by Beast’s creation).

The collection is average and doesn’t feel revolutionary. It does set-up the whole Death of Wolverine storyline which followed this collection (and in turn the Old Man Logan stuff). As someone who kind of fell off the X-Men, this collection didn’t make me want to jump right back in. The Wolverine of the last few years hasn’t felt right, and I preferred the amnesiac Wolverine to someone who is coping with his past. Marvel relaunched Wolverine (again) following this collection and Wolverine: Three Months to Die—Book 1 follows this collection.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5, rounded down.

Wolverine is still suffering from the Microverse virus that affected him in the first volume, rendering his healing factor inert. This means, for the first time in a very long time, Logan might actually be able to die. So now is the right time to go gallivanting across the country to fight Sabretooth, right?

I had very high hopes for this volume after reading issue 7 - this is probably the most humanizing issue of Wolverine I've read in a very long time, as Logan deals with his newfound mortality. It's not often we see Wolverine scared, but this issue really sells the worries that he has about his current situation, as well as the reactions of his peers.

The next six issue arc however feels bloated, and almost throws all of issue 7's developments out the window, as Wolverine's sense of honour overrides everything he expressed in the previous issue and instead goes walkabout to fight the Black Panther, Mystique, Sabretooth, and the Hand. The story takes a very long time to wind up to the final confrontation, and while the set piece of the shopping mall in the final three issues is well done, as well as the ultimate conclusion of the arc, the meandering manner in which we get there makes it almost not worth it. Plus the Microverse virus plot is still present in the background, and despite the fact that it's literally world-threatening, I couldn't really bring myself to care too much.

Nothing much to say on the art front that I didn't say for volume 1 - Mirco Pierfederici pencils issue 7, then Alan Davis takes #7-13. Good stuff from both.

Some storytelling gems bookend this volume, but the middle feels like a bit of a slog to get through. While Cornell definitely shows that he understands Wolverine and the story he wants to tell, he has a long-winded way of getting there, which saps a lot of the momentum that the story attempts to build.

[Krzysztof Grabowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Całkiem porządna historia o wojowniku, który musi poradzić sobie z czymś, co dotychczas nie stanowiło dla niego problemu - swoją śmiertelnością. Logan, którego styl walki opiera się na "pale", musi zmienić taktykę, bowiem frontalne podejścia mogą się dla niego okazać zbyt kosztowne.

Początek jest sentymentalny, gdy Hank przeprowadza swoje badania i wychodzi na jaw słabość przyjaciela. I wie co to oznacza, bowiem Wolverine ma masę wrogów, którzy tylko czekają na jakąkolwiek oznakę słabości. I tak się będzie działo. Podróż do Wakandy po domniemane lekarstwo narazi Logana na starcie z T'challą, który nie kryje nienawiści do mężczyzny, za wyrwanie jego ex, czyli Ororo.

Zaraz potem historia podkręca tempo (gdy Rosomak łączy siły z Kitty Pryde) i wrzuca do worka Mistique, Batroca, Silver Samurai czy Sabretootha. Czyli coś czego się absolutnie spodziewałem. Z nimi nasz heros ma na pieńku od niepamiętnych czasów. Tylko pytanie, jak cała sytuacja wpłynie na Logana. Czy nadal pozostanie bohaterem, czy w obronie własnego życia przekroczy pewne bariery?

Wyjście na piwo i udział Thora - sztos. Lubię takie wstawki. Broni się też kreska Alana Davisa oraz
Mirco Pierfederici'ego. Co prawda nie jest to coś co można nazwać dziełem sztuki, ale daje radę zwłaszcza pod koniec, kiedy fabuła nabiera prędkości i wkracza dużo więcej scen akcji. Całość można umiarkowanie polecić, zwłaszcza że dalsze przygody Logana (Wolverine: Three Months to Die) są już dużo gorsze...

[Alex E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Following the damage inflicted on wolverine and his healing factor from last volume, this volume picks up with many of wolverine's enemies kind of just gloating at the fact that he is now, indeed, killable.

We get some major heavy hitters in this volume: Silver Samurai, the Hand, Mystique, Sabertooth... I mean, this is some of the worst villains that Wolverine has faced, and without his healing factor, he isn't much of a challenge for them. Which is what Kitty Pryde, who goes along with Logan on a quest to find out more about these villains, tells him. As we go further and further into the book, we find that Wolverine is almost in a state of shock, putting himself directly in danger almost to test the limits of his mortality. Suffice to say, the villains only tease him, but definitely let him know that he is mortal and can be killed at any time now.

Paul Cornell took the most logical step in this volume, which I think was a smart move. Of course all of these enemies are going to come looking for Wolverine. I personally think they would've killed him, but instead Cornell has them taunt Wolverine and inflict the psychological damage of knowing that he is literally no match for them. In a way, they do indeed kill Wolverine, as he himself proclaims at the end of this volume.

We are definitely on a path that seems to be picking up speed. Looking forward to where we go from here.

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anything illustrated by Alan Davis is going to look good.

In the previous volume, Wolverine encountered a sentient alien virus from the Microverse which burned out his healing factor. Wolverine's healing factor has shut down before, and the author takes the time to acknowledge that, unlike certain other authors who recycle (by which I mean plaigiarize) old stories and act like they're different. SHIELD is working on the virus situation and Wolvy feels superfluous, so instead he deals with a situation brewing with Sabertooth's Hand ninja clan. But he is at a disadvantage, because he has to adjust his fighting style and learn to block and dodge.

Overall this story wasn't bad, but it felt longer than it needed to be.

[Doctor Doom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some Wolverine volumes are great... this is not one of them. Some are barely readable. This is also not one of them. This one falls squarely in the middle with great cameos by multiple heroes and villains. The artwork is really good... with a Neal Adams like quality to it [if you don't know Adams... where have you been?]. The story is decent though the premise seems a little stretched- Wolvie has lost his healing factor, the treatment keeping his body from admantium poisoning removes his scent abilities, and his reasoning powers seem to have been halved as well- other than that the story is pretty well crafted. Definitely worth a read.

[Emmett Spain · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wolverine adjusting to being killable was the best stuff here—coming to terms with his newfound weakness was good stuff. The rest felt jumbled and dull for this reader, except it the end, when things picked up. It just feels like something is missing here. Not sure what it is yet. I’ll read another one to see if I can pin it down. 2.5 Stars.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

While slightly better than the first volume, this living virus nonsense is terrible. If that part wasn't in this story it would have been so much better. The trap set by Logan's foes was far from spectacular and truly predictable but we did get some good character moments. Alan Davis excelled here. Overall, another subpar story that doesn't bode well for the next volume.

[Nicole Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

This fascinating look into Wolverine's mortality and the attempt to save the world using Host.

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[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting concept turns into a gauntlet that drags, though leaves the door open for the potential for interesting follow-up stories.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine is dealing with his mortality ans SHIELD tries to stop the worldwide virus from the microverse

[Nicole Westen · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really interesting to see how someone who is, for all practical purposes is immortal, deals with mortality. Also, poor Wolvie can't drink Thor under the table anymore.

[Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good! Is having Alan Davis pencils an unfair advantage? You bet! But the story is morally complex and shows a new, vulnerable side to Wolverine. You should read it.

[Trevor Dailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than Hunting Season.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume picks up where the previous left off and completes the storyline. Most of the art is Alan Davis and is very nice. Don't have any major issues with the story, Wolverine is just a sad little baby because he isn't immortal. Kind of refreshing considering how he is just a badass in every story for the past 30 years. In fact, if you were to pick out a theme in almost every Wolverine story, that would be it.

I do however have a gripe with the way Marvel markets these trade paperbacks. Obviously packaging 4 to 6 issues in one book is the best way to be profitable. But if both this volume and the previous were just one book, it would have been one complete story. Anyway, I'm sure most people don't care, just a minor irritation to me.

[William Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

In Wolverine, we get a character that is used mainly for catharsis. That writers use Wolverine as a cathartic device for themselves, for readers, for the world, has long been a point of contention with me. I don't know that that many other people see it in that same light. So seeing him lose his healing factor (again) would seem to me a way to tamp that cathartic experience way down and actually explore Logan's character, and had me reading a book I swore off quite a long time ago.

Didn't turn out to be an exploration of the character, at all. Instead, Cornell used this opportunity to use Wolverine as his own personal punching bag, much the same as every other writer before him. This is the same exact story as you've read a thousand times before in this same title. Logan is outnumbered and outgunned and outclassed, and in the end, still lives to fight another day. We get little pieces of internal strife, but overall this is an action movie playing on the big screen, when what we needed really was an autobiographical look at the life and times of Logan, and the internal struggle he faced in losing his healing factor. Because I swear I practically just read this story already, only with Aaron writing it as Japan's Most Wanted.

What could have been an amazing way to transform this title and the character- to mold him into a living weapon much the same as say, Iron Fist- falls into that same old trap where the writer feels like he needs to get his licks in now before he's off the book. And what a shame. What a damn shame. Such a waste.

Alan Davis has never been a favorite of mine, but always does seriously solid work. Always thick lines, clear and concise, and never mucking up the art with all the hatching and cross-hatching that some others might choose to. So in his art, we do wind up with an extremely clear picture of events, whether we liked the script or not.

Writing:C-
Art:B

[Anchorpete · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alright, so Wolverine is going to die.

Alright, So Wolverine is going to come back to life (whether they reboot the entire Marvel Universe or not).

So, then the question remains: Knowing this, was this a story worth reading?

My answer- Yes.

If only for all of the details about the 13 members of the "aspects of the Hand" that Sabertooth controls.

I think that if I was held at gun point and asked to remember every time Sabertooth has fought wolverine, Beaten him up and said "You are always thinking you are better than me, and now I am going to make you come down to my level." I would still forget twenty times where I have read that exact scene. That is what this is all leading up to. Personally, I don't really like a grieving, beaten Wolverine. I like Wolverine when he is burning within the fires of a sentinel he just destroyed, and he is riding it straight to the earth 1000 feat below. Then he gets up, takes a swig of a beer and says something smug.

You can make that wolverine suffer, and I am totally fine with that, but make put it in a scenario we haven't seen or involving someone else besides sabertooth.

I give this a three because there are traces of what is great about Paul Cornell in this story, but it is barely there. I know Alan Davis is a comic book legend, and his style is very apparent, but unfortunately I don't really enjoy his style. It reminds me of too many bad X-men books I read in the nineties.

[Scott Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much stronger and in this volume Cornell starts actually digging into Logan, telling a story that emerges from who he is and how he reacts to events etc. instead of just throwing him into a superheroic/sci-fi cliche and running with it. While I think the 2014 continuation of this storyline, "Three Months to Die," is where it really takes off, this story is one of the few true explorations of Wolverine's character I've seen in the mainstream book. Also unlike the first volume in this "series"--how many different Wolverine titles have there been now?--Davis is awesome from the first page, settled in and doing tremendous work. This is a good Wolverine story that focuses on something besides Wolverine gutting/getting gutted by villain x.

End Original Review

Thoughts the next day: On second thought, I think I was reflecting more on "Three Months to Die Book I" than I realized when writing this. Unfortunately this volume, much like the last volume spends pages and pages and pages making a very simple point: Wolverine has lost his healing ability, he is--ba-ba-bum--"killable." This does not get explored so much as stated over and over again until the last issue of the volume. That issue's beat down of Logan by Sabretooth et.al. pushes a two to at least a 2.5 for me and do the volume gets a three.

[Unai · Rating 2 out of 5]

Voy a darle media estrella de mas porque aunque me ha parecido una etapa bastante malilla, si que deja unas expectativas un poco mas interesantes de cara al inicio del nuevo volumen, o el All New Marvel Now #1 o como se llamen estos reinicios de numeración ahora. La premisa nos la ponen en claro en el mismo prologo y antes de ver una sola viñeta, Lobezno pierde su poder mutante de regeneración.

El como, el porqué y como asumirlo lo vemos en los 13 números que componen 2 arcos argumentales y que me han dejado mas que frío. La idea alienígena no es mala, pero sencillamente no ha conseguido que mantenga un gran interés. Realmente parece un prologo para lo que viene ahora, que es el Lobezno sin regeneración pero ya asumida su condición y con medidas para suplirlo, con extra de mala ostia y encima armado. Una especie de Lobezno/Punisher acorazado. Serie que puedes seguir pues por completísmo y porqué es Lobezno, pero la verdad es que me ha parecido bastante pobre y mas teniendo en cuenta que la idea es buena.

[Silas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Following the story where Wolverine lost his healing factor, we have this volume, which involves a number of attempts to get it back, as well as some coping with the fact that it has not, and all the things that entails (being able to get sick or drunk, the fact that extending his claws creates open wounds at the ends of his hands, and the idea that he could be killed). It concludes with a dustup with Sabretooth and a demoralizing defeat (which you can pretty much see from the cover). It is a good read, featuring some interesting reactions that would likely take place in this situation, but that you might not consider otherwise. There are also a few heroic moments of facing up to new fears. What it isn't is a great exemplar of a Wolverine story, since his character is so drastically altered, and that along with the downer ending makes it less enjoyable.

[Nathan Worthington · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good follow-up to Volume 1, Hunting Season. This volume introduces many more characters than the previous volume but stays true to the main storyline of Wolverine's current condition. Without spoiling the volume for interested readers Wolverine encounters several members of his rogues gallery on a visit to his old homestead in Canada. The end of the volume sets up the storyline to continue in the next volume by Paul Cornell. Looking forward to seeing what Cornell has in store for Logan. Hint: nothing good.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like Paul Cornell and I adore the art team of Alan Davis and Mark Farmer. In this collection only the first issue is a pick up artist and the rest is all Davis/Farmer. The result is a solid, above par Logan story but with the caliber of talent on this title, I'd perhaps expected something a bit more dazzling. Still, the talent drew me back for a second volume and if Cornell/Davis/Farmer continue, I'll pick up volume 3 as well.