Book of Doom Preview:
Rampaging Wolverine #1
“Herman, how could you? We’ve all thought about counterfeiting jeans at one time or another, but what about the victims? Hard-working designers like Calvin Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt, or Antoine Bugle Boy. These are the people who saw an overcrowded marketplace and said, ‘Me too!'”
– Homer Simpson, “The Springfield Connection”
While the analogy doesn’t fit perfectly, it still makes me laugh. Wolverine seems to be in every single Marvel comic book these days, and, yet, here we are, ready for a new ongoing series about even more of his exploits. I’m hoping this is decent, but it’s starting to get a little tired at this point. But, hey, at least it doesn’t have any ads, so it might be worth checking out. Here’s what Marvel says about it:
WRITER: JOSHUA FIALKOV, CHRISTOPHER YOST, ROBIN FURTH, TED MCKEEVER
PENCILS: PACO DIAZ LUQUE, NELSON, TED MCKEEVERTHE STORY:
The Marvel Magazine that never was—three ALL-NEW, ALL-ACTION Wolverine tales, all in fantastic BLACK AND WHITE! Josh Fialkov (ELK’S RUN) and the fantastic gray wash art of Paco Diaz Luque pit Wolverine against South Pacific pirates…and worse. Plus, X-FORCE writer Christopher Yost introduces a sniper with a secret—and a canuckle-head to kill! Finally, comics legend Ted McKeever (METROPOL, EDDIE CURRENT) tells a third island adventure. Plus even more! It’s non-stop Logan—too hot for color to handle—and NO ADS!
Oh wow, I was all ready to be really annoyed with you for this, but then I got to the Ted McKeever part.
Can you believe this is the second new Wolverine series in two weeks?
I’m fairly certain this is just a one-shot black & white anthology book, not an ongoing series. Or, at the very least, there has only been one issue solicited so if they do more of these, they’re only putting them out a few times a year.
The black and white art looks like the real selling point, to set it apart from the other Wolvie books out there. Plus the always interesting contributions of Ted McKeever.
I’m a true Tarantino mark. I’ve been hooked on his films ever since I saw Pulp Fiction. He has a cootecliln of work that is simply outstanding. He’s dives into everything, War movie, Kung Fu movie, so why not add a superhero movie to the list. He should direct something from every genre. He talks in high regard of the recent Superman movie. If he did Superman himself, I would love to see him do it as a period peice and not modern. I’d also need to see him stay true to Tarantino form and take it to an R rating. I’m sure the studio wouldn’t like that much.