People love money, don't they? Not only did Marvel just come out with a new Wolverine title named Weapon-X a mere 16 months ago, that book had the same writer, Jason Aaron. Basically, that book becomes this one and we get a new #1 issue for no other reason then people love money and Marvel probably would make more with a #1 than a #17. Marvel hasn't gone all out, though they did get Jae Lee to draw the awesome cover. There's a lame, utterly pointless back-up also written by Aaron (it makes no comprehensible sense and is about a samurai) and there are some rough sketches by the artist Renata Guedes (he pencils the regular, 22-page story as well). The heart, though, is “Wolverine Goes to Hell.” This is part one (we don't know yet how long it will last). Wolverine does go to hell, literally, but we're not sure yet why or how. Wolverine also has a chat with a Wraith, an old buddy and Weapon-X member who is now a pastor (comic books love to feature religious figures, don't they?). Wraith ends up being attacked by some powerful masked dude. A few other powerful masked dudes show up at the San Francisco newspaper office where Wolverine's girlfriend works. Mystique shows up on a motorcycle to save her. Huh? So far the book makes little sense. It feels like a story Aaron concocted for Ghost Rider and just changed super-heroes. Aaron's Ghost Rider was a lot more wild and fun. This book isn't fun at all, it's depressing and dark. The art by Guedes is mediocre stuff; it lacks the Gothic charm that is needed to make hell and it's environs come alive. Hell just looks silly here. The devil looks like the devil from that Tom Cruise movie Legend, albeit here he's cartoonish and not all-together scary. This storyline definitely has potential, but so far it's average at best. ** (out of ****)
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