Wolverine #2 - Rogue Logan Part 2 of 4: Bad Advice

I disagree with it being out of character for Wolverine under Cornell's pen to be afraid of a gun, it is after all the same Wolverine who was scared to shave.

Cornellverine strikes again.

There's gotta be a payoff. Somewhere. Somehow. Sometime. Right?

Stegman's Wolverine looks like a creep

Keep dreaming hard enough, and maybe something will happen. *Shrugs*

Sadly, that's how Cornell writes him.

Meh. Ain't holding my breath that's for sure. We'll see in a year or so ... then I'll start the serious griping.

@super_soldierxii: But hey, you were trying to be all positive for a change when the first issue of the relaunch came out! Wolverine would want you to be positive for him. The creep Wolverine we're getting is new and inventive! :D

I didn't like the ending of the first issue, with what happened to an innocent reporter. This issue was filler and did nothing to advance the story IMO. I was on board for the first issue until the end. Thinking of dropping this.

I love the art, Stegman on Wolverine is a must keep.

Also, call me crazy but…I have been loving this book. I'm not sure why but seeing a not hypocrite teacher Wolverine in this title is awesome. But it's extremely weird timing too if you've read this issue + this weeks WatXM because it's just two opposite spectrums of the same character.

The rationale behind Wolverine shooting an innocent man in the head, who had come to actually help him, is the very definition of "weak sauce". Logan cow towing to the craptastic character named "The Offer" is laughable (I just oh so wanted to please you and thank you and pull my weight sir!).

Finally, Wolverine seeking out advice from Parker is a complete 180 from the core of their relationship over the years, and I'd be cool with that, if the method in which it takes place didn't rob the character of the core that makes Logan who he is.

Commence rant:

Long gone is the enigmatic loner of few words, the mysterious killer with a stringent code of honor and a heart of gold; with a breadth and depth of experience that naturally saw others gravitate toward him over the years for advice, strength and more often than not, the hard truth. The one a young Kitty Pride and Jubilee felt safest around despite (and perhaps a bit because of) the violence his life and ethos all too often evoked. They knew that as bad as things could get, Wolverine had seen worse and had risen above. He could get the job done. Gone is the warrior many of the younger X-Men had looked up to like a father figure and mentor and came to when they needed a pillar despite his intimidating demeanor.

Y'see Cornell, that's the type of character history you smudge out when you prostitute the core of what has endeared a character from the onset to its fan base over the decades to a cheap brand of "originality" or "new direction". So many other characters doing the remorseless killing machine thing these days ... that's not what made Wolverine a household antihero over the years.

There was still so much untapped potential with the core of what made the character work.

Too bad. One long time fan lost (for now).