Wolverine: First Class # 4 - The Last Knights of Wudagore, Part Two

I was hoping to get the previous issue of this series, but I couldn't find it my bookstore before this issue came out, so I am not up to speed of the entire storyline.

Basically, Logan made a deal with the High Evolutionary to take his Animal nature while a lemur-man named Prosimia had turned Shadowcat into a... cat.

Overall the story is very basic, the writer seemed to rush the story too much, giving most of the characters little depth and very quick turnarounds. If the this story arc was at least 3 or 4 issues long like  a 'Power Pack' or 'Sonic the Hedgehog' storyline, I would have love it. The fights between Man-Beast and the the High Evolutionary were amazing, but the epic showdown between the Feral New-Men and the Passive New-men was nowhere to be seen. What really bothered me was the price of this issue. $3.99 seemed a dollar too much for a simple 32 page comic, which includes the ads. If those have any of Kirby's work, then you should remembered how he could divide one issue into four chapters every 6  to 8 pages; a bit cut and dry, but a story that has a beginning, middle, and an end in one issue.

The art of the book was very good, it was the reason why I bought this. Not of lot of kid-friendly, comics get this kind of style, or at least from Archie or DC's Adventures.

Also, the art and the story seemed to pay tribute to the late Mike Wieringo, a former penciler of Marvels' works and an animal fan. And since this issue is dated on the month of Wieringo's passing away. The ending of the story really made me enjoy the issue. It was Marvel's way to honor one of their late artists and he love of stories.