Wolverine? Emotional.
Who Knew?
I consider myself to be dead inside. I normally am. People bawl their eyes out at all sorts of stupid things and I stand there and more often than not I find myself smiling at something because it's all a little ridiculous. This, comic, however, is anything but.
There is no fighting. There is no typical Wolverine stylie business. This is a pure comic about two best friends, and it's clear from the on-set of the issue that Jason Aaron has a great deal of affection for the pair of characters. Wolverine we know because he's so damned adept at writing him but, Nightcrawler? He's got him down. Completely. I am amazingly impressed with this issue I don't know where to begin. I cared, and I really cared for the trail that Wolverine was going through and the emotional charge of the final scene.
This is a comic to show people who don't think they carry emotional elements. This is a comic to show someone who doesn't understand what comics are. This is a comic to show that woman psychologist who thinks heroes are more damaging to the psyche than anything else. This comic shows religion in something more than a heavy handed fashion, and the affection and love from the writer is palpable through the art, which, while a little rough, was very nice.
Fantastic. Ten out of Ten. Just beautiful.
