ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #14 (MARVEL COMICS)

With Endgame looming, Wolverine has some unfinished business to deal with.

After dealing with the Rasputins, he has helped Jean Grey stay alive. In his travels to find her medication. Something has gotten his attention. Mutants are missing. It’s looking more and more like one person is behind it. The hunt for Magik is on!

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #14 by Chris Condon, Alessandro Cappuccio, Bryan Valenza & Cory Petit starts his hunt for the powerful Rasputin.

Let’s take a closer look how this unfolds.

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #14 by Chris Condon, Alessandro Cappuccio, Bryan Valenza & Cory Petit (Marvel Comics)

*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***

Condon opens with a quick look at the world of Limbo and Illyana’s beginning in the hellish landscape. Once the story shifts back to present time, the mood is much lighter. Readers watch a healthy Jean Grey start using her powers. It provides a sense of relief to Logan who’s trying to fin some direction. Even a stop for supplies puts him in a natural spot. Shaking down for information sends him on a direct path to trouble. Would he want it any other way?

Readers watch as his search leads him to a group of soldiers. It doesn’t take long for the action to kick in. Events become very linear as he goes to work. Once a new player enters the game does the dynamic change. The re-envisioned villain serves as a worthy opponent. Pacing keeps up the high speed as the blows are being thrown. It results in a more calm ending. The clsoing pages provide a new outlet to Logan to use. How this goes is anyone’s call.

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The art team brings the dark landscape of Limbo to sinister life. Coloring crafts the uneasy feel. Belasco makes a huge impression via half page panel. This moves into a beginning of a new evil path. Once events come back to Earth, a full image of Jean Grey over the skies kicks off a slow beginning to a violent path. Her interactions with Logan are peaceful and a return to a comfortable norm. As Logan moves into town for supplies, the mood changes quickly. Tension ramps up as he gets a direction to hunt.

There’s no denying what comes next isn’t for the weak-stomached. The art team supplies the brutality known from this character to the letter. A series of full pages delivers on the rageful attack. The main villain here gets a more structured introduction. Panel staging gives the impression of walking towards said character. The half page reveal ushers in a new phase of violence. There’s no shortage of action imagery here. Another full page look showcases Grey’s impact on the story. This leads into a solid finishing point with a direct next step to follow. It’s Wolverine doing what he does best.

FINAL GRADE: 8.4

Wolverine and Jean Grey cross paths with a new yet familiar face as they are on the hunt. Condon holds nothing back with Logan’s actions. The art team pulls no punches on what’s on the pages. The road to Endgame will have a bloody trail behind it.

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