Marvel’s Ultimate Wolverine #4 channels the original ‘Weapon X’ story to great effect

THE WINTER SOLDIER THAWS? Wolverine’s confrontation with Kitty Pryde and Gambit leaves him disoriented, violent and questioning his Maker’s Council overlords. Who is “Logan”? Ultimate Wolverine #4 was written by Chris Condon, drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Survivor. Soldier. Hunter. Specimen. Animal. Relentless. Sputnik. No, that’s not…

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The Ultimates shows what’s possible with superhero stories and invites us to demand more

Head’s up: This essay includes spoilers for this week’s Ultimates #4 by Deniz Camp, Phil Noto and Travis Lanham. The Ultimates is a future classic.  If Marvel’s founding creative principle is depicting ā€œthe world outside your window,ā€ then Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s run is observing this mission statement better than any other comic being…

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