What happens when a hard ass inner city cop goes to prison and has to face all the criminals he’s put away over the years? Jason Aaron has twisted this plot device around in an interesting and sadistic way.
Just as he was trying to sort out his life and atone for his sins Logan finds himself in hell. Now he’s fending off hoards of enemies whose deaths he was responsible for. While he suffers in hell demonic spirits are inhabiting his body on earth, tracking his loved ones and sending them down to meet him.
The interweaving story of Wolverine’s current girlfriend Malita, and his former lover Mystique joining together to save him is starting to take off. The odd pairing and love triangle aspect of these two working together almost turns into a brawl as Malita tries to contact the X-men to help. Luckily for Malita the Ghost Rider and the Son of Satan show up just in time to offer help and add to the uncomfortable situations being presented by Aaron and artist Renato Guedes.
I’ve been accustomed to seeing Guedes pencil Superman and I didn’t know if his Wolverine would look mean enough. He does, and then some. Set in hell Guedes really captures the gruesome look of the underworld and his depiction of Satan looks like a creature from the Spawn universe. A lot of his art tends to look better as the color pallet gets lighter because his lines are so thin. The color choices here by Matt Wilson compliment the story telling well, and I’m eagerly awaiting the next issue.
If you missed the first issue ask for it at your local comic shop, as I’m sure a second printing is on the way.
Story JASON AARON
Cover Jae Lee
Pencils RENATO GUEDES
$3.99
in shops 10/06/10