It was another big week for the comic book industry, as The Mighty Thor reached its series finale and Marvel kicked off its Hunt for Wolverine crossover. Check out our new reviews and thinkpieces and be sure to let us know your favorite new books of the week in the comments below.
Written by Charles Soule | Drawn by David Marquez & Paolo Siqueira
"Marvel Comics has an annoying tendency to take a good story and overextend it with too many tie-ins and offshoots. That was the case with the Death of Wolverine event in late 2014. The initial Death of Wolverine miniseries was well-crafted, but the story turned into a bloated mess thanks to the numerous spinoffs that followed and the dreadful Wolverines weekly series. Unfortunately, Marvel doesn't seem to have learned any lessons from that particular event. Rather than simply give readers a clear, straightforward look at the hows and whys of Wolverine's return, Hunt for Wolverine #1 is merely a prelude to a four-month-long crossover no one asked for." -Jesse
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Written by Charles Soule | Drawn by David Marquez & Paolo Siqueira
"Marvel Comics has an annoying tendency to take a good story and overextend it with too many tie-ins and offshoots. That was the case with the Death of Wolverine event in late 2014. The initial Death of Wolverine miniseries was well-crafted, but the story turned into a bloated mess thanks to the numerous spinoffs that followed and the dreadful Wolverines weekly series. Unfortunately, Marvel doesn't seem to have learned any lessons from that particular event. Rather than simply give readers a clear, straightforward look at the hows and whys of Wolverine's return, Hunt for Wolverine #1 is merely a prelude to a four-month-long crossover no one asked for." -Jesse
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