Title: Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Thony Silas
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Price: $3.99
“When Wolverine’s former alter-ego Patch is sighted on the streets of Madripoor, the infamous island of ill-repute, Kitty Pryde pulls together a group of Logan’s closest friends to try and find him: Storm, Rogue, Psylocke, Domino, and Jubilee.”
Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1 has a lot working against it. This event has already worn out its welcome with its distinct lack of any answers regarding Wolverine with this book is no different. Then there’s the cover art by Greg Land that only makes me wonder which porn-stars he traced the faces from.
Thankfully, Land is only on cover duties, but artist Thony Silas has his own issues. Sure, he doesn’t copy like Land does, but all his faces are very sharp and very similar.
Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1 is all about the ladies in Wolverine’s life coming together, but it looks like they are all clones of the same woman. Why is it so hard to draw faces!
Story wise this issue should have the most connection to this silly event. Kitty Pryde is the person that pulled Wolverine from his adamantium prison, so if someone was going to track him down and have a good reason for it, it would be her.
Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1 sees Kitty bringing together the most important ladies in Wolverine’s life, and the idea of a team-up of these proportions was a really fun one. Each hero is very different (maybe not in the face department) and this would make for a great solo X-team book.
The story centers around Magneto, as Kitty thinks he has something to do with the removal of Logan’s body from his secret grave. Those two sure do have a history, so it’s not a far-fetched idea that Magneto would have something to do with it at the very least.
Thankfully this isn’t an entire issue spent on brining the team together. Right from the go they are together and ready to go and get to work. Since this is only a four issue run that’s fantastic as every other issue of this event has felt like cheap filler.
A small bit of the book centers around flashbacks, but in this issue they fit. These characters all have a deep connections to Wolverine and how the book slides in each of their flashbacks makes a lot of sense. It helps us connect with the characters and gives them a great reason for being there, unlike ever other book is this dumb event.
I’ve hated the flashbacks in this event so far, but this is the first time I wished there were more. Just goes to show that there are people out there that appreciate good character development. So it’s a shame that most of the book is centered around a party that Magneto is throwing.
Turns out the twist is that Magneto is nowhere to be found and an opposing team of evil ladies is in Madripoor doing its thing. This means two things that I’m not thrilled with: It means more character introductions in a book already filled to the brim, and it means that yet again, Wolverine becomes secondary point.
The action is at least there something that can’t be said of the other books in the event, but this once again feels like filler. That’s a real shame as these characters have the most connection to Wolverine yet. It’s probably not a good thing that I’m starting to not give two bits to what the hell happened to Wolverine.
“Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1 has a great setup with characters deeply connected to Logan, but it once again goes off the rails making Wolverine a secondary affair.”
Final Score:
3/5
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