Panel of the Week 2/3/10 – Ultimate X #1
February 5th, 2010
When Marvel decided that one character running around with a healing factor and giant claws wasn’t enough we all should have recognized it as the slippery slope that it was. That was when X-23 was born, the engineered female clone of Wolverine. A few years after that we got Daken, Wolverine’s son. Now, six years after X-23 came about we have the guy pictured above, another of Wolverine’s kids. Well, to be fair, this guy lives in the Ultimate universe but still that makes four Wolverines grumbling around every month.
Marvel, let me assure you, we as readers are going to be OK. We don’t need a character with claws and a healing ability running around in every book. I promise.
Honorable Mentions
Siege #2. There was a pretty typical ‘event’ fight featured in most of this issue. It was between the ridiculously over powered Sentry and Ares, the God of War. Honestly half the book could have been Panel of the Week but I’m waiting. I have every faith that artist Olivier Coipel is going to deliver some bitchin splash pages of someone, probably Cap, taking down Osborn. Although if anyone would like to put an end to the Sentry that will be the POTW no question.
Demo Vol. 2 #1. Not unlike the two recent issues of Pilot Season I think my affinity for this Demo book is that it’s done in one. A single comic telling a single story. It’s refreshing. Not as refreshing as the art of Becky Cloonan though. It’s like shot of black and white Orangina.
