Hunt for Wolverine: The Claws of a Killer #3-Review

Hunt for Wolverine: The Claws of a Killer #3

Written by Mariko Tamaki
Pencils by Butch Guice and Mack Chater
Inks by Cam Smith and Mack Chater
Colors by Dan Brown
Lettered by VC’s Joe Sabino
Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Roberto Poggi and Dean White

Still no sign of Logan.  But that does not matter.  This title has become a gruesome and scary thriller that now includes some major twists.  How much this plot has to do with the disappearance of Logan’s body still remains to be seen.  This would be an entertaining look at three of Logan’s enemies whether it was under the Hunt For Wolverine title or not.  While he may not make an appearance there is an importance to these stories.  One that will all make sense once Logan’s reveal become imminent.  Each of these stories is showing different aspects of Logan’s life with this one being the berserker side of Wolverine’s life.

When it comes to characters whom are basically immortal, fading ways in which to put them in a story and have the stakes raised is not always easy.  Mariko Tamaki puts these three character right up against it in a creative and mysterious way.  With each issue the tension has ben building between them but now they must work together to try to get out of the hell hole of a town.  With some surprising twists and some really heartfelt emotion this issue is the hardest hitting of the mini-series.  While they may not be finding Logan anytime soon they are at least, hopefully, getting closer and closer with this band of militants who have been in the background for three issues now.  Each of these mini-series has characters who all have different reasons to find Logan and are using different methods in which to do so.  It is becoming clear that there may be more to the story.

The pencils of Butch Guice and Mark Chater take the zombie thriller theme to the maximum.  The zombies are as gross and wonderful as they could ever be and the action that takes place is brutal in every way.  The grimy and gritty look that this series has taken fits the landscape and the story wonderfully. Whether that be the desolate town or the muted tones of the colors by Dan Brown.  The amount of pencils that are in this book allow for the ink to be heavy and give weight to the art. Cam Smith and Mark Chater do a great job of taking the pencils and furthering that gritty feel.

Being the penultimate issue of this mini-series, the third installment still leaves a lot of questions to be answered.  The series is a slow yet satisfying burn for any Wolverine fan. Logan is the best at what he does and the fact that he is able to stay in the shadows for all of this story makes that evident.  This series could have been a story in and of itself but being under the Hunt For Wolverine makes the stakes of it so much higher.  The brutality of the script and the art alone make this an entertaining read.  But one of those questions  still needs to be answered. Where is Wolverine?

Cover: A-
Script: B+
Pencils, Inks and Colors: A-

Overall: A-