And now, Marvel is making Wolverine the book that looks into his past and future and Wolverine Origins is the present-day book. Does that make a damn bit of sense? Maybe move the teams around and give Origins the revolving team and Wolverine the one team that sticks around.

Anyways, this issue actually is very good. Way has a very different way (HA) of dealing with who Logan and Wade (or is it Jack or did they just completely gloss over that in continuity). Logan is the best there is at what he does. He's the murderer. The one who murdered all the right people. And Wade is just a murderer. But he has a reason, and we get a little more about that (besides his revenge angle for what Weapon X did to him, there's his abusive asshole father, his time as a soldier, etc). And he really wants to be on the X-men and doesn't understand why they let Logan on and not him.

My favorite parts of the issue: The opening with the Tortoise and the Hare. Steve Dillon can draw anything and I will heartily enjoy it. Honestly. I didn't think his art on a superhero book would work, but my god is he one of the quintessential Wolverine artists if you ask me. He doesn't draw him MASSIVE, he draws him like he's a normal guy. A guy you think you could take in a barfight but he would utterly destroy you.

My second favorite part (well there's three, the two page spread showing all of Wolverine's kills was glorious) was Wolverine's remark when Deadpool asks if anybody actually likes him. "Not really," Logan says, "But a lot o' folks act like they do because they know it's better to be my friend than my enemy."

Perfect. That right there is pitch-perfect Wolverine characterization. Right down to the core of this book, Way makes Logan a character worth looking at, just as Aaron has done on the main book. If only Marvel kept these two guys on these books for the long haul we'd finally have the voice of Logan we've been waiting for since Larry Hama left and since Greg Rucka left. Greg Rucka gave us Logan back, and Mark Millar did his best to give us Wolverine back, but Enemy of the State just was too much for the character. Daniel Way was meant for this book, it just needs to get back to basics.

Get Wolverine back on the path of revenge, the path of learning the past and get this book back on track and it will be at the top of my pile. My biggest sadness about this book: Steve Dillon is leaving after issue 25 (I believe). His art has been a consistent voice on the book, and especially nowadays when artists do 2-6 issue runs that start strong and then STILL get late, he has never missed a deadline and his art has always been strong. It will be sorely missed, and I hope whoever they bring in can hit that deadline in stride and keep it as strong as its been.

By the way, has anyone noticed that NO ONE draws Wolverine with the mask on anymore? Leinil Yu didn't in New Avengers barely ever and the same in Secret Invasion. Steve Dillon barely does if ever. Ron Garney barely does. Is it just me? Do people not like him behind the mask?