X-Men Unlimited #12

Writer: Stuart Moore (The Healing), Christopher E. Long (Pain Is Necessary, Suffering is Optional)
Art: C.P. Smith (The Healing),
John Lucas (Pain Is Necessary, Suffering is Optional)
Letters: Dave Sharpe


This issue of X-Men Unlimited focuses on fan-favorite, Wolverine in two separate stories about pain and suffering. In the first story, “The Healing”, Wolverine lies near death in the remote Canadian territory, Nunavut, explaining just how painful his healing process can be. The second story, “Pain is Necessary, Suffering is Optional”, Wolverine confronts his old teammate Puck, who has become quite bitter over the years and is taking out his frustrations on a bar full of people.

I entered into this particular issue of Unlimited with high hopes, mainly due to the great artwork by C.P. Smith and John Lucas. And while the art certainly didn’t let me down, the stories certainly did. Both tales read like after school specials, being overly dramatic, silly, boring and way too wordy. And seriously, do we need more stories featuring Wolverine, possibly the most overused character in comics? He’s in every X-Men book, a member of the New Avengers, not to mention the star of his own regular series. Enough already!

So there you go, two really corny stories, with terrific artwork, about an overexposed superhero. Meh, I’m bored just writing the review.

Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.

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