Marvel Knights: Wolverine/Hulk #1-4 (2002)
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out whether a Marvel Knights book is canonical. This one is.
It’s also by Sam Keith, so regardless of what you think of the story it’s a joy to look at. But the story is interesting, too.
Both Wolverine and Hulk have a history of mentoring/protecting children, and specifically little girls whose parents are missing or cruel. The entry point for this story for Logan is a girl lost in the wilderness whose parents need to be rescued.
But by the time we get to the end, we learn that she is a ghost who needed Wolverine and Hulk to make her feel safe on Earth so that she could be released to heaven.
Yes, this is a complex story told with so much humor that the tale’s depth can be hard to see.
X-Men Unlimited #42 (2003)
Lately, this book has been cramming three stories into 40 pages. This means the stories are really more like scenes or jokes or gimmicks. Not always bad, but almost always…
X-Men Unlimited #41 (2003)
Anthology comics are up-and-down affairs, and this issue is no exception. The first story has the Exiles crossing over with the Spider God from JMS and JR Jr.’s Amazing Spider-Man,…
Spider-Man: Tangled Web #21 (2003)
The Christmas issue in which Spider-Man kills Santa. OK, so not really. But it is a lot of fun. Puppet Master makes Flash Thompson (in a Spider-Man suit) and Medusa…