WOLVERINE #186 (2003)

In the last arc, Logan took down a mob boss. That’s usually Punisher’s gig. Plus, in the pages of Marvel Knights, Punisher ran over Wolverine with a steamroller.

So in this issue of Wolverine’s own book, they fight again and this time Logan wins. He also teases Punisher, suggesting he’s gay.

Really? We had to add some gratuitous homophobia as the capper to Frank Tieri’s low-quality run on this series?

Sigh.

Truth: Red White and Black #1-7 (2003)

This is a terrific miniseries that asks, “What If? the super soldier serum was an experiment administered to black soldiers”–an obvious parallel to the real-world Tuskegee experiments. We are witness…