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CHUD - Jeb Delia
Oct 26, 2012I'm not entirely sure why Marvel decided that Wolverine needed a Wolverine MAX series: yes, they love adding new Wolverine series, but the MAX imprint isn't really a "universe" that wants to expand its cast of characters (just for starters, it doesn't even have The Punisher anymore), and while Marvel gets some nice prestige points when, say, Garth Ennis does a MAX book, the "mature readers" tag ensures that this will never reach the sales potential of a regular Wolverine title, thus presumably making it a fairly expensive book in terms of paying the creative team. And, yeah, while there's a bit of bad language and nudity, and plenty of violence, it's not really envelope-pushing, and nothing that happens in this book couldn't happen (hasn't happened) in a regular Wolverine title, with just a bit of %#^@! in place of the "fuck!"s, and some carefully discreet artwork to hint at the blood and boobies. Writer Jason Starr does his best to make this more in Read Full Review
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