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As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOLVERINE vol 7 #4<\/strong>
“The Red Tavern”<\/strong>
by Benjamin Percy, Viktor Bogdanovic & Matthew Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Omega Red tries to drown Wolverine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 2-3.<\/strong> Wolverine winds up the Quiet Council.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, Wolverine is taking an anti-authority stance here which is a bit of a throwback to his early (publication) years – from the late 80s onwards, he came to be written as an elder statesman of the X-Men and as being an authority figure himself. It’s interesting to see Wolverine baiting the (very dodgy) government of the X-Men’s supposed utopia. As Professor X points out, this is very unhelpful behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Suppose you’ll be wanting this back.”<\/strong> Wolverine stole Magneto’s helmet in a flashback in the previous issue, to use it as psychic shielding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You once tore the adamantium off my skeleton.”<\/strong> In X-Men<\/em> vol 2 #25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

“In the future, we would prefer to work cooperatively.”<\/strong> This is a weird comment, unless Professor X is being sarcastic. After all, Wolverine is a member of X-Force, and the Quiet Council know about X-Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Put a stop to the Marauders being hijacked… Took out the pollen lab…”<\/strong> All in the previous three issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 4.<\/strong> Recap page. The bit about Omega Red and Dracula refers to the back-up strip in issue #1. In that story, Dracula gave Omega Red the “carbonadium synthesizer” that Omega Red needs in order to stay alive without draining other people’s life force. However, the C-synth contains a bomb, which is Dracula’s leverage to make sure Omega Red stays in line and keeps the mutants out of his way. So Omega Red is a reluctant ally of Dracula, which isn’t really spelt out here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 5. <\/strong>Credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 6.<\/strong> Data page. Another piece signed off with the Russian word for “chronicler” or “scribe”, which we’ve also seen in several issues of X-Force<\/em>. The last issue of X-Force<\/em> suggests that the chronicler is some sort of mutant writer who has been forced into service to the Russian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chronicler doesn’t directly name the person he’s writing about, so I suppose technically it might be misdirection, but we’re obviously meant to infer that it’s Wolverine. The bit about all his relationships ending in grief or betrayal is basically accurate (thanks in part to the dreaded Romulus retcon). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris featured in the back-up strip in issue #1; the catacombs are indeed said to hold more than six million bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 7-12. <\/strong>Wolverine arrives at the Red Tavern.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All pretty standard in continuity terms; Logan is leaving Krakoa to go and wear his normal clothes and hang out in a dodgy bar, as he so often does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n