{"id":9878,"date":"2024-02-28T22:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2024-02-28T22:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:22:35","slug":"wolverine-44-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9878","title":{"rendered":"Wolverine #44 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>WOLVERINE vol 7 #44<\/strong>
\n“Sabretooth War, part 4”<\/strong>
\nWriters: Benjamin Percy & Victor LaValle<\/strong>
\nPenciller: Cory Smith<\/strong>
\nInker: Oren Junior<\/strong>
\nColour artist: Alex Sinclair<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Cory Petit<\/strong>
\nEditor: Mark Basso<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1:<\/strong> Sabretooth stalks Wolverine in a graveyard full of the graves of people Wolverine loved, or at least felt responsible for. I say that because Quentin Quire makes the list, although arguably an awkward father\/son relationship is intended between the two of them.<\/p>\n

PAGE 2.\u00a0<\/strong>The Greenhouse residents clear up after the Sabretooth Army’s attack.<\/em><\/p>\n

The bonfire presumably contains the body parts of the people who were killed in issue #41. The lone Cuckoo next to the bonfire is Phoebe, Quentin’s ex-girlfriend, whom he brought back to the Greenhouse in X-Force<\/em> #47. Other than Black Tom and Sage, the mutants inside the Greenhouse seem to be generics.<\/p>\n

PAGES 3-5.\u00a0<\/strong>Aurora sews up Wolverine.<\/em><\/p>\n

She’s reattaching his hands and feet after he tore free of his bonds in issue #42. It was all rather silly. Aurora and Akihiro’s relationship was established when they were in the cast of X-Factor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Aurora has known Wolverine long enough, from their time in Alpha Flight, that she really ought to be well aware that he has all sorts of psychological problems that his healing factor can’t sort – though she’s not on top form right now, and besides, there is an interpretation of the character where his memory gaps are ascribed to his healing factor erasing traumatic events.<\/p>\n

She does have a point, though, that Wolverine’s idea of mourning skips the mourning bit altogether and jumps straight to the violent retribution.<\/p>\n

PAGE 6.\u00a0<\/strong>The “Cap” Sabretooth flees the Greenhouse.<\/em><\/p>\n

This version of Sabretooth was apparently torn apart by the Greenhouse once its defence systems came on line at the end of issue #42; he was left for dead by Sabretooth Prime on retreating. Clearly, he wasn’t actually dead – the art was always less than emphatic on the point – and his healing factor has patched him up.<\/p>\n

PAGE 7.\u00a0<\/strong>Recap and credits.<\/p>\n

PAGES 8-12.\u00a0<\/strong>X-Force capture “Cap” Sabretooth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

PAGES 13-16.\u00a0<\/strong>X-Force interrogate the captive Sabretooth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sage has had telepathic powers for years, but she’s always been a lower-tier psychic, so it does make sense that Phoebe would be more effective.<\/p>\n

PAGES 17-19.\u00a0<\/strong>Wolverine reflects on his history with Sabretooth.<\/em><\/p>\n

The flashbacks show the following events:<\/p>\n