This Issue! Things Get Worse! #140

The Uncanny X-Men #140
“Rage!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis
The Wendigo is on a rampage, and only Wolverine can stop it!

Rolling Commentary
Page 2. I don’t really know why, but I like this heart to heart Angel and Colossus are doing here.

Page 3. Maybe Angel should be given the memo. He doesn’t seem to realize that Wolverine’s killed several people already while with the X-Men.

Page 4. Wait, Storm just created a rainstorm above some jerk’s head for hitting on her, and she’s telling Kitty not to “flaunt” her powers?

Pages 5 and 6. I know Nightcrawler is just doing the episode recap here, but he needs to stop making like this is all Wolverine’s fault. They wouldn’t be here at all if the Canadian government had just accepted Wolverine’s resignation in the first place.

Page 9. Yeah, about Vindicator handling this…

Page 11. More vague hints about Wolverine’s origin.

Page 13. I know Wendigo is all strong and such, but shouldn’t Wendigo, like, bleed?

Page 17. … Ok. Fine. I take it back. Snowbird can be cool. There. I said it.

Page 20. Snowbird’s got the hots for Logan….

Page 22. Blob’s out of prison, for the first time since the 60s, really.

Post Mortem
Yay for excessively violent issues! Wolverine rocks it big time in this issue (with Nightcrawler as the swingin’ sidekick). Wendigo isn’t much for plot, usually, but sometimes it’s good to just have a big scary monster to beat up on.

Good character bits from Wolverine too. The hints about his origin are good times, and hurray with interacting with Heather and Mac! It’s nice to have him around people who have a tendency to mistrust him.

Blob is free, and we’ve had our first hint about Mystique, who’s coming up next issue (sorry to spoil it, but now you know). Are we going to let Colossus visit his parents in Russia anytime soon? I’m starting to feel really bad for him with regards to that.

Next up: You thought Dark Phoenix was bad? Bah! Now things get really horrible.