Might as well start off with the best part of this book, McNiven’s pencils. The entire issue looks great, but certain panels like the flashback of Wolverine deserve to be stared at for hours. Sadly, McNiven’s work here far outshines the writing of Mark Millar. After the first issue of this eight part event I was still really excited about the storyline and I still am after this one, but this issue just wasn’t that good of a read. In the first issue Millar clearly and skillfully established Wolverine as a poor farmer who had put his super-hero life behind him. That being said I don’t understand why we were continuously hit over the head with that concept in the often cheese-y dialogue between Logan and Hawkeye in this issue. Speaking of dialogue, it lost that period piece touch that was in the first issue which is unfortunate because that was part of the charm which really made last issue feel like it was taking place in a unique world. Things picked up in the last six pages as the story went in some directions that I was not expecting but enjoyed. As I said, I’m still interested in this world Millar has created and am eager to find out both where the story is going and what happened to get the characters in their current circumstances. I have no doubt McNiven will continue to impress throughout this event, hopefully Millar will catch up.