Laura Kinney: Wolverine #10 // Review
Laura is forced to accept help from Dracula’s son. It’s not the best situation, but he DOES care for Laura’s sister and he wants her to be okay. So he’s naturally going to want to make certain that he is going to be able to help out in Laura Kinney: Wolverine #10. Writer Erica Schultz continues a fun run with a very appealing wolverine in an issue that is brrought to page and panel by artist Giada Belviso and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg. Schultz’s ensemble feels a bit bigger than it’s been in the past ,which makes Laura feel a bit more on edge, but it takes a bit away from her own series that she’s lost in a slightly bigger crowd than usual.
Laura wants her sister back. Clea wants to help her. So does the son of one of the more sinister figures from ancient history. Xarus--the son of Draula is going to do what he has to do in order to make certain that he’s going to be okay. She asks him about the beams that shot out of his eyes. (There wee beams that shot out of his eyes. It was a whole thing.) He tells her that it’s fine. He’s got them under control so long as he’s not stressed, distracted or hungry. So what could possibly go wrong?
Schultz is working with a very simple and time honored superhero trope. A group of heroes goes in to try to save someone being captured by the villains. It's something that's been done so much that it's easy to lose track of the fun. It's hard to do it in a way that feels new or fresh or original.Schultz handles it pretty well throughout with a solidly respectable execution that combines wit with faced-paced action.
Belviso hit the page with the action from quite a few different angles that all seem to work. There's a really dynamic sense of motion about the action that feels the likely well executed from beginning to end.Rosenberg’s colors, add depth and contour to the visuals in a way that feels very satisfying. Everything seems to be hitting the page in just the right way. There's a long-standing tradition with.Marvel mutant titles that involves slinging the action across the page with enough variation to keep everything very distinct, even as it becomes completely lost in the conflict. Belviso and Rosenberg do a great service to that tradition in another satisfying issue.
Once again, Schultz and company do a really good job of making this particular wolverine very unique. She is distinct. She has her own person. And she's not just a female Logan. Her powers may be more or less identical, but her personality and precisely what it is that she's going through are completely different things altogether. So it's a lot of fun seeing that come through. There's a lot of fun seeing how it all developed. And it will be interesting to see where Schultz takes this series next.
