Wolverine: Revenge #4 Review

Written by: Jonathan Hickman
Art by: Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend
Colors by: Alex Sinclair, FCO Plascencia
Letters by: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover art by: Greg Capullo (cover A)
Cover price: $
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Wolverine: Revenge #4, by Marvel Comics on 1/22/25, jumps twenty years into the future when a new set of villains begin their revenge quest against Wolverine.

Is Wolverine: Revenge #4 Good?

Recap

When last we left Logan in Wolverine: Revenge #3, he completed his quest for revenge by killing Omega Red, Deadpool, and Colossus after tracking them down with the help of Forge’s tech. The issue ended without an apparent cliffhanger or path forward.

Plot Synopsis

In Wolverine: Revenge #4, we jump forward twenty years to a post-apocalyptic world that looks like a version of the Old West. In an outpost called Light’s Shadow, Logan greets a cadre of familiar Marvel heroes and villains who have all settled into a happy life of cowboy bliss, including a new(er) version of Captain America, the Winter Soldier, Ultron, and Demon Bear(?). He caps the end of his latest mission, to eliminate the last remnant of the Reavers, with a drink with Forge.

The next day, Logan arrives at Sabretooth’s cabin to administer the next round of Forge’s ability-nullifying rays to ensure the villain remains alive but unable to heal. After a tense conversation, Logan leaves. What the Wolverine doesn’t realize is that Sabretooth secretly contacted the scientists from a C.H.I.M.E.R.A. lab to give birth to a trio of powered individuals spawned from Omega Red’s genes – The trio of Omega Black, Omega White, and Omega Red (Jr.). Omega-3 tracks down and attacks Wolverine to avenge their “father,” but they quickly learn the lethal consequences of underestimating their opponent. Before Omega White dies, he gives up the name of their benefactor.

The issue ends with Sabretooth talking with the next and last offspring who thirsts for revenge – Colossus (Jr.).

First Impressions

Wolverine: Revenge #4 all comes down to expectations. If you want an in-canon Wolverine story that matters, you’ll have a tough time. On the other hand, if you want a Wolverine story, with strong dramatic beats, that serves no purpose beyond an excuse to show an older Wolverine killing junior variant villains, you’re in luck.

How’s the Art?

Greg Capullo and Tim Townsend are the stars of this issue for a couple of reasons. First, the designs of Omega-3 look great. Rather than color-coded variations on the original, each sibling has a unique style and set of abilities that echo Omega Red without mimicking him. Second, the Wolverine fighting action is first-rate. If all you’re looking for is cool Wolverine action, you get your money’s worth.

What’s great about Wolverine: Revenge #4?

Admittedly, I was completely lost as to where this story was headed next when it seemed issue #3 wrapped up the revenge quest. Hickman nicely turns the tables by reversing the flow of revenge toward Wolverine to maintain the theme.

What’s not great about Wolverine: Revenge #4?

Plot holes and inconsistencies abound. Why is Demon Bear hanging out in an Old West-styled saloon? Why is Wolverine keeping Sabretooth alive in a deformed, tortured state? How did a C.H.I.M.E.R.A. lab have the tech and power to spawn four genetic offspring of Omega Red and Colossus when the world is supposed to be in a primitive state?

In other words, this story only makes sense if you ignore consistency, both in the arc and Marvel canon, which contradicts the X-Office’s explanation that this story “matters.” This story doesn’t matter. It’s a sloppily constructed “What if…?” designed to stuff shelves and supply Hickman with a self-appeasing vanity project.

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Final Thoughts

Wolverine: Revenge #4 presents the penultimate issue in the “What if…?” story by jumping forward in time to a point where the quest for revenge turns against Wolverine. Jonathan Hickman’s vanity project is a fun time-waster, as long as you don’t mind plot holes or inconsistencies with the setup. If all you want is an excuse for Wolverine to kill bad guys, that’s about as much (or as little) as you’ll get.

6.5/10

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