Wolverine Noir #1

This new series sees Wolverine as a private eye in 1930’s New York along with his brother Dog at the P.I. firm, “Logan and Logan.”

True to noir style, as soon as the mysterious Mariko Yashida asks for their services, Logan is thrown into trouble, which causes him to explore his dark past.

Other books in the Marvel Noir series – which includes other X-Men and Spiderman books – have received positive reviews from fans.

As with all mainstream comic book series, it’s always interesting to see an alternate take on our favorite characters. The artwork by C.P Smith (The Programme) works well with the gritty noir elements that are present in the book.

100 Bullets #100

After nearly a decade, the highly acclaimed and multi-Eisner Award winning series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso comes to an end.

The first issue of this series came out in August 1999 and concluded the ‘90s stereotypically unnecessary over-the-top comic book violence and bland character development, by adding interesting and extremely damaged characters.

This modern day noir has entertained us with its violence, black humor, entertaining conspiracies and nods to everything from Raymond Chandler books to “The Usual Suspects.” It’s sad to see such a great series come to an end, but it was only a matter of time.

This is a must read for comic and noir fans.

-Osizimete Aken’ova is a film and video studies junior.