If there’s anything we can say about Wolverine—besides him being the best at what he does, which apparently means being in nine billion different comics per any given month—it’s that the guy can take a beating without really missing a beat.
I mean, we’ve seen him shot, stabbed, burned, forced to watch Rosie O’Donnell shower, you name it (so I made that Rosie one up, sue me) and nothing’s been able to stop him. And it’s all been thanks to his handy dandy mutant healing factor. It’s retarded his aging, it's sealed up his wounds, helped grow back his flesh, and probably kept his hair doing that thing it’s been doing all these years. In a scrap, surrounded by dozens of ninjas, Wolverine never really had to think about charging in headfirst because, really, what was the worst that could happen?
I mean, we’ve seen him shot, stabbed, burned, forced to watch Rosie O’Donnell shower, you name it (so I made that Rosie one up, sue me) and nothing’s been able to stop him. And it’s all been thanks to his handy dandy mutant healing factor. It’s retarded his aging, it's sealed up his wounds, helped grow back his flesh, and probably kept his hair doing that thing it’s been doing all these years. In a scrap, surrounded by dozens of ninjas, Wolverine never really had to think about charging in headfirst because, really, what was the worst that could happen?
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But now writer Paul Cornell has thrown a big old monkey wrench into Wolverine’s life in the form of the six part Killable, which just kicked off in last month’s Wolverine #8. Throughout the first few issues of his new ongoing series, Wolverine faced off against a sentient virus from the Microverse that was capable of inhabiting and controlling the bodies of others and wants nothing more that to supplant humanity.
In going toe to toe with the foe, which made him a poet though he didn’t know it, Wolverine suffered a catastrophic consequence—the virus stole his healing factor away.
I've never been an apologetic Brian De Palma fan and I'm not about to start apologizing. Recognized and celebrated by many a film geek, and seemingly the entire country of France, De Palma makes polarizing films that often split audiences and critics down the middle.
