Also this week:

NEW EXILES #3 - Um.  Minor henchmen proclaiming their names loudly, mind control elements... this all seems desperately familiar for a Chris Claremont story, without much in the way of new ideas.  It's not bad for what it is - Claremont's fanbase should be happy with it.  But it's really just more of the same, and feels decidedly uninspired.  B-

WOLVERINE #63 - Goodness, they were serious about de-powering Wolverine.  Apparently a bunch of locals with guns are now at least a nuisance for him, if not a genuine threat.  We're back to the days when getting shot was a serious hindrance, and thank heavens for that.  Meanwhile, Mystique runs around causing chaos in modern Iraq and 1920s Kansas, as Jason Aaron and Ron Garney continue to make the most of a back-to-basics take on the character.  Shame they're only doing a single storyline, because this is the sort of thing I'm looking for from a Wolverine book.  A-

There's more from me at If Destroyed, and if you're desperate for more Article 10 columns, you can always hunt through the archives on Ninth Art.

Next week, just Wolverine: Origins #23, still guest starring Deadpool.  I am smiling, but not very convincingly.

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