The first issue of Wolverine/Captain America was generic superheroics, but ultimately readable enough.  As a set-up issue, it worked.  But the second issue is really very generic indeed, and my alarm bells are ringing. 

We're halfway through the series now, and unless it pulls out something very surprising, it's hard to see this book appealing to anyone but the most conservative of old-school fans.  Generic villains, generic hunt-the-macguffin plots, and hoary old plot devices abound.  (Oh look, the tunnel divides into three routes!  We must split up!)

And if you're going to have Wolverine on the verge of death, in need of hospitalisation, and with his healing factor not working, you can't go on to have him do a four page fight scene.  Either he's nearly dead or he isn't - you can't have it both ways.

Even for the sort of reader who really wants to see more old-school superhero stories, this is such a generic example that I can't imagine it being particularly satisfying.  For the most part, it's simply bland rather than outright bad - but it's very, very bland.

Rating: C-

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