The Infinity Stones have become fused to people thanks to Adam Warlock in the latest Infinity Wars book. One of them peeps is a Texas death row inmate who now finds himself pursued by the galaxy’s most dangerous power-hungry loonies (not Thanos for once)! It’s down to the unlikely pair of the freshly-resurrected Wolverine and the newly un-Sorcerer-Supremed Loki to protect poor Hector in Wolverine: Infinity Watch.
Though Infinity Wars was pants, this book set in its aftermath surprisingly wasn’t bad. It reminded me of Gerry Duggan’s excellent All-New Guardians series that kicked off this lengthy Infinity Stones storyline: a fun and fast-moving action chase storyline in a similar style and tone to James Gunn’s Guardians movies.
Wolverine and Loki have good chemistry together, there’s a knowingness to the script (Loki ribbing Logan that the X-Men are always fighting robots, Loki getting frustrated with the variety of Logans floating around the Marvel Universe these days) that I liked, and even the supporting cast are decent: the talking ghost dog, the Chitauri warrior Warbringer (who felt like a DBZ character) and the reappearance of Rich Ryder’s brother Robbie and his Fraternity of Raptors.
Hector is a bit of a dull character to centre the story around, Andy MacDonald’s art is a little rough and might not appeal to everyone, and his design for Hector with the Time Stone is very derivative of DC’s Green Lantern Corps uniform. The story isn’t that remarkable or meaningful either - it feels very much like the disposable side story that it is.
Still, Wolverine: Infinity Watch is a fun little romp that fans of Duggan’s All-New Guardians series might find enough in it to enjoy - I did!
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