HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: ADAMANTIUM AGENDA #1 is an issue set in the past and present. There are a few flaws in the story, but it features an intriguing mystery. Read Full Review

Pick this one up. You'll have fun with the story and the art is pretty dang good too! Read Full Review

Overall this is an extremely solid set up issue with lots of first-rate storytelling going on both visually and written. Taylor does a fabulous job of setting the stage for something super big to happen. I cannot wait for the second issue of this one and that is not something I was expecting to be saying. 4/5 Read Full Review

While this issue doesn't make any cutting-edge Wolverine revelations, it does an excellent job of opening up new mysteries in its retrospective look at Logan's New Avengers days. Formidable art and a dense script that focuses on the "Why are these heroes hunting Wolverine?" question foremost in readers' minds turns this into a winner. Our recommendation for Adamantium Agenda #1: Buy it. Read Full Review

Adamantium Agenda #1 is an interesting and fun read. It has some fat that could be trimmed, and it doesnt seem to be well connected to the mainline Hunt for Wolverine story. That said, its positives far outweigh the negatives, and I can easily recommend it. Check it out. Read Full Review

"Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda" #1 is a light and enjoyable contribution to the "Hunt for Wolverine" storyline. Read Full Review

It's not bad, but the narrative would have greatly benefited from a shorter set-up, and the art is a mixed bag. Read Full Review

Adamantium Agenda#1 has one hell of a cast of characters, and Tom Taylor wastes no time having them go on an epic mission with action, jokes, and the occasional heartfelt moment. The final page takes the miniseries in a completely new direction, but Jesus Aburtov's muddy colors and R.B Silva and Adriano Benedetto's less than expressive, half-assed superhero house art visuals keep this from being a surefire summer blockbuster hit. Read Full Review

The final reveal of the issue raises the emotional stakes to the storyline, salvaging an otherwise basic "gather the troops. We gotta mission!" introduction. Still, based on the first installment, fans of this incarnation of the Avengers should be in for a fun ride with the cast going bar for bar. Read Full Review

The chemistry is odd, the story is fairly bland, and it's all around an uninteresting book. Read Full Review

Marvel might be bringing out all its best guest stars to hunt for Logan, but right now, readers still have very little reason to pick up The Adamantium Agenda. Read Full Review

Maybe it’s because I miss the early days of Bendis’ New Avengers, but I enjoyed this one. Not much happens, overall, but the dialogue was witty and fun, and I like Tom Taylor’s writing a lot, so... 8.5

I don’t really understand why these 4 Avengers promised Logan whatever they promised him but the flashback was entertaining and nostalgic to Bendis’ New Avengers days and the present day story was interesting enough to keep me reading. That last page was a real surprise though

This issue does a good job identifying the reader's key question - why THIS lineup of Wolverine's Avenger buddies? - and building the answer into a compelling flashback mystery. The script delivers a team dynamic that's strongly reminiscent of Brian Michael Bendis (in a good way), and the visuals are suitably cinematic for a globe-trotting James-Bond-esque thriller. The question of how integral this story is to Logan's return is still open, but the creators have done a good job of making it interesting in its own right.

I am starting to feel that Tom Taylor just really agrees with me. He writes in a tone I like and he is just really at home writing in the Marvel universe. I love his run on All New Wolverine. There is a great twist at the end of this book. One that quickly got my attention and will likely keep me on board till the end. However, I still don't know if I am onboard for the multiple minis to explore the return of one major character. This first issue is about putting the band together and launching them into the story and the story is good. You a get a little action and some good set up for a better issue 2. I will be keeping this in my pull list. So this ends my formal review, but I have some other thoughts on this type of writing from Marvel and why I think it should continue in its own space.

Ok. Hear me out. DC was on to something in their Elseworld style book. So much so that Black Label was created and now those type of books will live there. For someone like me who loves Batman, Static Shock, and all the DC cartoons from back in the day, but who really isn't that interested in the ongoing story of the DC Universe (Though I will likely read the new Justice League and Titans series cause they look amazing) this is really great. I can jump into a great story that is contained or read it in trade. DC with all the crazy imprints it announces is finding different readers and meeting them where they are. Still waiting on my Earth M imprint though.

Marvel has a different strategy. Marvel's world is a more world outside your window approach and nearly every book they produce is in-universe. This book is not so much a great story to go find Logan as a great story about people in the world and I don't understand why Marvel can't create 4 books that are just that. If we had books that were just designed to tell Marvel stories and brings random characters together then less great characters would sit on the shelf and likely find their readership. We left Blue Marvel a more

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

We open better than last week’s issue of Weapons Lost with Daredevil because Taylor makes an effort to explain to the readers why this crew would hunt for Wolverine in the first place. It turns out a couple years ago, Wolverine saved NYC by being the one to hit the switch on a bomb since someone had to do it.... and his healing factor kinda helps too. He saved millions doing that and literally took one for the team, which at the time was Iron Man, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, and of course Wolverine. We don’t see what happened to him but it’s implied something important to everyone on the team..... other than being blown to pieces that is.

We then jump to Tony Stark getting the old team back together to hunt for Wolverine. Intel takes them to a Black Market sale in which the bio makeup and genetic template of an unknown Super Hero is up for bidding. So, Tony’s team pretends to be buyers and goes to see which Super Heroes genetic template it is. They assume its Wolverines. Turns out; it’s Danielle Cage’s DNA and genetic template, which is Luke and Jessica’s daughter. Talk about a cliffhanger.

This book had its cheesy moments where it was trying to be too funny. But it had its moments where it was genuinely funny. Taylor made it interesting and gave us a believable blueprint for this “Hunt”. I love Taylor’s take on Wolverine, as well as Spider-Man. There interactions are great and I’m excited to see where this story will lead. I also love how we were given enough carrots to come back for more. Taylor told us enough to give us a pretty good start but left out enough nuggets to make us want to come back for the next issue. Pick this one up. You’ll have fun with the story and the art is pretty dang good too! more

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