Issue(s): Wolverine #91
Cover Date: Jul 95
Title: "Path of stones, wood of thorns"
Credits:
Larry Hama - Writer
Duncan Rouleau - Penciler
Josef Rubinstein - Inker
Bob Harras - Editor

Review/plot:
This is the first issue of Wolverine after Age of Apocalypse. I randomly have it for some reason, so i'll give it a quick review. To start with, the art is atrocious.

Beyond that, the plot is that the X-Men are mad at Wolverine for attacking Sabretooth last issue (prior to AoA). There's a theory, supported by Alpha Flight's Guardian, that Wolverine's would naturally have evolved into a more beastial state if it wasn't for the adamantium (somehow), and so now that the adamantium is gone, he's becoming more bestial.

That's basically it. There's also a family that lives near the X-Mansion which serves to illustrate a point that Wolverine wants to make. The father of the family is abusive, and Wolverine wants to kill him. The X-Men won't let him, and in the end the mother winds up defending the father, and Wolverine's point is that the only way to break out of that cycle of violence would be to kill the father. Whatever.

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: This takes place after X-Men: Prime, and the MCP have this, along with Wolverine annual '95, between Uncanny X-Men #322-323. The Higgins family will actually appear once more, but they're really not worth tagging.

References:

• Magneto pulled the adamantium out of Wolverine in X-Men #25.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A