Wolverine #60 - Marvel

So basically what we've learned from this story is that Lazaer is the one that keeps bringing Logan back to life. Well . . . that's not entirely true. What I mean to say is that it's his battles with Lazaer that allow him to come back. Still not making sense? Ok, during one of the campaigns, during WWII, Logan was the only survivor of this bloody battlefield. As he working his way across the field, he comes across this guy who he ends up doing battle with. He didn't really have his berserker rage at that time. But, he still had the bloodlust. So, if he saw anybody that wasn't in familiar uniform, he probably would've fought him. Anyways, it turns out it was this Lazaer who's job it is to fight fallen soldiers before they pass over in to purgatory. Well Logan, being who he is, bested him. That hadn't been done before. So he made a deal with him. When he dies he has to fight him, but if he wins, he can have the choice of coming back or not. Fast forward about 70 years and Logan is killed again, this time by a bomb, by the Scimitar. Logan's body comes back to life, but for some reason his essence . . . his soul, is trapped in purgatory. Finally, Dr. Strange comes to get him out. But again, he has to fight Lazaer to do so. He was either avoiding that, or just didn't want to do that. Anyways, he comes back, finds out the Hand was behind his killing . . . or more specifically 2 former members of the hand, Phaedra and Shogun, who have now gone rogue and are part of the Scimitar. But that still doesn't give him a reason why, or why this new group has such a hard-on for him. Well on the last page of this issue, he finds out. He finally finds Phaedra, and confronts her. Asking all the same questions. The answer she has for him is a bamboo drape. It's a family seal. The seal of clan Yashida. His first thought is "Mariko". He's close, but he's missing it a bit. "No. Gaijin, not Mariko . . . her father. And for killing me . . for killing my daughter . . . this time your death will be permanent."It's a pretty good story by Marc Guggenheim. It's got some interesting twists and turns. But, what really has me sold on this particular story is the incredible artwork of Howard Chaykin. He does his own inking here to. And it is phenomenal. It's a fantastic addition to this characters history.