Logan #1 - Marvel

Ok. This was something that, at least for me, was completely unexpected. It's a story of Logan's from back during WWII. It's brought to us by Brian K Vaughan, of ExMachina fame. With some beautiful black and white renderings by Eduardo Risso, or 100 Bullets fame. Visually, it's a stunning book. This is really how Eduardo has always worked best . . with lights and shadows. I really don't know why the cover I have pictured is in color. The whole book, including the cover, is in black & white. It must be the variant or second print or something. Anyways, it's the first of a 3 issue mini that takes us back to WWII Japan. He says, this is the place and the time where he became a man. He ended up here after he was sent to Burma to take out a train, "Thing's must have gone south, because I woke up here." That's where he meets Ethan G Warren. In a holding cell in some military science base in mainland Japan. They break out and start heading across the countryside until they run across Atsuko. Basically, Logan saves her life from Warren because he has this intense hatred of the Japanese. She takes him back to her hut to hide him until the next nightfall, and to give him a chance to rest and eat. She also offers herself to him. He wonders if he's in heaven . . . if he's already dead and in heaven. "No not heaven . . . Hiroshima." Two obvious conflicts here. First of all they're in Hiroshima . . . in the second world war. Second of all, I don't think Warren went away like Logan instructed him to. I think he's still close by and is going to cause some trouble. I'm guessing that somehow it's going to change him, because in the beginning of this story, in the present, someone comes at Logan who looks like the Human Torch. But a lot meaner. I thought this was a fantastic first installment of the book. Although I do have one more question. Why does a black & white book need a colorist?