Wolverine #66 - Marvel

What an awesome issue this was. The set-up for the story is . . it's 50 years in the future, and somewhere along the line there was a really bad day. "The day the heroes fell." Obviously Wolverine survived . . healing factor and all that . . but he decided he was going to leave the dangerous world behind him. Right now he's settled down on a ranch in California . . with a wife and 2 kids . . and has decided to be a pacifist. First of all, somebody like Wolverine isn't just going to be able to crawl off into the woodwork without someone noticing or taking exception to it. Second of all, being who he is, anyone who feels they have to prove themselves are just going to see him as a target. So I don't think he's going to have the luxury of a peaceful existence. Which is the case with his landlords . . the Hulk Gang . . Bruce Banner's kids. They operate pretty much the whole west-coast of America. The whole United States is divided up in to provinces . . if you will. Starting on the west-coast and working east . . Hulkland (formerly the Abomination's Territory), the Kingdom of the Kingpin (formerly the Domain of Magneto), a no-man's land in the middle of the country, Doom's Lair, an open space around Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia (formerly the Big-Ten Territory, and finally the President's Quarter along the whole East Coast. That area runs from Maine down to Florida. Anyways, Hawkeye shows up near the end of the issue and he wants Wolverine to ride a long with him on a run to the east-coast. He's pulling him back in to the life of adventure. Like I said, I thought it was a fantastic book with a lot of really cool ideas in it. But, being written by Mark Millar . . what more would you expect? It really was a terrific story. I would imagine this one will probably be, at least, a four part series. Oh, and in case I forgot to mention it, Steve McNiven does the art. This one is truly destined to be a classic. Get it while you can. By the way, I put the variant cover here . . on the left, so you can see it, but I didn't get it myself . . $75! $75? That's insane! I'm sure somebody thinks it's worth that, but still . . . YIKES!