Stan Lee, co-creator of the X-Men, came together with incoming Wolverine and the X-Men writer Jason Latour recently to write an Infinite Comic featuring Wolverine and the Silver Samurai, included as a bonus feature to fans who bought The Wolverine on Blu-ray.Daniel Govar, Manuel Garcia and Bit provided the artwork, which is a bit reminiscent of Joe Quesada’s style on Wolverine: Origin. That’s likely not a coincidence; while the film this comic was attached to was nominally an adaptation of Frank Miller and Chris Claremont’s classic Wolverine work, the pair were never credited onscreen and Quesada’s Origin was released as a Marvel Knights animated DVD feature around the time the movie was kicking off in theaters. It seems, a bit like Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman, to be the story that its publisher considers the gold standard for the character.Ultimately, like many Infinite Comics, the success or failure of the work comes down to the artists as much–or arguably more–than the writers. There’s a lot of exposition dialogue here, giving it the feeling of an older comic and perhaps Lee’s involvement can be felt there. The dialogue isn’t bad, but it drives only the plot, not the momentum of the story, which is dictated by the storyboard artist.
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