Once he is under their control, they equip him with fancy upgrades such as a short range teleporter, Nano machines to hack into computers, and other (convenient) gadgets. Wolverine is brainwashed by a conglomeration of the Hand, Hydra, and a 'death cult' called Dawn of the White Light. in this book we find out what happens when that's not the case. And one thought/theme, that many writers have touched on, that I came to realize was.it's a good thing he's on our side. As I got older, and the type of storytelling started to change in comics to a more mature and -dare I say- geared to realistic sytle, I realized that Wolverine is. He kicked ass and made no apologies about it. Growing up reading X-Men comics as a kid and watching the animated series, Wolverine was always my favorite character. Thankfully, said deaths - murders, really - are often more alluded to than actually depicted, but it was still a persistent downer of a plot contrivance in a fairly good book. Our antihero Wolverine gets turned on to the dark side by the subversive terrorist group known as HYDRA (a mainstay in Marvel, and a continual 'thorn in the side' for both Captain America and SHIELD's top cop Nick Fury), and in just a week's time he brutally slaughters 100 people - mainly federal agents, police officers, and even paramedics trying to treat his injuries in one instance - with further plans to murder his fellow superheroes and then the President of the United States. so where did it go wrong for me? The nagging real-world implications of the violence. 'Get a grip, Wolverine! You've been brainwashed by HYDRA! They're making you do this, man!' - vigilante Matt 'Daredevil' Murdock, fiercely tussling with our indoctrinated title characterĮnemy of the State was excellently paced graphic novel, with an action-heavy plot punctuated by some occasionally snarky and out-of-left-field dialogue.

Wolverine by Mark Millar