Marvel Fanfare #2

Review: Jason Wilson is right: this issue is just a rematch for Hulk, Wolverine, and Wendigo following up the classic INCREDIBLE HULK #181. But in a way it is very different, as in, much sillier. The story is okay, just a standard Wendigo tale with Wolverine as the protagonist. And Hulk comes out of nowhere just to cause some plot complications. Really, Hulk seems to show up merely to justify his being on the cover. A number of scenes are played for comedy, another quality not usually associated with Wendigo (or Hulk…or Logan). And come on, we all know that the Wendigo is Michael, stop pretending we don’t.  

The issue’s real liability is the art: the three central characters are short and chunky. Wolverine looks goofy with his thick hands and feet. Hulk has a huge body and a tiny round head. Wendigo is similarly proportioned but alternates between looking like a monkey and a puppy dog, which builds a little sympathy for him, despite his deserving none at all. The whole thing is amusing but forgettable.

Comments: One of Marvel’s series of 99 cent comics. Story follows Wendigo and the cryptozoologists into the next issue where they link up with Spider-Man and Ghost Rider.  Marvel Chronology Project places this after UNCANNY X-MEN #340 for Wolverine; oddly, it isn’t listed for Hulk at all.