Wolverine #160
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Year
- 2001
- Month
- 3
- LastChanged
- 2/11/2024 1:14:13 PM
The Best there is
King of freaking Jungle
- Writer - Frank Tieri
- Penciler - Sean Chen
- Inker - Norm Rapmund
- Lettering - Richard Starkings
- Lettering - Comicraft
- Lettering - Saida
- Colorist - Hi-Fi Design
- Editor in Chief - Joe Quesada
- Editor - Mike Marts
- Ass't Editor - Mike Raicht
Summary
A mysterious figure in a hat and trenchcoach finds himself in a run-down neighborhood while he looks for an address. He is attacked by a street gang, who thinks they have him outnumbered and makes him an easy target. The mysterious figure reveals himself to be Sabretooth, who proceeds to dismember the lead gang member and kills the rest of the gang members. Sabretooth continues on his way to the address.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Wolverine is fighting Blok and the Lady Killers (codenames A and T). A very lengthy battle goes on, with Wolverine being tossed around like a rag between A / T, who assalts him with a barrage of weaponry, and Blok, who uses his brute strength to use Wolverine as a punching bag.
Back to Sabretooth, as he meets with Mr. X. Sabretooth thinks that he was being hired to kill someone, but Mr. X informs him that they wanted him, and would work exclusively for his corporation only. Sabretooth is gassed with knockout gas, which had been modified to knock out Sabretooth, even with his healing factor.
To Wolverine, where he is still being thrown around between A / T and Blok. Wolverine figures out the strategy that the three were using, and right before he is attacked by A and Blok from between, he dodges Blok's punch. A is the unfortunate receipient of the punch, and is knocked out cold. Meanwhile, the major reports to Mr. X about their situation. Hearing that three of his best assassins were being defeated by Wolverine, he thinks that it was about time that he meets Logan face to face. Logan finishes off T with a kick to her jaw, and against Blok, he uses Blok's necktie to choke Blok unconscious. The Major appears, who delivers an invitation from his employer, Mr. X, to invite Wolverine for a face-to-face meeting.
Interlude, as Mike and an associate of his meets at a park bench. His associate mentions how "they" have already killed seven of them, and says how anyone was involved with whatever they were doing was not safe. The two are killed by a drive-by shooting.
At a meeting location, where Logan meets Mr. X face to face. Logan recognizes the scars on Mr. X's body as those of scars associated with psychotic serial killers who makes a scar for every kill he makes. Wolverine attacks Mr. X, who dodges Wolverine with ease. Wolverine attacks three more times without success, only to have Mr. X attack Wolverine with a series of punches that leaves Wolverine bloodied and unconscious.