Wolverine #189

Publisher
Marvel
Year
2003
Month
7
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6/22/2024 1:40:20 AM
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Summary

  Detective Lester Brown is being interrogated by his superiors, who are now investigating the disappearance of Tawanda and Juwan Barnes. They interrogate Detective Brown, since he would have a motive after Tawanda threatened to press charges against him for what he did to her son. They asked where he was the previous night (at Sullivan's, a local bar), whether anyone could confirm his story (McLawry could since he was there), and how he had gotten hurt (by a bunch of gangbangers). Detective Brown's superior points out that McLawry had been cleared of any wrongdoings in his shooting against the drug dealer to which Brown was investigating. As the two interrogators leave, Brown is told by his boss that he was suspended and had to turn over his badge and gun. Brown said that he didn't have his gun, and he didn't know where it was. Brown, infuriated, tells them that if they wanted to press charges against him to do so, but the interrogators tell him that they didn't have anything to charge him with, though with Brown going back to their apartment the previous night, the two occupants being missing, and the fact that Tawanda Barnes had wanted to file charges against him meant that it didn't look very good for Detective Brown's situation. Brown retaliates, saying that he wanted to go back to warn them before they were killed by McLawry for being eyewitnesses to the slaying of their neighbor. The interrogators ask Brown whether he knew beyond a doubt that they were dead for sure since no bodies were ever found. As they all step out of Brown's superior's office, Detective McLawry tells Murphy that he felt like celebrating, and the two head back to Sullivan's for another drink.

  At Sullivan's, when McLawry went to wash up in the restroom, he is asked by Logan, using a urinal, how he felt getting away with murder. McLawry doesn't recognize Logan, so Logan refreshes his mind, saying he was the one whom McLawry bought the drink for, about an hour after he shot the kid, four hours after he shot the kid's mom, and eight days after he had shot their neighbor. McLawry gets right into Logan's face, demanding to know from Logan what he knew. Logan says he knows everything. Just then, Murphy enters the restroon to chcek on McLawry, and Logan leaves. McLawry leaves Murphy behind to give chase after Logan.

  Outside, Logan catches McLawry's scent, and allows McLawry to follow him. McLawry hits Logan from behind, knocking Logan out and dragging the unconscious Logan to the back of the trunk of his car. They drive out of New York to a rural area. McLawry pops open the trunk, and armed with a shovel, demands to know how Logan found out about everything. Logan calls McLawry a coward and a murderer, to which McLawry's reaction was to hit Logan with the shovel. McLawry said that if it wasn't for narcotic detectives like him, even if it meant killing a few drug dealers along the way, the streets would be far worse than it currently is already. He tells Logan that he had buried Juwan and Tawanda in this same location, and though it was the hardest thing he ever had to do, it had to be done. Logan tells McLawry that he knows he killed the drug dealer not in self-defense, and Juwan had known what he had done. Tawanda was killed just to eliminate any witnesses to his killings. McLawry congratulates Logan for figuring everything out. He pulls out a pistol, and shoots Logan twice at point blank range into Logan's head. He buries Logan's body into the ground, and drives off. Moments later, Logan digs his way out of his grave once Logan's healing factor had sufficiently kicked in to heal him of his wounds.

  Later on, Detective Brown is seen entering Sullivan's once again. The waitress asks Brown whether he wanted another drink. Detective Brown looks at her, and turns down the offer, saying he's not going to drink anymore. The waitress returns later on though with a glass of burbon, saying it was at the complements of the guy at the counter. She points to the spot where the guy had been, but there was no one there except for a package. Detective Brown heads over there, and opens the package. Inside was Detective Brown's missing gun, and a map detailing where Detective Brown could find the bodies of Juwan and Tawanda Barnes. Detective Brown dashes out, knowing he's got the evidence now to nab McLawry. Moments later, Logan steps out of the restroom after cleaning up himself. He notices the drink that he had bought McLawry had not been consumed, so he drinks it up.