Wolverine: Prodigal Son...

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Wolverine Prodigal Son is a story about Wolverine, but it isn't Marvel. It's a manga put out by Del Rey, by Anthony Johnston and Wilson Tortosa. Logan has a healing factor, and claws, but no adamantian skeleton and the word 'mutant' is never used. Logan isn't a tough old soldier, he's a brash teen in a Canadian martial arts boarding school. (Cool idea.) He's fourteen years old, and pretty. He has attitude. They got that part right.

And a lot of the theme, as with many Wolverine stories, was about identity, and finding the honourable path. I particularly liked the chapter in which Wolverine has to take a dripping bowl of water to the heart of a redwood tree.

It isn't X-Men, but it's fun.