Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer #3 Review

Writer: Mariko Tamaki / Artist: Butch Guice / Marvel Blood and bloodlines collide in the third installment of the Hunt for Wolverine mini-series “Claws of a Killer” as Daken, Sabretooth, and Lady Deathstrike take a stand against a town of zombies and the occupying militia known as Soteira. With all of their healing factors nullified by a strange power source and no choice but to fight or die, the three mutants go all out for what could be one of their last. At the previous issue’s end, Deathstrike and Sabretooth were trapped in a garage to wait out a horde of zombies, while Daken forced to leap from building to escape a detonation.  Whereas they once sought to find Wolverine, they must now fend for their own lives. When Daken survives the explosion and manages to evade the the Soteira, he regroups with Deahtstrike and Sabretooth; this, however, only puts all of the units targets in the place. As they bicker about the fact that Wolverine was not actually, or at least not in the moment, the reality takes hold that they many very well die in this battle. Sabreetooth reveals his favorite Metallica album This issue is all claws, zombies, blood, sweat, spit and sandy air.  If the first two issues were merely the calm before the storm, this issues ramps up the “From Dusk til Dawn” meets “Night of the Living Dead” vibe of the series with brutal action. Daken curses his way through the panel, all while serving his nine inch adamantium nails into the zombies skulls. The violence takes …