Not So Sharp Afterall: “The Claws of a Killer #2” Review

Writer: Mariko Tamaki // Artist: Butch Guice & Mack Chater // Publisher: Marvel “I’ll tell you what it is. It’s some Zombie &%$#@#$%.” – Sabretooth So Much for Teamwork . . . In the debut issue of the “Claws of a Killer” mini-series, Lady Deathstrike rallies Logan’s son, Daken, and Sabretooth to find the resurrected Wolverine.  Using intel from her Reaver associates, Deathstrike pinpoints Wolverine’s signal to a desert town in Arizona.  Unbeknownst to her, however, the town and its inhabitants are the subjects of an experiment that turns them into zombies.  Arrogant and narcissistic as usual,  Daken and Sabretooth immediately go off on their own, setting the stage for an ambush.  Sabretooth eventually rejoins Deathstrike after a surviving a random car bomb explosion, but they fare no better together than they did alone.  Daken, meanwhile, finds himself the prisoner of the militaristic unit secretly occupying the town.  As their healing factors are suddenly rendered useless, the three Adamantium-laced mutants find themselves trapped in Zombieland.

‘Meh’ Factor Understandably, the first issue of this mini-series was an easy setup to introduce the characters, lay the conflict, and plant some seeds of mystery. Effective, yes, albeit not so compelling. The first instalment gets a pass for having to lay the groundwork.  This issue, on the other hand, offers nothing emotionally, visually, or narratively that is interesting enough to feel that this series is vital amongst t…