Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends #1 Review

Writer: Charles Soule // Artist: Ramon Rosanas // Publisher: Marvel Summer’s over, and school’s back in session.  Following four months of search parties (or kill squads), Kitty Pryde summons Daredevil and Tony Stark to the X-Mansion for a post-mortem on the Hunt for Wolverine.  As the title of this one shot states, all clues lead to “Dead Ends.” Just as Kitty, Stark, and DD reach an inconclusive conclusion, the mansion comes under attack from space. Soteira and the new Big Bad strike again. Map of one one-shots, mini-series, and bookend stories for “Hunt for Wolverine” storyline X-Marks the…Powerpoint? Tony Stark and Daredevil arrive to the Central Park-based X-Mansion at the request of Kitty Pryde to share information gathered from their investigations. She leads them through the multi-million dollar mansion to present a powerpoint “made by one of the students for extra credit.”  Pryde’s team in Madripoor accomplished very little aside from learning that Soteira uses the island nation as a launching pad, and that clearly the organization has deep pockets.  She also shares information passed on from a “conflicted” Sabretooth that Soteira has technology to neutralize mutant abilities and turn people into zombies (see Claws of a Killer series). Stark, telling of his encounter with Mr. Sinister (see Adamantium Agenda series), reveals that Soteira also holds a copy of the DNA database for the entire world’s populace.  Not to be outdone by bad news, Daredevil actually has curre…