Warning: Contains SPOILERS forLaura Kinney: Wolverine #2
While Deadpool and Wolverine are an unbeatable team of toxic frenemies, Marvel’s secondWolverinehas garnered a new friendship with an unlikely hero. The two share strikingly similar pasts, forged by shadowy organizations to become living weapons. One a feral X-Man and the other a ninja assassin turned hero, these two women are an unstoppable force who already deserve their own duo series.
InLaura Kinney: Wolverine #2 -by Erica Schultz and Giada Belviso-Wolverine continues her investigation into an underground mutant child smuggling operation. After picking up a lead in Hell’s Kitchen, Wolverine encounters Elektra,the current Daredevil.
Elektra is immediately resistant to Wolverine’s presence, asserting that Hell’s Kitchen already has a protector. But, once Daredevil sees the smuggling ring for herself, the duo teams up to kill the smugglers and save the child victim.While their dispositions may be wildly different, these two women have so much more in common than they don’t.
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Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2 -Written by Erica Schultz; Art by Giada Belviso; Color by Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering by VC’s Cory Petit; Cover Art by Elena Casagrande & Edgar Delgado
Wolverine and Deadpool are a lovable couple, partly because of how similar the two are. Despite the constant clashing of Wolverine’s stoic personality and Deadpool’s chaotic flamboyance, both are troubled men from military backstories,mutilated by Weapon Xand let loose into the world. Similarly, Laura and Elektra share some considerable overlap in their backgrounds. Laura Kinney was bred to become the next Weapon X. Transformed as a child into a mindless killer,Laura wouldn’t gain an independent identity until after being made to kill.When finally freed, Steve Rogers left her to fend for herself.
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Similarly, Elektra wasradicalized by the Handto become a top-notch assassin. Rejected by Stick and the Chaste, Elektra was pruned from a young age by the Hand instead. By the time Elektra had come to resist the ninja clan, she had already been transformed into a lethal killer. Both heroes have been forced to face their pasts,finding the strength to overcome the weight of their sins.Through their journeys, both have felt the flames of Hell and emerged on the other side with a new sense of identity and purpose. Wolverine and Daredevil live to protect the weak.
Their Opposing Combat Styles Ensure Dynamic Fights
One Is a Feral Hunter, the Other Is a Graceful Assassin
Today, the two stand as equals in talent and skill. Wolverine was trained to be like her father, feral and wild. Sharing Logan’s animalistic qualities, when Laura is focused on a target, she loses herself to her urges. Armed with an undying body and unmanaged rage,Wolverine is a lethal beastwith something to prove. Meanwhile, Elektra masterfully maintains self-control. The ninja arts require a balanced mind and body. She shares Laura’s burdens and rage but harnesses it into swift and purposeful strikes. Like Logan and Wade Wilson, their opposing combat stylesmake for visually impressive fights.
Unlike her partner, Daredevil can’t rely on superhuman powers to keep her alive.
Wolverine is quick to throw herself directly at an enemy. Sherelies on her healing factorto keep moving while trying to ignore the pain of her injuries. Her mind is solely focused on saving the boy, unwilling to process any other information but her goal. As Wolverine pursues the target, Daredevil is left to handle the thugs. Unlike her partner, Daredevil can’t rely on superhuman powers to keep her alive. Instead, her acrobatics and battlefield awarenessreflect the honed resolve that a lifetime of training has instilledin her.
Wolverine and Daredevil’s Personalities Don’t Always Mesh
That Doesn’t Mean They Won’t Work Out
As could be expected, the two don’t immediately get along. While they are both powerful women with broken pasts, their current temperaments couldn’t be any more different. Wolverine is rash and impulsive. Her single-track mind doesn’t leave room for strategy or planning. Stealth is not her ally. However, Elektra needs the time to prepare. She’s learned to control her emotions,embracing a level-headed calmness that Wolverine doesn’t possess.Remember, it was Wolverine who first steppedinto Daredevil’s territory, yet Laura treats it like her own hunting grounds. However, despite Elektra’s firmness, she isn’t upset at Laura by any means.
Their relationship is speedily becoming a sisterly one.
Daredevil sees Wolverine as a skilled warrior, but she recognizes that Laura is just a kid. Elektra has previously worked with Logan and respects the lineage’s unique personality quirks. Unlike the relationship between Logan and Deadpool,Wolverine and Daredevil quickly learn to respect each other.Despite having only just met, they both share a burning sense of justice that the other may not be willing to admit. Because Daredevil is willing to look pastWolverine’s quick-to-anger personality, she’s open to being there for the young mutant as she grows as a hero. Their relationship is speedily becoming a sisterly one.
Marvel Could Have Created It’s Next Major Duo
The Heroes Deserve a Full Team-Up Series
Unfortunately, Wolverine’s impulsivity may threaten to undo their developing relationship. After tracking down the smuggled mutant, Laura’s aggression creates a mass riot, causing the two to lose the culprit behind the operation. Soon, the victim loses control of his powers,releasing a devastating explosion in a populated area.Daredevil may not be quick to forgive Wolverine for inadvertently destroying a massive portion of Hell’s Kitchen. But hopefully,Marvel won’t give upon this duo quite yet.
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While this Daredevil may not possess Matt Murdock’s superhuman senses, she has her own hellish way of finding the evil that lurks in Hell’s Kitchen.
Wolverine and Daredevil are already an iconic duo.Their similar past traumas and trials have molded the women into the heroes they are now. Both carry the burden of having taken lives and will forever work to forgive themselves. In combat, they perfectly complement each other; one taking a direct and unstoppable first attack and the other showcasing the grace to manage the battlefield. While their personalities are different, their resolve is the same. With that mutual resolve comes mutual respect. Wolverine and Deadpool will always be an iconic pair, butWolverineand Daredevil could be Marvel’s next big hit.
Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2is now available from Marvel Comics.
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
