Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda

Hunt for Wolverine (Collected Editions)

by Tom Taylor, R.B. Silva (Illustrations), David Marquez (Illustrations)

Where's Wolverine? And will the New Avengers be the ones to find him? The metallic "snikt" of Wolverine's claws is a sound that once made the blood of wrongdoers run cold - and one that some of Logan's best friends want to ensure is never used for evil! Keeping a promise made between heroes, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage reassemble to make sure that Wolverine's body isn't being misused. But the erstwhile New Avengers will soon uncover a deep-state conspiracy that leads to a shocking DNA discovery - and someone else with a vested interest in Logan's genes! As things take a turn for the sinister, the New Avengers uncover a completely different mystery…one that will cast a long, dark shadow over the X-Men!

Collects Hunt for Wolverine #1 and Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #1-4.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

136 pages, Paperback

Published December 4, 2018

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

By far the best of these Hunt for Wolverine minis. Iron Man gathers some of his old New Avengers buddies (Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones) when he hears someone is auctioning off superhero DNA. Taylor writes some great team dynamics. This is the best Avengers comic I've read since Hickman left the title and the closest in tone to Bendis's work on New Avengers. It's fun and witty. Of course, since it's a Tom Taylor book, X-23 makes an appearance and Taylor unveils some new revelations for her character. R.B. Silva's art is crisp and clean. Why hasn't Marvel given Taylor a crack at the Avengers already?

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am genuinely surprised at how much I'm enjoying these 'Hunt For Wolverine' minis. I almost gave this one 5 stars but, on reflection, there were a couple of minor bits that irked me enough not to warrant full marks. Call it 4.5, if you believe in the twinkly myth of half-stars.

Don't miss this one if you're a Laurverine/X-23 fan; there's a significant character development moment for her in this book, which I won't spoil here.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adamantium Agenda (Taylor). In a New Avengers reunion, Luke and Jessica think they're heading out to an auction that will be selling Logan's DNA ... but instead it's their daughter's DNA on sale. What are the odds!? The Adamantium Agenda (which has nothing to do with Admantium) does rise above its contrived premise with great team dynamics between Tony, Luke, Jessica, and Peter and a nice plot by Mr. Sinister, who certainly deserves to be involved in any DNA-related caper. It's never a great story, but it's interesting and well-written and there are some interesting secrets revealed at the end (though I'd have sworn one was already known) [3+/5].

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was nice to see the Bendis New Avengers team together again. That's one of my favourite Avengers runs so I enjoyed seeing it here.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked it. It was ok. Had some problems with the how Wolvie handled the situation with Tony but meh.. not gonna get into it since it's whatever.

Liked the story, the team and the artwork! On to the next one.

You like Wolvie? You'll probably like this one!

[SzaraReadsComics · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5
My favourite of the Hunt for Wolverine tie-ins so far. The team up was interesting and the plot engaging. Really liked the reveal regarding Laura in the last issue.

[Beelzefuzz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this as a vanilla flash back story, but there is not much here. It is competently written and somewhat compelling, but adds up to nothing but filler in the end.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, but as others have said, ultimately just a side-story with no consequence.

Except: what the fuck with the twist?
Stark put his own logo on his own secret hero-trap bomb? That he didn’t even build? 1. Who puts their logo on some secret project no one is supposed to trace to you. 2. If he didn’t even build it (just designed it), why would his logo (a non-functional component) be a mandatory piece of the bomb?


And In this book that couldn’t possibly be required reading, why did Tom Taylor drop not one but two reality-shattering facts? 1. Laura Kinney’s DNA is half Wolverine, half Sarah Kinney - she’s not Logan’s clone. 2. There’s a fake-mutant X-man?

[Logan Harrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10:
More entertaining than the first trade collection of this crossover story, but still nothing too notable. Mister Sinister was being an evil scientist, Stark’s brilliance came back to bite the heroes, and we only have a piece of the missing Wolverine puzzle.

I’m definitely excited to find out more, but I wished this was a bit more conclusive.

[Blueberry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laura ❤️

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

These miniseries were pretty dumb, but at least Tom Taylor got some good character work in. I would definitely read a New Avengers book by him.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously, this is the best of the Hunt for Wolverine series. I write obviously, because Tom Taylor is a bomb writer.
The dialogue is sharp. The back and forth banter between the Avengers is witty and funny and I loved every page with Wolverine on it, or Spider-Man, or X-23 (yay Taylor!).
I literally LOLed at Spider-Man's promise to pick up all of Wolverine's parts and put them back together, no matter how icky. And that dirty joke at the end when Luke Cage was talking about how he plugged the hole in the submarine, omg!

I also loved the real moment where Wolverine told Tony that he sometimes sees the potential before he sees a person... (I feel like the best comics can show the best of our favorite characters & the worst in the same book.) When Wolverine's request came back to Tony (via Spider-Man) with Sinister's genetic world mapping... that was fantastic writing for such a short book.

Unfortunately, it looks like the follow-up to this book Return of Wolverine is not worth reading. Though I would like to follow up on the possible X-Man mole storyline if that exists?...

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars
Wolverine has returned. In this second "Hunt for Wolverine" Volume, we begin the story with what happened since his death. Though firmly encased in adamantium, Kitty Pryde phased Logan's body out of the shell and had him buried in a secret site, known only to the X-Men and Logan's closest friends. The shell stands remaining as a place for all others to come and pay their respects to him.... until now.... The Reavers have their eyes set on obtaining his body, so they invade the site, only to be stopped by the X-Men, but when the dust settles, it is revealed that the shell is empty and they leave. When Kitty goes to Logan's gravesite to tell him, he's gone from there as well. Where is Logan? Kitty sends out people to search for him. This Volume follows a team put together by Iron Man: Spider-Man, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.

Starting with a story in which Wolverine helped disarm a bomb in New York, Tony reveals that he promised Logan that he would look over his body should anything happen to him. The team gets word that genetic material of a mutant is going on sale on board a submarine in international waters. Infiltrating the sale, they find it is not Logan's material, but Danielle Cage, Luke and Jessica's daughter. Tony uses his resources to purchase it, but the final transaction is interrupted by Mister Sinister, who too is seeking the DNA of Logan. As they begin to battle, "Wolverine" shows up to help, but it is X-23.
Sinister escapes, but they track him to a private island. Tony gives them all suits of their own to help, and while it does help get them past the guards, they soon find out the real treasure of the island: Sinister has collected the DNA of almost every living being on Earth. Though they end up destroying all the DNA (Tony hesitates very strongly at first), they find out two things: 1) Tony Stark informs X-23 that he found some information about her that indicates she contains more of Sarah Kinney's DNA, making her Sarah's actual daughter, instead of an unknown donor mother. 2) He also saw the DNA of an unknown X-Men member who isn't a mutant. He states that the X-Men have a genetically-altered sleeper agent among them. Who could that be?

The story continues... but when will the man himself make his glorious return?
Recommend. Should be read at the same time as the other 3 Volumes.

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

Logan's body is missing. Tony Stark believes it may be auctioned off at a secret meeting of bad guys. He builds a team to attend the auction. The highly coveted item for sale is not Wolverine's DNA, but Danielle Cage's. Both her parents are on Tony's team. They will not wait in backup for long.

Tony buys Danielle's DNA, but its owner, Mister Sinister gets into a fight with X-23 for it. Just like that, out of the blue. It's fun, though, because it's on a submarine that is deep underwater, so the good guys can't use their powers effectively. X-23 cuts off Sinister's hands before he retreats and Tony brings the sub to the surface.

Sinister likely has Wolverine's DNA, so his compund is the next target. Tony provides the team with thematic suits similar to his own, but tailored to each of the members on the team. Just because yellow and red would have been too boring.

Others also assaulted Sinister's place and even managed to steal his vast collection of DNA. Before the good guys can destroy it, Sinister himself shows up, but is no match for them. Remebering his promise to Wolverine - to not use his or anyone else's DNA for science before thinking of the people - Tony begins destroying the database.

When the mission is over and done with, Tony reveals to X-23 that Sarah, the scientist that cared for her, was also her mother. The funniest moment of the story happens right there - Jessica Jones gives her a baby to hold. 'Hold a baby. It always helps.' Beautifully done! The second revelation is that the X-Men may have a sleeper agent among their ranks. Dun dun duuuun!

[Joseph R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine died encased in adamantium (the same metal that makes his bones unbreakable). The X-men had set up a cabin in remote Canada with his remains. A group of desperate villains, the Reavers, find the location and try to steal the encased corpse. The X-men had set up some security and arrive to stop the desecration of Wolverine's grave. The Reavers try to get a little bit DNA so they have something to sell, only to discover the adamantium covering is only a shell--there's no body inside. The X-men had moved his corpse to a grave not far away. When they go to visit the real burial place after the fight, the X-men discover Wolverine's body is gone. Realizing this is a perilous situation, Kitty Pryde organizes several teams to search of the missing body.

The team in this book is headed by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. His investigative group is Spider-man, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. Why those three? A couple of years ago, Tony and those three worked with Wolverine to stop a bomb from destroying Manhattan. Wolverine had made a mysterious deal with all of them that brings them back together to search for Logan. Tony finds out about a black-market auction that promises the complete DNA of someone from the superhero community. Has the black marketeer has acquired Wolverine's body to monetize it? The group goes off on an adventure to find the sale and bring the seller to justice, hopefully finding out the fate of Wolverine along the way.

The mysterious backstory provides intrigue for readers and motivation for the main characters. I found the tale interesting even though it is not entirely conclusive.

Mildly recommended--this is stronger than the above tale.

[Allaiyah Weyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is good, the coloring is great, the humor slaps. Where it falls short is having one of Marvel's most unkillable & OP villains just stand there dumbfounded & let heroes beat him down. If you're going to go with the "sucks in combat" version of Mr. Sinister, don't draw him buff & muscular. Also, why is he collecting human DNA at all when he thinks that humans are a garbage species, junk DNA? Lastly, it's unlike Sinister to not have things planned out in advance. He should have known he would be tracked down after leaving the auction, & the heroes should have known that if they destroyed his resources that he'd just start collecting samples from scratch, endangering people in the future. I wanted to give points for having Laura cut off his hands while he's waist-deep in water, because he casn't reattach them if he can't find them, but he can actually regrow fingers in seconds, so he should have been able to grow his hands back quickly.

So it was a funny & good story, but it underpowered an overpowered villain by forgetting some of his abilities & turning what could have been a great fight into boring one-sided beat-down. I think he should have just one of those flamboyant diva Sinister Clones instead of the real Sinister, as they die pretty easily, & had already been established in two lengthy storylines prior to this.

[Silas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book remembers a New Avengers that never was, and a promise by some of the members to not let anyone experiment on Wolverine's body if he died. Honestly, I would have liked if it didn't involve Iron Man, since he wasn't really a part of the New Avengers, but he was pretty important to making the story work, I suppose. Jessica Jones was also definitely less prominent during the time of the New Avengers (a series which I rather loved), so it might have made more sense to have changed a bit of that, but I suppose all of this ignores the fact that the history of the entire universe changed only a few years ago, so I suppose in this new world, maybe things aren't as they were. Just the same, this book was generally competently written, and the art is of a fairly good quality, though it was awfully convenient for Iron Man to just have suits customized for all the other characters (I'd give Spider-Man a pass, since he did actually make one before), and they didn't actually look all that great, but apart from that, it was a fairly interesting story, even if it was only tangential to Wolverine's return.

[Kyle Dinges · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the best of the Hunt for Wolverine mini-series tie-ins but not even Tom Taylor can save it from feeling unnecessary. It's based loosely around the team from Bendis' New Avengers run with X-23 thrown in. There's an adventure to try to save Wolverine's DNA from nefarious evil doers and superhero hijinks are had. There is a development at the end that might have some ramifications in future X-Men and X-23 series but that remains to be seen. Otherwise, it's just a one-off story that wasn't particularly noteworthy.

The art is solid. R.B. Silva is on pencils and seems to be having some fun. I enjoyed him drawing all of the characters in Iron Man suits.

[Willow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also surprisingly good. I was not expecting much of anything from these books, and I'm definitely less than impressed at the waste of all 4 trades each containing Hunt For Wolverine #1. It's redundant and wasteful and a blatant ploy to jack up the prices. But beyond that, the story is good and Taylor is an excellent writer.

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Logan's body is missing and some of his old pals from the New Avengers have joined in the search. A black market is selling superhero genetic codes. Logan may not be involved, but Mr. Sinister is.

Entertaining. Good art. This could set up something bigger. Or this could be a throwaway story that everyone forgets about.

The title has nothing to do with the story.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

This felt like it was going to be a perfectly fine New Avengers story but then it became obvious that Soule was tasked with giving the reader unnecessary twists for other titles that did not make sense or even, really, relate to the story at hand.

[Emmett Spain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tom Taylor = damn fine comics. He’s just so good with team dynamics, creating conflict and humour, and an opportunity for characters to show what they’re made of and grow. Some fine art makes the whole thing sing. I really enjoyed this.

[Raj Bowers-Racine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't let the Greg Land garbage on the cover fool you, this one was pretty good.
Solid tight-and-fights romp around the world.
Taylor has a knack with Peter/Tony/Jessica banter and that goes along way with me.
Definitely the best "Hunt for Wolverine" event content I've read so far.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I admit I am a sucker for Wolverine! I actually really liked that it was non-Mutants really at the heart of this part of the Hunt and reflected on what he meant for the Avengers.

[Kris Ritchie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually got me interested in reading the New Avengers with this line-up

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even in death can a mutant be dangerous. Diverse heroes come together to solve a mystery with interesting results. Sinister is actually quite a master scientist.

[Garrett Ballendine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written.

As the comic was based on the Bendis era there are some throwbacks with dialog to "Bendis" talk.

[Dubzor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine. Nothing earth shattering, but a fun little read.

[Chantelle J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just thrilling!!

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

UNDERRATED! This was really good!
If you've read the first book in this run then you can skip the first issue because it's a double up (Hunt for Wolverine #1). I loved everything about this.