One of the things I like most about Wolverine’s character is the way he acts as a surrogate big brother to all the younger, female X-Men like Rogue, Jubilee, Armor, and especially Kitty Pryde. So when Marvel announced a new ongoing series focusing on everyone’s favorite Canucklehead bonding with my biggest fictional nerd crush, it was a lock I’d be picking it up–especially since it seems like it’s the only way I’ll get my monthly Kitty Pryde fix, since I know Joss Whedon is going to break my heart in next month’s Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1. (Luckily, after that he’ll go back to turning Buffy into femslash fiction before he can screw up any more of my favorite characters.)

This first issue doesn’t disappoint. Fred Van Lente does a great job of capturing the feel of Claremont’s work on Uncanny X-Men in the 80s without slavishly mimicking it, and Andrea Di Vito perfectly visualizes the whimsical feel of the writing. Wolverine is a cranky, violent bastard. Kitty is smart, sweet, funny, and her courage belies her youthful age. At first, their contrasting personalities clash, but Van Lente does a fantastic job of showing how and why they eventually bond. Their chemistry together is irresistible, and so is this series.

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