![]() ![]() The ensuing car chase and shoot-out with their mysterious antagonists ends with Logan and Alex losing their tail by way of plasma bolt. In the desert, they find themselves under fire by the shadowy pursuers from the town. Before peeling out, Alex pulls the car’s owner, a beautiful woman in a black dress, in with them to keep her from getting shot. ![]() Ambushed at their hotel the next morning, by thugs from the bar, they steal a car to make their escape. This buddy adventure set-up carries Alex and Logan through a somewhat predictable set of mishaps as they find themselves targeted by a severe-looking paramilitary group. A bored Alex looks on from while Logan goes to town on some of the locals, introducing them as the protagonists of this team-up book. In their civvies, they’re keeping a low-profile far until Logan ends up in bar-brawl. The cold detachment of the narration and scientific imagery is well-balanced with the frenetic energy of the faceless silhouettes of the plant workers, trying to stop the chain reaction they inadvertently set in motion.Īfter the meltdown, the story switches gears to a tiny Mexican town on the Gulf Coast where we find Havok and Wolverine on vacation. Displaying an amazing sense of design, this segment is comprised of a visually stunning series of technical drawings, tense silhouettes and watercolor splash pages. Their unfolding dialogue serves to narrate the planned meltdown at a Russian nuclear plant at the hands of two patsies. The first issue opens on a game of chess between series villains General Meltdown and Doctor Neutron. Muth and Kent Williams, who each provided pencils for the respective protagonists. Written by Walter and Louise Simonson, Meltdown’s artwork is split between Jon J. Epic was also one the first American publishers to reprint titles from other countries, releasing translations of the Moebius graphic novels Airtight, The Incal and Blueberry, and Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira. Originally a creator-owned division of Marvel Comics, the imprint was known for such titles as Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz’s Elektra: Assassin and Archie Goodwin’s The Shadowline Saga. ![]() A stylish blend of Cold War science fiction and superhero action/adventure, the limited series Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown was published in 1988-89 under the imprint of Epic Comics. ![]()
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