X Lives of Wolverine #1 (January 19): This issue is hard to follow, though Percy makes it clear that it's supposed to be. I'm going to impose a more linear narrative on this review than the issue has.
Marvel Girl and Professor X somehow send Logan back in time to stop Omega Red from murdering Professor X before he's born. (Charles' parents are pretty solid fighters, I have to say.) After he manages to save Chuck (cutting his umbilical cord with his claws in the process), Logan suddenly finds himself in Colombia. He has no memory of this moment in his life, but Jean appears to tell him that he's there to save Professor X again.
The only hint that we get of what's happening is that Mikhail Rasputin seems to be pulling not only Omega Red's strings but the Russian government's strings as well. That bodes poorly for everyone. Moreover, the issue begins with Omega Red taking out Goldballs and reviewing the Resurrection Protocols, revealing the Five's opposition to Beast's "edits" to Omega Red.
Again, I'm not sure where that plot is going, but I'm going to guess that it's nowhere good.
X Deaths of Wolverine #1 (January 26): Given this issue focuses almost exclusively on Moira's flight from Mystique after the events of "Inferno" #4, it looks like Marvel named this mini-series "X Deaths of Wolverine" just to match the other mini-series. Ah, Marvel.
Moira makes her way to Scotland only to realize that she's coughing up blood. She visits Jane Foster in New York who seems unsurprised to learn that Moira is alive and confirms that Moira has Stage 4 lung cancer. Before Moira can handle that news, Mystique arrives to kill her. Jane turns into Valkyrie to buy Moira time to escape, which she does only to discover that the CIA is after her. Meanwhile, an "egg" appears on Krakoa that produces a techno-organic Wolverine, which isn't good for someone.
If you put aside the idea that this issue centers around Wolverine, it's solid.
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