Wolverine #47 was a really good story. It’s called “Dog Day,” written by Larry Hama, with pencils by Gerald DeCaire and inks by Don Hudson. There are spoilers here because I wan…

Wolverine #47 was a really good story. It’s called “Dog Day,” written by Larry Hama, with pencils by Gerald DeCaire and inks by Don Hudson. There are spoilers here because I want to talk about the whole thing, including how it ends. The guy causing all the trouble is Tracy. He goes to his mother’s house looking for things to steal, even though there’s a court order keeping him away. She tries to protect herself with a gun. He takes it away from her, knocks her down and starts kicking her. Then he takes her car and leaves. His own mother can’t get him to stop, and now he’s driving around with her gun. He goes to the convenience store where he used to work. The owner, Mr. Singh, had given him a job after rehab, and Tracy had stolen from him. Now he’s back to take more money. He starts making racist comments about Mr. Singh while acting like he’s owed whatever is in the register. He shoots Mr. Singh, then kills Tiffany, the employee behind the counter. She begs him not to shoot her, and he does it anyway. Meanwhile, Logan is back on his motorcycle. He hears gunfire and finds two cops dealing with a rabid dog. One of them, Deidre, shoots it. Logan questions how many shots she used. She tells him she has children at home and can’t take chances. She also has a dog herself, so this isn’t easy for her. That brings back a memory of Logan and Silver Fox living together with their dog, Blue. Blue had been missing for a week. When he finally comes home, he has rabies. Silver Fox gives Logan the rifle and tells him he has to put Blue down. Logan is standing there with a gun pointed at a dog he loves. While Logan is remembering that, Tracy is still driving around, drinking and crashing into things. Two children, Megan and Sean, are crossing the street with their bikes and their dog. They’ve waited for the light and checked both ways. Tracy comes barreling toward them anyway. They escape, but Megan’s bike gets caught under his car. Then Tracy pulls up beside Wolverine at a traffic light. He starts worrying that Logan might be a cop. Logan notices the bicycle handlebars stuck on the car, and Tracy realizes he’s seen them. He runs Logan down, then backs up to try again. Logan tears into the car with his claws. Tracy gets out and starts shooting. Logan tells him to put the gun down so they can talk, but he keeps firing until he’s out of bullets. Logan survives and starts questioning him about the bike and whether he’s run over a child. Logan has his claws out. He’s remembering Blue and Silver Fox telling him to shoot. Then he pulls his claws back in. That’s when Deidre shoots Tracy from behind. There’s an important detail in what happens afterward. Logan tells her Tracy’s gun was empty. She says she couldn’t know that while he was pointing it at Logan. She also tells him the children Tracy nearly ran over were hers. They’re safe in the patrol car with their dog. Logan finally tells her how the memory ended. He couldn’t shoot Blue. Silver Fox took the rifle and did it herself. The issue follows all of that through: what Tracy does to his mother, the two people he kills, the children he nearly hits, and Logan trying to stop him. It also gives Logan time to hesitate after everything Tracy has done. By the last page, we’ve seen him unable to kill twice, with someone else making that decision each time. There’s a lot packed into this issue, and it’s a good Wolverine story.