When I finished listening to Wolverine: The Long Night, I was hoping Marvel would release another scripted podcast. Even better was that Marvel teamed back up with Benjamin Percy in Wolverine: The Lost Trail for another Logan story starring Richard Armitage.
Wolverine is in New Orleans, looking for an ex-lover when humans and mutants start disappearing. Assisted by a young boy, Logan investigates the disappearances, which brings them to encounter “biker gangs”, “Cajun thieves”, one of whom is Gambit and “a world of wonders that defies explanation”. The duo find a refuge called Greenhaven led by a powerful mutant, Jason Wyngarde.
With this go around, Percy opted for a more action-packed and mutant centered story that we would typically see in Marvel Comics. While it was a fantastic ride, the more grounded and mystery noir-style of The Long Night suited better for audio drama. Less explosive action with more creeping dread and conversational moments allowed for The Long Night to really sink in. The Lost Trail I wanted to see visually more than I had hoped. That is not to say this podcast wasn’t a wonderful experience.
We get more Wolverine in The Lost Trail, which will make fans of the character happy. As well as a nice team-up between a young lad in the bayou of Louisiana. Appearances by other well-known characters also placed this story much more in the lore of Marvel, which was a nice change of pace. In The Long Night, Logan was worried about his love interest in Louisiana throughout the story. Now, we get history with the character as well as the reason behind his return to the swamp.
Setting this story in the south allowed for a different vibe than The Long Night, giving us the chance for a bit of a different background noise, some signing, and a muggy feeling. This is all done well by the production team, the narrator’s, and the wonderful script by Percy.
Wolverine: The Lost Trail is a fitting sequel to The Long Night by Benjamin Percy. The writer plops us deeply in the Louisiana bayou and gives us an action-packed story surrounded by some truly awful people. Richard Armitage, as well as the rest of the cast, gave a tremendous performance, honestly making me want a Wolverine live-action play. While this is the last of the Wolverine scripted podcasts for now, we do get to jump into other characters in the future.
Wolverine: The Lost Trail is available now as a complete podcast series.
