Prequel to the main series, spotlighting Bearclaw (the chief who preceded Cutter), this is a long, dark look at Wolfrider history. Story by Christy Marx and Wendy Pini, it fills in a great number of gaps and lengthens stories we got in one or two panels in the original series. If I have any complaints, it's that a few issues were drawn by someone who wasn't Wendy Pini -- and in the middle of such stunning artwork (she outdoes herself every time, and I don't know how she manages it), it's a bit of a letdown. ( )