ELEKTRA AND WOLVERINE: THE REDEEMER

Marvel, New York, 2002, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7851-0911-0.  Hard cover, unpaginated (approx. 208 pages).  Contains material originally published in magazine form as Elektra and Wolverine:  The Redeemer #1-3.  Very good plus; unread copy, jacket shows a bit of edge and cover wear.  Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.  Elektra Natchios is hired to assassinate a wealthy and powerful scientist for eight million dollars and there are to be no witnesses.  When the target’s teenage daughter stumbles onto the scene, Elektra knows the girl must also die, but has reservations, especially when Logan, aka Wolverine, is hired by the government to protect the girl, in exchange for answers about his past.  The two face off in the streets of New York, ‘each with different emotional stakes in a deadly game of intrigue.  In Avery, Elektra must face a disturbing reminder of her past and present lives.  For Logan, the girl represents the key to a history he must recover.  When Avery unveils a mysterious secret of her own, the stage is set for an unforgettably haunting grand finale.’ (from front flap)