This is interesting - I like the idea of Wolverine reading like an extreme version of a martial arts flick. It makes sense - he's trained in the orient, he views himself as a ronin of sorts (or he used to), and ONLY an extremely accomplished fighter can hope to stand against him in pitched combat for more than a few minutes. There's far more drama in showing Wolvie kickin' ass in waterfront bars and burning warehouses against accomplished warriors who can give him a bit of a workout than there is in watching him wade through yet ANOTHER merciless hail of bullets to slice to pieces the latest cyborg/superhuman/whatever to dare face off against him.