Wolverine Classic, Vol. 5

Wolverine Classic #5

by Jo Duffy, Peter David, Gene Colan (Illustrator)

He's the best there is at what he does... but what if he doesn't remember how to do it? Investigation of an eerie agenda leaves Wolverine without even his altered memories, but could the loss of his old life be his only hope for peace? Plus, secrets of Wolverine's past are revealed in Madripoor, Japan and an adventure in baby-sitting that hints at a stranger Wolverine origin than any seen before Guest-starring the New Mutants Collects Wolverine #24-30.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, X Men, Collections, Comic Book, Superheroes

168 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2007

About the author

Also published under the name Mary Jo Duffy and/or Mary-Jo Duffy.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

A couple of solid one-shot stories and then The Lazarus Project. General Coy and some others are after this macguffin called the Master Form. It's this odd egg shaped device, but it's never explained what it is and what it does. Just stories of all these people search for it while others protect it. Logan teams up with Karma to stop the people looking for it. It's all a bit dissatisfying with how it ends and nothing is resolved and they all just stop caring about the Master Form. It's an odd story.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.9 stars

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Not quite as good as volumes 1-3 but better that the last volume. Peter David writes the first issue in here and Jo Duffy handles the rest. The first 3 issue are basically like one shots. As I don’t really care for one shots, to my surprise, these were pretty good. The finally four issue is where this arc tells its story. There is this Master Form object that we as the reader and our heroes involved, don’t get to know the details on. The powers that be have sent this item to the island of Rumika for safe keeping. Once Wolverine realizes the people here were betrayed and soldiers come to kill them all, him, Karma and one of the soldiers who realized he was being duped, vow to head back to Madripoor to end this. Overall decent story with some enjoyment to be had. Now on to see what Larry Hama has to offer.

[Nadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter David is the first name credited but he only wrote one of the 7 issues collected, Mary Jo Duffy wrote the rest.

The Wolverine Classic books have a rough start but they keep improving and this is definitely the best of the bunch. Karma is really well written here.
3.5

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some nice stuff here. I not a huge Wolverine fan, but in the hands of good writer he can be interesting. But if I have to read "the best at what he does" one more time I think I might puke. I mean seriously, is he trying to convince the reader or himself?

[Matt Aukamp · Rating 2 out of 5]

The single issue Peter David story that starts this whole collection off is pretty good, but the Jo Duffy story is unhinged.

Supposedly it was setting up a second Fallen Angels arc that never happened, and that's why there are so many dangling plot threads, but even with that said, the story is nonsensical. It defies its own logic. It relies on ridiculous plot twists. Character motivations run the gamut from Thin to Completely Ridiculous. Every issue recaps the entire story from the beginning, meaning you have to read the same summary over and over. The artist who subs in on the final issue is completely different in tone to the rest of the arc. Almost none of the characters introduced in this arc ever come back in any form, even up to the present day. It's just... a mess. On the plus side, however, Duffy has a good handle on Wolverine's voice, writes fairly snappy dialogue, and the art of the book (while inconsistent in tone) is all very good.

[Beelzefuzz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Start with some fine Wolverine vengeance one off stories, but then gets bogged down by a multipart epic that is somehow too frenetic in its location shifting yet also too mundane in its plot.

The best part is when Wolverine tells a kid a bedtime story that is most likely how Wolverine sees himself having been raised in the wild by a pack of Wolverines who are more civilized than man. I am not sure how cannon this is since it is before the through-line of Wolverine having false or no memories of his past.

[TK · Rating 2 out of 5]

I need someone to map out the traumatic events of Wolverine's past for me.

[Ramón S. · Rating 1 out of 5]

A bad end for this five volumes. Only John Buscema saves the whole thing in two issues. The rest is forgettable

[Jostalady]

Um. Well I guess I am just spoiled now by reading Wolverine Evolution. This seemed ok...but definitely not as awesome.

[Marcos_e.e · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nota 6,5.
Arco bacana.
A melhor edição é a sobre a promessa oriental.