Wolverine/Punisher

Wolverine/Punisher #1-5

by Peter Milligan (Contributor), Lee Weeks (Illustrator)

Marvel's bad boys of the big screen join forces for a gun-toting, claw-popping adventure not to be forgotten! Deep in the South American jungle there's a place of legend - a final refuge where nastiest of the masty can disappear from the prying eyes of the world. Now, the vigilante known as the Punisher and the X-Man called Wolverine have stumbled upon this secret sanctuary, and the residents of "Erewhon" couldn't be happier...or more prepared. Collects WOLVERINE/PUNISHER #1-5.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Thriller, X Men

120 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 2004

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.

He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.

His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.

Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).

Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

"What happened to Van Daemon?" - nameless mook, inquiring about a criminal acquaintance nicknamed 'The Demon'

"I gave him what he wanted. Now, I'm gonna give you want I want." - The Punisher, machine-gunning a quartet of self-described "murderers, arsonists, extortionists, & thieves"

No, it's not great art - or even necessarily a great graphic novel - but Wolverine/Punisher (jeez, the writing/editorial staff couldn't even be bothered to think of a damn title?) was a tough little B-grade storyline / team-up featuring the two biggest and bad-tempered antiheroes in the Marvel Universe. Admittedly, I thought it started out sort of great, as a robbery kingpin known as 'Napoleon' learns his criminal empire is quickly crumbling (thanks to The Punisher's vigilante ways) in several humorous scenes. Things get bogged down a little too much, however, once the title characters are literally dropped into the middle of nowhere - actually, a clandestine criminal hide-out known as Erehwon (get it? groan) - somewhere in the jungles of South America. Still, it was worth sticking it out to the concluding chapters once the Adamantium claws are wielded and the firearms are drawn in tandem, and the collection of bad guys regret ever luring Logan and Frank to their so-called sanctum.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Milligan again shows why he's a crap writer. The book is filled with plot holes and a disjointed story. Deep in the jungle is a mythical city that's the last refuge of those the Punisher hunts, Erewhon, see the writer must be clever that's "nowhere" almost spelled backwords. Our villain Napoleon goes to Erewhon in the first issue. Then we flash forward 10 years where the citizens of erewhon are luring the Punisher to their refuge so they can kill him. It makes no sense. Napoleon only shows up briefly at the end of the story. It's pure drivel.

[Ill D · Rating 1 out of 5]

High on filler, low on great content, an otherwise high-energy team-up becomes bogged down in its own ennui. Lethargic at best and puerile at worst, there’s a lot to be desired from Milligan and Co. The very same writer who wrote the atrocious Eaters and Greek Street series, once again evokes his fetid pen to disastrous results.

Take two of the toughest sob’s in the Marvel universe toss in a secret city for bad guys (really!) and a secret South American Jungle plays host to an unusually boring and perversely awful story. If the plot-holes don’t drive you bonkers, the butchering of our known-known’s will. Shaving off what makes these characters great, nothing is ultimately accomplished, and the end result will leave your fingers with a greasy feeling.

Tangibly awful at every level, this read is better left unread.

Screw you Peter Milligan!

[Danielle The Book Huntress · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not as predictable as one would think, putting The Punisher and Wolverine together. They are actually very different. One is methodical and rigid in his application of violence. The other is very emotional in his application of violence, and not quite as dogmatic about the application of justice and judging others.

This book has a very pulpy feel to it. That's not necessarily bad, since we are dealing with hardened criminals (and some not-so hardened, but shady all the same).

I don't like this incarnation of the Punisher as much as the Rucka variation, but he is true to his character. Wolverine is always Wolverine, and you like him for who he is (good and bad). However, their dialogue between them gets hilarious, and the laconic dialogue about crime and punishment is descriptive of their individual paths and how they intersect in this book.

I liked the different point of views of the various criminals, more of a spectrum than you would think.

I didn't love the artwork, honestly. It was a bit blocky for me. This Wolverine is pretty homely, and the Punisher looks like a Mack Truck.

Not my favorite, but pretty good. A nice team-up comic.

[Mulviterso Infinito · Rating 3 out of 5]

Castigador y Wolverine (por ser contra nomás) contra la Isla de los Asesinos.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ay, Milligan, cómo se nota que a veces tenés que llevar el puchero a casa y aceptás lo primero que te ofrecen sin gastarte en pensar un poco las cosas. Y eso que este no es un mal comic, para nada. Entretiene y está bien armado, aunque parece que no lleva a ningún lado. Amaga con el humor negro pero se queda en un gris sucio. Amaga con la acción desenfrenada pero frena a cada esquina. Amaga con llegar a lo más profundo del alma de los personajes pero toca timbre y sale corriendo. Pero como pochoclo pasatista no está mal.

[Rodolfo Santullo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Algunas reseñas atrás hablaba de lo rico que resulta el concepto "team up" para el universo de los superhéroes y que duda cabe que estamos aquí ante dos -si se puede llamar "superhéroes" a Punisher y Wolverine- que mucho y muy bien se han juntado con el paso de los años. Sin embargo -y a pesar de los nombres involucrados en la creación de esta miniserie- no estamos ante uno de los cruces más agraciados. Nada de que quejarse en cuanto al arte -Weeks la sabe lunga y tiene en Palmer un entintador ideal- pero la idea que plantea Milligan es finita, finita, finita. Esencialmente existe un pueblucho en el medio de la selva a donde van a esconderse los mafiosos que han logrado escaquearse de Punisher durante los años y quienes resuelven que viene siendo hora vengarse de él de una vez por todas (lo que, todos sabemos, nunca jamás en la historia de los cómics ha salido bien). Wolverine se involucra con una pobre excusa y voilá, presto, tamo prontos, los muchachotes a la fiesta y un montón de malosos a los que ametrallar, cortar o hacer explotar por los aires. No hay mucho más en lo que evidentemente es un trabajo alimenticio del genial guionista británico quien, incluso en mínimos, entrega -como siempre- una historia legible. Hay un millón de cosas más interesantes que leer de ambos personajes.

[Riccardo Caputi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. I was expecting a volontarily trashy and over the top team up, but Milligan decided to fill this comic with w o k e sentences that, to me, are just a detriment to the book. The dialogues between the criminals are especially dumb, and the d e e p conclusion of this book is that they need a common enemy to live together. And they let him leave, like, why? We've established that Erehwon fucking sucks, so what's the point?

The main idea of this book seems to me that some criminals think they hate the Punisher, while in reality they have other, more personal problems, that they decide to avoid. And I think that it's a good idea, but here it's executed very poorly.

Plus, this team up lacks the only thing that seems mandatory for suck a comic, which is some memorable action. There is only a few fight scenes in this book, and none of them is particularly good.

[Lillian Francis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Only read # 1.
Honestly I could have guessed from the character pairing and the covers that this wouldn't be a story for me. But if I'd used that logic I wouldn't have read the solo series for both Emma Frost or Mystique, and I enjoyed both those runs.
Gritty, dark and full of violence. Nothing I'm interested in reading.

[Pinkerton · Rating 2 out of 5]

English (but not so good) / Italiano
The Punisher and Wolverine, wasted talent in this story.

Italiano
Il Punitore e Wolverine, talenti sprecati in questa storia.

[Darryl Lim wei zhi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty damn bad given the interesting duo.

Chemistry between the 2 was pretty damn bad plot was loose and villain’s backstories could have been better explored

[Simone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Più per i disegni, che per il resto

[Index Purga]

Edición española de la Colección 100% Marvel, con intro para la ocasión.

[Yafu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un despropósito entretenido pero que no creo que aguante segundas lecturas.

[Chalupa Batman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Complete waste of time, don’t want to waste anymore with a review. Just stay away…this thing is a complete mess.

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty meh, considering what could be done with these two characters together.

[Benji Glaab · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

[Pedro Espada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Divertida colaboración de estos dos asesinos contra un enemigo común con nombre muy peculiar.

[Bryson McCheeseburger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story, but seemed to lack a little of the excitement I would expect from Frank and Logan. Still a cool 'team-up'.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very straightforward book, showing how sane Logan is when compared to Castle. Satisfying read, as both characters do what they do best. I'll likely pick up another in this series.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición española que recopila la miniserie de Wolverine con Punisher originalmente publicada en el sello Marvel Knights.

[Isaiah Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like all the The Punisher books

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice team-up book. Not perfect, but fast, violent and fun.

[Evan McSmickleMcGee · Rating 3 out of 5]

They were both angry men, but that's to be expected from a Wolverine-Punisher book.