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Wolverine: Origins (Collected Editions)
Wolverine: Origins, Volume 2: Savior
Completely shattered by recent revelations, Logan must now ask himself some hard questions, but before he can answer them he must first face a powerful enemy! Enter Omega Red!
Collecting: Wolverine Origins 6-10
Collecting: Wolverine Origins 6-10
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 3, 2007
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September 19, 2018
Way does a bang-up job of gathering the bits and pieces that has been discovered of Wolverine's past and expanding on it. Here he expands on a flashback story from Uncanny X-Men #268 from where Captain America and Wolverine helped Black Widow out when she was a child. He also expands on what was really going on in Wolverine's covert ops days where he would team up with Maverick and Sabertooth (uncovered in the early days of the self-titled X-Men comic). Way and Steve Dillon were really killing it during this run.
January 10, 2016
He's the best there is at what he does and what he does isn't pretty.
The reason is that Wolverine has been heavily trained for a long time even though he doesn't remember it. Logan's bloody stroll down memory lane continues as he searches for a special tool he hid.
I have to say I've always loved Wolverine. Even when he's working as a weapon he's still looking after the little guy. I can't believe the amount of junk this man has had to survive. With so much mystery I can't say much, but I look forward to the next volumes.
The reason is that Wolverine has been heavily trained for a long time even though he doesn't remember it. Logan's bloody stroll down memory lane continues as he searches for a special tool he hid.
I have to say I've always loved Wolverine. Even when he's working as a weapon he's still looking after the little guy. I can't believe the amount of junk this man has had to survive. With so much mystery I can't say much, but I look forward to the next volumes.
May 12, 2018
Logan's looking for some synthesized stuff he stole decades ago in order to put his still never seen son down without killing him. But he's not the only one to look for it and an old foe will try to get it before he does.
The core plot is good, lots of intense action, blood, guts and gory stuff but the peripheral stories are quite aloof when not corny. What the hell is Jubilee doing in Berlin of all places if not to artificially get the stakes higher? It sure feels as contrived as can be.
And what point were there in the Black Widow presence? To get a way-back-when moment and show that Logan has known half the Marvel Universe when they were kids? Feels a little light if you ask me.
This being said the main story is worth it and ends on a bloody cliffhanger that makes you want to read vol.3, which I'm sure to do.
The core plot is good, lots of intense action, blood, guts and gory stuff but the peripheral stories are quite aloof when not corny. What the hell is Jubilee doing in Berlin of all places if not to artificially get the stakes higher? It sure feels as contrived as can be.
And what point were there in the Black Widow presence? To get a way-back-when moment and show that Logan has known half the Marvel Universe when they were kids? Feels a little light if you ask me.
This being said the main story is worth it and ends on a bloody cliffhanger that makes you want to read vol.3, which I'm sure to do.
June 13, 2018
Savior (#6-10). The real joy of Wolverine: Origins was its revelation (and integration) of Wolverine backstory that had been scattered across years of comics and had previously been mostly unexplained. So here we get more on Omega Red and Maverick (from the early days of X-Men v2, collected in X-Men: Mutant Genesis) and more on Wolverine's relationship to Black Widow (building on the famous The Uncanny X-Men #268). These are great stories that reveal Wolverine working for the CIA in the '60s and meeting Natasha in the distant past.
Meanwhile, we get a compelling modern-day story that features these same characters and that nicely considers the role of fathers and daughters. Even Dillon's ugly art begins to grow on me as appropriate for Wolverine's ugly life [4+/5].
Meanwhile, we get a compelling modern-day story that features these same characters and that nicely considers the role of fathers and daughters. Even Dillon's ugly art begins to grow on me as appropriate for Wolverine's ugly life [4+/5].
November 25, 2012
Logan discovers he has a son called Daken who is hell bent on destruction and vows to stop him. Except Daken has inherited his father’s famous healing factor and the only thing that can make a difference is the material carbonadium, a rare substance that can only be synthesized using one small machine - which Logan has stashed in Berlin. The race is on as Logan, Daken and the evil mutant Omega Red head for the prize.
I like this series and the character of Daken but this second volume is not the strongest in the series - it’s basically all about the final few pages launching the story into the excellent third volume “Swift and Terrible”. But Daniel Way’s characterisation remains spot on while Steve Dillon’s art is fantastic as always.
I think this book is a bit dull because of the various plot threads that don’t really go anywhere. Jubilee as hostage went nowhere, the Black Widow showing up was also pointless as was her side story from when she was a kid who met Logan for the first time, and the SHIELD side story ended abruptly at the same time as the Omega Red story.
All this book really sets up for the rest of the series is that there is a material that can permanently kill Logan and that Daken, angry young man that he is, wants it so he can bond it to his exoskeleton and kill his dad. “Savior” is an overlong part of the series that is largely unnecessary - only Wolverine/Daken fans would really want to read this for completion’s sake.
I like this series and the character of Daken but this second volume is not the strongest in the series - it’s basically all about the final few pages launching the story into the excellent third volume “Swift and Terrible”. But Daniel Way’s characterisation remains spot on while Steve Dillon’s art is fantastic as always.
I think this book is a bit dull because of the various plot threads that don’t really go anywhere. Jubilee as hostage went nowhere, the Black Widow showing up was also pointless as was her side story from when she was a kid who met Logan for the first time, and the SHIELD side story ended abruptly at the same time as the Omega Red story.
All this book really sets up for the rest of the series is that there is a material that can permanently kill Logan and that Daken, angry young man that he is, wants it so he can bond it to his exoskeleton and kill his dad. “Savior” is an overlong part of the series that is largely unnecessary - only Wolverine/Daken fans would really want to read this for completion’s sake.
February 27, 2021
Wolverine: Origins volume 2 - Savior. A continuation of my Wolverine revisit. Even though the series is called Origins, this is not a set in the past origin story. It’s a good exploration of the past and seeing how those events have shaped the present.
Savior is solid continuation of the Origins storyline. We get a decent balance between advancing the current day plot, whilst building more of Wolverine, aka Logan’s backstory and history. The overall main plot of the series also gets some progression too. That concerning Logan’s son.
The current day plot picks up where volume 1 left off. Logan is injured after his run in with Captain America and Cyclops. S.H.I.E.L.D. and Dum Dum Dugan are now hunting him down.
In this volume we further explore Logan’s connections to other Marvel characters. We get to see the origin of Logan and Black Widows relationship. A mentor-mentee, uncle style relationship.
As for villain of the volume, we get Omega Red. Like Nuke in the previous volume, Logan’s connection to this character is explored. Tying together both past and present. The metal alloy Carbonadium, a similar metal to Adamantium is what Omega Red is after. This ties back into the main storyline due to its effects.
The artwork is good and same style as the previous volume. It’s good to have the consistency across volumes. There are moments with blood, but they don’t come across as too gory, but it’s also not shied away from. If Wolverine is using his claws on someone, most characters are gonna bleed. Costume wise, like the previous volume, Logan dons the brown and tan classic.
This is a dark and violent continuation of Wolverine: Origins. The content is more mature and bloody than your standard Marvel fare, but in keeping with the character. If you want an exploration of Logan’s origins and ties to other characters in the Marvel universe, without it being an origin story this is the series to read.
Savior is solid continuation of the Origins storyline. We get a decent balance between advancing the current day plot, whilst building more of Wolverine, aka Logan’s backstory and history. The overall main plot of the series also gets some progression too. That concerning Logan’s son.
The current day plot picks up where volume 1 left off. Logan is injured after his run in with Captain America and Cyclops. S.H.I.E.L.D. and Dum Dum Dugan are now hunting him down.
In this volume we further explore Logan’s connections to other Marvel characters. We get to see the origin of Logan and Black Widows relationship. A mentor-mentee, uncle style relationship.
As for villain of the volume, we get Omega Red. Like Nuke in the previous volume, Logan’s connection to this character is explored. Tying together both past and present. The metal alloy Carbonadium, a similar metal to Adamantium is what Omega Red is after. This ties back into the main storyline due to its effects.
The artwork is good and same style as the previous volume. It’s good to have the consistency across volumes. There are moments with blood, but they don’t come across as too gory, but it’s also not shied away from. If Wolverine is using his claws on someone, most characters are gonna bleed. Costume wise, like the previous volume, Logan dons the brown and tan classic.
This is a dark and violent continuation of Wolverine: Origins. The content is more mature and bloody than your standard Marvel fare, but in keeping with the character. If you want an exploration of Logan’s origins and ties to other characters in the Marvel universe, without it being an origin story this is the series to read.
July 6, 2021
This was another great one as we follow Logan and his memories where it leads him. He is on the hunt for Maverick and when he sights Jubilee there with him, they are attacked by Omega Red and he takes her hostage. He wants the C-Syntheziser and so Logan departs on the journey to find it. Here we learn of the past when he and Maverick worked for CIA as Team X and all that entailed. In the modern day he comes back to Berlin and meets Black Widow and we see he had a connection with her childhood too and her father Tarag. And it becomes a whose-who game as we see what she has done and how SHIELD is now involved and what happens thereafter.
Its a great volume and yeah can get jarring with so many time jumps and not a linear timeline forming but despite that if you follow the present one it makes for a fun read with his connections to Maverick and Black Widow and how Omega Red factors into it and just look at the bloody art and all and the challenges that Logan will have to face is something fun maybe. I kinda enjoyed this volume and it has loads of action and everything, the writing is crisp and the inner monologue is fun too. Its a very mystery filled book and will probably take its time till we can form a linear timeline of Logan's lie but its fun to go through it. Its a very mysterious, slow-burn book.
Its a great volume and yeah can get jarring with so many time jumps and not a linear timeline forming but despite that if you follow the present one it makes for a fun read with his connections to Maverick and Black Widow and how Omega Red factors into it and just look at the bloody art and all and the challenges that Logan will have to face is something fun maybe. I kinda enjoyed this volume and it has loads of action and everything, the writing is crisp and the inner monologue is fun too. Its a very mystery filled book and will probably take its time till we can form a linear timeline of Logan's lie but its fun to go through it. Its a very mysterious, slow-burn book.
August 21, 2022
3.5 Stars
Wolverine continues his quest for revenge, this time we get Omega Red and Maverick involved, as well as a flashback with the Black Widow as a child. Also, SHIELD finally catches up with Wolverine, and Wolverine's son returns.
I like this series, but between the flashbacks and the somewhat "jumpy" story lines it's sometimes not the easiest to follow.
Wolverine continues his quest for revenge, this time we get Omega Red and Maverick involved, as well as a flashback with the Black Widow as a child. Also, SHIELD finally catches up with Wolverine, and Wolverine's son returns.
I like this series, but between the flashbacks and the somewhat "jumpy" story lines it's sometimes not the easiest to follow.
February 22, 2022
The second volume in this five volume series starts with Logan’s newfound familial ties and how it alters his mission for revenge. His son, unknown to him for his whole life, is alive and “they,” the people who manipulated and created Wolverine will surely use him against Logan. With this knowledge, he attempts to find his son and attempt to keep him safe.
During this volume, we reconnect with Jubilee and Black Widow who both acted like daughters to Logan in the past. This overarching theme of Logan as a father brings up some pretty gritty emotions in our stout friend. His revelations of how he behaved or how he reacted in the past weighs heavy on him, and it starts to come to a head in the pages with his vulnerabilities in humans and also with a certain metal.
I found this installment more intriguing than the first as the flower of Logan’s mind starts to unfurl further. I hope the rest of the volumes are as good.
During this volume, we reconnect with Jubilee and Black Widow who both acted like daughters to Logan in the past. This overarching theme of Logan as a father brings up some pretty gritty emotions in our stout friend. His revelations of how he behaved or how he reacted in the past weighs heavy on him, and it starts to come to a head in the pages with his vulnerabilities in humans and also with a certain metal.
I found this installment more intriguing than the first as the flower of Logan’s mind starts to unfurl further. I hope the rest of the volumes are as good.
September 10, 2017
This time bad guys are jumping through walls and into Logan's path. This pulling characters out of thin air looks like a trend and it's a piss-poor way of throwing them head-first into the story with little intro. It seems like the series wants to use as many characters from Logan's past as it can fit. The flashbacks from his past are more entertaining.
Logan is looking for carbonadium, a substance that can save his son.
Logan is looking for carbonadium, a substance that can save his son.
October 19, 2013
Volume 2 picks right up...Wolverine is on the run, wanted by everyone because of events in the first volume. Dum Dum Dugan and S.H.I.E.L.D is on his tail, as he moves to Europe to hunt down what he needs.
This has him cross paths with an old enemy, as well as some old friends/allies.
There's also a nice flashback that puts Logan in Dallas in 1963....interesting idea there...also reveals a bit more of his past in the flashback form (which is fun).
The best part of this is that as this volume progresses, things get more and more interesting, and Logan gets help from unlikely places, revealing his involvement in the early years of some character(s).
I don't want to give spoilers, but the tie-in with the modern day ally, and Logan's involvement in her past (via flashback) is very cool.
The book ends with a major reveal...Logan's son is real! We only see him from behind, but Logan sees him face to face...leading us to the 3rd volume...
This has him cross paths with an old enemy, as well as some old friends/allies.
There's also a nice flashback that puts Logan in Dallas in 1963....interesting idea there...also reveals a bit more of his past in the flashback form (which is fun).
The best part of this is that as this volume progresses, things get more and more interesting, and Logan gets help from unlikely places, revealing his involvement in the early years of some character(s).
I don't want to give spoilers, but the tie-in with the modern day ally, and Logan's involvement in her past (via flashback) is very cool.
The book ends with a major reveal...Logan's son is real! We only see him from behind, but Logan sees him face to face...leading us to the 3rd volume...
February 26, 2011
On second reading, I still found this quite good. A nice overall plotline without letting each chapter be an adventure itself; a visit from Omega Red, one of my personal favorite Wolverine villains; and, again, more of the cool flashback style. Nice.
November 9, 2016
All that business with Omega Red... fighting over carbonadium, which weakens Wolverine, and thus, his son...meh. Save Jubilee. I liked seeing him train Black Widow as a child. At the very end, we get to see Daken for the first time.
March 12, 2009
The mystery of Wolverine's life unravels... I liked that a lot of the other X-men characters showed up in this one.
June 7, 2022
This volume collects Wolverine: Origins #6-10. Whatever that means. :) I'm still a little confused on how everything fits together and what is overlap and what isn't. I assume those were the 'chapter' issues in the comics first given out in the mid 1900s. This series is clearly not the beginning, where I wanted to start but I think I found a list to help me sort through them - at least those dealing with Wolverine. While I wait for those to come in, I will be enjoying the rest of this series. This one ends on a cliffhanger so beware and have the third volume close at hand. The color is slightly distracting sometimes because I don't always like the color combinations, but hey you take the little weird things with all the good things. The story is getting more intense, and new characters are being introduced from Logan's past. Looking forward to more.
April 7, 2020
I’ve seen some disparaging things said about this run, and it hasn’t irked me in that way yet (hopefully it never does). So far it’s been a solid action piece, this volume offering up some history on Logan during his black ops days. I hated Dillon’s art at first but I’m adapting and it doesn’t hit as ugly as it first did. I liked the story with Black Widow, and I think Way has a decent voice for Wolverine. It hasn’t hit the emotional notes for me to propel it to 4+ stars, but it’s an entertaining action-y volume.
3-3.5
3-3.5
October 8, 2017
Big improvement over vol1
Better writing in this volume, made more sense and wolverine was more like himself in this one. Same artist but they're doing better with the action scenes now. Still drawing his eyes behind the mask which looks ridiculous... Make 'em white when the mask is on... He yelled to the Cosmos. Good read that fills in more of our favorite Canuck's history.
Better writing in this volume, made more sense and wolverine was more like himself in this one. Same artist but they're doing better with the action scenes now. Still drawing his eyes behind the mask which looks ridiculous... Make 'em white when the mask is on... He yelled to the Cosmos. Good read that fills in more of our favorite Canuck's history.
May 13, 2020
More of Wolverine's sad origin story. It's compelling and fast paced. It's a good read and I liked the side characters there were in it. The ending with Daken kept me wanting more and I am really excited for vol 3.
October 31, 2020
Wolverine: Origin Vol. 2
The 2nd book in this series is a little better. I guess it the artwork, looks good, but but looks like early 2000's cartoon work. But other than that still a good book. Can't wait to read the next book.
The 2nd book in this series is a little better. I guess it the artwork, looks good, but but looks like early 2000's cartoon work. But other than that still a good book. Can't wait to read the next book.
March 6, 2022
Read for background during The X Lives & Deaths of Wolverine & Live of Wolverine event of 2020.
January 12, 2024
Whoa, this was actually so great! I’m currently getting into Akihiro’s early appearances and I didn’t expect much from this series, but I genuinely enjoyed it. I loved learning about Logan and Natasha’s history together and I’m very interested in seeing where this series goes.
February 6, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
This is an enjoyable quick read. Nice to see Omega Red and Maverick again. Seems like a long absence for both of them.
This is an enjoyable quick read. Nice to see Omega Red and Maverick again. Seems like a long absence for both of them.
March 18, 2019
The only thing that bothers me about this series is the art. I'm not sure I'm a fan of Dillon.
August 12, 2016
EDIT: 3/1/2014
HOLY SHIT GUYS!!! Marvel Studios is actually planning to do one!!! I wonder if they're going by the book? If they are, they should totally include what the hell happened in Budapest (see Avengers film) and the scene here in the train, Yes?
Marvel Studios Developing Stand-Alone Black Widow Film for Scarlett Johansson
Original Review:
If Twentieth Century Fox is gonna ever do a Black Widow movie, they should have a scene from this. Although it mainly focuses on Wolverine's story, Natasha Romanov wouldn't be alive, or who she is if it wasn't for Logan.
Just like most Marvel graphic novels, these are not for the faint of heart. It has scenes that has too much blood in it but that's who Wolverine was. And the ending was awesome. A cliffhanger, but awesome nonetheless.
HOLY SHIT GUYS!!! Marvel Studios is actually planning to do one!!! I wonder if they're going by the book? If they are, they should totally include what the hell happened in Budapest (see Avengers film) and the scene here in the train, Yes?
Marvel Studios Developing Stand-Alone Black Widow Film for Scarlett Johansson
Original Review:
If Twentieth Century Fox is gonna ever do a Black Widow movie, they should have a scene from this. Although it mainly focuses on Wolverine's story, Natasha Romanov wouldn't be alive, or who she is if it wasn't for Logan.
Just like most Marvel graphic novels, these are not for the faint of heart. It has scenes that has too much blood in it but that's who Wolverine was. And the ending was awesome. A cliffhanger, but awesome nonetheless.
May 20, 2015
This was a thrilling espionage story starring Wolverine, and it does a good job of adding to his story by filling in the blanks from the past and explaining where he got his skills and why he is the way he is. It's quite brutal, but it is a Wolverine story, so that is kind of what you would expect. My primary complaint is the art, which is just not in a style that I enjoy, though it does the job passably well. This is the first time we meet Daken, as well (and I think I somehow managed to previously read only that one last issue, which was familiar). I am in this series for the long haul, which I think is how it needs to be enjoyed, but this small piece of it is well-built, and emphasizes the ways that Wolverine has touched the lives of several characters outside the X-Men.
May 25, 2015
Much of what I said in my review for volume one is true here so this will be a short review. The plot is simple, moves quickly, and fun to read. There isn't a ton of substance here, but that is fine considering it is Wolverine. So far, this is has been a series with tons and tons of cameos. Every two or three issues you can count on someone new to appear and while it is mostly pretty cool, at the same time, I do wonder if that will lose its impact eventually. The art is still fine just like in the previous volume. I think the intrigue around Wolverine's motives/wanting to find out who is scheming against him and the occasional plot twist are really what keeps me interested in this series and I hope they can continue that throughout the rest of the series. Onto volume three!
August 4, 2025
The 1991 X-Men series by Claremont and Lee was my re-introduction to the X-Men after the late 80s crossovers, like Days Of Future Present, confused me away from the books. The Omega Red/Maverick/Sabretooth arcs were a massive part of that era of X-books. But it turns out that I didn't need to revisit them. I wasn't excited to see further explanations about their past. And I am starting to roll my eyes at how important Wolverine was to everyone. The return of his memories after House Of M somehow retcons him as being the person who rescued Black Widow as a kid. Fine.
It's technically written well, and while I still don't think Dillon was ever a good match for a Wolverine book, his work is consistent.
It's technically written well, and while I still don't think Dillon was ever a good match for a Wolverine book, his work is consistent.
July 15, 2011
Really liked this one, because of Omega Red and Black Widow. I really liked the artwork depicting Omega Red, and I enjoyed the background involving Black Widow and her "Little Uncle". The added element of the C-Synth sort of threw me off because I wanted to know why exactly Wolverine needed it to enact revenge on whoever he was after. But my impatience was quelled when I finally understood why Omega Red wanted it, and why everyone else was after it, other then Wolverine. I kind of feel bad that Jubilee was a pawn, but at this point people appear out of nowhere (like Omega Red) and are all used for a reason.
August 9, 2016
Omega Red, Maverick, Black Widow and even Jubilee are in this one. The flashback in the center of this one has to do with how he met Natasha, which is a really cool story. But more importantly, it has to do with how he met Omega Red. I loved that one because it reminds me of how I met Omega Red, X-men #4 or 5, one of the early issues in the Jim Lee run. So this volume had a great nostalgia thing going for it...at least for me.
I liked this volume better than the 1st because it has not just nostalgia but it also gives us the first meeting of Wolvie and Dakken. If you don't already know who Dakken is, I'll not spoil it for you.
I liked this volume better than the 1st because it has not just nostalgia but it also gives us the first meeting of Wolvie and Dakken. If you don't already know who Dakken is, I'll not spoil it for you.
November 5, 2014
The introduction of Daken wasn't exactly as I had pictured it but it was basses nonetheless.
Not anyone can just come and rip Logan's entrails out without even flinching.
It is a capturing tale outlining the concept of a son who believes he was wronged and a father who yearns to right the wrong amongst a bigger calamity lurking.
:)
Interesting artwork as well.
Not anyone can just come and rip Logan's entrails out without even flinching.
It is a capturing tale outlining the concept of a son who believes he was wronged and a father who yearns to right the wrong amongst a bigger calamity lurking.
:)
Interesting artwork as well.
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