Wolverine / Cable: Guts and Glory

Wolverine: One-Shots

by Joe Casey

Both are men of destiny. One has been altered forever, transformed into the ultimate warrior by his own government, their "Weapon X" to control and manipulate as they see fit. The one thing they failed to consider is his indomitable will. One has traveled back through time to right the course of a humanity gone horribly wrong. But something has followed him...something full of hate, and intent on destroying him before his mission can be accomplished. They are Wolverine and Cable...and together, they must stand against a being that threatens both the present and future of the planet!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian note: there is more than one author with this name

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey

Reviews

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lame money-grabber one-shot starring Marvel's 90s two gold gooses.



Totally outdated and skippable, even if you are a fan of the two characters or if golden age of big guns, claws, shoulder-pads and bad girls comics is a guilty pleasure of yours.



'Nuff said.

[Walter Schwartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ridiculous have such a low average grade, the comic is very well written, drawn and painted.

[Ian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nathan Dayspring Summers arrives in the 20th Century and begins to learn about the world he has travelled through time to save, however he has been followed back through time by a powerful enemy. The rampaging attack of that enemy triggers a response from Canada's top secret Department H and their most potent agent, Weapon X AKA the Wolverine.

I love the premise of this book, having a newly arrived Cable (not actually known as Cable yet, by the way) cross paths with Logan in his days as a Canadian secret agent.
There's loads of story potential both for the crossover and for those particular times in each of the characters' lives. I liked seeing Cable musing on his intended meeting with the near-mythical Charles Xavier, as well as having a head-on encounter with the Vulture. It's also good to see Logan in his days as Canada's top secret weapon, before his fateful first encounter with the Hulk and subsequent admission into the X-Men.

The problem is that this is a short one-shot story and none of that great story potential gets explored to any significant degree. Just as things get interesting, it's all over.
The fact that there was so much possibility here actually makes the book we get seem worse than it actually is simply because it could have been so much more. Definitely a concept that Marvel should've saved for a full miniseries/longer graphic novel.

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[Nick · Rating 1 out of 5]

As far as overhyped/underperforming 90s marvel fads go, all this was missing was a Venom appearance.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Joe Casey is better than this, so I pretend that this is his purposefully doing a bad 90s impression.