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Wolverine (2013) (Collected Editions)
Wolverine, Vol. 1: Hunting Season
Pay attention very closely: there's a mystery here that even Wolverine hasn't sniffed out yet. When Wolverine finds himself the bargaining chip in a hostage situation, he must make a decision that will follow him forever...literally! How can a berserker fight what he can't see? And how far will he go to assert his humanity in the face of the unknown? Guest-starring Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Then, Wolverine has to track down a boy on a deadly rampage before he does the unthinkable! How will Logan defeat an enemy with no permanent body to slash and claw? And what does the Watcher have to do with all of this? Find out when superstars Paul Cornell (Captain Britain and MI:13, Doctor Who) and Alan Davis (Avengers, Excalibur) take on the Wolverine!
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136 pages, Paperback
First published August 14, 2013
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Paul Cornell
617 books1,506 followersPaul Cornell is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy prose, comics and television. He's been Hugo Award-nominated for all three media, and has won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, and the Eagle Award for his comics. He's the writer of Saucer Country for Vertigo, Demon Knights for DC, and has written for the Doctor Who TV series. His new urban fantasy novel is London Falling, out from Tor on December 6th.
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September 3, 2015
Wolverine’s gone a huntin’. What exactly is the ol’ Canucklehead looking for? Skrulls, Sentinels, the Brood, cheap beer, a better death story, wascally wabbits?
Nope, Elmer, not that either.
It’s a virus from the microverse, that’s looking for a home, so it’s trying to infect all of humanity and it’s taken a particular interest in Wolverine.
That wouldn’t have been my first guess either.
You know how in the cartoons when someone rolls a snow ball down a mountain, it starts off white, pristine and small and yet when it’s finished rolling at the bottom of the mountain, it’s acquired trees, rocks, dirt, skiers. The resultant Death of Wolverine storyline is sort of like a little snowball. Here the story is fairly simple and interesting: During a hostage situation, Wolverine comes across people who aren’t acting right, and also smell (to Logan’s heightened senses) “sick”. The Watcher pops in to warn Logan that this is a game changing occurrence. Sadly, only Logan can see him.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Watcher, he looks like the big creepy baby doll from Toy Story 3.
…and he just watches and watches…
Paul Cornell does a decent job story-wise with the “beginning of the end” of Wolverine – he set’s a nice paranoiac tone and keeps a story with huge global implications small.
If Cornell wrote the story from beginning to end, we might not have ended up with the turd (or giant dirty snowball, if you will) in the end game gold fish bowl that was Charles Soule’s take on Wolverine’s death; however, considering Volume 2 (Wolverine, Vol. 2: Killable)of this run was just average that’s stretching that hypothesis just a bit.
Too late, Logan. See ya in the funny papers, bub.
Nope, Elmer, not that either.
It’s a virus from the microverse, that’s looking for a home, so it’s trying to infect all of humanity and it’s taken a particular interest in Wolverine.
That wouldn’t have been my first guess either.
You know how in the cartoons when someone rolls a snow ball down a mountain, it starts off white, pristine and small and yet when it’s finished rolling at the bottom of the mountain, it’s acquired trees, rocks, dirt, skiers. The resultant Death of Wolverine storyline is sort of like a little snowball. Here the story is fairly simple and interesting: During a hostage situation, Wolverine comes across people who aren’t acting right, and also smell (to Logan’s heightened senses) “sick”. The Watcher pops in to warn Logan that this is a game changing occurrence. Sadly, only Logan can see him.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Watcher, he looks like the big creepy baby doll from Toy Story 3.
…and he just watches and watches…
Paul Cornell does a decent job story-wise with the “beginning of the end” of Wolverine – he set’s a nice paranoiac tone and keeps a story with huge global implications small.
If Cornell wrote the story from beginning to end, we might not have ended up with the turd (or giant dirty snowball, if you will) in the end game gold fish bowl that was Charles Soule’s take on Wolverine’s death; however, considering Volume 2 (Wolverine, Vol. 2: Killable)of this run was just average that’s stretching that hypothesis just a bit.
Too late, Logan. See ya in the funny papers, bub.
November 8, 2013
What is it about Wolverine that makes him such a difficult character to get right? He’s great in ensemble series like Wolverine and the X-Men, the Avengers, and various other team books, but put him on his own and things get very shaky - there are precious few Wolverine books that are actually any good, and Wolverine: Hunting Season is definitely not one of them.
An alien gun is possessing people and forcing them to kill – enter Wolverine as he begins slaughtering them in a vague attempt to figure out this new threat. And why is Uatu the Watcher suddenly appearing?
The Marvel NOW! Wolverine series should be way better than this as he’s such a popular character, and Paul Cornell’s writing it – but for many reasons, it’s a very poor book. The enemy is terrible – an invisible being that inhabits people? Hmm… nope. An alien gun? … nope. No, I’m not interested in any of this so far. But that’s the whole book! Like so many Marvel titles these days, the already-anaemic story gets stretched to 6 issues not for narrative purposes but for financial reasons – this book could’ve been an ok two-parter but 6 issues? It’s so boring!
Cornell seems to think Wolverine isn’t interesting enough on his own and introduces maybe the most boring backup team seen since Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD premiered. Four nondescript middle-aged white people with tablets sitting in a pub are Logan’s tech squad, sending him data and doing other dreary computer stuff that’s not at all interesting to read. They couldn’t have an X-Man like Beast or Doop or any character that’s more interesting than a group of nobodies do this stuff?
I get the feeling Marvel editorial are trying to make Wolverine more palatable to a larger audience because he keeps saying that he wants to control his berserker rage – except that doesn’t last very long. Once he encounters innocent people possessed with this alien wielding the gun, he has no problem gutting them but stops when the alien possesses a kid. Why kill grown-ups so easily but draw the line at kids? Audience reaction – there’s nothing heroic about killing kids (there’s nothing heroic about killing innocent people but it’s more heinous to kill kids) and Marvel would like Wolverine to be seen in a better light, despite that going against his pre-established character (and he’s killed kids before). So that’s an irksome development in this book.
Mediocre writing and terrible story aside, the one thing that saves the book is Alan Davis’ art who at least makes the Hunting Season arc look great. Joined by frequent collaborator, Mark Farmer, who inks his pencils, the first four issues’ artwork is the best thing about this entire book. Unfortunately the last two issues are drawn by someone called Mirco Pierdeferici whose work is just scratchy and messy in comparison.
This Wolverine book is terrible! If you’re looking for better Wolverine books, check out Mark Millar’s Enemy of the State or Old Man Logan, or Jason Aaron’s Wolverine: Weapon X.
An alien gun is possessing people and forcing them to kill – enter Wolverine as he begins slaughtering them in a vague attempt to figure out this new threat. And why is Uatu the Watcher suddenly appearing?
The Marvel NOW! Wolverine series should be way better than this as he’s such a popular character, and Paul Cornell’s writing it – but for many reasons, it’s a very poor book. The enemy is terrible – an invisible being that inhabits people? Hmm… nope. An alien gun? … nope. No, I’m not interested in any of this so far. But that’s the whole book! Like so many Marvel titles these days, the already-anaemic story gets stretched to 6 issues not for narrative purposes but for financial reasons – this book could’ve been an ok two-parter but 6 issues? It’s so boring!
Cornell seems to think Wolverine isn’t interesting enough on his own and introduces maybe the most boring backup team seen since Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD premiered. Four nondescript middle-aged white people with tablets sitting in a pub are Logan’s tech squad, sending him data and doing other dreary computer stuff that’s not at all interesting to read. They couldn’t have an X-Man like Beast or Doop or any character that’s more interesting than a group of nobodies do this stuff?
I get the feeling Marvel editorial are trying to make Wolverine more palatable to a larger audience because he keeps saying that he wants to control his berserker rage – except that doesn’t last very long. Once he encounters innocent people possessed with this alien wielding the gun, he has no problem gutting them but stops when the alien possesses a kid. Why kill grown-ups so easily but draw the line at kids? Audience reaction – there’s nothing heroic about killing kids (there’s nothing heroic about killing innocent people but it’s more heinous to kill kids) and Marvel would like Wolverine to be seen in a better light, despite that going against his pre-established character (and he’s killed kids before). So that’s an irksome development in this book.
Mediocre writing and terrible story aside, the one thing that saves the book is Alan Davis’ art who at least makes the Hunting Season arc look great. Joined by frequent collaborator, Mark Farmer, who inks his pencils, the first four issues’ artwork is the best thing about this entire book. Unfortunately the last two issues are drawn by someone called Mirco Pierdeferici whose work is just scratchy and messy in comparison.
This Wolverine book is terrible! If you’re looking for better Wolverine books, check out Mark Millar’s Enemy of the State or Old Man Logan, or Jason Aaron’s Wolverine: Weapon X.
February 25, 2022
Weird volume but its fun I guess.
Wolverine is hunting some gun which seems to possess people and makes them do bad things like he fights a dad and then his son possessed by the same thing but when it targets Fury and SHIELD agents things go bad for Logan and we follow him as he fights this things off, fast forward we find out its some microscopic things from micro-verse targeting him and made my Dr Doom and well he also drowns but as stores like this will have it, he defeats them and also a major status quo by the end so there's that.
Yeah it was weird, what should have been a 2 issue story gets stretched so much and therefore makes for a cumbersome read and well also the fact that art changes happen so frequently but regardless. I liked Cornell on the black ring but here he has a problem maintaning a constant storyline and is just dragging a simple story. Aside from that the ending does lead into a big storyline later.
Wolverine is hunting some gun which seems to possess people and makes them do bad things like he fights a dad and then his son possessed by the same thing but when it targets Fury and SHIELD agents things go bad for Logan and we follow him as he fights this things off, fast forward we find out its some microscopic things from micro-verse targeting him and made my Dr Doom and well he also drowns but as stores like this will have it, he defeats them and also a major status quo by the end so there's that.
Yeah it was weird, what should have been a 2 issue story gets stretched so much and therefore makes for a cumbersome read and well also the fact that art changes happen so frequently but regardless. I liked Cornell on the black ring but here he has a problem maintaning a constant storyline and is just dragging a simple story. Aside from that the ending does lead into a big storyline later.
December 25, 2013
Wolverine is in many ways Marvel's Batman: the biggest star, and the biggest exposure, but also not afraid to be a little dirty. Unfortunately, also like Batman with New 52; Marvel Now has diluted Wolverine by putting him in numerous titles.
This is dreadful stuff, and does the impossible; makes Wolverine boring and declawed, yet still has him slicing people to death (but still being remorseful about it for no very good reasons). I swear, there was even a scene where they had him sobbing (if it wasn't that then it sure seemed like it). Also, when they have to throw in Nick Fury (the crappy new version) and he's no help at all, you know there's a problem.
This story is paper thin, and keeps dragging on for as long as possible, to milk all the $$ out of it.
I have no idea how you can make Wolverine boring, but Cornell has succeeded...I suppose when you ignore the best parts of a character and try to make him appeal to the largest demographic, it's not going to work. Face it: he's not Spidey, and he'll never be Spidey, yet he's always going to make you a lot of $$ as he is, so don't try to dilute him into a shell of himself.
Pass on this one; read Wolverine and the X-Men instead; or one of the Avengers titles he's in; or go to pre Marvel-Now and read many of the other more successful and fun stories.
Very disappointing.
This is dreadful stuff, and does the impossible; makes Wolverine boring and declawed, yet still has him slicing people to death (but still being remorseful about it for no very good reasons). I swear, there was even a scene where they had him sobbing (if it wasn't that then it sure seemed like it). Also, when they have to throw in Nick Fury (the crappy new version) and he's no help at all, you know there's a problem.
This story is paper thin, and keeps dragging on for as long as possible, to milk all the $$ out of it.
I have no idea how you can make Wolverine boring, but Cornell has succeeded...I suppose when you ignore the best parts of a character and try to make him appeal to the largest demographic, it's not going to work. Face it: he's not Spidey, and he'll never be Spidey, yet he's always going to make you a lot of $$ as he is, so don't try to dilute him into a shell of himself.
Pass on this one; read Wolverine and the X-Men instead; or one of the Avengers titles he's in; or go to pre Marvel-Now and read many of the other more successful and fun stories.
Very disappointing.
September 12, 2015
I hate to say it, but I've been disappointed with the Wolverine titles over the past few years. I haven't gotten to The Death of Wolverine yet, however, so I'm trying to keep my hopes up.
In his volume we end up with an invasion of microscopic aliens that are attempting to take over mankind, or something like that. I won't get into the origin of the "aliens" because that's a bit of a twist. However, if you are curious here it is
The first four issues featured art from Alan Davis and Mark Farmer, and I'm a big fan of that art team. The next two issues were different artists, and not bad, just not as good as the early issues.
Overall, this volume was okay. It also ends on a cliffhanger so I'll be reading the next volume to see what happens. If you're a die hard Wolverine fan, you'll probably enjoy this.
In his volume we end up with an invasion of microscopic aliens that are attempting to take over mankind, or something like that. I won't get into the origin of the "aliens" because that's a bit of a twist. However, if you are curious here it is
The first four issues featured art from Alan Davis and Mark Farmer, and I'm a big fan of that art team. The next two issues were different artists, and not bad, just not as good as the early issues.
Overall, this volume was okay. It also ends on a cliffhanger so I'll be reading the next volume to see what happens. If you're a die hard Wolverine fan, you'll probably enjoy this.
November 17, 2015
Oh, Wolverine. I have an affection for you that is hard to explain. What is it with me and big, hairy, angry dudes with stogies?
As ridiculous as the character may be, I don't feel it is that much to ask for a little consistency in writing the character. This book had clumsy illustrations, clumsy plot, and an even clumsier script. I'm not terribly sure why people feel they have to overcomplicate the character in plots as basic as this, but it rarely goes well.
As ridiculous as the character may be, I don't feel it is that much to ask for a little consistency in writing the character. This book had clumsy illustrations, clumsy plot, and an even clumsier script. I'm not terribly sure why people feel they have to overcomplicate the character in plots as basic as this, but it rarely goes well.
March 10, 2021
Wolverine by Paul Cornell sounds like a great idea. Sadly, this was really bad. We get a nonsensical antagonist that massively affects Logan going forward, a worthless Nick Fury (Jr.) guest appearance, and a supporting team of characters that make no sense why Logan would trust them. This was a terrible plot. Only thing saving this somewhat is the art by Alan Davis. As always, its very good. Overall, a bad read with big ramifications.
December 1, 2013
Great art from Alan Davis did not hold up under this disjointed and weak writing.
It started off mysterious, and unusual and seemed like it could have been pretty cool,...
then the writing got worse and the art did too.
By the end I was just annoyed.
It started off mysterious, and unusual and seemed like it could have been pretty cool,...
then the writing got worse and the art did too.
By the end I was just annoyed.
February 28, 2021
An undetectable virus is infecting the Marvel Universe, and only Wolverine can track it! But when he discovers the truth, will he be able to undo the damage that's been done? And what does it mean for Wolverine himself?
Paul Cornell takes over Wolverine's solo adventures with Marvel Now!, and it's...okay? This is mostly just a big prelude to the next storyline, which itself just leads into Death of Wolverine prelude stuff. The first four issues read very quickly, and are mostly just Wolverine on the hunt, although the set pieces are actually pretty impressive - the construction site bit and the final act on the Helicarrier are awesome.
The second two issues are a tad more impressive, as Wolverine finds himself in close quarters and fighting for his life against that Helicarrier I mentioned. The actual reveal regarding the virus is pretty clever, but it does reduce it to even more of a faceless enemy to punch than it was when it was just a virus. Gotta say though, the ending does open up some story possibilities.
Alan Davis has to be one of the most reliable artists in comics - if you see his name on a book, you know what it's going to look like even before you open it. I do like that he manages to make Wolverine seem compact, especially compared to the long, lithe figures he usually gives everyone. Mirco Pierfederici takes the final two issues, and while his style's a little different to how it used to be back when he was on Dark Avengers, it looks suitably superheroic, and keeps the details going.
Hunting Season's fine as a prelude to a prelude. It all hinges on the final cliffhanger, but it's not particularly insulting. There's a few dodgy lines of dialogue that don't sound entirely Wolverine, but overall Paul Cornell's debut on the book is decent enough. The artwork elevates it, but it's still just a run of the mill book for now.
Paul Cornell takes over Wolverine's solo adventures with Marvel Now!, and it's...okay? This is mostly just a big prelude to the next storyline, which itself just leads into Death of Wolverine prelude stuff. The first four issues read very quickly, and are mostly just Wolverine on the hunt, although the set pieces are actually pretty impressive - the construction site bit and the final act on the Helicarrier are awesome.
The second two issues are a tad more impressive, as Wolverine finds himself in close quarters and fighting for his life against that Helicarrier I mentioned. The actual reveal regarding the virus is pretty clever, but it does reduce it to even more of a faceless enemy to punch than it was when it was just a virus. Gotta say though, the ending does open up some story possibilities.
Alan Davis has to be one of the most reliable artists in comics - if you see his name on a book, you know what it's going to look like even before you open it. I do like that he manages to make Wolverine seem compact, especially compared to the long, lithe figures he usually gives everyone. Mirco Pierfederici takes the final two issues, and while his style's a little different to how it used to be back when he was on Dark Avengers, it looks suitably superheroic, and keeps the details going.
Hunting Season's fine as a prelude to a prelude. It all hinges on the final cliffhanger, but it's not particularly insulting. There's a few dodgy lines of dialogue that don't sound entirely Wolverine, but overall Paul Cornell's debut on the book is decent enough. The artwork elevates it, but it's still just a run of the mill book for now.
November 11, 2018
63rd book read in 2018.
Number 261 out of 723 on my all time book list.
Gritty and original story.
Number 261 out of 723 on my all time book list.
Gritty and original story.
August 4, 2017
I went back to read this when I realized it contained part of the lead-up to the mini-series Death of Wolverine, and I'd hoped to see some solid character-driven stuff here in the leadup to such a momentous event. Something where, say, Wolverine's past finally catches up with him in some way, past sins cause his downfall, something that speaks to this extremely well-trod character's history while setting up his path to destruction.
Instead, it feels mostly... fake. I know it's a comic book, but the method by which Wolverine loses his healing factor (which kick starts this whole march toward the end) is completely ridiculous. It's based on nothing we've ever seen in Marvel before, and is totally out of Wolverine's control. I'd go so far as to argue it doesn't even make any sense. I'm trying not to spoil too much, but, well:
It's a very lame setup for something that feels so important to the Wolverine story at large.
I'll keep reading this ramp-up to Death of Wolverine just to see where it goes, but I'm honestly not super excited about it.
Instead, it feels mostly... fake. I know it's a comic book, but the method by which Wolverine loses his healing factor (which kick starts this whole march toward the end) is completely ridiculous. It's based on nothing we've ever seen in Marvel before, and is totally out of Wolverine's control. I'd go so far as to argue it doesn't even make any sense. I'm trying not to spoil too much, but, well:
It's a very lame setup for something that feels so important to the Wolverine story at large.
I'll keep reading this ramp-up to Death of Wolverine just to see where it goes, but I'm honestly not super excited about it.
February 2, 2017
So I read Death of Wolverine first, and it was so not-a-story that I was like, "Wait, what? Did I read that or did I just sneeze?" And I decided to look around and see if there was some other Wolverine comics I could read that might give his final act a bit more weight. According to the internet, the real story is set up here -- that is, Wolverine fights a viral nanospecies who, I think, are able to infect him and wipe out his healing factor in the last five pages? Thus setting up his inevitable demise?
I mean, essentially.
I've never liked Wolverine solo comics. My preferred version of Wolverine is the one-note "I like beer" version from Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing, and any book where the character is center stage and required to, I dunno, emote or say that he really doesn't like killing things, not really, just sounds like sort of a joke. But lately I've just been reading terrible-and-terribler X-Men comics, and at least Paul Cornell is basically able to carry a tune here, which I can't complain about. I do wish that there was more to the infection that will eventually kill Logan, as it's just dropped into the last few pages of this volume. But the story leading up to this is interesting and has some stakes, which is more than I expected from a Wolverine comic.
Also, I'll note that it is kind of crazy that Alan Davis is still drawing superhero comics. Made me feel like the 80's called and wanted their penciller back.
I mean, essentially.
I've never liked Wolverine solo comics. My preferred version of Wolverine is the one-note "I like beer" version from Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing, and any book where the character is center stage and required to, I dunno, emote or say that he really doesn't like killing things, not really, just sounds like sort of a joke. But lately I've just been reading terrible-and-terribler X-Men comics, and at least Paul Cornell is basically able to carry a tune here, which I can't complain about. I do wish that there was more to the infection that will eventually kill Logan, as it's just dropped into the last few pages of this volume. But the story leading up to this is interesting and has some stakes, which is more than I expected from a Wolverine comic.
Also, I'll note that it is kind of crazy that Alan Davis is still drawing superhero comics. Made me feel like the 80's called and wanted their penciller back.
February 17, 2021
This was quite dull, all things told, and had some shockingly bad one-liners in it. Just terrible. One example, as Wolverine fights genetically modified SHIELD agents with gills, punctuating each word with a slash of his famous claws: "They're ... fish ... outta ... water!"
Just ... so ... bad!
The good news is that it didn't take very long to read, and I got it from my local library, so I don't feel too ripped off.
Just ... so ... bad!
The good news is that it didn't take very long to read, and I got it from my local library, so I don't feel too ripped off.
October 10, 2013
Far from being the best Wolverine serie. I read this as a Wolverine fan but it's a stretch to keep following the serie...
June 7, 2017
Perfectly acceptable Wolverine story, good but not great. I enjoyed the banter with Nick Fury and the Alan Davis art.
September 4, 2013
Artwork by Davis and Farmer is always a treat. A treat that seems to be getting rarer and rarer. I'm a huge fan. I think every comic book should be drawn by Davis and Farmer. So, this book worked for me really well on the first 4 issues. When the art team switches to the back up art team, umm. Well, it was very difficult to turn the pages. I wanted to put it down unfinished. Paul Cornell's a fantastic writer. And his story here might be going somewhere cool but it's continued in the next collection and hard to judge from what we have here.
September 12, 2013
I don't pick up most of the Wolverine solo series, but I opted for this one based on Cornell's writing.
It's a fair enough take on Wolverine, full of good action-adventure without descending into constant battles as some of the Wolverine comics do. Cornell takes interesting looks at Logan's morals and presents a neat villain. However it's the mysterious look at the future, suggesting there's something bigger going at that really makes me intrigued in the next volume.
So, there's nothing earth-shaking here, but it was good and enough to get me to pick up the next volume.
It's a fair enough take on Wolverine, full of good action-adventure without descending into constant battles as some of the Wolverine comics do. Cornell takes interesting looks at Logan's morals and presents a neat villain. However it's the mysterious look at the future, suggesting there's something bigger going at that really makes me intrigued in the next volume.
So, there's nothing earth-shaking here, but it was good and enough to get me to pick up the next volume.
March 22, 2020
Interesting villain for Wolverine, and I found the team-up with Nick Fury entertaining, especially the look-in to SHIELD. I liked how the story covered different parts of Wolverine's character as well, the loner, the berserker and the Samurai, which I appreciated. The plot itself was decent and well-paced, with a cliffhanger ending.
April 9, 2021
Only saving grace for this was Alan Davis' art in two-thirds of the book, the rest I could care less about.
November 4, 2018
Reprints Wolverine (4) #1-6 (May 2013-September 2013). Something has invaded Earth, and it is up to Wolverine to save it! When Wolverine realizes the invasion is on the scale of the Watcher’s observation, he realizes that there are bigger events happening around him. Teamed with Nick Fury, the invaders have a plan…and Wolverine learns that even his senses might not be able to detect it
Written by Paul Cornell, Wolverine Volume 1: Hunting Season is the first collection of the fourth series of Wolverine. Following Wolverine: Covenant, the series features art by Alan Davis (“Hunting Season” #1-4) and Mirco Pierfederici (“Drowning Logan” #5-6).
I don’t always love Wolverine, and I haven’t been a big fan of Wolverine as an Avenger. This series takes the “Avenger” Wolverine and drops him into a plot of an X-Men Wolverine story. The result is a mixed bag that sometimes works, and other times feels like it could have done more.
The original Wolverine comic often just had Wolverine infiltrating something (be it a gang, kidnapping, etc.) and destroying it. The stories were generally pretty simple like a Punisher story meets a mutant story. This collection has a little of that but has the size and scope of an Avengers story. Wolverine is up against an enemy with big plans…but he’s working solo to stop it.
While the whole collection has an arc, it is divided into two storylines. The first storyline has Wolverine trying to track the invaders and it feels like a good combo for the character while mixing it with a S.H.I.E.L.D. story (and therefor doing more to incorporate that Wolverine is an Avenger). It is a bit overly simplified and it feels like it just ends…and it almost feels like it just should have been six issues instead of divided into two storylines.
The second story is pretty much Wolverine vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. This part of the story continues the hunt for the invaders and feels too fast. The story as a whole feels like something is missing and the trip to the Microverse (and an explanation of what is going on there) could have definitely been expanded upon. While the “Hunting Season” story was a bit bloated, I feel this story needed to explore more.
Marvel in general feels like it grabs on to characters like Wolverine and exploits them more than enhances their background. The over-and-over relaunch of the series did not endear me to the character as much as turned me away and Wolverine: Hunting Ground just feels like another part of the Wolverine story without any consequences, and therefore, it is not necessary to read. Wolverine 1: Hunting Ground is followed by Wolverine 2: Killable which once again leads to another relaunch.
Written by Paul Cornell, Wolverine Volume 1: Hunting Season is the first collection of the fourth series of Wolverine. Following Wolverine: Covenant, the series features art by Alan Davis (“Hunting Season” #1-4) and Mirco Pierfederici (“Drowning Logan” #5-6).
I don’t always love Wolverine, and I haven’t been a big fan of Wolverine as an Avenger. This series takes the “Avenger” Wolverine and drops him into a plot of an X-Men Wolverine story. The result is a mixed bag that sometimes works, and other times feels like it could have done more.
The original Wolverine comic often just had Wolverine infiltrating something (be it a gang, kidnapping, etc.) and destroying it. The stories were generally pretty simple like a Punisher story meets a mutant story. This collection has a little of that but has the size and scope of an Avengers story. Wolverine is up against an enemy with big plans…but he’s working solo to stop it.
While the whole collection has an arc, it is divided into two storylines. The first storyline has Wolverine trying to track the invaders and it feels like a good combo for the character while mixing it with a S.H.I.E.L.D. story (and therefor doing more to incorporate that Wolverine is an Avenger). It is a bit overly simplified and it feels like it just ends…and it almost feels like it just should have been six issues instead of divided into two storylines.
The second story is pretty much Wolverine vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. This part of the story continues the hunt for the invaders and feels too fast. The story as a whole feels like something is missing and the trip to the Microverse (and an explanation of what is going on there) could have definitely been expanded upon. While the “Hunting Season” story was a bit bloated, I feel this story needed to explore more.
Marvel in general feels like it grabs on to characters like Wolverine and exploits them more than enhances their background. The over-and-over relaunch of the series did not endear me to the character as much as turned me away and Wolverine: Hunting Ground just feels like another part of the Wolverine story without any consequences, and therefore, it is not necessary to read. Wolverine 1: Hunting Ground is followed by Wolverine 2: Killable which once again leads to another relaunch.
January 7, 2020
Główna zasada Marvela: "Snikt!!!" i wiedź, że masz prze... chlapane. Tym bardziej, gdy gdzieś tam zza winkla paczy na Was ten perwersyjny jajogłowy, niejaki The Watcher, który lubi sobie zerknąć to tu to tam, zwłaszcza gdy ma to diametralne znaczenie dla istnienia Ziemi.
Zaczyna się od razu w środku samej akcji, gdzie widzimy Logana dość poturbowanego, a nad nim jakiegoś tatusia w okularach, który dzierży jakąś broń, wyglądającą na obcą technologicznie i anihilują nią do kości jakichś zakładników. Sytuacja szybko się rozwiązuje i pałeczkę po ojcu przejmuje syn, a my już zaczynamy się domyślać, że coś tu nie gra i chyba mamy do czynienia z jakimś obcym organizmem, który przejmuje ciała jak w "Inwazji porywaczy ciał". Zaczyna być nastrojowo, ale... wszystko siada, bowiem zamiast postawić na atmosferkę zaszczucia to mamy tutaj rzeźnię.
Wolverine zaczyna polowanie, a do duetu dodano mu Nicka Fury'iego i SHIELD. Już tylko czekałem, aż się okaże że nawet najlepszy szpieg Marvela zostanie "opętany" i się nie zawiodłem. W sensie, to się zawiodłem. Był tu jeden moment, który naprawdę mnie zaskoczył, w końcówce, ale to nie będzie słynne utracenie czynnika regeneracji Logana. Jest inny "mniejszy" dotyczący tej obcej broni. Reszta tego tomu to ciągła gonitwa, walka, brak jakiegokolwiek przestoju. Słabo, bo wygląda to też średnio.
Tym bardziej, że i kreska Davisa czy Pierfederici'ego nie była niczym wystrzałowym. Przeciwnie, miałem wrażenie, że przenosi wygląd Logana jeszcze z zamierzchłych czasów TM-Semic, wydawanych w latach 90. w Polsce. Nie mam nostalgii do tamtych czasów, więc nie zrobiło to na mnie wrażenia.
Zaczyna się od razu w środku samej akcji, gdzie widzimy Logana dość poturbowanego, a nad nim jakiegoś tatusia w okularach, który dzierży jakąś broń, wyglądającą na obcą technologicznie i anihilują nią do kości jakichś zakładników. Sytuacja szybko się rozwiązuje i pałeczkę po ojcu przejmuje syn, a my już zaczynamy się domyślać, że coś tu nie gra i chyba mamy do czynienia z jakimś obcym organizmem, który przejmuje ciała jak w "Inwazji porywaczy ciał". Zaczyna być nastrojowo, ale... wszystko siada, bowiem zamiast postawić na atmosferkę zaszczucia to mamy tutaj rzeźnię.
Wolverine zaczyna polowanie, a do duetu dodano mu Nicka Fury'iego i SHIELD. Już tylko czekałem, aż się okaże że nawet najlepszy szpieg Marvela zostanie "opętany" i się nie zawiodłem. W sensie, to się zawiodłem. Był tu jeden moment, który naprawdę mnie zaskoczył, w końcówce, ale to nie będzie słynne utracenie czynnika regeneracji Logana. Jest inny "mniejszy" dotyczący tej obcej broni. Reszta tego tomu to ciągła gonitwa, walka, brak jakiegokolwiek przestoju. Słabo, bo wygląda to też średnio.
Tym bardziej, że i kreska Davisa czy Pierfederici'ego nie była niczym wystrzałowym. Przeciwnie, miałem wrażenie, że przenosi wygląd Logana jeszcze z zamierzchłych czasów TM-Semic, wydawanych w latach 90. w Polsce. Nie mam nostalgii do tamtych czasów, więc nie zrobiło to na mnie wrażenia.
April 24, 2025
When Marvel first announced that Wolverine was going to die in this period of the X-Men's history, I think the majority of long time X-Men fans wondered... how? His healing factor would basically negate any attempt to kill him... well in the first volume of Wolverine, Paul Cornell gives us the solution to that pesky healing factor problem.
The story starts with a average Joe holding up a bank and essentially slaughtering everyone inside. His young son is obviously scared, and even more so when the dad turns the weapon on him - Wolverine saves him only to find that now the son is on a murderous rampage. What follows is Wolverine finding out that
So now we have the setup of how Wolverine is now "mortal". I will say that while I find Cornell's writing to be a bit "cheesy" at times, this solution actually works, and sets up the story quite well. Looking forward to how it develops from here.
The story starts with a average Joe holding up a bank and essentially slaughtering everyone inside. His young son is obviously scared, and even more so when the dad turns the weapon on him - Wolverine saves him only to find that now the son is on a murderous rampage. What follows is Wolverine finding out that
So now we have the setup of how Wolverine is now "mortal". I will say that while I find Cornell's writing to be a bit "cheesy" at times, this solution actually works, and sets up the story quite well. Looking forward to how it develops from here.
January 24, 2020
This was alright. It's been a while since I read a Wolverine book and I'm so glad to get back into it, but I feel like something about the man himself was a bit off. It can be difficult to write certain characters, I get it, and he was pretty good, so it's not such a big deal. One problem I had that is just a me problem and not an everyone problem is that I prefer the Wolverine comics that aren't overly space/microverse/multiverse/avengers based, so if you like that aspect of x-men stories then you'll like this, but if you don't, maybe steer clear. Aside from that, I feel like I haven't gotten the answers I wanted, or really any answers at all, but I suppose that's what the next volume is for!
August 17, 2017
Ok, comic book sucks, but it was about The Wolverine. Is he one of the best marvel characters ever - YES. Then we liked it, it's fine for us.(I don't know why I speak in Gollum's).
Anyway, this comic book is about The Wolverine, yadda yadda yadda. That's all I remember. Trying not to kill people and then killing people. It is so cool when he doesn't have to feel guilty, cause he didn't want to kill them, right?
Wolverine.
Anyway, this comic book is about The Wolverine, yadda yadda yadda. That's all I remember. Trying not to kill people and then killing people. It is so cool when he doesn't have to feel guilty, cause he didn't want to kill them, right?
Wolverine.
November 13, 2018
First four parts: Awesome and interesting. Second two parts: Learn to draw Logan. Cliffhangers suck, so stop doing that to us when you collect trades, and art changes (especially a downgrade like this) are super jarring, to try and avoid that. Good villain, great first part, shocking, melancholy and sad, but pushy and interesting storytelling.
November 15, 2017
This is the one with the viruses from the microuniverse who have come to earth to try to take over peoples minds. He works along with Fury, who temporarily gets his mind controlled by this airborne 'virus'.
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January 14, 2019
Wolverine goes hunting for a Hive minded entity that mind controlls people joined by Nick Fury and SHIELD and in order to stop it goes all the way to the Microverse. The fight leaves Wolverine affected by the entity changing him on the inside
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February 4, 2025
I liked the art. I always enjoy how many convoluted ways they get Logan to take off his shirt or get it blasted off in an explosion. A kid accidentally saw him naked also but the kid was possessed by an alien which makes it okay I guess?
February 25, 2017
I have mixed feelings about comics by Paul Cornell, but this one was pretty good, although it didn't really pique my interest until near the end. The road to the Death of Wolverine starts here.
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