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Wolverine (2014) (Collected Editions)
Wolverine: Three Months to Die, Book 1
Wolverine no more?! After the events of Killable, Logan has something to prove. Before he can take on Sabretooth again, he'll need to build himself back up, get better and stronger than he's ever been...but it's not as easy as he thought anymore. And when the normal channels don't seem to be working fast enough, Wolverine will soon find himself turning to other means of revenge. But what could make Logan turn his back on the school and his friends? Wolverine's training continues, and his sights are set squarely on Sabretooth...but can Logan fight back his demons, or is this the beginning of a Wolverine who's gone to the dark side?
Collecting: Wolverine 1-7
Collecting: Wolverine 1-7
160 pages, Paperback
First published July 23, 2014
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Paul Cornell
616 books1,501 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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July 6, 2017
Shouldn’t the death of a classic comic book character have meaning outside of the need to sell comics? Superman and Captain America had an “event” feel, were pretty well received and made some money, I suppose. And let’s face it, everyone knows they’ll be back, so at least make the journey entertaining.
Wolverine?
You’re jumping the gun you self-fulfilling prophetic bastard!
Marvel dropped the ball on this one. The “reason” behind Logan’s loss of his healing factor was fairly interesting, but from that point on it’s been a train wreck. The “highlight” of this volume. The Canucklehead gets a tattoo.
See, Wolverine no longer has his healing factor and before, every time he had gotten a tattoo, it would heal instantly and disappear.
At least it wasn’t something really embarrassing, like “I Love Lady Deathstrike” or a picture of a nude Aunt May.
Because he’s so conflicted and he has the feels, he decides to pick a fight with Thor and end his comic run sooner than Marvel had planned.
Just don’t hit him in the face, Thunder God!
Don’t get me started on the main plot here, which is something that Chris Claremont would have been too embarrassed to put on paper. The ultimate showdown will be a confrontation with Sabretooth.
For the 261st time.
*Yawn*
Bottom line : Only to be read by people who have Wolverine tattoos. In a revealing spot, like their face.
Wolverine?
You’re jumping the gun you self-fulfilling prophetic bastard!
Marvel dropped the ball on this one. The “reason” behind Logan’s loss of his healing factor was fairly interesting, but from that point on it’s been a train wreck. The “highlight” of this volume. The Canucklehead gets a tattoo.
See, Wolverine no longer has his healing factor and before, every time he had gotten a tattoo, it would heal instantly and disappear.
At least it wasn’t something really embarrassing, like “I Love Lady Deathstrike” or a picture of a nude Aunt May.
Because he’s so conflicted and he has the feels, he decides to pick a fight with Thor and end his comic run sooner than Marvel had planned.
Just don’t hit him in the face, Thunder God!
Don’t get me started on the main plot here, which is something that Chris Claremont would have been too embarrassed to put on paper. The ultimate showdown will be a confrontation with Sabretooth.
For the 261st time.
*Yawn*
Bottom line : Only to be read by people who have Wolverine tattoos. In a revealing spot, like their face.
July 23, 2016
This was okay. Kind of hard to keep up with the story. I wasn't that keen on the artwork. It looks too cartoonish for me. Also, this is one of those books that you are lost if you haven't followed the series closely. I wish I had been able to write my review sooner, because I've forgotten aspects of the story.
February 26, 2015
It's incredible how bad these Wolverine books by Paul Cornell are.
August 5, 2017
This volume continues Wolverine's slow and uneven crawl towards the Death of Wolverine storyline, and doesn't particularly add much to the saga. Last we saw Logan, he was broken and utterly defeated by Sabretooth, who didn't even give Logan the satisfaction of death. Logan's response appeared to be hopelessness and fear, but in reality he was just faking so he could go undercover and fight Sabretooth again! So, the whole emotional pay off of Sabretooth defeating him wasn't real, either!
I keep finding things to like about Cornell's run on Wolverine, but I feel like every time he serves up something I love, he instantly undercuts it in the next issue in the interest of creating a new plotline. There's almost no time spent with Wolverine dealing with his defeat. We just instantly jump forward to his revenge plot. And then, he's not even good at that? Wolverine might be the worst undercover operative of all time based on how quickly he starts failing at it. He might as well be a cop walking up to some coke dealers and going "Hey, you kids selling any DRUGS?!"
Anyway, this has continued to be a thoroughly underwhelming event. I'd honestly just recommend reading the Wikipedia article about it rather than the whole series. It'd save you some time and give you the major plot beats, if you're hoping to catch up on what's going on with Wolverine.
I keep finding things to like about Cornell's run on Wolverine, but I feel like every time he serves up something I love, he instantly undercuts it in the next issue in the interest of creating a new plotline. There's almost no time spent with Wolverine dealing with his defeat. We just instantly jump forward to his revenge plot. And then, he's not even good at that? Wolverine might be the worst undercover operative of all time based on how quickly he starts failing at it. He might as well be a cop walking up to some coke dealers and going "Hey, you kids selling any DRUGS?!"
Anyway, this has continued to be a thoroughly underwhelming event. I'd honestly just recommend reading the Wikipedia article about it rather than the whole series. It'd save you some time and give you the major plot beats, if you're hoping to catch up on what's going on with Wolverine.
January 31, 2017
This was...not good. I haven't read Wolverine in quite some time and I think that made this book make absolutely no sense. Then again this collects 1-7 of this particular series. It should be a brand new story arc that anyone can pick up and read. It's not. It's the middle of a story I didn't start. Something happened previously that took away Logans healing factor and I have no idea what it was. He's working with a group of characters I've never heard of and apparently Sabretooth is a gang boss now running The Hand. Man I'm behind.
To make matters worse it just isn't written very well. The writer Paul Cornell didn't get Wolverines character at all. He just didn't feel like the Logan I've been reading since the 80's. The art also wasn't great but I didn't hate it either. It's over the top and cartoon-y not unlike old school comic book art.
If you've read Wolverine before this series it might all make sense to you but if you haven't you'll be as lost as me. Or maybe it just needs a better writer.
To make matters worse it just isn't written very well. The writer Paul Cornell didn't get Wolverines character at all. He just didn't feel like the Logan I've been reading since the 80's. The art also wasn't great but I didn't hate it either. It's over the top and cartoon-y not unlike old school comic book art.
If you've read Wolverine before this series it might all make sense to you but if you haven't you'll be as lost as me. Or maybe it just needs a better writer.
April 20, 2020
Really fast paced. Almost too fast paced. The art by Ryan Stegman and Gerardo Sandoval was badass and reminded me of John Romita Jr’s style from the old Millar Wolverine days.
I like how ruthless, violent and dark this is. It reduces Wolverine to his basics. He’s a conflicted, scarred man searching for meaning and a sense of self. In many ways, it’s a refreshing departure from warm, cuddly, team based Wolverine.
I really like this grisly and violent story, and I look forward to continuing along!
I like how ruthless, violent and dark this is. It reduces Wolverine to his basics. He’s a conflicted, scarred man searching for meaning and a sense of self. In many ways, it’s a refreshing departure from warm, cuddly, team based Wolverine.
I really like this grisly and violent story, and I look forward to continuing along!
April 17, 2015
I finally found a Wolverine book I really liked (and it was not one I was expecting)!
Here's what I think it comes down to: Wolverine is great so long as there's constant tension between his character and others he's trying to be in a team with. That's it.
Montages of him throughout history fighting in different wars are cool, but every time I've read a Wolverine book where he's just off as the lone wolf, the good stuff is just not there. Whereas in Wolverine and the X-Men, it's there. In Uncanny X-Force, it's there. Why? ^^^^^ Because there's constant tension with his own TEAM(s). In both of those books, Wolverines credentials as a Good Hero (or as a school headmaster) are in question because of all the Bad Things he tends to do. Uncanny X-Men was probably the first time I saw him actually doing it - going on Black Ops and killing people.
Paul Cornell gets that. I had no idea who a lot of the characters were in Three Months to Die, nor did I sort out until late in the first book that Logan is seen by the Avengers et al as having become a villain. (I can only guess this is based on things that were happening in yet *another* title leading up to Wolverine's death!)
The sequencing of events might be a tad too confusing for some readers, but I was able to figure it out and even care about a bunch of characters that were new to me. The book has its flaws but mostly it was really good at showing Wolverine in some positions we've never seen him, or in similar circumstances to how we usually see him, but without his ace in the hole. He has to learn to rely on a different skillset than Fight & Heal.
Here's what I think it comes down to: Wolverine is great so long as there's constant tension between his character and others he's trying to be in a team with. That's it.
Montages of him throughout history fighting in different wars are cool, but every time I've read a Wolverine book where he's just off as the lone wolf, the good stuff is just not there. Whereas in Wolverine and the X-Men, it's there. In Uncanny X-Force, it's there. Why? ^^^^^ Because there's constant tension with his own TEAM(s). In both of those books, Wolverines credentials as a Good Hero (or as a school headmaster) are in question because of all the Bad Things he tends to do. Uncanny X-Men was probably the first time I saw him actually doing it - going on Black Ops and killing people.
Paul Cornell gets that. I had no idea who a lot of the characters were in Three Months to Die, nor did I sort out until late in the first book that Logan is seen by the Avengers et al as having become a villain. (I can only guess this is based on things that were happening in yet *another* title leading up to Wolverine's death!)
The sequencing of events might be a tad too confusing for some readers, but I was able to figure it out and even care about a bunch of characters that were new to me. The book has its flaws but mostly it was really good at showing Wolverine in some positions we've never seen him, or in similar circumstances to how we usually see him, but without his ace in the hole. He has to learn to rely on a different skillset than Fight & Heal.
June 11, 2016
I have mixed feelings about this one. For most of the story Wolverine acted totally out of character. Then we find some things out, which I won't spoil here, but it at least partially explained it. But really, Wolverine never acts like "Wolverine" in this one. I don't know, the entire story just seemed off. I realize in recent years writers are trying to take Wolverine to new places as far as stories go, but I sometimes want to see good old bad ass Wolverine, and he's not in this volume. I'm still continuing, as this series leads to the The Death of Wolverine, but so far this has not been one of the better Wolverine stories.
August 17, 2018
Paul Cornell has written some good stuff, but this is not it. This is a big, bad mess. The story veers between nonsensical and too clever for its own good, peopled by characters with paper thin personalities or characters acting completely out of character.
Logan seems to be the one possessed by another’s mind, rather then guest star Superior Spider-Man. His dialogue and storyline are bad. Very bad.
Aside from one or two small glimmers of a decent plot, this is typical modern Marvel, Completely disconnected from its own characters, and from what it’s readership wants.
Poor.
Logan seems to be the one possessed by another’s mind, rather then guest star Superior Spider-Man. His dialogue and storyline are bad. Very bad.
Aside from one or two small glimmers of a decent plot, this is typical modern Marvel, Completely disconnected from its own characters, and from what it’s readership wants.
Poor.
September 2, 2014
I have a higher tolerance for--dare I say affection for--Wolverine's over-the-top manpain than almost anyone I know but I still just barely put up with this.
My favorite part though is when he goes to see a mutant tattoo artist whose power is to know what is the exact right tattoo a person needs, and he straight-up gives Logan the Beauty and the Beast rose.
My favorite part though is when he goes to see a mutant tattoo artist whose power is to know what is the exact right tattoo a person needs, and he straight-up gives Logan the Beauty and the Beast rose.
April 16, 2015
2.5/5
I...honestly have no idea what is going on at Marvel with Wolverine these days. Although we have totally seen Wolverine slash things to death a million times over, we apparently have not gotten enough of his OMG ANGST, so we are launched into a soap opera of depowering, bad tattoos, and Storm's super-sick hairdo.
I...honestly have no idea what is going on at Marvel with Wolverine these days. Although we have totally seen Wolverine slash things to death a million times over, we apparently have not gotten enough of his OMG ANGST, so we are launched into a soap opera of depowering, bad tattoos, and Storm's super-sick hairdo.
April 30, 2025
3,5/5 ⭐️
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Ehh..
Wolverine po stracie czynnika gojenia odszedł ze szkoły, aby się odnaleźć w nowej sytuacji
Nowa grupa, przepychanki ze Spidermanem, Sabretooth, 🌹, warianty, bitka z Thorem i co dalej z Pinch..
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Ehh..
Wolverine, after losing the healing factor, left school to find himself in a new situation
A new group, thrills with Spiderman, Sabretooth,🌹, variants, battle with Thor and what's next with Pinch..
🇵🇱
Ehh..
Wolverine po stracie czynnika gojenia odszedł ze szkoły, aby się odnaleźć w nowej sytuacji
Nowa grupa, przepychanki ze Spidermanem, Sabretooth, 🌹, warianty, bitka z Thorem i co dalej z Pinch..
🇺🇸
Ehh..
Wolverine, after losing the healing factor, left school to find himself in a new situation
A new group, thrills with Spiderman, Sabretooth,🌹, variants, battle with Thor and what's next with Pinch..
October 19, 2025
Original 2019 Review:
Despite the "Book One" on the cover, and the fact that this collects issues 1-7 of yet another Wolverine reboot, this is a terrible place to start reding a story. This is actually just the fallout from Killable, and it has everyone's not-quite-favorite omnipresent killing machine acting out of character for the billionth time. This time, he's undercover for SHIELD, hanging out with bad guys so that he can eventually kill ... seriously, we're doing another Sabretooth story ? Ugh.
The plot is paper thin, but somewhat enhanced by Cornell telling the story with a series of flashbacks instead of letting the dull story unfold in a linear fashion. I also can't be bothered to care about any of the new characters introduced in this volume, although I do enjoy the joke about The Offer realizing he picked a lousy name. Oh, and the use of Superior Spider-Man was easily the smartest and most well-thought-out interaction in this entire book.
The weakest point in the volume, though, is the Wolverine/Kitty Pryde scene. Ooof, it's bad. Everyone is acting out of character, which is interesting because the Wolverine/Jubilee scene is fine.
This is an entirely skippable book. It's not terrible, it's just superfluous and doesn't add much to the X-Universe.
***
Updated During 2025 X-Reread:
I no longer enjoy the flashback approach to this story. It's a narrative crutch that a ton of X-writers were using during the 2010s. It seems every mediocre-to-bad writer just threw the script into the air on a windy day and then the artist picked them up in whichever order he found them and told the story that way.
Despite the "Book One" on the cover, and the fact that this collects issues 1-7 of yet another Wolverine reboot, this is a terrible place to start reding a story. This is actually just the fallout from Killable, and it has everyone's not-quite-favorite omnipresent killing machine acting out of character for the billionth time. This time, he's undercover for SHIELD, hanging out with bad guys so that he can eventually kill ... seriously, we're doing another Sabretooth story ? Ugh.
The plot is paper thin, but somewhat enhanced by Cornell telling the story with a series of flashbacks instead of letting the dull story unfold in a linear fashion. I also can't be bothered to care about any of the new characters introduced in this volume, although I do enjoy the joke about The Offer realizing he picked a lousy name. Oh, and the use of Superior Spider-Man was easily the smartest and most well-thought-out interaction in this entire book.
The weakest point in the volume, though, is the Wolverine/Kitty Pryde scene. Ooof, it's bad. Everyone is acting out of character, which is interesting because the Wolverine/Jubilee scene is fine.
This is an entirely skippable book. It's not terrible, it's just superfluous and doesn't add much to the X-Universe.
***
Updated During 2025 X-Reread:
I no longer enjoy the flashback approach to this story. It's a narrative crutch that a ton of X-writers were using during the 2010s. It seems every mediocre-to-bad writer just threw the script into the air on a windy day and then the artist picked them up in whichever order he found them and told the story that way.
January 31, 2016
I went through a phase where I devoured a bunch of X-Men books from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, all the way up to Avengers Vs X-Men.
I got tired of the many crossovers so I took a break, but I thought now is the time to dive back in and what better way than the tried and true publicity stunt of "killing off" a major character.
I haven't paid much attention to the 616 Marvel comics so I have no idea whether Wolverine has returned yet or not, but it's only a matter of time.
This book is part of the lead in to Wolverine's ultimate demise and it's fine. It's nothing special, it works well for people like me who haven't been keeping up to date with the many Marvel comics. I didn't read the book where Wolverine loses his healing ability, but it does a good enough job of catching me up.
It was interesting seeing such a strong, fearless character face his own mortality, for the first time ever actually being frozen in fear for his life. Since this is only Book One, I don't think it's fair to judge this as a stand-alone story, it definitely feels like the first act but works well enough to get me interested in reading more.
I got tired of the many crossovers so I took a break, but I thought now is the time to dive back in and what better way than the tried and true publicity stunt of "killing off" a major character.
I haven't paid much attention to the 616 Marvel comics so I have no idea whether Wolverine has returned yet or not, but it's only a matter of time.
This book is part of the lead in to Wolverine's ultimate demise and it's fine. It's nothing special, it works well for people like me who haven't been keeping up to date with the many Marvel comics. I didn't read the book where Wolverine loses his healing ability, but it does a good enough job of catching me up.
It was interesting seeing such a strong, fearless character face his own mortality, for the first time ever actually being frozen in fear for his life. Since this is only Book One, I don't think it's fair to judge this as a stand-alone story, it definitely feels like the first act but works well enough to get me interested in reading more.
December 14, 2014
Paul Cornell begins weaving the tale of the last days of Logan in this Wolverine volume. Battered and broken after his last encounter with Sabretooth, Wolverine has decided to play for the bad guys as a means of getting revenge. Outfitted with a nifty new armor (from the guest-starring Superior Spider-Man), it would appear as if Logan has thrown in with the Offer's crew of thieves. As the events unfold, Logan is putting together a final master plan that should give him the chance to get close enough to take out his mortal enemy once and for all. Things, as usual, do not go as planned - leaving the formidable X-Man ostracized on all fronts. Despite being full of Marvel LMDs, guest spots from Spider-Man, Thor, and the X-Men, and amazing art from the one and only Ryan Stegman, Cornell barely scratches the surface of this new Logan. Making Wolverine killable does add new gravitas to the tale, but it still feels as if all the extras are there to compensate for the rough-and-tumble Canuck that readers know and love. Still, with Three Months to Die, there is plenty of eye candy to help make this book go down easy.
July 28, 2016
Don't read this unless you are a die-hard Wolverine fan, and even then. The story is terrible and out of character for Wolverine. Yes he lost his healing factor, yes he's undercover for S.H.E.I.L.D., yes he's going through things but this is a terrible read with terrible art.
Even the highlight that people talk about, Logan getting a rose tattoo, highlights the laziness too. Lost Boy has a written tattoo across his front. In the first few panels in issue #1 you see it and it's drawn on. In issue #5 at the tattoo parlor you see Lost Boy's tattoo is written in by a graphic artist, not art styled in. Lazy artwork and lazy editing. Here's what I mean:
Sadly this isn't a great final farewell story for Wolverine. Makes me wonder if the curtain call was done this way to kill his stock with Fox?
Even the highlight that people talk about, Logan getting a rose tattoo, highlights the laziness too. Lost Boy has a written tattoo across his front. In the first few panels in issue #1 you see it and it's drawn on. In issue #5 at the tattoo parlor you see Lost Boy's tattoo is written in by a graphic artist, not art styled in. Lazy artwork and lazy editing. Here's what I mean:
Sadly this isn't a great final farewell story for Wolverine. Makes me wonder if the curtain call was done this way to kill his stock with Fox?
September 12, 2014
ugh. This book highlights what's wrong with Marvel's current practice of renumbering a serious whenever there's a new arc or creative team on the book. You'd expect a"volume 1" to be a good jumping on point for a book, but this isn't at all. there's a lot of back story missing that makes reading this book disjointed and confusing. I'd like to find a good jumping on point for Wolverine, but because he's on so many teams and so much has happened with him and the X-Men, it looks like I'm going to have a few years with of catching up to do. Marvel really needs to rethink how they're doing things because as it is, I don't even really care to dive back in to their universe anymore. it's too bad, because I used to be a big fan.
September 28, 2014
Wolverine mortal....again! We've been through this before and honestly it sucks! It really takes away from who Wolverine is and why he's so badass. Now he's just a cut-rate Punisher!
I haven't read X-Men in years so I'm a little clueless as to what's been going on, but I have been reading some Wolverine. However I'm a little confused as to what's going on in this book. It's more of a high school soap opera. Does she love him, does he love her? Why can't they put aside their differences and just get along? Yech!
Why is Storm like 15 in this book and rockin the 80's mohawk again? I take it she's not married to Black Panther anymore? So many questions...such terrible writing and storyline in this!!
I haven't read X-Men in years so I'm a little clueless as to what's been going on, but I have been reading some Wolverine. However I'm a little confused as to what's going on in this book. It's more of a high school soap opera. Does she love him, does he love her? Why can't they put aside their differences and just get along? Yech!
Why is Storm like 15 in this book and rockin the 80's mohawk again? I take it she's not married to Black Panther anymore? So many questions...such terrible writing and storyline in this!!
December 4, 2016
I read "The Death Of Wolverine" & felt something big was missing. How did Logan lose the healing factor? Then found out this book is set before. Unfortunately yet again was not filling in the gaps. Soon discovered Cornell has another book "Wolverine: Killable" is the technically part 1! The story was all over the place, rapidly moving between present day & flashbacks. The art was a little cartoonish. The part of Logan being vulnerable was not very convincing, I only remember him being hurt once. Glad borrowed this from local library & not paid $ at an comic store.
October 23, 2016
Honestly this book was just a bit of a nightmare to read, clearly Paul Cornell was determined to incorporate some clever ideas, but ultimately it just comes over as a bit of a jumbled up mess.
There's an awful lot of supporting characters, many of which didn't really have any filling out to make me care about them.
Also a bit of a challenge to see how this fits in among other X-Men storylines taking place at the same time...
There's an awful lot of supporting characters, many of which didn't really have any filling out to make me care about them.
Also a bit of a challenge to see how this fits in among other X-Men storylines taking place at the same time...
February 19, 2021
This really is missing something, I'm just not sure what it is. My guess is that it's depth--the investment in these utterly disposable characters is so shallow that when one of them gets bumped off, I couldn't give two hoots. Honestly, when one of the main crew died, I realised that I didn't even know the character's name. I just don't care, and I don't feel that there's much happening here to make me care.
May 23, 2015
Decided to check out the prequel to Logan's death, since I read the Death of Wolverine and loved it. This story is quite far from the Death of Wolverine. Logan decided to play James Bond, an agent of shield. Whoppie doo! Another good idea goes in the shitter. There's a lot you can do with Logan's story of losing his healing factor, apparently they pick on the worst possible one.
August 26, 2015
Aside from the cover, the artwork is pretty much crap, which appears par for the course these days (where have you gone, Jim Lee? Alan Davis?). As many other posters have mentioned, this has degraded into a soap opera. My biggest complaint is the ancient Wolverine has suddenly changed his whole style of speaking and acting. Inconsistent with history. Not a good storyline.
April 2, 2016
Paul Cornell's run on Wolverine has been embarrassing and dull, why should this volume remain any different? The awkward art is especially a sore point, and did anybody expect Wolverine to have stuck with this lifestyle?
July 26, 2017
Not sure why I bother, but every few months I pick up some superhero graphic novels from the library. Batman, Spidey, Wolverine.
These looked pretty good, but were rubbish. Nicely packaged and drawn rubbish, but rubbish nonetheless.
These looked pretty good, but were rubbish. Nicely packaged and drawn rubbish, but rubbish nonetheless.
July 6, 2014
The writing and art are terrific, but I just can't get myself into this story. I'm also not a big fan of Wolverine being mortal, it removes much of the most interesting part of his character.
April 17, 2015
A long con, a cliffhanger ending, and monstrous artwork from Ryan Stegman. It's a decent soft reboot.
February 7, 2017
2 1/2 stars.
October 6, 2020
So amazingly boring
June 21, 2017
reading the last run on my favorite superhero. bittersweet
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