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Wolverine Origin #2
Wolverine: Origin II
An all-new chapter in the secret origin of one of Marvel's most mysterious characters is revealed, by superstars Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert! A few years after the events of Origin finds James "Logan" Howlett running with the wolves...until something unexpected brings him back into the world of men! And when word of a clawed wild man reaches civilization, the hunt to capture him begins! James soon falls afoul of someone Sinister, who's just discovering mutantkind...and the horrors he can visit on them. Escaping his captors and rediscovering his humanity, James and Clara are on the run...but can Sinister offer James something he can't refuse? The mutant who will someday become Wolverine must choose: is he man or is he beast? Plus, discover the secret behind James' greatest enemy, the man called Creed! COLLECTING: Origin II 1-5
128 pages, Hardcover
First published May 29, 2014
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August 16, 2015
Crap story with decent art.
Wolverine, or should I say the Wolfish Man {insert scoff here}, because that's what he goes by while he's rolling with his new wolf family out in the Canadian wilderness, is back for another origin story.
Which is genius when you think about it. I mean, they can milk this shit forever, if they want to keep churning out volumes for each year of his life before he joined up with the X-men.
What an exciting thought!
Wolfish Man's life is torn apart (again) when a rogue (mutated) polar bear eats his new family. As mutant polar bears do...
Still reeling from their deaths, he gets captured by Creed & a nice chick with a scarred face, who work for a dude who owns a circus. No, I'm not kidding.
Logan joins the circus.
Well, not so much joins the circus. More like he gets put into the freak show line-up, and they poke him with a cattle prod to get his claws to pop out.
Too bad he doesn't have his adamantium claws yet. All he can do is growl & swipe ineffectually at the inside of his little cage.
Looks like those guys at Weapon X really did you a favor there, Bub.
Logan (I refuse to call him Wolfish Man anymore), eventually begins to trust Cleo (the nice lady), and they form a bond.
She rescues him from an evil scientist that the circus guy lends him out to, and they go on the run!
With Creed.
There are a few little twists at the end, that kept it from being one star material, but most of it was just not worth reading.
If you're a huge Wolverine completionist, and you can borrow this from your library or a friend, then go for it. However, I wouldn't personally shell out any money for this one.
Wolverine, or should I say the Wolfish Man {insert scoff here}, because that's what he goes by while he's rolling with his new wolf family out in the Canadian wilderness, is back for another origin story.
Which is genius when you think about it. I mean, they can milk this shit forever, if they want to keep churning out volumes for each year of his life before he joined up with the X-men.
What an exciting thought!
Wolfish Man's life is torn apart (again) when a rogue (mutated) polar bear eats his new family. As mutant polar bears do...
Still reeling from their deaths, he gets captured by Creed & a nice chick with a scarred face, who work for a dude who owns a circus. No, I'm not kidding.
Logan joins the circus.
Well, not so much joins the circus. More like he gets put into the freak show line-up, and they poke him with a cattle prod to get his claws to pop out.
Too bad he doesn't have his adamantium claws yet. All he can do is growl & swipe ineffectually at the inside of his little cage.
Looks like those guys at Weapon X really did you a favor there, Bub.
Logan (I refuse to call him Wolfish Man anymore), eventually begins to trust Cleo (the nice lady), and they form a bond.
She rescues him from an evil scientist that the circus guy lends him out to, and they go on the run!
With Creed.
There are a few little twists at the end, that kept it from being one star material, but most of it was just not worth reading.
If you're a huge Wolverine completionist, and you can borrow this from your library or a friend, then go for it. However, I wouldn't personally shell out any money for this one.
February 5, 2018
What's wrong with Wolverine: Origin II in ten sentences or less
(1) You can only have one origin story.
(2) Wolverine staring as an overgrown Mowgli.
(3) White Baloo got no chills.
(4) Human Characters duller than a cabbage
(5) Unnecessary forging of connections between classic characters which screw up the charm of original storylines.
(6) Wolverine is savage. We get it.
(7) Dissecting Wolverine for the first time as a throwback to Weapon X.
(8) A plot that supplements absolutely nothing to the character of Logan.
(9) Worse of all, they actually managed to turn Logan into a boring character.
Skip or gift it to your worst enemy.
(1) You can only have one origin story.
(2) Wolverine staring as an overgrown Mowgli.
(3) White Baloo got no chills.
(4) Human Characters duller than a cabbage
(5) Unnecessary forging of connections between classic characters which screw up the charm of original storylines.
(6) Wolverine is savage. We get it.
(7) Dissecting Wolverine for the first time as a throwback to Weapon X.
(8) A plot that supplements absolutely nothing to the character of Logan.
(9) Worse of all, they actually managed to turn Logan into a boring character.
Skip or gift it to your worst enemy.
July 31, 2019
Gillen takes the story started by Jenkins and makes everything more intense, giving more insight into the savagery of Wolverine, and also the tragedies his heart is made to endure. More action packed than the original Origin, Origin II is closer to a superhero comic. However, the excellent writing continues as Gillen gives much more background into Logan and also his oldest nemesis. Terrific adding a major X-Men villain, and the little twist at the end is cool. Both Origin stories give so much more weight to the Logan character, making his overall story even more intriguing.
June 25, 2021
i hated the way clara treated my baby, get away from him.
May 1, 2014
Wolverine is one of the most popular superheroes in the world yet arguably has the worst origin and most convoluted backstory over anyone. Part of this stems from the first Origin book back in 2000 by a smorgasbord of creators – then Marvel Chief Bill Jemas, the soon-to-be Marvel Chief Joe Quesada, writer Paul Jenkins (whose thankless task it was to implement Jemas’ bad ideas), and artist Andy Kubert.
Together they put together a godawful book where Logan – now called James Howlett – is revealed to be a 19th century sickly child of wealthy industrialist parents whose evil groundskeeper somehow causes him to accidentally murder his dad and sends him and his pal on the run. He later kills his friend accidentally and disappears into the wild, traumatised. Writer Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert, brother of Andy, pick up the thread to tell the still-unnecessary story of what happened next.
It’s 1907 and Logan’s been spending his time running around naked in the Canadian woods with his wolf family. But suddenly people are after him. The “gentleman” scientist Nathaniel Essex (the future Mister Sinister) wants to capture Logan and dissect him, while a travelling circus wants him for their star attraction – enter a man called Creed, dispatched to bring Logan in.
Besides showing Logan’s first encounter with Essex and the Creed family, I struggled to see the point of this book. I know why it exists from a commercial standpoint – because it’ll sell – but, from a creative standpoint, an origin story should reveal something crucial about the character, ie. how they became who they are, and Origin II does nothing of the sort. Wolverine’s already the character he’ll become at the start of Origin II and the events of this book don’t change him at all.
Gillen makes a banal point about who the “real savage” is (ready for this bombshell? It’s not wild animals, it’s … man) and Logan suffers some more because that’s his lot when it comes to his origins apparently, but we don’t actually learn anything new about him with this book.
I don’t know if it was his intention to write one of the most boring Wolverine books ever but that’s what Kieron Gillen’s done, which is surprising if you’ve read his other Marvel books like Young Avengers which are fizzing with energy, fun and ideas. To go from those kind of comics to the flat, monotone, painfully dull narrative of Origin II is totally unlike the quality writing and imaginative storytelling you’d expect from him. Adam Kubert’s art is fine – I prefer it to Andy’s – but there weren’t any images that stood out as particularly memorable and the overall effect is unmoving.
Origin II is completely pointless, telling us the unnecessary next part in the dull early years of Wolverine while also failing to shed light on any aspect Wolverine’s character. You come away from the book knowing the same about Logan as you did going in, which totally undermines the point of telling an origin story. For a character of his popularity, Wolverine’s origins should really be better than this.
Together they put together a godawful book where Logan – now called James Howlett – is revealed to be a 19th century sickly child of wealthy industrialist parents whose evil groundskeeper somehow causes him to accidentally murder his dad and sends him and his pal on the run. He later kills his friend accidentally and disappears into the wild, traumatised. Writer Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert, brother of Andy, pick up the thread to tell the still-unnecessary story of what happened next.
It’s 1907 and Logan’s been spending his time running around naked in the Canadian woods with his wolf family. But suddenly people are after him. The “gentleman” scientist Nathaniel Essex (the future Mister Sinister) wants to capture Logan and dissect him, while a travelling circus wants him for their star attraction – enter a man called Creed, dispatched to bring Logan in.
Besides showing Logan’s first encounter with Essex and the Creed family, I struggled to see the point of this book. I know why it exists from a commercial standpoint – because it’ll sell – but, from a creative standpoint, an origin story should reveal something crucial about the character, ie. how they became who they are, and Origin II does nothing of the sort. Wolverine’s already the character he’ll become at the start of Origin II and the events of this book don’t change him at all.
Gillen makes a banal point about who the “real savage” is (ready for this bombshell? It’s not wild animals, it’s … man) and Logan suffers some more because that’s his lot when it comes to his origins apparently, but we don’t actually learn anything new about him with this book.
I don’t know if it was his intention to write one of the most boring Wolverine books ever but that’s what Kieron Gillen’s done, which is surprising if you’ve read his other Marvel books like Young Avengers which are fizzing with energy, fun and ideas. To go from those kind of comics to the flat, monotone, painfully dull narrative of Origin II is totally unlike the quality writing and imaginative storytelling you’d expect from him. Adam Kubert’s art is fine – I prefer it to Andy’s – but there weren’t any images that stood out as particularly memorable and the overall effect is unmoving.
Origin II is completely pointless, telling us the unnecessary next part in the dull early years of Wolverine while also failing to shed light on any aspect Wolverine’s character. You come away from the book knowing the same about Logan as you did going in, which totally undermines the point of telling an origin story. For a character of his popularity, Wolverine’s origins should really be better than this.
November 4, 2021
It was meh. Wolverine left the civilisation and lived with wolves, then Pychopat Dr. Essex's freak experimant which was a polar bear killed all the wolf family of Wolverine... And then some circus people cought wolverine and used him in their show... lol like nightcrawlar, he was a circus freak for a while too after all, steal from your other characters. HA HA ! Dr. Essex made an offer to circus owner to bring the Wolvrine to make some experiments on him... That was painful for Wolverine for sure too but nothing new, if you read Weapon X. So it didn't bring anything new to the table. Repeat and Rehash of former stories... All this made the foundation of Sabretooth vs Wolverine rivalery. Wolverine met with Sabretooth, he was working with circus people and helped them to catch Wolverine but even in the end of the book, the hate between them was not there, they were not on a vendetta with eachother yet... This meant you kids better be get ready for Origin book III... HA HA ! And i wasn't a big fan of the first one to begin with. It was a mix of a Tom Cruise's ''Far and Away'' film and classic story ''The Secret Garden''. Second volume was no different, kept on ripping off this time, Marvel itself and it was very short...
December 4, 2021
This was a fun volume.
It deals with how Savage Logan became after the whole thing with Rose and then living with the wolves, fighting the bear and getting captured by Hugo's circus and meeting a girl named Clara there and maybe getting some semblance of his humanity back but then comes Nathaniel Essex aka Mr Sinister and his experiments on him and then going feral and what happens with Clara and a Creed being involved and what secrets are out after all that.
Its a big volume with lots of mysteries and hints tied to the X-Men and I like how Gillen does it naturally and the character of Clara is quite awesome and also seeing Logans tragic life continued was sad but then again it is this which makes it much more interesting to read. I loved this volume and the art by Kubert is good again and makes it a delight to read through. Plus the villain in the end! <3
It deals with how Savage Logan became after the whole thing with Rose and then living with the wolves, fighting the bear and getting captured by Hugo's circus and meeting a girl named Clara there and maybe getting some semblance of his humanity back but then comes Nathaniel Essex aka Mr Sinister and his experiments on him and then going feral and what happens with Clara and a Creed being involved and what secrets are out after all that.
Its a big volume with lots of mysteries and hints tied to the X-Men and I like how Gillen does it naturally and the character of Clara is quite awesome and also seeing Logans tragic life continued was sad but then again it is this which makes it much more interesting to read. I loved this volume and the art by Kubert is good again and makes it a delight to read through. Plus the villain in the end! <3
August 31, 2017
Kieron Gillen wrote some great comics when he wrote the Darth Vader comics. So I was glad to see him writing this origin story.
Damn this is good! The artwork is gorgeous and the story is truly well done. It starts with Logan spending time with a wolf pack. I really liked this part of the story and the ending part is touching. The rest of the story about the Creed family and Logan's interactions with them were different. I won't say any more since there are some special things going on-so I shall not say a thing.
This is a look not only at Logan's background but also of his psyche. This is a dark tale and some may find it depressing. But I always thought that Logan's tale SHOULD be tragic and sad. I enjoyed this tale and am looking forwards to the rest of the tale. Let's hope Gillen keeps on this story arc for awhile-he really does a great job with the Logan storyline. Excellent!
Damn this is good! The artwork is gorgeous and the story is truly well done. It starts with Logan spending time with a wolf pack. I really liked this part of the story and the ending part is touching. The rest of the story about the Creed family and Logan's interactions with them were different. I won't say any more since there are some special things going on-so I shall not say a thing.
This is a look not only at Logan's background but also of his psyche. This is a dark tale and some may find it depressing. But I always thought that Logan's tale SHOULD be tragic and sad. I enjoyed this tale and am looking forwards to the rest of the tale. Let's hope Gillen keeps on this story arc for awhile-he really does a great job with the Logan storyline. Excellent!
February 19, 2022
✯ [4/5] ✯
Ooooh I liked this one, and I am intrigued with the Creed's Brothers (like I now Victor but their whole story you know?). I am enjoying every part of this comics! Maybe I am bias with the X-Men okay?
Ooooh I liked this one, and I am intrigued with the Creed's Brothers (like I now Victor but their whole story you know?). I am enjoying every part of this comics! Maybe I am bias with the X-Men okay?
July 12, 2023
Me gusto menos que el segundo, se me hizo un poco raro de leer pero fue bastante rápido, me dolió ver a ligan en esas situaciones, pero no lo sentí muy entretenido.
March 26, 2017
English (but not so good) / Italiano
Yes, I know isn’t perfect but I think that many people exaggerate with critical against Origin II.
Personally I love this tale and I think that if it could have more space - giving wider breathe to the moneybags event, the opulent Doc. Essex, and to the Creed family - it will be one of the must have volume not only of Wolverine but of the X-Men in general… for me it’s already.
Even this time awesome graphics, no superheroes and a drama for framing; a bit like the memorable splash page, with a strong emotional impact, about the bear that gave rise to chaos.
“…the bear had found its way home.”
“But not to his home.”
5 stars deserved.
Italiano
Sì, so che non è perfetto ma penso che molti esagerino con le critiche nei confronti di Origini II.
Personalmente adoro questo racconto e credo che se avesse potuto godere di maggior spazio - dando ampio respiro alla vicenda del riccone, l’opulento dottor Essex, e alla famiglia Creed - sarebbe stato uno dei volumi must have non solo di Wolverine ma degli X-Men in generale… per me lo è già.
Anche stavolta grafica eccezionale, niente supereroi e un dramma da incorniciare; un po’ come la memorabile splash-page, dal forte impatto emotivo, con l’orso che dette origine al caos.
“…l’orso aveva ritrovato la via di casa.”
“Ma non di casa sua.”
5 stelle meritate.
Yes, I know isn’t perfect but I think that many people exaggerate with critical against Origin II.
Personally I love this tale and I think that if it could have more space - giving wider breathe to the moneybags event, the opulent Doc. Essex, and to the Creed family - it will be one of the must have volume not only of Wolverine but of the X-Men in general… for me it’s already.
Even this time awesome graphics, no superheroes and a drama for framing; a bit like the memorable splash page, with a strong emotional impact, about the bear that gave rise to chaos.
“…the bear had found its way home.”
“But not to his home.”
5 stars deserved.
Italiano
Sì, so che non è perfetto ma penso che molti esagerino con le critiche nei confronti di Origini II.
Personalmente adoro questo racconto e credo che se avesse potuto godere di maggior spazio - dando ampio respiro alla vicenda del riccone, l’opulento dottor Essex, e alla famiglia Creed - sarebbe stato uno dei volumi must have non solo di Wolverine ma degli X-Men in generale… per me lo è già.
Anche stavolta grafica eccezionale, niente supereroi e un dramma da incorniciare; un po’ come la memorabile splash-page, dal forte impatto emotivo, con l’orso che dette origine al caos.
“…l’orso aveva ritrovato la via di casa.”
“Ma non di casa sua.”
5 stelle meritate.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2015
I liked this one, but it still felt a little like ret-conning, which I am not a fan of. You get to see Wolverine living with the wolves after the event of the first Origin series. Then, Mr. Sinister and the Creed family are introduced to Wolverine. I really liked Wolverine better before either Origin series, but this was still an entertaining read. The Kubert art is great as well, but not up to the level of the first series.
I'm sure any Wolverine fan will enjoy this one, particularly if you enjoyed the original ORIGIN series.
I'm sure any Wolverine fan will enjoy this one, particularly if you enjoyed the original ORIGIN series.
May 23, 2022
This book wasn't bad. It is just the perfect definition of unnecessary. An average meh story that barely adds anything to the character's story and whose only objective is to cash the previous Origins Graphic Novel by Paul Jenkis, continuing a story that was already nicely closed.
The art was beautiful, though.
The art was beautiful, though.
August 20, 2019
Bit of a disappointing sequel (and an unnecessary one really), especially from a writer like Gillen. The art is pretty nice though.
June 3, 2022
This took a depressing turn. I loved seeing the experiments performed on Logan though (Sick i know)
Clara is also a bitch
Clara is also a bitch
October 27, 2014
So this was good, and I'm glad I read it. Some cool little stories, and Kubert's art was awesome.
But the overall story seemed to rely too much on shock value moments instead of actual character development.
Lots of good little gem moments, but the sum of the parts didn't gel together well enough to equal a good overall story.
But the overall story seemed to rely too much on shock value moments instead of actual character development.
Lots of good little gem moments, but the sum of the parts didn't gel together well enough to equal a good overall story.
August 24, 2019
This book started out good but later on turned out to be a mess.
November 18, 2018
The art in this was beautiful, though not quite as gorgeous as in the first Wolverine: Origin. Also there was lots of blood. So much blood. Especially in the snow. Reader discretion advised.
The story was very well written. Having Logan not speak for most of the comic was a good choice. I also really liked the use of Mr. Sinister here, and I'm not usually a fan of that particular character.
The story was very well written. Having Logan not speak for most of the comic was a good choice. I also really liked the use of Mr. Sinister here, and I'm not usually a fan of that particular character.
May 25, 2017
Wolverine origin stories are always good. This details his wild time in the woods and his first experience with the Creed family. Good story. Good art.
July 2, 2025
Beautiful prologue and art, but the story was like really freaking fast paced and didn’t really add anything other than the (very) animalistic side of Logan and his introduction to Sabertooth.
I guess I was expecting more (and not to finish it in 30 minutes…)
I guess I was expecting more (and not to finish it in 30 minutes…)
August 4, 2022
Muy pero muy entretenido
December 30, 2017
Len Wein admitted that when he created Wolverine, he imagine a rather young man with claws in his gloves. Other writers and artists have expanded on the character, initially showing him to appear middle aged, and ultimately, much older than he appears as a result of his healing factor.
The previous Origin volume showed Wolverine as a little kid, so here we see him appearing to be a very young man.
Unfortunately, most of the story is Wolverine (called only "Logan" or "the savage" here) being exhibited in a circus or experimented on by a scientist with steampunk trappings. Although this establishes how Wolverine met Victor Creed, alias Sabretooth, this really isn't very original material, and gives the reader a sense of earlier, better stories. The only particularly interesting twist involves the character Clara and our knowledge of the extent of Creed's healing powers.
It's not a bad read, but it's definitely nothing special. The writing early on with the wolf family is quite good, but this is mostly a compendium of tropes. The resemblance of Hugo to Dum Dum Dugan, Clara to Valkyrie, and Dr. Essex to Doctor Strange didn't help that much, either. (It turns out Essex is Mister Sinister, but this wasn't obvious to me.)
The previous Origin volume showed Wolverine as a little kid, so here we see him appearing to be a very young man.
Unfortunately, most of the story is Wolverine (called only "Logan" or "the savage" here) being exhibited in a circus or experimented on by a scientist with steampunk trappings. Although this establishes how Wolverine met Victor Creed, alias Sabretooth, this really isn't very original material, and gives the reader a sense of earlier, better stories. The only particularly interesting twist involves the character Clara and our knowledge of the extent of Creed's healing powers.
It's not a bad read, but it's definitely nothing special. The writing early on with the wolf family is quite good, but this is mostly a compendium of tropes. The resemblance of Hugo to Dum Dum Dugan, Clara to Valkyrie, and Dr. Essex to Doctor Strange didn't help that much, either. (It turns out Essex is Mister Sinister, but this wasn't obvious to me.)
September 21, 2020
The fact that I didn’t know who the hell Saul was at the end of Origins pisses me off to no end. I had to google who the hell he was because I thought he was Victor Creed the whole time. Apparently, the person I thought was Victor was his little brother Saul. I was thinking maybe that’s how victor became so cold blooded by taking the emotion suppressing Poitou sinister had created and that’s how Logan inadvertently, and maybe poetically, created his nemesis Sabertooth. Nope. Instead it was someone entirely different with a surprise appearance by the real Victor at the end. Whatever.
I was constantly amazed by how gorgeous the coloring and art were in this book. Adam Kubert draws the most iconic Logan in the industry. It’s downright gorgeous. To bad the writing was nowhere near up to par. I can’t imagine having bought this series by issue. Each sections feels so thin. The story is so sparse and cliched. There was too much confusion towards the end. I’m glad I own it for the beautiful art and the text and story is so thin, it’s a great source for some creative writing exercises. Feeling in so many holes and contrivances would make a fun exercise.
I was constantly amazed by how gorgeous the coloring and art were in this book. Adam Kubert draws the most iconic Logan in the industry. It’s downright gorgeous. To bad the writing was nowhere near up to par. I can’t imagine having bought this series by issue. Each sections feels so thin. The story is so sparse and cliched. There was too much confusion towards the end. I’m glad I own it for the beautiful art and the text and story is so thin, it’s a great source for some creative writing exercises. Feeling in so many holes and contrivances would make a fun exercise.
May 13, 2016
The title should've been 'Wolverine: Nothing In My Life Goes Right.' It's definitely in character, but I wish that Logan could have some happiness in his life.
14+ for mild language, Logan being Logan, and Logan and the love interest sharing a bed (but there's no nudity)
14+ for mild language, Logan being Logan, and Logan and the love interest sharing a bed (but there's no nudity)
October 24, 2018
I wanted to like the second book of this series... But compared to the first origin book, this one was grossly underwhelming. The plot had minor blimps of suprises, but otherwise was incredibly predictable.
August 7, 2014
This story was alright. Nothing special. Definitely not as revelatory as the original Origin. Kind of feels like more of the same... That being said it is entertaining in its limited way.
March 3, 2015
More of a story told with pictures than words. Creed`s first meeting with Logan. Okay.
August 18, 2020
Rzymska cyferka II zapowiedziała mi kontynuację czegoś czego nie wspominam nadmiernie dobrze, ale z przekory postanowiłem sięgnąć po tytuł. W końcu to Wolverine, a tytuł jest bezpośrednią kontynuacją Wolverine: Origin. Logan w szale zabił Rose, swoją pierwszą miłość, po czym sam skazuje się na banicję. Odcina się od świata i żyje w dziczy, razem z wilkami…
Sielanka i wspólne polowania nie trwały wiecznie. Pewnego dnia pojawił się wygłodniały niedźwiedź, który pozabijał stado zwierząt, jakie zaadoptowało Logana. Heros ponownie zostaje sam. Gorzej, że wśród lokalnych mieszkańców krążą plotki o zwierzu z dzikich ostępów. Zwraca to uwagę pewnego cyrkowca, który chce złapać dziwoląga. Zaczyna się więc nagonka, a Rosomak gdy czuje się zaszczuty wysuwa kły… Pazury.
Historia wprowadza do życia Logana jednego z jego szablonowych wrogów, czyli Victora Creeda, wraz z jego siostrą, która zaczyna czuć do Wolverine’a miętę. Herosowi jednak nie będzie dana sielanka z gromadką dzieci w tle. Los szybko sprowadza na jego głowę uwagę pewnego doktora o nazwisku Essex… Kojarzycie? Zwyrol bez moralnych oporów, który jest gotów przeprowadzić na bohaterze sekcję nawet gdy ten jest żywy…
Jest tu trochę akcji, historia zdaje się idealnie stonowana, przez co całość czytało mi się przyjemniej niż część pierwszą, zwłaszcza pierwszy zeszyt gdzie historię stworzono w zasadzie bez dialogów, choć w tle był tam jakiś monolog postaci. Dziki Wolverine na nowo musi uczyć się jak żyć w społeczeństwie. Tyle, że mimo iż opuścił las, to ta furia ciągle jest w nim obecna.
Główny problem jaki ma omawiany tytuł tkwi jednak w historii. Gillen nie odkrywa tu nic nowego. Dzikość Wolverine’a jest powszechnie znana, zwroty akcji są przewidywalne zresztą jak i cała historia. Całość pewnie mógłbym spisać na połowie kartki. Słabo, tym bardziej, że to drugi początek? Jak początek może być drugi, przecież takowy ma się jeden…
Całość zdobi kreska Adama Kuberta, ale nie wybija się ona niczym poza taki rzemieślniczy sznyt. Potrafi być dość krwawo, ale to w końcu taki bohater. Całość mógłbym skwitować dwoma słowami. Nivil novi. Jeżeli lubicie tą postać to nie trzeba nikogo namawiać do lektury. Dla reszty… Znajdziecie masę lepszych komiksów. Takie 2.5/5.
Sielanka i wspólne polowania nie trwały wiecznie. Pewnego dnia pojawił się wygłodniały niedźwiedź, który pozabijał stado zwierząt, jakie zaadoptowało Logana. Heros ponownie zostaje sam. Gorzej, że wśród lokalnych mieszkańców krążą plotki o zwierzu z dzikich ostępów. Zwraca to uwagę pewnego cyrkowca, który chce złapać dziwoląga. Zaczyna się więc nagonka, a Rosomak gdy czuje się zaszczuty wysuwa kły… Pazury.
Historia wprowadza do życia Logana jednego z jego szablonowych wrogów, czyli Victora Creeda, wraz z jego siostrą, która zaczyna czuć do Wolverine’a miętę. Herosowi jednak nie będzie dana sielanka z gromadką dzieci w tle. Los szybko sprowadza na jego głowę uwagę pewnego doktora o nazwisku Essex… Kojarzycie? Zwyrol bez moralnych oporów, który jest gotów przeprowadzić na bohaterze sekcję nawet gdy ten jest żywy…
Jest tu trochę akcji, historia zdaje się idealnie stonowana, przez co całość czytało mi się przyjemniej niż część pierwszą, zwłaszcza pierwszy zeszyt gdzie historię stworzono w zasadzie bez dialogów, choć w tle był tam jakiś monolog postaci. Dziki Wolverine na nowo musi uczyć się jak żyć w społeczeństwie. Tyle, że mimo iż opuścił las, to ta furia ciągle jest w nim obecna.
Główny problem jaki ma omawiany tytuł tkwi jednak w historii. Gillen nie odkrywa tu nic nowego. Dzikość Wolverine’a jest powszechnie znana, zwroty akcji są przewidywalne zresztą jak i cała historia. Całość pewnie mógłbym spisać na połowie kartki. Słabo, tym bardziej, że to drugi początek? Jak początek może być drugi, przecież takowy ma się jeden…
Całość zdobi kreska Adama Kuberta, ale nie wybija się ona niczym poza taki rzemieślniczy sznyt. Potrafi być dość krwawo, ale to w końcu taki bohater. Całość mógłbym skwitować dwoma słowami. Nivil novi. Jeżeli lubicie tą postać to nie trzeba nikogo namawiać do lektury. Dla reszty… Znajdziecie masę lepszych komiksów. Takie 2.5/5.
February 14, 2018
The story of Wolverine has always fascinated me. As a young child when the X-Men movies first came out I was pretty impressionable.
When the origin story first came out I was excited, a glimpse into the mysterious almost elusive background of Logan was exciting, it was clear that he had made an impression on me from childhood.
I no particular order I found this volume boring, dreary, dull and generally unexciting and uninteresting. A huge step down from the first volume that gathered my attention immediately.
Although the art style is impressive and I'm a personal fan of it the story line was lacking in more ways then one. It's a fair sized graphic novel but nothing seems to happen in it. We have pages and pages of it and characters are introduced and killed off but there's no real character development.
Its disappointing to say the very least and I don't think I would recommend it to anyone.
When the origin story first came out I was excited, a glimpse into the mysterious almost elusive background of Logan was exciting, it was clear that he had made an impression on me from childhood.
I no particular order I found this volume boring, dreary, dull and generally unexciting and uninteresting. A huge step down from the first volume that gathered my attention immediately.
Although the art style is impressive and I'm a personal fan of it the story line was lacking in more ways then one. It's a fair sized graphic novel but nothing seems to happen in it. We have pages and pages of it and characters are introduced and killed off but there's no real character development.
Its disappointing to say the very least and I don't think I would recommend it to anyone.
May 12, 2023
2.5/5
Adam Kubert's back must hurt like hell from all the heavy lifting his art did in Origin II, it's just gorgeous and imo a big improvement over the previous book. Other than that, the story is getting worse and it's just brainless. I guess it tries to say things about Logan's nature as a man and as a beast, but you can find better prose by kids in elementary school.
At this point, I have to ask, is Logan's origin all that important that we have to explore it? I don't think so, I like him with the air of mystery and uncertainty. I like him in that grey area of ambiguity, where you can't decide if he was evil or not, but he clearly tries to change through his actions with the X-Men. So far in his origin, he killed his father, a girl he loved, some wolves and a bear, and then he lost another girl he liked, my dude, shit like that are not worth exploring. Just let him be mysterious!
Adam Kubert's back must hurt like hell from all the heavy lifting his art did in Origin II, it's just gorgeous and imo a big improvement over the previous book. Other than that, the story is getting worse and it's just brainless. I guess it tries to say things about Logan's nature as a man and as a beast, but you can find better prose by kids in elementary school.
At this point, I have to ask, is Logan's origin all that important that we have to explore it? I don't think so, I like him with the air of mystery and uncertainty. I like him in that grey area of ambiguity, where you can't decide if he was evil or not, but he clearly tries to change through his actions with the X-Men. So far in his origin, he killed his father, a girl he loved, some wolves and a bear, and then he lost another girl he liked, my dude, shit like that are not worth exploring. Just let him be mysterious!
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