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Death of Wolverine (Collected Editions)
Death of Wolverine
Collects Death of Wolverine #1-4.
All roads must end somewhere, and every hero's story eventually comes to a close. For Logan, the century-old mutant known as Wolverine, that time is now. The loss of his healing factor and the traumatic events of "Three Months To Die" have all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade. Through the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a savage, a samurai, a teacher -- and so much more. Logan has spent decades being the best there is at what he does, but even the best fade away eventually. And now, the X-Men's greatest hero will play a role he's never played before in this solemn special event.
All roads must end somewhere, and every hero's story eventually comes to a close. For Logan, the century-old mutant known as Wolverine, that time is now. The loss of his healing factor and the traumatic events of "Three Months To Die" have all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade. Through the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a savage, a samurai, a teacher -- and so much more. Logan has spent decades being the best there is at what he does, but even the best fade away eventually. And now, the X-Men's greatest hero will play a role he's never played before in this solemn special event.
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First published September 3, 2014
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Charles Soule
1,517 books1,692 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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May 11, 2019
2.5 stars
The art is too gorgeous for that abrupt wet fart of an ending.
Warning: potential spoilers
However, I appreciated that Soule kept this turd of a storyline blessedly short.
Yes, yes...Wolverine is dying.
Pffft. As if Marvel was going to permanently retire this moneymaker? Get real. This death meant less than nothing and everyone knew it.
But the story itself wasn't as horrible or tedious as I was expecting, so there's that.
But that ending.
He could have literally done any number of things to save those people, but he chose to chop open the vats of adamantium like a retard, then stand under it like an even bigger retard, instead of swiping at it and jumping clear.
What the hell, man? I expected some epic battle on a mountaintop with the sun setting in the background!
Not watching him get killed by the inability to leap sideways.
Anyway. I finally read this.
The art is too gorgeous for that abrupt wet fart of an ending.
Warning: potential spoilers
However, I appreciated that Soule kept this turd of a storyline blessedly short.
Yes, yes...Wolverine is dying.
Pffft. As if Marvel was going to permanently retire this moneymaker? Get real. This death meant less than nothing and everyone knew it.
But the story itself wasn't as horrible or tedious as I was expecting, so there's that.
But that ending.
He could have literally done any number of things to save those people, but he chose to chop open the vats of adamantium like a retard, then stand under it like an even bigger retard, instead of swiping at it and jumping clear.
What the hell, man? I expected some epic battle on a mountaintop with the sun setting in the background!
Not watching him get killed by the inability to leap sideways.
Anyway. I finally read this.
August 31, 2015
In the grand tradition of War and Peace, The Social Contract, and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Marvel gives us another narrative whose title tells us pretty much all we need to know about its contents. The question is…should you read it?
Brief rant: it would be impossible for this to be a 5-star book. Why? 5-star books are not created as a result of editorial-driven attempts to induce a massive sales spike and foster interest in the long, multi-titled buildup to a beloved character’s inevitable return. We all know death in comics means about as much as when a lady tells you it’s the biggest one she’s ever seen; we especially know that’s true when the character involved is a flagship character like the feisty Canucklehead or the unit in question is mine. So, is there any legitimate creative reason for conceiving of and producing a story called, “The Death of Wolverine?”
Let me answer that question with another question: does a bear, when in need of relieving himself of his fecal burden, knock politely at the door of a posh hotel and eloquently inquire with the esteemed management whether it might be permissible for him to make use of the hotel’s restroom facilities, with the understanding that he, the bear, will not only not make a mess of said facilities, but will, in fact, clean them afterward and leave them more spotless than they have ever been?
No. He doesn’t. He takes a giant, cathartic, steaming shit in the woods, without permission, remorse, or the faintest notion of doing anything afterward other than turning around, giving it a sniff, and being satisfied that he totally just destroyed that small piece of nature.
Am I calling this story a festering turd? No. More of a dried turd, really.
I went into this with pretty low expectations, thinking that if our intrepid creative team could at least come up with a compelling story and an unexpected way of offing the hairy TimBit eater, I’d contemplate the possibility of giving them a reach-around, if they’re so inclined. I’m both disappointed and relieved, respectively, that I shan’t be cuddling any comic creator cock in the near future.
Seeing as how the only point of reading this story is to find out HOW Wolverine shuffles off the mortal coil, I’m going to refrain from saying anything about it save for the fact that it’s somewhat ironic, and while in a certain light it could be seen as amusingly ironic, that light would have to be very dim. And you’d probably need to be drunk.
I’ll say this, though: McNiven draws some purty pictures, even if he sometimes makes Logan look like a GQ model who got drugged and dragged to Bonnarroo.
I’m probably being a little harsh. This was a tough gig, and there are some entertaining moments here and there. But, by and large, this is a pretty pointless story that will be retconned out of existence at the first conceivable opportunity (which is why I’m glad I read it on Marvel Unlimited and didn’t plunk down any cash for it, per se).
For now, however, c’est la vie, you Rush-loving, Molson-swilling, maple syrup aficionado. You’ll be missed. Just let us know wendigo get your new book.
(Get it? “Wendigo?” It’s almost inconceivable to contemplate the mind-buggering but true fact that I was a virgin until my mid-20s…I can’t believe ladies weren’t dropping on my mini-Mjolnir from the time my voice changed (which, to be fair, was probably around my mid-20s). On account of my coolness, I mean. That’s why it’s unbelievable. Because I’m cool.)
Brief rant: it would be impossible for this to be a 5-star book. Why? 5-star books are not created as a result of editorial-driven attempts to induce a massive sales spike and foster interest in the long, multi-titled buildup to a beloved character’s inevitable return. We all know death in comics means about as much as when a lady tells you it’s the biggest one she’s ever seen; we especially know that’s true when the character involved is a flagship character like the feisty Canucklehead or the unit in question is mine. So, is there any legitimate creative reason for conceiving of and producing a story called, “The Death of Wolverine?”
Let me answer that question with another question: does a bear, when in need of relieving himself of his fecal burden, knock politely at the door of a posh hotel and eloquently inquire with the esteemed management whether it might be permissible for him to make use of the hotel’s restroom facilities, with the understanding that he, the bear, will not only not make a mess of said facilities, but will, in fact, clean them afterward and leave them more spotless than they have ever been?
No. He doesn’t. He takes a giant, cathartic, steaming shit in the woods, without permission, remorse, or the faintest notion of doing anything afterward other than turning around, giving it a sniff, and being satisfied that he totally just destroyed that small piece of nature.
Am I calling this story a festering turd? No. More of a dried turd, really.
I went into this with pretty low expectations, thinking that if our intrepid creative team could at least come up with a compelling story and an unexpected way of offing the hairy TimBit eater, I’d contemplate the possibility of giving them a reach-around, if they’re so inclined. I’m both disappointed and relieved, respectively, that I shan’t be cuddling any comic creator cock in the near future.
Seeing as how the only point of reading this story is to find out HOW Wolverine shuffles off the mortal coil, I’m going to refrain from saying anything about it save for the fact that it’s somewhat ironic, and while in a certain light it could be seen as amusingly ironic, that light would have to be very dim. And you’d probably need to be drunk.
I’ll say this, though: McNiven draws some purty pictures, even if he sometimes makes Logan look like a GQ model who got drugged and dragged to Bonnarroo.
I’m probably being a little harsh. This was a tough gig, and there are some entertaining moments here and there. But, by and large, this is a pretty pointless story that will be retconned out of existence at the first conceivable opportunity (which is why I’m glad I read it on Marvel Unlimited and didn’t plunk down any cash for it, per se).
For now, however, c’est la vie, you Rush-loving, Molson-swilling, maple syrup aficionado. You’ll be missed. Just let us know wendigo get your new book.
(Get it? “Wendigo?” It’s almost inconceivable to contemplate the mind-buggering but true fact that I was a virgin until my mid-20s…I can’t believe ladies weren’t dropping on my mini-Mjolnir from the time my voice changed (which, to be fair, was probably around my mid-20s). On account of my coolness, I mean. That’s why it’s unbelievable. Because I’m cool.)
June 2, 2015
Captain Kirk: Bones, can you do anything for him?
McCoy: I’m a doctor not a sheet metal worker! Besides he’s dead, Jim.
Spock: Captain, if I may interject an opinion. Wolverine’s death is highly illogical.
You said it, you pointy-eared Vulcan bastard!
The build up to this final volume has been spotty but entertaining in spurts. Wolverine loses his healing factor, becomes mortal and brushes aside any of Marvel’s resident genius’s attempts to help him recover. In the meantime, he’s a marked man and it’s open season on the Sniktster.
This volume is humming along, pacing good, character development adequate, art decent - Wolverine taking down all comers as any decent villains with a pulse try to bring him in alive. (Seriously, Nuke? Was the Kangaroo on vacation?)
Then we come to the big reveal (i.e. who’s the master mind behind all this) and the final demise of the Canucklehead and quite honestly it’s a major letdown, but this is to expected from a company who dropped the ball when they attempted to come up with a meaningful origin story for its signature character (Sorry, Spider-Man.).
I’ll just bide my time waiting for the inevitable resurrection of Wolverine.
In the meantime, watch it Charles Soule, I’m setting my phaser from stun to kill.
McCoy: I’m a doctor not a sheet metal worker! Besides he’s dead, Jim.
Spock: Captain, if I may interject an opinion. Wolverine’s death is highly illogical.
You said it, you pointy-eared Vulcan bastard!
The build up to this final volume has been spotty but entertaining in spurts. Wolverine loses his healing factor, becomes mortal and brushes aside any of Marvel’s resident genius’s attempts to help him recover. In the meantime, he’s a marked man and it’s open season on the Sniktster.
This volume is humming along, pacing good, character development adequate, art decent - Wolverine taking down all comers as any decent villains with a pulse try to bring him in alive. (Seriously, Nuke? Was the Kangaroo on vacation?)
Then we come to the big reveal (i.e. who’s the master mind behind all this) and the final demise of the Canucklehead and quite honestly it’s a major letdown, but this is to expected from a company who dropped the ball when they attempted to come up with a meaningful origin story for its signature character (Sorry, Spider-Man.).
I’ll just bide my time waiting for the inevitable resurrection of Wolverine.
In the meantime, watch it Charles Soule, I’m setting my phaser from stun to kill.
August 13, 2015
If anyone were to ask me what was the most underwhelming graphic novel I've ever read, Death of Wolverine would be my straight out answer. It always sucks when your favorite superhero of all time got a not so good plot. Not so good in a way that the ending ruined it all, or let me change that, the length ruined it all.
Wolverine started to lose his healing powers, so that means he's not the immortal mutant we've gotten used to. He has to fight mano-a-mano with the people hired to capture him for a hefty amount of cash. Mr. Fantastic begs him not to use his claws anymore as it would hasten his death. Wolverine doesn't seek a resolution for the lost power, but rather a happy ending to grow old and finally die. The enemies were in the way though.
After reading the fourth issue I was very much disappointed. Obviously 4 issues were not enough to conclude one of the greatest superheroes ever. For me it was quite disrespectful that they rushed the death of one of the most important characters in the Marvel universe. I know it's more biased on my part because he's my favorite of all time, but it really felt rushed. I needed more, and the author needed more to really make us feel the grief. I felt like nothing after reading this because the death was so underwhelming. That was it? That was fucking it? I want him resurrected and for them to stop this bullshit death if they can't do it properly.
2/5 stars. What was commendable though would be the amazing artwork. Even Kitty looked great! If you're looking for top notch plot though, this is not for you.
Wolverine started to lose his healing powers, so that means he's not the immortal mutant we've gotten used to. He has to fight mano-a-mano with the people hired to capture him for a hefty amount of cash. Mr. Fantastic begs him not to use his claws anymore as it would hasten his death. Wolverine doesn't seek a resolution for the lost power, but rather a happy ending to grow old and finally die. The enemies were in the way though.
After reading the fourth issue I was very much disappointed. Obviously 4 issues were not enough to conclude one of the greatest superheroes ever. For me it was quite disrespectful that they rushed the death of one of the most important characters in the Marvel universe. I know it's more biased on my part because he's my favorite of all time, but it really felt rushed. I needed more, and the author needed more to really make us feel the grief. I felt like nothing after reading this because the death was so underwhelming. That was it? That was fucking it? I want him resurrected and for them to stop this bullshit death if they can't do it properly.
2/5 stars. What was commendable though would be the amazing artwork. Even Kitty looked great! If you're looking for top notch plot though, this is not for you.
April 15, 2017
"La muerte de Wolverine" se presenta como una consecuencia de una explosión atómica que daño su poder regenerativo, provocando que el adamantium lo envenené ¿Enrevezado? Si ¿Creíble? No, que yo recuerde Logan ya había estado en alguna de esas explosiones ¿Entretenido? Si, al menos lo suficiente como para continuar leyendo.
Esta historia puede resumirse en una frase todos están tras Wolverine, en serio parece que una vez que (de alguna forma) se que Logan ahora puede morir todos quieren llevarlo y ni siquiera es para matarlo pero la razón por la cual quieren hacerlo es creíble y si bien toda la historia se desarrolla a la manera de una película de acción acelerada, el último cuadro, ese donde nos despedimos de Wolverine, es lo suficientemente emotivo como para que lamentemos su ida.
El mayor problema que encuentró con estpa historia es que tiene muchísimos hoyos en la historia ¿Cómo se enteró todo el mundo quye Logan esta muriendo? ¿Realmente en que consiste el plan de nuestro villano? ¿Por qupe carajos Logan no espero a Reed creará la "cura" para su problema? ¿Por qué no inicia con la frase mítica de los cómics de Wolverine? Y probablemente otros que estoy pasando por alto, que en gran parte olvidas mientras pasas por la carrera de la uerte, pero que al final te dejan con la sensación de que algo no esta bien aquí.
Esta historia puede resumirse en una frase todos están tras Wolverine, en serio parece que una vez que (de alguna forma) se que Logan ahora puede morir todos quieren llevarlo y ni siquiera es para matarlo pero la razón por la cual quieren hacerlo es creíble y si bien toda la historia se desarrolla a la manera de una película de acción acelerada, el último cuadro, ese donde nos despedimos de Wolverine, es lo suficientemente emotivo como para que lamentemos su ida.
El mayor problema que encuentró con estpa historia es que tiene muchísimos hoyos en la historia ¿Cómo se enteró todo el mundo quye Logan esta muriendo? ¿Realmente en que consiste el plan de nuestro villano? ¿Por qupe carajos Logan no espero a Reed creará la "cura" para su problema? ¿Por qué no inicia con la frase mítica de los cómics de Wolverine? Y probablemente otros que estoy pasando por alto, que en gran parte olvidas mientras pasas por la carrera de la uerte, pero que al final te dejan con la sensación de que algo no esta bien aquí.
December 26, 2025
This comic was better than I thought it was going to be. The artwork is great; the story is quite slow really. I am sure that everyone reading this was knew Wolverine was going too especially with the 3 months build up to it. Just as I am sure everyone knows he will be back. The book is a lot shorter and quicker read then it looks. It has big panels of artwork which I think suit Wolverine perfectly. The last 5th of the book of the book is the director's cut pages of the book. I have to say I am not really a fan of this in comics. I do not really need to see how the panel to panel design came about from sketch to colour when I have already read the finished the product. I would have actually preferred if they gave a bigger cover gallery instead they stuck the 4 variants covers of issue 1 on the same A4 page, the same with the other 3 issues.
Wolverine has lost his edge his healing factor so far he had managed to keep this a secret from the villainous community. He still has his enhanced strength and reflexes and adamanthium skeleton. However even this is a disadvantage. The metal is poisoning him, if he pops his claws his hands will not heal, and not to mention what infection from other peoples blood will do to him when they are retracted. Wolverine has marvels best minds working on the problem of restarting his healing factor, but for the most part he seem to have accepted his own mortality.
Now someone have put a huge bounty on Wolverine. Getting tired of taking on assassin after assassin, Wolverine decides the best way to stop people coming after him is to take out the person who put the bounty on him, The journey takes him from Canada to the Far East and back to the States. In battle Wolverine does fine against human and enhances villains, but when it comes too his old sparing partners he need help to take them down or even survive. I really did like the choice Wolverine made at the end showing Wolverine going out like a hero. We all know he is going to be back but the character did need a break as there is not much more that could be done to him. This is a fitting bye for now story to Wolverine
Wolverine has lost his edge his healing factor so far he had managed to keep this a secret from the villainous community. He still has his enhanced strength and reflexes and adamanthium skeleton. However even this is a disadvantage. The metal is poisoning him, if he pops his claws his hands will not heal, and not to mention what infection from other peoples blood will do to him when they are retracted. Wolverine has marvels best minds working on the problem of restarting his healing factor, but for the most part he seem to have accepted his own mortality.
Now someone have put a huge bounty on Wolverine. Getting tired of taking on assassin after assassin, Wolverine decides the best way to stop people coming after him is to take out the person who put the bounty on him, The journey takes him from Canada to the Far East and back to the States. In battle Wolverine does fine against human and enhances villains, but when it comes too his old sparing partners he need help to take them down or even survive. I really did like the choice Wolverine made at the end showing Wolverine going out like a hero. We all know he is going to be back but the character did need a break as there is not much more that could be done to him. This is a fitting bye for now story to Wolverine
October 24, 2014
Remember Jason Aaron’s Punisher MAX run a few years ago? That series killed off the classic Punisher, the Vietnam vet Frank Castle, and subsequently resurrected him as a thirtysomething vet of an unnamed war (so as not to date him). But the way Aaron killed off Frank was glorious: a heavily beaten Frank managed to kill his way through his greatest enemies before finally falling himself. It was so perfect it remains my favourite character death storyline ever.
So now it’s Charles Soule’s turn to kill off an iconic Marvel character: Wolverine. And… it was unfortunately very underwhelming. To be fair to Soule, he didn’t have three books to build up to his finale he just wrote a four issue story where Wolverine died at the end. Even so, for such a famous character, I think Soule gave him short shrift.
How can Wolverine die, you ask? He recently lost his healing factor so he’s now mortal. Soule’s adds a brilliant detail by taking away his claws. Every time he pops them, blood comes out, they’re usually covered in others’ blood and other germs when they need to go back in, so when they’re retracted, he risks infection. So Logan doesn’t pop his claws – he’s got to fight his enemies with his wits and his mitts, and he’s gonna get hurt too. That’s a great setup.
Unfortunately the rest of the book isn’t as cool. Somebody’s put a price on Logan’s head to bring him in alive so all sorts of nutters are on his tail like Nuke, Sabretooth, and Viper. He fights them all in a blasé fashion and moves on. He teams up with Kitty Pryde, a character who’s essentially his surrogate daughter (though we don’t see his actual children in this story), and they go to Madripoor and Japan, both places that have enormous significance to Logan. More fighting happens then we get to the death.
The story involves a lot of elements from Logan’s past but there’s no sense that this is building up to anything. Events happen but, unless the title said otherwise, it’d read like any other Wolverine story. Soule tries to give an arc to the character’s complicated history (and wow is Wolverine’s past convoluted!!) with the final issue but its unsatisfying and Wolverine’s death is barely memorable.
Steve McNiven’s art is always good. It’s suited to BIG comics with BIG action and Death of Wolverine is a big ‘un, though I think he’s done better work elsewhere – Old Man Logan for example, or even Civil War.
Death of Wolverine isn’t a bad comic. Soule’s a good writer and the script is never insultingly bad. Neither is McNiven’s art anything less than good. But for a major character death, this arc was a let-down. It didn’t feel epic, or moving, or any more interesting than the average Wolverine book.
Everyone reading this will know that Wolverine won’t be dead for long and that he’ll come back at some point in the near future. This book seems to be acknowledging and channelling that cynicism so it didn’t even try to make Wolverine’s death seem like a permanent ending. We all know this was a book designed to grab cash and headlines, but it didn’t have to feel as soulless.
When Wolverine does die, I can’t imagine anyone feeling saddened at it – my reaction was of mirth (just from the strange visual) and a feeling of “that was it?!” It was a bit of a cop-out.
I suppose the book could’ve been worse, but, for a character that’s had the impact on Marvel readers and the Marvel Universe over the years that Wolverine has had, it should’ve been much better than this and had something of an emotional punch to it.
Death of Wolverine is an adequate treatment of a good character’s (temporary) demise - which is fitting as most Wolverine books are pretty average at best!
See ya in a year or two, you crazy Canucklehead!
So now it’s Charles Soule’s turn to kill off an iconic Marvel character: Wolverine. And… it was unfortunately very underwhelming. To be fair to Soule, he didn’t have three books to build up to his finale he just wrote a four issue story where Wolverine died at the end. Even so, for such a famous character, I think Soule gave him short shrift.
How can Wolverine die, you ask? He recently lost his healing factor so he’s now mortal. Soule’s adds a brilliant detail by taking away his claws. Every time he pops them, blood comes out, they’re usually covered in others’ blood and other germs when they need to go back in, so when they’re retracted, he risks infection. So Logan doesn’t pop his claws – he’s got to fight his enemies with his wits and his mitts, and he’s gonna get hurt too. That’s a great setup.
Unfortunately the rest of the book isn’t as cool. Somebody’s put a price on Logan’s head to bring him in alive so all sorts of nutters are on his tail like Nuke, Sabretooth, and Viper. He fights them all in a blasé fashion and moves on. He teams up with Kitty Pryde, a character who’s essentially his surrogate daughter (though we don’t see his actual children in this story), and they go to Madripoor and Japan, both places that have enormous significance to Logan. More fighting happens then we get to the death.
The story involves a lot of elements from Logan’s past but there’s no sense that this is building up to anything. Events happen but, unless the title said otherwise, it’d read like any other Wolverine story. Soule tries to give an arc to the character’s complicated history (and wow is Wolverine’s past convoluted!!) with the final issue but its unsatisfying and Wolverine’s death is barely memorable.
Steve McNiven’s art is always good. It’s suited to BIG comics with BIG action and Death of Wolverine is a big ‘un, though I think he’s done better work elsewhere – Old Man Logan for example, or even Civil War.
Death of Wolverine isn’t a bad comic. Soule’s a good writer and the script is never insultingly bad. Neither is McNiven’s art anything less than good. But for a major character death, this arc was a let-down. It didn’t feel epic, or moving, or any more interesting than the average Wolverine book.
Everyone reading this will know that Wolverine won’t be dead for long and that he’ll come back at some point in the near future. This book seems to be acknowledging and channelling that cynicism so it didn’t even try to make Wolverine’s death seem like a permanent ending. We all know this was a book designed to grab cash and headlines, but it didn’t have to feel as soulless.
When Wolverine does die, I can’t imagine anyone feeling saddened at it – my reaction was of mirth (just from the strange visual) and a feeling of “that was it?!” It was a bit of a cop-out.
I suppose the book could’ve been worse, but, for a character that’s had the impact on Marvel readers and the Marvel Universe over the years that Wolverine has had, it should’ve been much better than this and had something of an emotional punch to it.
Death of Wolverine is an adequate treatment of a good character’s (temporary) demise - which is fitting as most Wolverine books are pretty average at best!
See ya in a year or two, you crazy Canucklehead!
February 28, 2015
This is a really weird way to send out a character like Wolverine. It basically just reads as four random issues in the middle of a regular Wolverine run, not like the major event that will send out one of Marvel's best-known characters. As a death event, it's kind of blah.
But the weird thing is that if you read the first three issues as just plain old Wolverine issues, they're actually quite good. Soule could have turned in a really nice Wolverine run, if given the chance. He's got Logan's personality, mannerisms, and speech down. And I loved the way he used internal monologue boxes to keep track of the sensations and especially scents that he experiences, with the absolute minimum required words. Logan doesn't think, "I smell blood," he thinks, "blood." Which just suits his character perfectly.
Probably the worst part is the incredibly silly way that poor Logan dies. Seriously? It didn't even look cool, and I couldn't help but feel that he deserved better.
But the weird thing is that if you read the first three issues as just plain old Wolverine issues, they're actually quite good. Soule could have turned in a really nice Wolverine run, if given the chance. He's got Logan's personality, mannerisms, and speech down. And I loved the way he used internal monologue boxes to keep track of the sensations and especially scents that he experiences, with the absolute minimum required words. Logan doesn't think, "I smell blood," he thinks, "blood." Which just suits his character perfectly.
Probably the worst part is the incredibly silly way that poor Logan dies. Seriously? It didn't even look cool, and I couldn't help but feel that he deserved better.
January 3, 2016
I thought this was a very good graphic novel. I've become a huge fan of Wolverine. I guess my buddy has rubbed off on me, because he's the biggest Wolverine fan on earth. This has everything you might like about the character. You see inside his soul and you see how sucky his life is in the sense that he has to fight, it's not an option.
Wolverine has lost his healing factor, and that is a very bad thing for a person who has to fight as often and as hard as he does. Death is literally right around the corner for him. To think that just retracting his claws could lead to endocarditis, and his skeleton harbors radiation from his time at Nagasaki.
Wolverine is on the search for who called out the hit on him and who wants him dead (well, who does the most, anyway). He ends up going full circle to his own creation as a warrior of adamantium, and that leads to the event forecasted in this title. The ending is as dramatic as one could hope for with a Wolverine title. This is the best one I've read so far, but I have a lot more Wolverine to read before I'm done.
Wolverine has lost his healing factor, and that is a very bad thing for a person who has to fight as often and as hard as he does. Death is literally right around the corner for him. To think that just retracting his claws could lead to endocarditis, and his skeleton harbors radiation from his time at Nagasaki.
Wolverine is on the search for who called out the hit on him and who wants him dead (well, who does the most, anyway). He ends up going full circle to his own creation as a warrior of adamantium, and that leads to the event forecasted in this title. The ending is as dramatic as one could hope for with a Wolverine title. This is the best one I've read so far, but I have a lot more Wolverine to read before I'm done.
December 11, 2016
Wow. Flabbergasted with that ending! I was genuinely engaged throughout and then that's the ending? I mean, come on! I expected a shock an awe conclusion. I'm still giving it 4 stars because I still enjoyed it and really liked the series of sketches included. Ending just feels like a bit of a let down.
March 1, 2019
You Smell That?
That's this pile of shit.
Crazy part is I enjoy most of Soule's stuff. This reeeeeeeeks editorial interference like no other.
Marvel: Know what would be cool?
Soule: Hm?
Marvel: Kill off Wolverine.
Soule: You mean the guy who nearly can't BE kill?
Marvel: YES!
Soule: Why?
Marvel: BECAUSE IT'S BIG NEWS.
Soule: But...how?
Marvel: I dunno. Who cares? Let's sell it!
That's what this is. Throwing four separate issues that somewhat contact but have no heart, emotion, or ANYTHING to give us a reason WHY we should care about Wolverine dying. The art is solid enough but really gives us no memorable moments to engrave in my mind. Don't even get me started on the last issue and the results of his death.
Anyone see Dragon Ball Z? They had this movie called Bio-Broly and it is the ONLY thing I could think of when seeing the last few pages of this terrible piece of shit cash grab.
Yeah fuck this book. One of the worst things I've read in awhile.
That's this pile of shit.
Crazy part is I enjoy most of Soule's stuff. This reeeeeeeeks editorial interference like no other.
Marvel: Know what would be cool?
Soule: Hm?
Marvel: Kill off Wolverine.
Soule: You mean the guy who nearly can't BE kill?
Marvel: YES!
Soule: Why?
Marvel: BECAUSE IT'S BIG NEWS.
Soule: But...how?
Marvel: I dunno. Who cares? Let's sell it!
That's what this is. Throwing four separate issues that somewhat contact but have no heart, emotion, or ANYTHING to give us a reason WHY we should care about Wolverine dying. The art is solid enough but really gives us no memorable moments to engrave in my mind. Don't even get me started on the last issue and the results of his death.
Anyone see Dragon Ball Z? They had this movie called Bio-Broly and it is the ONLY thing I could think of when seeing the last few pages of this terrible piece of shit cash grab.
Yeah fuck this book. One of the worst things I've read in awhile.
March 14, 2015
I find myself...underwhelmed.
Don't get me wrong, Steve McNiven's art was bang on; Charles Soule has Wolverine's mannerisms, character, and way of speech down better than anyone since Rick Remender's X-Force Logan. Hell, I even understand what they were doing with the actual death, and what it was supposed to mean/represent.
I just thought...it was kind of an insult to Wolverine in some ways. I know you can't all go out like Butch and Sundance, but Logan seemed to be destined for some great end, and I think that's the problem.
4 issues isn't enough to build a huge story, it just seems like they had established that his healing factor was gone, and so people were taking shots at him, and then someone put a bounty on his head.
I also saw a few attempts to make us think he was going out a different way, based on who showed up, but even still, kinda felt a bit cheap, like a slow This-is-your-life. I am glad that some of it was in Japan, and some in Canada. (BC instead of Alberta, but close enough for those who don't know geography...)
I totally get what they were trying to do, I just feel like it could have gone more than 4 issues to get there, because it sort of felt rushed. I cannot believe I'm telling Marvel they need to draw it out and make us pay more for it, but a 6 issue miniseries would've helped. Just to make it seem a tad less rushed?
The actual death makes some sense, well, the cause at least...I liked the fact that they granted him something in his final moment(s) that he didn't really have when he was alive. That being said I know exactly why many people were kind of pissed off/up in arms/livid/not impressed.
I can respect the idea behind it, and I see the logic, but it just wasn't for me. Like someone else said, Soule should have been given a long run on this title, because they finally found someone who can write Wolverine well. I shall hope that when he returns, they hand the reins to Soule again, and we get to see the magic he really will be capable.
(Even if Marvel makes me actually wait, which I cannot imagine, since Fox and Marvel are still making money off the movies)
Don't get me wrong, Steve McNiven's art was bang on; Charles Soule has Wolverine's mannerisms, character, and way of speech down better than anyone since Rick Remender's X-Force Logan. Hell, I even understand what they were doing with the actual death, and what it was supposed to mean/represent.
I just thought...it was kind of an insult to Wolverine in some ways. I know you can't all go out like Butch and Sundance, but Logan seemed to be destined for some great end, and I think that's the problem.
4 issues isn't enough to build a huge story, it just seems like they had established that his healing factor was gone, and so people were taking shots at him, and then someone put a bounty on his head.
I also saw a few attempts to make us think he was going out a different way, based on who showed up, but even still, kinda felt a bit cheap, like a slow This-is-your-life. I am glad that some of it was in Japan, and some in Canada. (BC instead of Alberta, but close enough for those who don't know geography...)
I totally get what they were trying to do, I just feel like it could have gone more than 4 issues to get there, because it sort of felt rushed. I cannot believe I'm telling Marvel they need to draw it out and make us pay more for it, but a 6 issue miniseries would've helped. Just to make it seem a tad less rushed?
The actual death makes some sense, well, the cause at least...I liked the fact that they granted him something in his final moment(s) that he didn't really have when he was alive. That being said I know exactly why many people were kind of pissed off/up in arms/livid/not impressed.
I can respect the idea behind it, and I see the logic, but it just wasn't for me. Like someone else said, Soule should have been given a long run on this title, because they finally found someone who can write Wolverine well. I shall hope that when he returns, they hand the reins to Soule again, and we get to see the magic he really will be capable.
(Even if Marvel makes me actually wait, which I cannot imagine, since Fox and Marvel are still making money off the movies)
October 17, 2014
I cared about this "event" enough to actually buy the single issues so I could read it sooner, and let me say that as an adult with a career, it is a real pain in the ass to hump over to the comic store four separate Wednesdays knowing that by Thursday they'd be sold out. Of course, afterward, when a friend of mine just asked why I didn't buy the single issues digitally, I could only shake my head that I didn't think of that beforehand. It's a brave new world we live in.
Anyway, as for the comic, it is first and foremost, beautiful. The writers and artists realized that this was the kind of comic that would get a lot of attention, and they did right by it. The length, however, was really brief, although each issue was padded with bonus material. I'm guessing each of the actual comics was maybe fifteen pages of material, so this whole arc may be sixty pages? It's a lot of money for such a short payoff, but it is what it is. And because it is so short, it is tightly focused on Wolverine, which is a good thing, taking us through Canada, Japan, and back to his Weapon X roots. There are a few other superheroes involved -- Reed Richards and Iron Man get quick nods, and Kitty Pride makes a brief appearance -- but this is really about good old loner Wolverine and not "I'm on every superhero team" Wolverine.
My final comment is regarding his actual death at the end of the fourth issue, which is to say I don't love how they handled it, but I have a feeling for as permanent as they say his death is, this gave them a needed out. So there's that. All in all, a really enjoyable homage to a great character.
Anyway, as for the comic, it is first and foremost, beautiful. The writers and artists realized that this was the kind of comic that would get a lot of attention, and they did right by it. The length, however, was really brief, although each issue was padded with bonus material. I'm guessing each of the actual comics was maybe fifteen pages of material, so this whole arc may be sixty pages? It's a lot of money for such a short payoff, but it is what it is. And because it is so short, it is tightly focused on Wolverine, which is a good thing, taking us through Canada, Japan, and back to his Weapon X roots. There are a few other superheroes involved -- Reed Richards and Iron Man get quick nods, and Kitty Pride makes a brief appearance -- but this is really about good old loner Wolverine and not "I'm on every superhero team" Wolverine.
My final comment is regarding his actual death at the end of the fourth issue, which is to say I don't love how they handled it, but I have a feeling for as permanent as they say his death is, this gave them a needed out. So there's that. All in all, a really enjoyable homage to a great character.
November 4, 2015
Wolverine lost his healing factor some time ago. He checked with all the smartest people he knows to restore it to no avail. Now a capture contract for Wolverine has been put out for Wolverine, but he's not going anywhere without a fight.
So Wolverine is the latest victim of the trend of killing characters in Marvel. He'll undoubtedly return at some point, but for now he's dead. This sort of thing would be a spoiler if not for the title Death of Wolverine. Could there be a lazier way to go about killing Wolverine than naming the series Death of Wolverine? I'd have to say no.
The story starts with Wolverine getting a checkup from Mr. Fantastic.
Reed is confident he can restore Logan's healing factor he just needs time. He advises Logan to lay low and not to use his claws.
Logan tried to follow the doctors orders, but bad people always come looking for Wolverine.
I have no problem with killing characters especially if they stay dead, but naming it "Death of" is just lazy and annoying.
So Wolverine is the latest victim of the trend of killing characters in Marvel. He'll undoubtedly return at some point, but for now he's dead. This sort of thing would be a spoiler if not for the title Death of Wolverine. Could there be a lazier way to go about killing Wolverine than naming the series Death of Wolverine? I'd have to say no.
The story starts with Wolverine getting a checkup from Mr. Fantastic.
Reed is confident he can restore Logan's healing factor he just needs time. He advises Logan to lay low and not to use his claws.
Logan tried to follow the doctors orders, but bad people always come looking for Wolverine.
I have no problem with killing characters especially if they stay dead, but naming it "Death of" is just lazy and annoying.
September 1, 2016
Fun fact, my parents actually named me after Wolverine, hence my name Logan! Not sure what to say, I'm pretty sad after reading this, he's really gone... and now they replaced him with X-23 to boost their sales, with the female demographic! Artwork was pretty good, story is good, even though my second favourite super hero is gone! I know we have Old Man Logan running around, but its just not the same. Wolverine has always been the hero you cheer for no matter what, comics and movies alike! This book was executed pretty well for a 'Death of...' comic! The Ending is what brought the man tears though, you know it wasn't the best ending, but it was the way Wolverine would have wanted to go... Overall I'm not gonna recommend this nor will I say don't read it, this book just exists in my mind! You better bring Logan back, Marvel!
December 4, 2021
I would probably give this a one-star rating if I were a bigger Wolverine fan and had some sort of nostalgic attachment to the character. As far as a regular comic story goes, this is a 2-star book. It has some nice action, good artwork, and cool characters. The story itself is alright. Really, it's nothing special.
The ending, where Wolverine 'dies' is really disappointing. As a fan, I would be pissed. It's silly, contrived, and unsatisfying. I would rather have Wolverine die in battle with a vicious foe like when Frank Miller 'killed' Elektra in the Daredevil series. This one feels pretty underwhelming.
As Cullen Bunn makes Deadpool say, Wolverine's ability to come back from the dead has nothing to do with his healing factor. His true mutant power? "It's popularity".
The ending, where Wolverine 'dies' is really disappointing. As a fan, I would be pissed. It's silly, contrived, and unsatisfying. I would rather have Wolverine die in battle with a vicious foe like when Frank Miller 'killed' Elektra in the Daredevil series. This one feels pretty underwhelming.
As Cullen Bunn makes Deadpool say, Wolverine's ability to come back from the dead has nothing to do with his healing factor. His true mutant power? "It's popularity".
March 15, 2017
In honour of Jackman hanging up his claws from playing movie Wolverine I thought I would grab the much talking about Death of Wolverine (Spoiler Alert??)
I was surprised at the relatively short run, I guess I'm a bit cynical, I love comic books but so often the sagas become bloated, cross-over overblown stories. Death of Wolverine was a clipped succinct almost rushed tale with almost zero fat to trim. While the movie Logan isn't based on this story (more Old Man Logan) there were a few themes and nods that the movie took.
Wolverine is stunning in this story, his motivations well fleshed out without being speachy and his bravery in the face of his own mortality commendable. Not that anyone expects him to be a coward, yet not once does Wolvy put himself before others despite his vulnerability.
The artwork is absolutely on point with some truly excellent panels - there is one moment I baulked at where Wolverine manages to magically put on Samurai armour in split seconds in the middle of a fight, but it looked awesome which is what we care about right.
I confess along with my cynicism I'm also getting a little sentimental in my old age, and sometimes want to see stories dragged out a little longer, but I think the writers did the right thing keeping this series frenetic and fast paced as Wolverine himself is.
I was surprised at the relatively short run, I guess I'm a bit cynical, I love comic books but so often the sagas become bloated, cross-over overblown stories. Death of Wolverine was a clipped succinct almost rushed tale with almost zero fat to trim. While the movie Logan isn't based on this story (more Old Man Logan) there were a few themes and nods that the movie took.
Wolverine is stunning in this story, his motivations well fleshed out without being speachy and his bravery in the face of his own mortality commendable. Not that anyone expects him to be a coward, yet not once does Wolvy put himself before others despite his vulnerability.
The artwork is absolutely on point with some truly excellent panels - there is one moment I baulked at where Wolverine manages to magically put on Samurai armour in split seconds in the middle of a fight, but it looked awesome which is what we care about right.
I confess along with my cynicism I'm also getting a little sentimental in my old age, and sometimes want to see stories dragged out a little longer, but I think the writers did the right thing keeping this series frenetic and fast paced as Wolverine himself is.
May 11, 2017
Yikes was that underwhelming, to say the least.
It has a few good testosterone-pumping scenes (Would you even be allowed to put the name Wolverine on the cover if you didn't?) but it is such a shallow story, especially for what is the death of one of the most beloved characters in comics.
Logan has lost his healing ability and people are now hunting him, so he decides to take the fight to the main baddie who keeps putting the contracts out. It doesn't go down well for Ol' Canucklehead. That's the story in a nut shell.
Even the end is a hurried, unsympathetic mess. I mean, I know deaths in Marvel are as about as important as a paper-cut when they involve the main crew, but c'mon. This one felt about as meaningless as it gets.
I can't help but compare it to Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man, one of the greatest final-act comics I have ever read;The Death of Wolverine doesn't even scratch the surface of the emotional depth it contains. It was a cheap promotional arc and Logan deserved better.
It has a few good testosterone-pumping scenes (Would you even be allowed to put the name Wolverine on the cover if you didn't?) but it is such a shallow story, especially for what is the death of one of the most beloved characters in comics.
Logan has lost his healing ability and people are now hunting him, so he decides to take the fight to the main baddie who keeps putting the contracts out. It doesn't go down well for Ol' Canucklehead. That's the story in a nut shell.
Even the end is a hurried, unsympathetic mess. I mean, I know deaths in Marvel are as about as important as a paper-cut when they involve the main crew, but c'mon. This one felt about as meaningless as it gets.
I can't help but compare it to Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man, one of the greatest final-act comics I have ever read;The Death of Wolverine doesn't even scratch the surface of the emotional depth it contains. It was a cheap promotional arc and Logan deserved better.
November 16, 2021
This one was bad maybe semi-decent.
Wolverine has lost his healing factors and well is asking his friends to solve this but well nothing but when he gets attacked by Nuke and then finding its Viper and then going against Sabretooth and Lady deathstrike and then Ogun and how it connects to Cornelius, it makes for an intriguing storyline and everything.
It has lots of promise but little execution and the problem is that while the scene that should make you emotional is there, it doesn't hit that hard and just comes off as forced and boring and the story isn't that epic, just Logan melting in Adamantium watching the sun which is so anti-climactic and its one of the worst "Death of" stories there is but then again the art was good. The other negative thing was so many variant covers in the volume which was un-needed.
Wolverine has lost his healing factors and well is asking his friends to solve this but well nothing but when he gets attacked by Nuke and then finding its Viper and then going against Sabretooth and Lady deathstrike and then Ogun and how it connects to Cornelius, it makes for an intriguing storyline and everything.
It has lots of promise but little execution and the problem is that while the scene that should make you emotional is there, it doesn't hit that hard and just comes off as forced and boring and the story isn't that epic, just Logan melting in Adamantium watching the sun which is so anti-climactic and its one of the worst "Death of" stories there is but then again the art was good. The other negative thing was so many variant covers in the volume which was un-needed.
February 4, 2018
I loved it!
Caught up on Old Man Logan by reading Vol 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Then from issue #25 on. Now I am back tracking via digital comics to see what happened to our current timeline Logan. Very good ending storyline. But please, no one really thinks Logan is dead do they? Cannot wait until Old Man Logan meets Wolverine. Now which post Wolverine series will i move onto? Maybe the Weapon X one?
Caught up on Old Man Logan by reading Vol 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Then from issue #25 on. Now I am back tracking via digital comics to see what happened to our current timeline Logan. Very good ending storyline. But please, no one really thinks Logan is dead do they? Cannot wait until Old Man Logan meets Wolverine. Now which post Wolverine series will i move onto? Maybe the Weapon X one?
September 7, 2015
The death of Wolverine is getting a lot of hate. I actually liked it, let me explain myself. I grew up reading comics in the 70s when you were lucky to get Wolverine once a month in Uncanny X-Men. Before Marvel decide to make the market oversaturated w/Wolverine being on every team and guest-starring in every book, the character was a loner (even on the x-men team) and mysterious. I guess the geniuses at Marvel never took a business class to learn about the laws of diminishing marginal utilities, because being a hardcore Wolverine fan even I was burnt out on this character.
So I actually liked the way the story was handled. I am glad there were no mass amounts of heroes running around and cosmic villains. Logan began as a loner and deserved to go out as a loner.
So I actually liked the way the story was handled. I am glad there were no mass amounts of heroes running around and cosmic villains. Logan began as a loner and deserved to go out as a loner.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 30, 2016
Superb !!!
Outstanding illustration, not to mention.
Light & Shadow over drawing's alluring.
Outstanding illustration, not to mention.
Light & Shadow over drawing's alluring.
August 10, 2017
If you're hoping for a thrilling yet fittingly emotional send-off for one of Marvel's most beloved characters, then look elsewhere. The Death of Wolverine is a rushed, hatchet job of a requiem, managing to do little except retread story points from Logan's past we've seen a million times and completely botch any moments of meaning or finality. I really can't believe Marvel even went through with this. It feels so utterly unearned.
I mean, for MONTHS leading up to this, Paul Cornell was writing Wolverine's solo series and the "Three Months To Die" storyline which, obviously, does not actually end with Wolverine dying. Instead, they wrap that story up, then start a new (and very similar) story immediately, then kill him off in that. It's like Marvel couldn't decide which way to kill Logan, so they just tried a couple of different ways until one stuck. And don't worry, neither attempt is any good.
At times, I wondered if Soule had even read Cornell's lead-up, since events in this series directly cancel out those in Three Months To Die. For instance, Sabretooth makes a brief appearance in this book, even though he was caught and jailed by SHIELD literally one month ago. He says some throwaway thing like "Someone bought me out of jail" to try to justify this, but come on. It's that easy to buy someone out of SHIELD prison? Immediately?
Beyond this, you better be a Wolverine superfan if you want to understand half of what is going on here. I've read tons of Wolverine stuff over the years, and I couldn't remember who Ogun or Cornelius or Viper were. I had to look them all up, and, guess what, none of them are perennial Wolverine villains. They've all gone in and out in short bursts over the decades. And yet, they're all just trotted out like "Here are classic Marvel villains we're all familiar with" without any setup or explanation. It feels very inside baseball, and I'm someone who's actually inside that baseball! That is a much-used and beloved saying and nobody question me about it.
I could forgive almost all of this if there were any emotional weight to Wolverine's death, or any sort of slow build to the inevitable. Instead, it's just a bunch of fighting, then Wolverine just kind of dies fighting one of those aforementioned nobodies. There's a very minimal theme of Wolverine coming full circle with his life, but it's shoe-horned in and doesn't feel organic to the story. Add in the fact that he by no means HAD to do any of this (he could've sought the help of, say, the Avengers or the X-Men or any other group of super-powered friends he has), and that the arc of Three Months To Die involved Logan learning to rely on other people instead of just being a loner, and you've got a real weak story soup here.
The only reason this isn't a flat 1 star is the art, which is great. Steve McNiven really brings Logan and his enemies to life, which made reading this terrible story way more bearable.
So, overall, an extremely disappointing end to one of the biggest characters Marvel's ever had. It's a real shame. Killing off someone like Logan could've been a very emotional event, regardless of the fact that they'll definitely find a way to bring him back to life somehow. A lot of wasted potential here.
I mean, for MONTHS leading up to this, Paul Cornell was writing Wolverine's solo series and the "Three Months To Die" storyline which, obviously, does not actually end with Wolverine dying. Instead, they wrap that story up, then start a new (and very similar) story immediately, then kill him off in that. It's like Marvel couldn't decide which way to kill Logan, so they just tried a couple of different ways until one stuck. And don't worry, neither attempt is any good.
At times, I wondered if Soule had even read Cornell's lead-up, since events in this series directly cancel out those in Three Months To Die. For instance, Sabretooth makes a brief appearance in this book, even though he was caught and jailed by SHIELD literally one month ago. He says some throwaway thing like "Someone bought me out of jail" to try to justify this, but come on. It's that easy to buy someone out of SHIELD prison? Immediately?
Beyond this, you better be a Wolverine superfan if you want to understand half of what is going on here. I've read tons of Wolverine stuff over the years, and I couldn't remember who Ogun or Cornelius or Viper were. I had to look them all up, and, guess what, none of them are perennial Wolverine villains. They've all gone in and out in short bursts over the decades. And yet, they're all just trotted out like "Here are classic Marvel villains we're all familiar with" without any setup or explanation. It feels very inside baseball, and I'm someone who's actually inside that baseball! That is a much-used and beloved saying and nobody question me about it.
I could forgive almost all of this if there were any emotional weight to Wolverine's death, or any sort of slow build to the inevitable. Instead, it's just a bunch of fighting, then Wolverine just kind of dies fighting one of those aforementioned nobodies. There's a very minimal theme of Wolverine coming full circle with his life, but it's shoe-horned in and doesn't feel organic to the story. Add in the fact that he by no means HAD to do any of this (he could've sought the help of, say, the Avengers or the X-Men or any other group of super-powered friends he has), and that the arc of Three Months To Die involved Logan learning to rely on other people instead of just being a loner, and you've got a real weak story soup here.
The only reason this isn't a flat 1 star is the art, which is great. Steve McNiven really brings Logan and his enemies to life, which made reading this terrible story way more bearable.
So, overall, an extremely disappointing end to one of the biggest characters Marvel's ever had. It's a real shame. Killing off someone like Logan could've been a very emotional event, regardless of the fact that they'll definitely find a way to bring him back to life somehow. A lot of wasted potential here.
March 29, 2024
Макар да е за предпочитане пред разпилените на стотици страници марвелски тюрлюгювечи, тази история се оказа прекалено семпла и повърхностна дори за моя вкус. Все пак, имаше доволно кървища, а приложението, включващо различни етапи от работния процес, ще е изключително полезно за всеки решил да се занимава с писане на комикс-сценарии.
June 9, 2017
Üzgünüm. Hayır, Logan öldü diye değil, Wolvarine gibi bir karakter böyle bir sona layık görülüp yalnızca 2 yıldızlık bir ürün çıkarıldı diye. Çok üzgünüm.
February 7, 2015
I simply loved it, every panel, every page, every letter. It was just great! I'm a huge Wolverine fan and I'm currently picking up the Wolverines singles. I couldn't start reading those before I read this could I?
So I read this in one sitting, extra's and all (the extra's are great by the way, but I'll get to that in a bit).
The book opens with the cover and a full black page with big white capital letters spelling "THE END", then we get a beautiful shot of Wolverine after battle. Bloody and exhausted with the sun coming up.
The art is some of the best I've seen, really beautiful work from McNiven, the colors are great too. A great script with great fights and dialogue. I love the little flashback panels.
McNiven wrote Wolverine perfectly. He acts and looks like he ought to. I love the little nods to his X-Men affiliation, like the X-shaped bandages around his hands. Love how when he got back to Madripoor, he had on a disguise, just like the first appearances of Logan (then also known as Patch) in his own solo series.
Loved the way he fought of Viper's goons with elegant ease, loved how he beat Nuke without once using his adamantium claws. The Iron Man helmet scene was fun.
There where cameos of a couple of Logan's women in this. Viper, Lady Deathstrike and Kitty Pryde. Kitty Pryde and Logan in Japan fighting Ogun, Logan in a samurai armor wielding two katana, Logan entering a Weapon X styled laboratory, meeting Abraham Cornelius. There are too many fun and great things, references for Wolverine fans. This is a must read for Wolverine fans! And although a lot of people didn't like how he got to his end. I actually quite liked how the handled it. It was a gracious and beautiful (temporary) farewell. With some nice panels used to make his life flash by before his eyes.
P.S. like I said in the beginning of this review, the extra's are great. You get the variant covers for issue 1, 2, 3 and 4. Sketches accompanied by some commentary by Steve McNiven, an interview with Wolverine co-creator Len Wein (with the original appearance of Wolverine scattered around the interview, the writers guidelines for the artist and at the very end of the book some last reflections from the creators, who all have a lot of respect for the character and his history.
I can't wait to start with my single issues of Wolverines, being the continuation of this story and all. This book makes me want to buy the Wolverine stories I haven't read yet and I'm planning on reading my Wolverine omnibuses now.
Anyways read this if your a Wolverine fan. It won't disappoint.
So I read this in one sitting, extra's and all (the extra's are great by the way, but I'll get to that in a bit).
The book opens with the cover and a full black page with big white capital letters spelling "THE END", then we get a beautiful shot of Wolverine after battle. Bloody and exhausted with the sun coming up.
The art is some of the best I've seen, really beautiful work from McNiven, the colors are great too. A great script with great fights and dialogue. I love the little flashback panels.
McNiven wrote Wolverine perfectly. He acts and looks like he ought to. I love the little nods to his X-Men affiliation, like the X-shaped bandages around his hands. Love how when he got back to Madripoor, he had on a disguise, just like the first appearances of Logan (then also known as Patch) in his own solo series.
Loved the way he fought of Viper's goons with elegant ease, loved how he beat Nuke without once using his adamantium claws. The Iron Man helmet scene was fun.
There where cameos of a couple of Logan's women in this. Viper, Lady Deathstrike and Kitty Pryde. Kitty Pryde and Logan in Japan fighting Ogun, Logan in a samurai armor wielding two katana, Logan entering a Weapon X styled laboratory, meeting Abraham Cornelius. There are too many fun and great things, references for Wolverine fans. This is a must read for Wolverine fans! And although a lot of people didn't like how he got to his end. I actually quite liked how the handled it. It was a gracious and beautiful (temporary) farewell. With some nice panels used to make his life flash by before his eyes.
P.S. like I said in the beginning of this review, the extra's are great. You get the variant covers for issue 1, 2, 3 and 4. Sketches accompanied by some commentary by Steve McNiven, an interview with Wolverine co-creator Len Wein (with the original appearance of Wolverine scattered around the interview, the writers guidelines for the artist and at the very end of the book some last reflections from the creators, who all have a lot of respect for the character and his history.
I can't wait to start with my single issues of Wolverines, being the continuation of this story and all. This book makes me want to buy the Wolverine stories I haven't read yet and I'm planning on reading my Wolverine omnibuses now.
Anyways read this if your a Wolverine fan. It won't disappoint.
February 2, 2017
So I read this and felt like it was over before it started, and then I decided to pick up Wolverine, Volume 1: Hunting Season to get a sense of how Wolverine lost his healing factor, leading up (but not really) to his death (but not really) in this book.
Basically, Wolverine got infected by microscopic bioengineered viral warrior aliens who wiped out his healing factor, and rather than dealing with that at all, he's been spending his final days killing things and defending himself from the whole world of villains out to kill him now that he's weak.
This part of the book -- which is most of it -- is pretty good, and the plot moves along as Logan finally finds out who's been sending all the baddies after him -- also good. However, not only is the final bad-bad not really a well-known character, but he doesn't actually know Logan has lost his healing factor, meaning that the entire everyone-wants-to-kill-Wolverine-bc-he's-dying storyline wasn't actually a thing, since apparently no one knew he was dying, and it's just sort of a coincidence that he was attacked by every villain on Earth just when he lost his healing factor, I guess?
Right. So that's some shit right there. Oh, and also Logan kills the last bad guy and gets killed in the process because the book is called Death of Wolverine.
Honestly, the book would have worked if not for the fact that the big plot twist erases the logic (such as it was) of the story itself. So it's mostly just garbage, but it's pretty garbage.
Basically, Wolverine got infected by microscopic bioengineered viral warrior aliens who wiped out his healing factor, and rather than dealing with that at all, he's been spending his final days killing things and defending himself from the whole world of villains out to kill him now that he's weak.
This part of the book -- which is most of it -- is pretty good, and the plot moves along as Logan finally finds out who's been sending all the baddies after him -- also good. However, not only is the final bad-bad not really a well-known character, but he doesn't actually know Logan has lost his healing factor, meaning that the entire everyone-wants-to-kill-Wolverine-bc-he's-dying storyline wasn't actually a thing, since apparently no one knew he was dying, and it's just sort of a coincidence that he was attacked by every villain on Earth just when he lost his healing factor, I guess?
Right. So that's some shit right there. Oh, and also Logan kills the last bad guy and gets killed in the process because the book is called Death of Wolverine.
Honestly, the book would have worked if not for the fact that the big plot twist erases the logic (such as it was) of the story itself. So it's mostly just garbage, but it's pretty garbage.
March 1, 2019
Charles Soule - writer
Steve McNiven - artist
James "Logan" Howlett finally shuffles off the mortal coil. This story is short, (bitter)sweet and straight to the point: Word has gotten out that Wolverine is vulnerable and a huge contract has been placed on him to be captured alive. As villains come out of the woodwork looking to cash in, Logan starts searching for the person who placed the contract. This journey will take him back to his very beginning, and in a confrontation with his "father" the man who was Wolverine will make the ultimate sacrifice.
"At least I tried! I tried to make something! I tried to change the world! What did you ever do but kill people? What did you ever do? What did YOU ever..." "Enough."
Charles Soule is a great writer, and Steve McNiven is easily one of the five best illustrators working in comics today.
2/5
Steve McNiven - artist
James "Logan" Howlett finally shuffles off the mortal coil. This story is short, (bitter)sweet and straight to the point: Word has gotten out that Wolverine is vulnerable and a huge contract has been placed on him to be captured alive. As villains come out of the woodwork looking to cash in, Logan starts searching for the person who placed the contract. This journey will take him back to his very beginning, and in a confrontation with his "father" the man who was Wolverine will make the ultimate sacrifice.
"At least I tried! I tried to make something! I tried to change the world! What did you ever do but kill people? What did you ever do? What did YOU ever..." "Enough."
Charles Soule is a great writer, and Steve McNiven is easily one of the five best illustrators working in comics today.
2/5
November 15, 2015
Well, I can't really this is a bad book, that wouldn't be fair. Yet, I wouldn't say this is a good book either.
The first adjective that comes to mind is underwhelming, like in "so this is how they (supposedly) killed the most popular and bankable Marvel character? Wow. Talk about anticlimax!".
It's not badly scripted and it's well penciled, sure, but we're dealing with Wolverine here, guys! Where he should logically go with a BANG!, it turns out to be a damp squib. It would have been great for a hundred different characters but this one.
I reckon this ending leaves a more open door for a future resurrection than a final atomization though.
The first adjective that comes to mind is underwhelming, like in "so this is how they (supposedly) killed the most popular and bankable Marvel character? Wow. Talk about anticlimax!".
It's not badly scripted and it's well penciled, sure, but we're dealing with Wolverine here, guys! Where he should logically go with a BANG!, it turns out to be a damp squib. It would have been great for a hundred different characters but this one.
I reckon this ending leaves a more open door for a future resurrection than a final atomization though.
January 2, 2017
Bueno este fue un evento muy avisado por Marvel y la verdad politizado, todos piensan que fue por la perdida de derechos de Marvel sobre los X-Men y eso hizo que la compañia decida la muerte de Wolverine, la trama en si tampoco llama mucho la atencion, el objetivo de la mision aunque caritativo no es el fin que merecio un personaje tan importante de Marvel, aunque no sea de mis favoritos.
Algo de nostalgia y simbolismo, pero creo que luego de perder su factor de curacion Wolverine merecia un final desgarrador y heroico, este no colmo para nada mis expectativas
Algo de nostalgia y simbolismo, pero creo que luego de perder su factor de curacion Wolverine merecia un final desgarrador y heroico, este no colmo para nada mis expectativas
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