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Red Wolf (2016) #1-6
Red Wolf: Man Out of Time
Once upon a Timely in the West, a frontier boomtown has more than its share of scoundrels. It takes a hero to keep them in line. Red Wolf—the Cheyenne who stood up to Mayor Wilson Fisk in Secret Wars' 1872—is the only man who can fill fallen Sheriff Steve Rogers' boots. But after a battle with the Surveyor, Red awakens in a world very different from his own -albeit one still filled with snakes in the grass. He has no ID and no jurisdiction, but the town he arrives in needs a lawman to serve and protect.
Collecting: Red Wolf 1-6
Collecting: Red Wolf 1-6
136 pages, Paperback
First published July 5, 2016
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Nathan Edmondson
214 books125 followersComic book and screenwriter Nathan Edmondson is a native of Augusta, GA. His Eisner-nominated book Who Is Jake Ellis? will soon be a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox, and The Activity film will come soon from Paramount Pictures. NPR has listed his work among the “Top 6 Comics to Draw You In” and USA Today and CNN are among those who have listed him in their Top 10 lists.
Nathan currently lives near Los Angeles, USA.
Nathan currently lives near Los Angeles, USA.
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December 3, 2016
I really didn't enjoy the Secret Wars tie-in this character came from so I was prepared to dislike his adventures in the 'prime' Marvel universe (as they're now calling it) just as much. The first issue had me banging my head against my iPad screen: not another time travel/alternate universe story, I thought! WHY can't Marvel write a story without sodding time travel these days?
However, as the following issues came out, I got more and more sucked into the story. The artwork was quite nice, which always helps, and the story rose above its horrible origins to the point where I was almost sad to see it end. Then the ending was daft and it sunk a little again.
Still, over all, on average, this wasn't an awful read. If it hadn't been cancelled, it could have become great in future volumes. Oh, well; shit happens.
However, as the following issues came out, I got more and more sucked into the story. The artwork was quite nice, which always helps, and the story rose above its horrible origins to the point where I was almost sad to see it end. Then the ending was daft and it sunk a little again.
Still, over all, on average, this wasn't an awful read. If it hadn't been cancelled, it could have become great in future volumes. Oh, well; shit happens.
December 1, 2017
Yes, I read this series mainly because of the cover art. I'll be looking for more art from Jeffrey Veregge, but this story was boring and how you made a Cheyenne sheriff teleported from the past to 2007 boring is a bit of a mystery.
I'm Romanian so I understand very little about Indigenous representation but here are some interesting reviews by actual Native folks:
Seeing Red
Not So New, Not So Different
Slurs, Caricatures and Erasure
Enjoy! They're better than this book.
I'm Romanian so I understand very little about Indigenous representation but here are some interesting reviews by actual Native folks:
Seeing Red
Not So New, Not So Different
Slurs, Caricatures and Erasure
Enjoy! They're better than this book.
January 29, 2025
Set in 1872
Red Wolf a Sheriff of Timely town after Steve Rogers' death (read the 1872 volume fella). Great story, even better artwork. While he's trying to keep the things normal in his little town, a mysterious figure come from the unknown killing people over the town left and right, and right when Wolf finds the guy, he's suddenly teleported into the future (now) from the 1800s all confused and searching for answers and a murderer.
Solid overall, but I'd like to have more to read after the end and the way we got a closure with some unanswered questions.
You like westerns? This is your jam!
The world is changing quickly. You may not always understand it, but right and wrong will never change.
Red Wolf a Sheriff of Timely town after Steve Rogers' death (read the 1872 volume fella). Great story, even better artwork. While he's trying to keep the things normal in his little town, a mysterious figure come from the unknown killing people over the town left and right, and right when Wolf finds the guy, he's suddenly teleported into the future (now) from the 1800s all confused and searching for answers and a murderer.
Solid overall, but I'd like to have more to read after the end and the way we got a closure with some unanswered questions.
You like westerns? This is your jam!
The world is changing quickly. You may not always understand it, but right and wrong will never change.
October 15, 2024
Picking up from the end of Marvel 1872, Red Wolf finds himself transported through space and time to the modern day Marvel Universe, in a town that's a powder keg about to explode. A drug dealer wants to take over, and as Red Wolf tries to acclimatise to his new location, he finds himself right in their path.
I had a lot of fun with this. Red Wolf spends a lot of it a little out of it, understandably, but he's still a driving force for the story, and the two police officers he ends up working with are solid enough characters to keep things moving while he gets his bearings. It's not an entirely original plot, but it plays out pretty well, and sets the stage for something more later on (that I doubt we'll get to see, but details).
The artwork from Dalibor Talajic is serviceable, if a little flat at times. There are parts where it really shines, like the last few issues in the dark that play with shadows really well, but otherwise it's just okay.
Welcome to the mainstream Marvel Universe, Red Wolf - we hope you survive the experience.
I had a lot of fun with this. Red Wolf spends a lot of it a little out of it, understandably, but he's still a driving force for the story, and the two police officers he ends up working with are solid enough characters to keep things moving while he gets his bearings. It's not an entirely original plot, but it plays out pretty well, and sets the stage for something more later on (that I doubt we'll get to see, but details).
The artwork from Dalibor Talajic is serviceable, if a little flat at times. There are parts where it really shines, like the last few issues in the dark that play with shadows really well, but otherwise it's just okay.
Welcome to the mainstream Marvel Universe, Red Wolf - we hope you survive the experience.
March 19, 2020
Great art and a strong start to what could’ve been a fun series. Even though this new Red Wolf is a cool character, it’s a shame they couldn’t use the classic hero of the modern setting, instead of a time traveler. The time travel stuff didn’t really add much to the story, and it means Red Wolf doesn’t have his cool Wolf cowl.
September 10, 2016
Like previous Nathan Edmondson comics I've read, Red Wolf gradually shifted gears from being attractively straightforward and down-to-earth, to being tediously straightforward and down-to-earth - he's good at setting up a situation, but seems far less bothered with ramping it up to a climax. Here he's working with one of the oldest plots around - a stranger in town must earn its trust and learn its ways - and executes it well enough.
There are definite strengths. The stakes are appealingly small, the location well off the beaten track: there's the kernel here of a strong angle on super heroics in rural America. It's bolstered by the art - solid storytelling with a good sense of space, heat and light in its desert setting. But the book didn't sell, and its ending is a misstep - setting up a status quo and subplots for future volumes that will likely never happen, not dealing with the story it's already been telling.
There are definite strengths. The stakes are appealingly small, the location well off the beaten track: there's the kernel here of a strong angle on super heroics in rural America. It's bolstered by the art - solid storytelling with a good sense of space, heat and light in its desert setting. But the book didn't sell, and its ending is a misstep - setting up a status quo and subplots for future volumes that will likely never happen, not dealing with the story it's already been telling.
September 5, 2016
I was pretty impressed with this one. I was hoping this was a western, but it's actually a weird western/sci fi tale where Red Wolf gets transported from 1872 to modern times. He helps out the local police force who are caught in a drug war, and there's also the matter of the strange cyborg that transported him out of time in the first place.
Overall, both the story and art were very well done and this was quite the page turned. I was hooked through the whole story. If you enjoyed the old Red Wolf stories where he get transported through time you'll probably like this one. Really, this appeals to many genres: western, weird western, crime, sci if, etc.
I hope to see more of this series and these creators, as this was quite entertaining.
Overall, both the story and art were very well done and this was quite the page turned. I was hooked through the whole story. If you enjoyed the old Red Wolf stories where he get transported through time you'll probably like this one. Really, this appeals to many genres: western, weird western, crime, sci if, etc.
I hope to see more of this series and these creators, as this was quite entertaining.
December 6, 2016
1872 was so good. Such a cool world. This book took the coolest part of 1872, a 19th Century frontier version of the Marvel Universe.... and just... got rid of it.
And what a shock.... this book, and a cool character, failed to find an audience.
Booooooooo!
And what a shock.... this book, and a cool character, failed to find an audience.
Booooooooo!
May 26, 2017
tbh I thought this book was going to be set in the old west and it wasn't I'm Disappointed, it's still good but .....why
June 11, 2017
I enjoyed this quite a bit. I never saw the Secret Wars 1872 book, and Red Wolf for me as a character before picking up this collection.
This starts in what I assume--not having read it--is the universe established in Secret Wars 1872. Of course, now that we've moved from the old Marvel Universe(s) to MU Prime, it would be the historical MU Prime southwest of 1872. In any case the protagonist is brought forward to the present day, and ends up assisting a small town sheriff and his deputy in taking on a gang of narcotics traffickers.
The titular character is a Native American, Cheyenne, and seems to be simply a tough-cop style character through most of the book. I found his reactions and character reasonably believable as I read the story and overall enjoyed what was a very different style Marvel book--more loose modern cop story than super hero book. In fact I didn't think the protagonist had powers at all, until the last issue.
This is where I ran into an issue that made me uncomfortable, and given my lack of any genuine knowledge of Native American cultures, I now look back at the whole exercise with a chunk of salt.
This starts in what I assume--not having read it--is the universe established in Secret Wars 1872. Of course, now that we've moved from the old Marvel Universe(s) to MU Prime, it would be the historical MU Prime southwest of 1872. In any case the protagonist is brought forward to the present day, and ends up assisting a small town sheriff and his deputy in taking on a gang of narcotics traffickers.
The titular character is a Native American, Cheyenne, and seems to be simply a tough-cop style character through most of the book. I found his reactions and character reasonably believable as I read the story and overall enjoyed what was a very different style Marvel book--more loose modern cop story than super hero book. In fact I didn't think the protagonist had powers at all, until the last issue.
This is where I ran into an issue that made me uncomfortable, and given my lack of any genuine knowledge of Native American cultures, I now look back at the whole exercise with a chunk of salt.
February 16, 2020
A fun mini series from Marvel with a unique flavour. In the year 1872, Red Wolf is a proud Cheyenne and newly appointed sheriff of a frontier town. The white man doesn’t take listening to a Native American too kindly, but before he can clean up this darn tootin’ one horse town a zap of electricity strands Wolf in the year 2015 with no way of returning home.
The story plays out much like you’d expect from there: it’s a fish out of water tale, in which Red Wolf discovers what the world has become 100+ years later (including facing the fact that prejudices haven’t changed much, unfortunately), as he aids the current sheriff in taking down a crime syndicate in New Mexico.
It’s well-worn territory, of course, but I liked the “other” aspects of this: he’s not just a minority character. Wolf is also out of time, and there’s inherent racial expectations he has that no longer exist, but others that do, which was interesting. The story is also bolstered by a great sidekick in Deputy Ortiz - she’s considerate and competent and deserves the page time she receives.
There’s a bunch of Back To The Future-style time travel stuff along the way: Wolf calls cars “carriages”, he doesn’t understand coffee, but the story isn’t hampered by this, thankfully.
Overall, I enjoyed the low stakes of the book. The setting is different from most Marvel offerings. The lead character is quiet, thoughtful. The simple interior art from Talajic suits it perfectly. Unfortunately, it never takes off as much as I hoped it would - and the time travelling bad guy is pretty lame. Not sure I’d want to see more of him.
Still, this is what we need to see more of from the big two: off beat characters and locations, representation, strong female protagonists, solid dialogue and art.
The story plays out much like you’d expect from there: it’s a fish out of water tale, in which Red Wolf discovers what the world has become 100+ years later (including facing the fact that prejudices haven’t changed much, unfortunately), as he aids the current sheriff in taking down a crime syndicate in New Mexico.
It’s well-worn territory, of course, but I liked the “other” aspects of this: he’s not just a minority character. Wolf is also out of time, and there’s inherent racial expectations he has that no longer exist, but others that do, which was interesting. The story is also bolstered by a great sidekick in Deputy Ortiz - she’s considerate and competent and deserves the page time she receives.
There’s a bunch of Back To The Future-style time travel stuff along the way: Wolf calls cars “carriages”, he doesn’t understand coffee, but the story isn’t hampered by this, thankfully.
Overall, I enjoyed the low stakes of the book. The setting is different from most Marvel offerings. The lead character is quiet, thoughtful. The simple interior art from Talajic suits it perfectly. Unfortunately, it never takes off as much as I hoped it would - and the time travelling bad guy is pretty lame. Not sure I’d want to see more of him.
Still, this is what we need to see more of from the big two: off beat characters and locations, representation, strong female protagonists, solid dialogue and art.
January 7, 2020
The first issue of this volume presents a pretty straight forward story about a Native American sheriff of a town in the old west. And to be honest, I was enjoying that setting and tone. However, some time travelling shenanigans occur where Red Wolf is transported to present day, and that's where the real story begins.
Edmondson manages to use Red Wolf as a source of incorruptible good, being that he was dealing with outlaws and bandits in the past, and his sense of morality was strong even then. Once he adjusts to the obvious differences in his environment, his moral compass remains unhindered. He begins tackling the crime and corruption in the present day just like as if he was back in his old time. And it works to great effect. One thing that I noticed is that there really isn't any super powers in the book until pretty much the end. And I would've been fine with a book with no super powers, and just the time traveling element to it.
Edmondson manages to make a character who is relatively obscure into a highly entertaining protagonist that can carry his own title. If there is another volume of Red Wolf, I will certainly be checking it out as well.
Recommended for fans of westerns with a sci fi element.
Edmondson manages to use Red Wolf as a source of incorruptible good, being that he was dealing with outlaws and bandits in the past, and his sense of morality was strong even then. Once he adjusts to the obvious differences in his environment, his moral compass remains unhindered. He begins tackling the crime and corruption in the present day just like as if he was back in his old time. And it works to great effect. One thing that I noticed is that there really isn't any super powers in the book until pretty much the end. And I would've been fine with a book with no super powers, and just the time traveling element to it.
Edmondson manages to make a character who is relatively obscure into a highly entertaining protagonist that can carry his own title. If there is another volume of Red Wolf, I will certainly be checking it out as well.
Recommended for fans of westerns with a sci fi element.
October 1, 2017
If this book had been independently published, I suspect Red Wolf might still be published today. But as part of the greater Marvel Universe, this excellent tale of a time lost sheriff in the American Southwest ended up lost in the shuffle of endless Marvel restarts. Nathan Edmondson does great work making the character of Red Wolf and his new haunts interesting while Dalibor Talajic brings it all to life with his style grounded in realism. While this book follows some familiar tropes of the time lost character in the modern day, there's enough going on here to intrigue even the most jaded reader.
Available now at a low price, I highly recommend fans give Red Wolf a chance and see what they missed the first time around.
Available now at a low price, I highly recommend fans give Red Wolf a chance and see what they missed the first time around.
December 27, 2020
When I read 1872, I wondered "Why does this exist at all?" Apparently, the answer was to set up a Red Wolf solo series. Was anybody asking for that? Is this part of Marvel's push for diversity? Why not do a new character? The better Native American characters are mutants, but I guess Marvel wasn't pushing mutants at the time.
Anyway ...
Taken on it's own, this is pretty good, if a little random. The Red Wolf from 1872 gets zapped through time to the present, where he helps the local sheriff's office with a drug cartel looking to set up shop in the small town of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. The characters are well-observed. The art is simplified in a good way and tells the story. There are roughly five million hanging threads left at the end.
Anyway ...
Taken on it's own, this is pretty good, if a little random. The Red Wolf from 1872 gets zapped through time to the present, where he helps the local sheriff's office with a drug cartel looking to set up shop in the small town of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. The characters are well-observed. The art is simplified in a good way and tells the story. There are roughly five million hanging threads left at the end.
May 24, 2019
This started out well enough, with the Secret Wars 1872 Red Wolf coming to the present because of shenanigans. He’s embroiled in a small town story of crime and corruption, and beyond that time travel stuff in the first issue, is pretty low-key and not at all superhero stuff. Then the last issue happened and suddenly Red Wolf’s got magic powers and the time travel stuff comes back in and the small town story is shunted aside. I will say the covers by Jefferey Veregge are excellent, and the art by Dalibor Talajac was pretty sweet. I especially liked when objects in the foreground were shown in stark white silhouettes.
October 23, 2019
I can't tell you exactly why but I really liked this.
Sure there's a lot of cliche "man out of time" stuff. Sure, I worry about whether the representation of a rare Native American in a Marvel story relied on too many tropes.
But I liked Red Wolf and wanted to know more about how he arrived in the present and how he would stop the shadowy villain's machinations.
What happens to shadowy villains when their series is cancelled? Do they just get bored of villainy?
Sure there's a lot of cliche "man out of time" stuff. Sure, I worry about whether the representation of a rare Native American in a Marvel story relied on too many tropes.
But I liked Red Wolf and wanted to know more about how he arrived in the present and how he would stop the shadowy villain's machinations.
What happens to shadowy villains when their series is cancelled? Do they just get bored of villainy?
March 28, 2021
I enjoyed the book, however it did feel like a wasted opportunity. Really interesting character, and I am all for slow burns but this one ended up too slow, so that when you get to the end you are just left a little disappointed. It's like a firework that doesn't go off with the bang you hoped - it's still pretty and your glad you saw it, you just hoped for more.
March 24, 2018
Deeply silly to have a Native character who can talk to wolves. At least he’s from a specific tribe 🤷🏻♂️
August 31, 2018
Unusual nuanced tale that like other Edmondson offerings show he plays by his own rules, subverting expectations in subtle ways with his intelligent perspective.
The illustration team was great!
The illustration team was great!
January 24, 2019
Continuation of the Red Wolf character from the 1872 comic. He's catapulted into the future and works with current day New Mexico police. Sort of the opposite of where I wanted this title to go.
March 27, 2022
Has a lot of scenery and action akin to The Preacher, albeit much more PG. Red Wolf features a lot of Western Tropes without descending into stereotypes (according to me anyway- a Native American take would be more useful), and arrives at the same place many of them do: the town is being corrupted by those who run it. Red Wolf time-skips to the present and uses his superior tracking skills and fitness and ancient knowledge to solve the town's drug problem. What the book does really well is discuss the idea of Defund the Police, a scalar concept that often gets wielded about as two-sided. Police departments are overfunded and militarized, but there are ones like those in this book, without resources and disrespected and fighting the losing war. Not all of them will get an interdimensional superhero to come and help them.
March 11, 2017
A decent start to what may become a good series.
May 14, 2018
I began reading this volume believing that it was a sequel to 1872, but unfortunately it can't really be called that. Instead all the worldbuilding and set up for continuation done for that series is erased and forgotten about in favor of a story where Red Wolf accidentally ends up in the future.
I understand how Red Wolf being a 'man out of time' is meant to parallel Steve Rogers' origin in the regular Marvel Universe due to Red Wolf replacing his role in Timely, but Steve woke up still being able to understand the basics of the world he was in while Red Wolf cannot comprehend much of what's happening through no fault of his own. In 1872 he was completely capable, yet now exists so far out of his element that he behaves almost like a child in some aspects, such as when he climbed out of a car window because he couldn't figure out how to use the handle to open the door.
The story for the comic itself is interesting and gritty, but ends unfinished with multiple questions and loose ends which I'm going to assume was because it was probably cancelled more quickly than expected. There was so much potential for a good Red Wolf series still set in the Western atmosphere, and I really am disappointed that this single and forgotten about volume was all that came from it.
I understand how Red Wolf being a 'man out of time' is meant to parallel Steve Rogers' origin in the regular Marvel Universe due to Red Wolf replacing his role in Timely, but Steve woke up still being able to understand the basics of the world he was in while Red Wolf cannot comprehend much of what's happening through no fault of his own. In 1872 he was completely capable, yet now exists so far out of his element that he behaves almost like a child in some aspects, such as when he climbed out of a car window because he couldn't figure out how to use the handle to open the door.
The story for the comic itself is interesting and gritty, but ends unfinished with multiple questions and loose ends which I'm going to assume was because it was probably cancelled more quickly than expected. There was so much potential for a good Red Wolf series still set in the Western atmosphere, and I really am disappointed that this single and forgotten about volume was all that came from it.
December 14, 2016
I read this because of the upcoming Occupy Avengers. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.
There is nothing groundbreaking or surprising about it. The plot isn't anything special. Our hero is transported into his future (our present) and has to help take down some baddies. There is some nice humour focusing on 'the out of time'ness of Red Wolf's situation.
Likewise the art is very pleasant.
In relation to Occupy Avengers. Apparently all the heroes in that don't have powers well.
There are also two fairly significant plot threads left dangling which of course won't be solved in volume 2 as that doesn't and won't exist.
There is nothing groundbreaking or surprising about it. The plot isn't anything special. Our hero is transported into his future (our present) and has to help take down some baddies. There is some nice humour focusing on 'the out of time'ness of Red Wolf's situation.
Likewise the art is very pleasant.
In relation to Occupy Avengers. Apparently all the heroes in that don't have powers well.
There are also two fairly significant plot threads left dangling which of course won't be solved in volume 2 as that doesn't and won't exist.
July 7, 2016
This is just a marvelous collection. Red Wolf is a historically under served character who absolutely sings here. Pulling him out of time does a great job of showing how little race relations have changed for American Indians while also creating two senses of place and time that makes this title very special. Red Wolf is one of if not the best graphic novel I have read so far this year and a quick glance at my Goodreads feed will tell you that really means something.
June 25, 2017
Nice to see a new character. And actually adults. And not costumed superheroes. Sure this is a mystic native american western so not especially breaking new ground. But well written and drawn and with interesting characters. And I don't think I've ever seen someone catch a taser wire. Hopefully there's more of this coming.
June 29, 2016
Not very good.
July 28, 2016
A different rural kind of street level hero.
September 1, 2016
I like Red Wolf. He's a strong character and the story in this book was pretty good.
November 22, 2016
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