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Death of Wolverine (Collected Editions)
Death of Wolverine: The Complete Collection
The man called Logan is no stranger to death. Now, at the end of a long and violent life, he faces his own date with the reaper - but you can be sure Wolverine will go out fighting! The impact of his demise will be felt far and wide - as X-23, Daken, Sabretooth, Mystique and Lady Deathstrike continue to shape Logan's legacy. But who are the latest subjects of the revamped Weapon X program? Plus, the X-Men struggle to cope with Wolverine's death, while Deadpool and Captain America fight to protect his memory!
DEATH OF WOLVERINE 1-4, DEATH OF THE WEAPON X PROGRAM 1-5, DEATH OF THE LOGAN LEGACY 1-7, DEATH OF DEADPOOL & CAPTAIN AMERICA 1, DEATH OF LIFE AFTER LOGAN 1
DEATH OF WOLVERINE 1-4, DEATH OF THE WEAPON X PROGRAM 1-5, DEATH OF THE LOGAN LEGACY 1-7, DEATH OF DEADPOOL & CAPTAIN AMERICA 1, DEATH OF LIFE AFTER LOGAN 1
496 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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Charles Soule
1,518 books1,688 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 22, 2019
So...over the past hundred years or more Wolverine has kicked ass from coast to coast, Canada to Madripoor, across galaxies, and into parallel universes...and this is the way he dies?
Goddammit, but that's dumb.
Wolverine's appearance in The Incredible Hulk 181 was the third comic I ever bought, and I read it to death. And then in the '80s my loser cousin stole it, along with most of my other valuable comics, prolly to finance some pathetic drug buy, but whatever...I digress. He's out of the big house these days and living a productive life, I've heard.
My point is, I'm invested, and I've been that way since 1974 back when Wolvie had whiskers, so you can imagine my interest when I saw this collection sitting on the shelf at my local public library. I admit I got a little excited. And the first few pages seemed to promise the kind of ending that Logan had earned himself over these many long years. And then nothing but suck, with a few lols from Deadpool teaming up with a geriatric Steve Rogers.
And besides that? A team of Weapon-X rejects who discovered they had superpowers last week somehow managed to capture five of the most dangerous people on the planet and stick them in a cell to steal their healing properties? Get the hell out of here...
No doubt some fans out there will find something of value in this storyline...but me? Not so much, and yeah, I realize no one but Mar-vell ever really dies in the Marvel Universe, but this project never should have been green lighted in the first place. Maybe Deadpool should have used that time machine of his to murder the writer in his cradle before he mastered the alphabet.
Goddammit, but that's dumb.
Wolverine's appearance in The Incredible Hulk 181 was the third comic I ever bought, and I read it to death. And then in the '80s my loser cousin stole it, along with most of my other valuable comics, prolly to finance some pathetic drug buy, but whatever...I digress. He's out of the big house these days and living a productive life, I've heard.
My point is, I'm invested, and I've been that way since 1974 back when Wolvie had whiskers, so you can imagine my interest when I saw this collection sitting on the shelf at my local public library. I admit I got a little excited. And the first few pages seemed to promise the kind of ending that Logan had earned himself over these many long years. And then nothing but suck, with a few lols from Deadpool teaming up with a geriatric Steve Rogers.
And besides that? A team of Weapon-X rejects who discovered they had superpowers last week somehow managed to capture five of the most dangerous people on the planet and stick them in a cell to steal their healing properties? Get the hell out of here...
No doubt some fans out there will find something of value in this storyline...but me? Not so much, and yeah, I realize no one but Mar-vell ever really dies in the Marvel Universe, but this project never should have been green lighted in the first place. Maybe Deadpool should have used that time machine of his to murder the writer in his cradle before he mastered the alphabet.
May 9, 2020
What a well constructed trade paperback collection!
It starts with the actual Death of Wolverine arc, which is fantastic. After that, we get an interesting introduction to these Weapon X weirdos. The third miniseries is a smooth continuation (which is good, but mainly serves to set up the Wolverines (plural) series. After that, a funny little story with Captain America and Deadpool, and to close things out, we get a nice little story about people grieving Logan’s death.
It’s all good. Nothing here is lazy or shitty. The art is mostly really good, and the book as a whole is streamlined, with minimal dependency on tie-ins. Hell, you don’t really need to go in having read anything. It’s highly newby friendly.
I don’t usually read bonus materials, but the interview with Len Wein actually has some cool tidbits that I enjoyed.
All in all, this is one you should definitely read.
It starts with the actual Death of Wolverine arc, which is fantastic. After that, we get an interesting introduction to these Weapon X weirdos. The third miniseries is a smooth continuation (which is good, but mainly serves to set up the Wolverines (plural) series. After that, a funny little story with Captain America and Deadpool, and to close things out, we get a nice little story about people grieving Logan’s death.
It’s all good. Nothing here is lazy or shitty. The art is mostly really good, and the book as a whole is streamlined, with minimal dependency on tie-ins. Hell, you don’t really need to go in having read anything. It’s highly newby friendly.
I don’t usually read bonus materials, but the interview with Len Wein actually has some cool tidbits that I enjoyed.
All in all, this is one you should definitely read.
July 15, 2024
An enjoyable (as enjoyable as a story about your childhood hero dying can be) read, but I do wish that we'd had more of Logan's healing factor failing him, and more of his final moments, as it felt rushed. Also the order these stories were in was a bit odd, where we saw the flashback moments first with no context, then the full issues second, when it would have made sense to do it the other way round. The same could be said for Logan's friends grieving - those issues were put last, in favour of the Weapon X experiments storyline being put first.
Otherwise, a really good read!
TW for death, grief, human experimentation, blood, gore, violence, guns, kidnapping, murder, mentions of illness.
Otherwise, a really good read!
TW for death, grief, human experimentation, blood, gore, violence, guns, kidnapping, murder, mentions of illness.
July 29, 2018
Wolverine is dead and that leaves a major impact on EVERYONE!!! Holy Moses...now if only I knew more of what was going on....
March 30, 2019
This would be a 3.5 if I had that option. It's hard to rate a collection like this because it includes so many different comics all in one. Some I absolutely loved and others were just ok.
June 17, 2021
Other than a great Cyclops mini story this just overall fell flat for me despite all lot of effort at being much, much more than wrapping up a Weapon X loose end.
March 6, 2021
No more preamble. No more prelude. No more putting it off. It's time for Wolverine to meet his maker. But is this the end of his story, or just the beginning of another? Is it the Death of Wolverine that means the most, or the effect his passing has on those left behind?
We open, as you'd expect, with the four issue Death Of Wolverine story by Charles Soule. These four issues cut to the heart of Wolverine and who he is, right down to his final moments; he's always been a killer, but he's always tried to kill for the right reasons, and to save people along the way. This is a quick trip down memory lane with some good guest appearances, and the ultimate ending is a heroic way to go out even if it's not entirely a victory. Plus Steve McNiven draws all four issues, so it looks absolutely gorgeous.
I will say that it basically ignores all the Prelude stuff. Whether it was written beforehand or not I can't tell, but there's no mention of why Wolverine's healing factor is gone, nor of the battle armour he donned, or the scar over his eye that Sabretooth gave him. Plus Sabretooth has spent the last 24 issues of Wolverine as the head of the Hand, and he turns up here as Viper's whipping boy, so there's that too. It's not like Soule to disregard continuity so freely, which makes me wonder if he was told to write the story in a vacuum, and then the rest of the Marvel Universe revolved around it.
We then follow up with the five issue Weapon X Program, also by Charles Soule with art by Salvador Larroca (with Angel Unzueta and Iban Coello near the end). This story draws on some of the bit-characters from the Death Of Wolverine mini-series and sends them running across the US. It feels a little different from a usual Marvel comic, more claustrophobic and desperate despite some of the big action sequences. It's not a bad series, but the lack of identifiable characters bar Sabretooth may lessen the impact a little - the final twist regarding Sharp is fun though, and leads nicely into the next mini-series.
The Logan Legacy feels more like a collection of one-shots, with issues 1 and 7 bookending the whole thing. Following directly on from the end of Weapon X Program, some of Wolverine's closest enemies and allies are assembled, and they each have a story to tell about how they're coping with Wolverine's death.
Tim Seeley and Ariela Kristantina bring X-23 into contact with a very random Canadian hero in a bit of a muddy one-shot that has a nice message that gets lost in the hustle of explaining who the characters involved are, while Kyle Higgins and Jonathan Marks dig deep into Sabretooth's troubled psyche to explore his relationship with Wolverine.
Marguerite Bennett and Juan Doe tackle Lady Deathstrike's twisted version of honour in perhaps the best of the one-shots, while Ray Fawkes and Elia Bonetti's look at Daken's grieving process is the best looking of the bunch by far, and then James Tynion IV and Andy Clarke both wander over from the DC corner of the world to give us a Mystique and Destiny tale that ties nicely into current Wolverine continuity.
Charles Soule's bookends are the main draw though - while the Logan Legacy one-shots are decent, #1 and #7 act as prelude for the Wolverines maxi-series, and unite the two disparate teams in a tentative alliance that I'm curious to see explored.
And then rounding out the volume is a Deadpool & Old Man Captain America one-shot by Deadpool master Gerry Duggan with art by Scott Kolins, which is equal parts hilarious and heartfelt like the rest of Duggan's highly successful run, and the Life After Logan one-shot which are three stories focusing on characters that don't get to grieve in the pages of the rest of the book - Cyclops, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Armor. These are nice additions, and actually seem to help the characters move on, rather than the Logan Legacy stories which seem more about wallowing.
For such a large collection, this is surprisingly consistent. Obviously the main Death Of Wolverine mini-series is the best of the bunch, but the Weapon X and Logan Legacy stuff set up some interesting plot threads I want to see through to their conclusion, while the one-off stories explore characters in positions we don't often get to see them explored. None of them are essential stories, of course, and we all know that Wolverine will be back eventually, but it's still nice to have all of this in one place.
We open, as you'd expect, with the four issue Death Of Wolverine story by Charles Soule. These four issues cut to the heart of Wolverine and who he is, right down to his final moments; he's always been a killer, but he's always tried to kill for the right reasons, and to save people along the way. This is a quick trip down memory lane with some good guest appearances, and the ultimate ending is a heroic way to go out even if it's not entirely a victory. Plus Steve McNiven draws all four issues, so it looks absolutely gorgeous.
I will say that it basically ignores all the Prelude stuff. Whether it was written beforehand or not I can't tell, but there's no mention of why Wolverine's healing factor is gone, nor of the battle armour he donned, or the scar over his eye that Sabretooth gave him. Plus Sabretooth has spent the last 24 issues of Wolverine as the head of the Hand, and he turns up here as Viper's whipping boy, so there's that too. It's not like Soule to disregard continuity so freely, which makes me wonder if he was told to write the story in a vacuum, and then the rest of the Marvel Universe revolved around it.
We then follow up with the five issue Weapon X Program, also by Charles Soule with art by Salvador Larroca (with Angel Unzueta and Iban Coello near the end). This story draws on some of the bit-characters from the Death Of Wolverine mini-series and sends them running across the US. It feels a little different from a usual Marvel comic, more claustrophobic and desperate despite some of the big action sequences. It's not a bad series, but the lack of identifiable characters bar Sabretooth may lessen the impact a little - the final twist regarding Sharp is fun though, and leads nicely into the next mini-series.
The Logan Legacy feels more like a collection of one-shots, with issues 1 and 7 bookending the whole thing. Following directly on from the end of Weapon X Program, some of Wolverine's closest enemies and allies are assembled, and they each have a story to tell about how they're coping with Wolverine's death.
Tim Seeley and Ariela Kristantina bring X-23 into contact with a very random Canadian hero in a bit of a muddy one-shot that has a nice message that gets lost in the hustle of explaining who the characters involved are, while Kyle Higgins and Jonathan Marks dig deep into Sabretooth's troubled psyche to explore his relationship with Wolverine.
Marguerite Bennett and Juan Doe tackle Lady Deathstrike's twisted version of honour in perhaps the best of the one-shots, while Ray Fawkes and Elia Bonetti's look at Daken's grieving process is the best looking of the bunch by far, and then James Tynion IV and Andy Clarke both wander over from the DC corner of the world to give us a Mystique and Destiny tale that ties nicely into current Wolverine continuity.
Charles Soule's bookends are the main draw though - while the Logan Legacy one-shots are decent, #1 and #7 act as prelude for the Wolverines maxi-series, and unite the two disparate teams in a tentative alliance that I'm curious to see explored.
And then rounding out the volume is a Deadpool & Old Man Captain America one-shot by Deadpool master Gerry Duggan with art by Scott Kolins, which is equal parts hilarious and heartfelt like the rest of Duggan's highly successful run, and the Life After Logan one-shot which are three stories focusing on characters that don't get to grieve in the pages of the rest of the book - Cyclops, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Armor. These are nice additions, and actually seem to help the characters move on, rather than the Logan Legacy stories which seem more about wallowing.
For such a large collection, this is surprisingly consistent. Obviously the main Death Of Wolverine mini-series is the best of the bunch, but the Weapon X and Logan Legacy stuff set up some interesting plot threads I want to see through to their conclusion, while the one-off stories explore characters in positions we don't often get to see them explored. None of them are essential stories, of course, and we all know that Wolverine will be back eventually, but it's still nice to have all of this in one place.
December 2, 2024
La historia no está mal escrita y las ilustraciones están muy bien, pero leer sabiendo la muerte de Wolverine no iba a quedarse en muerte le quita gran parte del atractivo que pudo tener como historia. En la historia principal y las historias legacy es cierto que Logan permanece muerto, pero no creo que nadie, ni siquiera en 2014 cuando fue publicada la historia por primera vez, pensó que realmente iba a morir el personaje, así que al final todos los gestos de duelo, luto, homenaje, etc. , se sienten vacíos y fútiles. La historia más entretenida puede que sea la de Captain America y Deadpool asegurándose de que no haya posibilidad de que se pueda replicar el ADN de Wolverine. Y es también interesante ver los nuevos sujetos del Weapon X program, pero no mucho más. Es interesante para conocer un poco la historia detrás de esto pero solo lo recomiendo para completistas.
June 29, 2019
Это уникальный (а может не очень) пример кривой неполноценной арки, которая (потенциально) выпускалась только чтобы привлечь фанатов к якобы смерти одного из культовых персонажей Марвел (ну да, ну да), состоящая из куцых, не связанных историй, половина из которых ведет в никуда, потому что марвел было настолько плевать.
Единственный персонаж, чья история хоть мало сколько нибудь волнует - закончит её даже не в рамках этой серии (хотя напрямую из неё начнется), дак ещё и просто исчезнет вместе с серией без каких либо объяснений причин. Вау.
Единственный персонаж, чья история хоть мало сколько нибудь волнует - закончит её даже не в рамках этой серии (хотя напрямую из неё начнется), дак ещё и просто исчезнет вместе с серией без каких либо объяснений причин. Вау.
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March 30, 2020
Very solid story telling, and really gives all the ins and outs of how Wolverine dies. With the length of the book, I expected more story, but the last hundred pages (give or take) were all bonus material, and not comic (dozens upon dozens of variant covers, interview, etc).
All said, a very worthwhile collection, but if you are looking or a quick read, just the 4-issue "Death of Wolverine" would suffice, you won't miss too much additional.
A great read!
All said, a very worthwhile collection, but if you are looking or a quick read, just the 4-issue "Death of Wolverine" would suffice, you won't miss too much additional.
A great read!
November 9, 2023
This collection/event is structured very similarly to the Death of Superman. The first four issues are briskly paced and beautifully rendered by the always incredible Steve Mckniven. Also like Death of Superman, the follow up issues, including a cyborg Wolverine!, are mostly skippable. I will shout out that the Mystique and Destiny story is actually pretty interesting when you know what is coming for those characters in the Krakoan age.
April 9, 2020
This is a good book. Not brilliant but good. The first part about Wolverine is brilliant. But then over half of the book is about other people who are affected by his death. I think they should have started the book earlier and explained more about Wolverine losing his healing etc. I would have enjoyed it more.
October 29, 2020
One of the bigger trade paperbacks/graphic novels I've read in a while.
The subject matter is fairly obvious from the title, and that gave this book its biggest problem - the titular character isn't in it much.
Wolverine is my favourite Marvel character (closely followed by Deadpool), but this collection deals more with the aftermath of his demise.
Good, but a bit disjointed.
The subject matter is fairly obvious from the title, and that gave this book its biggest problem - the titular character isn't in it much.
Wolverine is my favourite Marvel character (closely followed by Deadpool), but this collection deals more with the aftermath of his demise.
Good, but a bit disjointed.
December 21, 2020
Despite the size and page count of this volume, I felt like I was missing story.
There is a lot of filler stories about what happened after Wolverine died, but we start off with a powerless wolverine. No explanation as to how he lost his healing factor. That seemed kind of important to me and something I never really let go of.
There is a lot of filler stories about what happened after Wolverine died, but we start off with a powerless wolverine. No explanation as to how he lost his healing factor. That seemed kind of important to me and something I never really let go of.
May 23, 2025
The complete edition gives you everything you want and more
Death of Wolverine 1-4 is a great tribute to wolverines history and a fun story
Logan legacy was a blast and sets up wolverines nicely
The cap and Deadpool one shot gives even more fun
And the Logan legacy one shot is a must read for any fan of Wolverine
Death of Wolverine 1-4 is a great tribute to wolverines history and a fun story
Logan legacy was a blast and sets up wolverines nicely
The cap and Deadpool one shot gives even more fun
And the Logan legacy one shot is a must read for any fan of Wolverine
August 1, 2021
This book is pretty bad. The core story is ok with good art but all the side stories go from ok to downright terrible. The art is sometimes so bad I struggled to understand what is going on. I would definitely not recommend this graphic novel.
November 11, 2023
It is done
It is with a touch of sadness that the best died...again. How many times will we kill off an unkillable killing machine like Logan? I love the stories of how others are dealing with his end, fitting as it may be. Well written and excellent artwork, give it a read.
It is with a touch of sadness that the best died...again. How many times will we kill off an unkillable killing machine like Logan? I love the stories of how others are dealing with his end, fitting as it may be. Well written and excellent artwork, give it a read.
August 3, 2018
For the most part this was pretty cool
August 17, 2019
If you like the X-Men and love Wolverine but don't keep up with the comics, this is a great read.
September 3, 2021
I had fun reading these for the first time.
December 27, 2021
Good collection of stories around the death of Wolverine.
February 11, 2024
3.5 really
February 16, 2025
Great collection and has everything dealing with and connecting to his death as well as some great characters exploration.
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