Wolverine Omnibus, Vol. 1

Wolverine Omnibus

by Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Peter David

Some of the most pivotal moments in Wolverine's life, and you are there His first fight with Sabretooth His transformation into Weapon X, killing machine His dynamic debut against the Incredible Hulk, and the solo adventures that led him away from the X-Men to mysterious Madripoor His mentor Ogun, his lover Charlemagne, and more await discovery in these pages Plus more classic battles against friends and foes alike Featuring Spider-Man, Hercules, and the Punisher Collects Marvel Comics Presents #1-10, #72-84; Incredible Hulk #180-182, #340; Marvel Treasury Edition #26; Best of Marvel Comics HC; Wolverine (1982) #1-4, (1988) #1-10; Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6; Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1; Marvel Age Annual #4; and Punisher War Journal #6-7.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Science Fiction

944 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.

Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.

Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember when the Uncanny X-Men took the comics world by storm and catapulted Marvel to the top of industry. It didn't take long for one of these new X-Men to stand out. Wolverine was the star that broke out and started his own series and seemed to be in every comic series there was. These are the collected beginnings of that stardom before the character became overused and way too convoluted. Very recommended

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highlights of Wolverine

Not exactly a full Wolverine story, but has some of the best minis involving the character. Don't have the full development arc from bad boy to jerk with a heart of gold. But the minis do show his greatest character challenges. As well as some pretty big intrigue with the Patch Saga. Not to mention sharing the spotlight with the likes of Spider-Woman and Hulk. They all seem like really fleshed out characters that reflect one another.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is there every a writer you read and you're like "Yeah, i get the appeal. His ideas are sound. But his writing style is just not for me." ?

That's Chris Claremont for me.

I mean I give the man his dues, he made the X-Men a superstar series with memorable characters left and right. So I'm not trying to take anything away from the guy. But man, his dialogue just does not work for me at all, especially on Wolverine.

So anyway this is a big omnibus and with a good idea to open with Weapon X. A dark, screwed up, moody look into the early days of Logan in the weapon X program. Being used like a tool to creature a monster. This is a dark as hell take and worked on almost all levels. Besides being a bit confusing at times, this is the type of stories Wolverine should be in.

But soon after were taken back to Wolverine and his time on his lonesome self. These stories range from decent (Kitty and Wolverine working together is the best story of the bunch probably) to downright bad (The stuff closer to issue 7-9 of the long running wolverine series are dreadful Hulk team ups that are just not fun.

Overall a mixed bag in the end. For the weapon x story alone this gets it up to a 3 star rating but without that lookin closer to a 2...2.5 tops.

[Blindzider · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read all of the contents of this at one time or another, except for the Kitty Pryde series.

Marvel Comics Presents: 4 stars. The Weapon X series by Barry Windsor-Smith. Still phenomenal and has become so iconic now. The reader gets a strong sense of the pain he's going through. Small gripe: I hated that the character was called the Professor.

Incredible Hulk 181-182: 3 stars. Wolverine plays a fairly small part but it's his first appearance.

Wolverine 1-4: 4 stars. I was astonished at how much I missed "this" Wolverine. Just love the "tone" of it. The weight of his years and experience in the way he talks. While a complicated character, you also know what you are getting with him. The idea of someone struggling to live an honorable way of life, yet having to constantly battle the inner demons, hits home for me.

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine: 3 stars. This was much better than I anticipated. The story helps Kitty to grow-up away from the little Sprite character she was. Didn't realize this is where her name Shadowcat came from. I just wish the art was slightly better.

Spider-Man vs. Wolverine: 4 stars. Despite the controversy around Ned Leeds (no spoilers) this was always a favorite of mine. Perhaps because it was one of the first "dark" Spidey tales I had read at the time, or the heavy tone of the book throughout. The art was excellent, Wolverine maintains his noble character and Peter is put through his paces.

Punisher War Journal: 3 stars. Interesting to see Jim Lee's early art and how it's become so much more defined since then. Not the greatest story, although it is anti-poaching. I've since grown out of liking the Punisher so this didn't appeal to me like it used to. This is/was the Wolverine's and Punisher first meeting I believe.

Wolverine 1-10: 3 stars. His first on-going series, I didn't like it then and I still don't. I get the Madripoor setting, allowing for a seedy underworld where crime and evil are unchecked. A ripe opportunity for Wolvie stories. However, this alternate Patch identity was always dumb to me and I hated his "costume" with that weird netting over his eyes. This is also during the period when the X-Men are believed dead so he's trying to keep his identity under wraps. While I like Buscema's earlier art, this didn't appeal to me, although it has a rough look to it which maybe adds to the ambience.

[Rumi Bossche · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't very nice."

Wolverine vol 1 is a book i wanted to own for quite some time, and i finally had a good deal with someone, i had most stories of this book before as Wolverine has always be a favorite Marvel character of mine. This book is a very mixed bag and contains many mini series and a couple tie ins, we have the excellent Barry Windsor Smith stuff with Weapon X, The classic Claremont/Miller stuff set in Japan, and also the first (full) apearance of Wolvie ofcourse in Hulk 181. It has the huge Kitty Pryde & Wolverine and The Punisher War Journal from Jim Lee. The quality varies a bit, but this is still really fun stuff !

3.5 stars

[OmniBen · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review) 3.5/5
Far more of a mixed bag than I was expecting, to be honest. I had this one penciled in to be an absolute banger, and it definitely had its moments, but the up and down quality of the content kept it from ever building up any real momentum, especially towards the end once we got to the solo series. Not knowing anything about Wolverine's series, if you had told me it was a mostly super hero free, grounded and gritty, down and dirty underworld story featuring the titular character taking on underworld figures in a crime ridden, foreign cesspool (and coming out of the late 80's no less). I would have had my house on it being god tier. Yet whilst it was certainly good, hell, even very good at times, Claremont's best and worst tendencies featured throughout, and it never captivated in the ways that it should have.
As strong as some of this stuff was, on a re-read, I would easily skip at least half of this, which is never a good sign in any collection. 3.5/5


OmniBen.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, this book is worth reading primarily for the Weapon X stories and the original two Wolverine mini-series. They're all still great. From there, you move on to descending quality. The Wolverine regular series is the only other thing of real substance, and it never finds its footing, while the many crossovers are mainly of interest for completeness sake. It might actually be better just to buy nice hardcovers of the three best stories ... but if you want everything Wolverine, this is the way to get it.

** Weapon X. BWS' Weapon X is, somewhat surprisingly, just as brilliant as it was 25 years ago. The artwork and the storytelling are top-rate, especially for how they work hand in hand. The actual writing technique is so tight into the story that you feel you're right there, making it totally enthralling. Finally, we have a brutal and vivid origin for Logan that's still in use so long afterward. [10/10]

Hulk (180-182). Sure, these are the stories that introduced Wolverine, but they're stunningly bad. I mean, a few pages are dedicated to the Hulk fighting wolves. And the art isn't that great either [3/10].

Shorts. The shorts from MT and a Best of hardcover are OK, but not much beyond that [5/10].

** Wolverine. Claremont and Miller's original Wolverine miniseries is still astoundingly good. The integration of Wolverine into Japan is perfect, especially with its combination of modern crime and ancient Samurai culture. The characterization of Wolverine himself is also very strong. Hand-in-hand, Miller really steps up with the artwork, especially in the final issue, which is sublime [9/10].

The X-Men issues that follow are a very nice coda to the series. Though they're not as strong, they show why Claremont's X-Men writing was great at its height, because the two issues are equally pivotal for Wolverine, Rogue, and Storm. [7/10]

** Kitty Pryde & Wolverine. Claremont weirdly seems to like transforming his western girls into Japanese ninjas. Nonetheless, this first take on the topic is a good one — a great character study of both Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (though it's more Kitty's story than Logan's). The Japanese color is also very nice, and I love how these old mini-series interweaved with the main series (X-Men), rather than Wolverine magically being everywhere at once. Bits of this are a bit wordy, and I think it runs an issue or so too long, but it's still a strong read. [7/10]

Miscellanea. The Captain America story is a mediocre crossover that's saved only by the clear differences in character between Rogers and Logan [5/10]. The Spider-Man story is superb. It's actually more of a Spider-Man story than a Wolverine story, but there's a beautiful contrast between the characters and a nice view of Wolverine's pre X-Men life [9/10]. The Hulk (340) story nicely show how the characters have gornw, but isn't important beyond that [6/10].

Save the Tiger (MCP). This is a disappointing comic, given Claremont's previous strength in his two earlier Wolverine series. Granted, this one had severe constraints in its 8 page story segments ... but the problem is it's just not very interesting, even ignoring the introduction of characters like Razorfist (and Patch!) that seem like self-parody. Still, it creates an interesting new environ and some good characters for the first Wolverine continuing series [5/10].

**The Wolverine Regular Series.
The Black Blade (1-3). Claremont makes better use of the Madripoor setting in this follow-up to its Marvel Comics Present's premiere, probably in part because he's no longer writing in 8-page segments. However, this story is also written slightly better and feels more connected to the previous Wolverine mini-series ... though Claremont continues to skirt the line of self-parody. Still, the supporting cast is nice and the plot line is a good one [6/10].

Gang Wars (4-6). Claremont continues to nicely increase his supporting cast in this second story. Some of them are pretty silly, like Roughhouse and Bloodsport, but we also get the return of Karma and the general state of the gangs on the island. Though this story starts out a bit slow, the final issue is a nice bit of action [6/10].

Joe Fixit (7-8). This is a direct continuation of the previous storyline, but it slowly transitions into a story about the modern Wolverine and the modern Hulk (Joe Fixit) and it turns out to be a somewhat delightful story, showing how much the two have changed as Wolverine joyfully plays tricks on the Hulk! [7/10]

Promises to Keep (9). Though Peter David's filler story is mainly a long hunt, it shows some depth that hasn't been present in Claremont's stories in this new Wolverine series. It really goes to the heart of Logan's character, both in the past and the present [7+/10].

24 Hours (10). Claremont's last Wolverine story is his best, in part because it's got more appropriate art than the clean superhero art that ran through issues #1-8, but in part because it's a better story. By now Claremont has done a good job of creating the situation and characters in Mardipoor, so he can simply use them. This is also a wonderfully iconic story of Sabretooth [7+/10].

Unfortunately I felt like Claremont's creation of the Mardipoor environment for Wolverine was a waste. It was too artificial and too at-odds with the 4-color superheroes of the time period. As a result, it always struck a wrong note, particularly in these early tales.
**End the Wolverine Regular Series.

Punisher War Journal. A pretty "meh" end to the book. Wolverine is hunting poachers, Punisher is "on vacation" and hunting dinosaurs. They fight by mistake, then they do it again [3/10].

[Dusty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fan of Wolvie? If not, read this and you will be. This omni packs what you need to know about him and more. From his tortured Weapon X transformation to his first appearance in Hulk. Teamups with Cap, Punisher, Shadow Cat and Spidey are included as well... but my favorite are his days in Lowtown as Patch with Jessica Drew. Plus there are throwdowns with Sabretooth and the Silver Samurai. So good.

[Rey Leon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always enjoyed Wolverine’s adventures in Madripoor. This is a great way to get into the character spanning many different authors. The Weapon X origin story is a huge plus too.

[Shazne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many of the stories presented in here are total my jam. A well crafted omnibus. It contains some good to great artwork depending on the artist. Few stories felt slow but most of it makes up for my rating. Many of the stories were badass, action packed and fun to read. Wolverine is legendary.

[David Muñoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is going to be a long one.
Alright so! I’ll kinda go through the book in order.
Starting with Marvel Presents: 72-84. This was the Weapon X story by Berry Windsor-Smith. I found it very interesting to see the pain Logan had to go through in order to become what he is. Barry does a good job of showing that in this series. He’s both the Artist and writer in this story so it’s nice to see him being able to draw the pain and show it 100% of what he wanted. The writing was alright. At times I just found it a little dragged. I think more could have been done with this story and I’m sure other writers have, but a lot felt left out. I know that sounds silly, because this is a story that had a lot in it. It’s just the “a lot” sometimes feels “eh”. The pacing on the story was pretty ok but I do feel like at one point I wanted the story over with. After that we have, Incredibly Hulk 180-182. Logan’s first appearance. Important issues but the story was just not for me. I get they’re old issues but I’ve read older stuff and enjoyed it. Then we have the Wolverine mini-series with Frank Miller and Claremont. That was flawless. A story that I think changed Wolverine for the better. Adding an interesting background to the character. Frank’s art work is perfect for the story and I just love how it flows. The following story is X-men 172-173. Both issues were great, loved Paul Smiths artwork. Then we get into Kitty Pryde & Wolverine. That I was not a fan of. It felt like Chris was trying to recapture what he did with Frank on Wolverines original miniseries, so it just felt like a bad copy. Now the plot is actually pretty different and not too bad but his writing is what I’m mainly talking about. I also just didn’t like Kitty as a character. She’s annoying to me and her parts just dragged. I don’t need 3 paragraphs on how her power works. (Chris does that a lot with Wolverine too). From there you got a Captain America story that was ok. The Spider-Man Versus Wolverine I actually really enjoyed. A great and kinda dark story for Spider-Man, I only wish I was more interested in Logan’s part. But I am a Spidey guy so that explains it. Hulk 340 is just a classic issue. Great writing from Peter David and sick artwork from Todd McFarlane. We then get Marvel Comic Presents 1-10 and those stories weren’t all that for me but not as bad as what follows. Wolverine 1-10 from Chris Claremont. This was just a huge miss for me. Chris writes a Wolverine story that doesn’t feel like Wolverine. I understand what he was going for but it felt like he tried to push a team book on a series that is named after one character. It felt like an old action tv show. Think A-Team. He adds side characters that I just don’t care about and it takes from Wolverines growth. It just felt like I was reading a random comic about a guy named Patch, fighting crime in Japan. That’s not what I came for. There are some notable issue. 7-8 and 9. Funny enough, issue 9 was written by Peter David and that ONE issue is far better than the other 9. It felt like Chris was writing in circles. Super repetitive. From the plot points to the straight up dialogue and narrating. The book ends with Punisher War Journal 6-7 and that was a fun little story with good Jim Lee art work. All in all I am a bit disappointed. I do think this Omnibus is great however I will not be fully re-reading this. I’m only going back for some of the stories. Here’s hoping volume 2 is better. There are some good issues and a couple good arcs in here but I was really thinking I’d love everything about this book.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

YES!
I love Wolverine so much and I liked this comic, but it was so short!

[Elias Khan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Claremont is responsible for this omnibus getting this low rating, I don't get why he is as crap as he was here. any other writer on this is fantastic, it's just Claremont that is crap

Weapon X By Barry windsor Smith - The Artwork of this is fantastic and I loved the characterization. The problem is that this is 12 issues where half of it is repetitive pointless doctor talk that you don't care about,the second half is exciting but the entire book is destroyed by the final 20 or so pages. This ending is the equivelent of Hush except all of Hush besides the ending was great unlike here where only the second half was good. 5/10

Wolverine 1-4 by Miller Claremont - This is so boring. It could have been good but the problem is that Wolverine is so boring in this,I feel he is more of a plot device than an actual character showing meaningful emotions. I don't care about the love triangle at all too much pointless ,repetitive dialogue,slow pacing ,boring characters and characterizaton. The only redeeming quality is the villain which was kind of cool. 2.5/10

Hulk 180-182 by Len wein - I really really liked this, the villains the story,the characterization, the lore behind the Wendingo. Really enjoyed the Hulk in this,not much a Wolverine story but I enjoyed him in this,this is the Wolverine personality I want. 8.5/10 will read again

X-Men 172-173 by Claremont - Why couldn't the mini series be like this? this was super exciting, the dynamic between Wolverine and Rouge,his relationship with the X-Men, The villains were fantastic,the villain motivation was really really cool,a lot happened all the time. Wolverine was actually characterized very good here and the plot was great,for some reason,Claremont is better at writing X-Men than writing wolverine solo. 8/10. will read again.

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine by claremont - I loved Kitty Pryde in this. But Wolvreine was his usual boring self and i cared way more about the relatinoship between Kitty and the villain than I did of Wolverine and the villain. but towards issue 4 it started to drag with the really really boring dialogue and exposition. 5/10. the exposition and dialgoue was boring and exhausted me towards the end.

Wolverine vs Spider-Man - I did not care about Wolverine in this. Spider-Man was great, the relationship between Wolverine and the love interest was as boring as all the other love interest he has,don't care. hate wolverine when he is written like this. the story is not boring though surprisingly,it's decent. 7/10

Hulk 340 by Peter David - This is f'ing amazing, I LOVED his ,the characterization of Hulk,the characterization of Wolverine,this is how I want my Wolverine to be. The only disappointment is the ending,but this is awesome. 8/10 will read again definatly.

Captain America Annual by Mark Gruenwaldt - Again love this Wolverine,Cap was great characterized. The story was very freaking cool and I love it,but the problem was,the villain was meh. 7/10.

Marvel Presents 1-10 by Claremont - Don't remember any of this.. 1/10

Wolverine 1-10 by Claremont and Peter David - the only redeeming part about 1-8 was Silver Samurai and Lindsays relatoniship,love those two characters. Wolverine has no character in this and is just an exposition dump. 2/10. Love #9,this is the wolverine I want,great story 8/10. #10 This was claremonts single greatest Wolverine issue,however, he only shoved any personality in the flashback and Sabretooth was the redeeming quality of this. the present timeline wasn't bad,but I wish the entire issue took place in the past,showing Silver fox and Logan's relatinoship and all that,but instead we get more of brooding Patch having no personality walking around 6/10

[Lance Grabmiller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collects Incredible Hulk #180-182 and 340, Marvel Treasury Edition #26, Wolverine (1982) #1-4, Uncanny X-Men #172-173, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6, Captain America Annual #8, Spider Man vs. Wolverine, Wolverine (1988) #1-10, Punisher War Journal #6-7 and the Wolverine stories from Marvel Comics Presents #1-10 and #72-84 and a lot of other material. Basically a whole mess of stuff from the years 1974-1991.

First of all, the rating is almost entirely for the story which begins in the first Wolverine limited series and ends in Uncanny X-Men #172-173. If it were JUST that story, it would rate even higher. This was the story that got me hooked on the X-Men as a kid and it is still and emotional ride. Best of everything that made the X-Men what they were during Claremont's run.

Much of the rest is a mixed bag and the first ten issues of the later Wolverine series aren't winning me over. The story is a bit thin and the idea of him hiding who and what he is (adopting the silly moniker "Patch") doesn't work well. Hoping they can drop some of this pretense once the X-Men aren't all in hiding anymore. The stories with Incredible Hulk as Mr. Fix-It are just damn silly.

I wish they had not started the volume with the Wolverine origin stories from Marvel Comics Presents #72-84. They are well done, but this origin wasn't published or known until two years after the latest material in the volume and nearly 20 years after the material immediately following it in the book. I get that they wanted to keep it somewhat chronological to Wolverine's life, but would have preferred it just be kept to chronological by publication date. These volumes really don't need to be 1100 pages (makes them more of a workout than a read). Also, there was plenty of other material that could have been included instead, like Wolverine's introduction to the X-Men or the early X-Men and Alpha Flight stuff, both of which deal with Logan's time in Canada.

[Kris Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wolverine is the best comic book character to come out of the '70s, and there are many people who would argue that he is among the best characters ever created. I would not be one of them, though. Wolverine, as he was originally created and appears in the first chunk of this monster 1,000+ page tome, was a borderline psychotic quasi-hero, almost as likely to go off on a teammate as he would an enemy. This unpredictability, coupled with his lack of an origin or past, made him intriguing. As time moved on, Chris Claremont decided to add layers to the character, with mixed results. His healing factor became a ridiculous thing, eventually making him nearly unbeatable. He was suddenly a samurai, which I always thought was retarded. Claremont made him 150 or so years old, also stupid. I bought into the fact that his healing factor slowed his aging, but I gauged it around 20-30 years, not a hundred (or more in stories told this decade). Later on, they ret-conned Wolverine into Captain America's past, etc., and that is when he jumped the shark. Nowadays he is in every single title, and it makes one wonder if he has the ability to bend time in order to fit into every character and team's life.

The Wolverine ongoing series that started in 1988 (Vol. 2) reveals that he supposedly has had all of this spare time to foster a separate identity in Madripoor. Reading comic books requires a healthy suspension of disbelief, but this is ludicrous when you go back and re-read Uncanny X-Men until this point. When exactly did he have time to do this? Things like this have made me loathe the character anymore, but thanks to this book I can at least go back and revisit a time when he didn't make me vomit.

[Bruno Poço · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weapon x (fantástica história com a origem dos ossos de adamantium do herói)————5————-

Hulk #180 - 182 (primeira aparição do Wolverine)————-2,5————-

Wolverine 1-4 (Wolverine vai ao Japão atrás de mariko e a encontra casada e com o seu pai como o rei do submundo)—————3,5————

Xmen 172-173 (os xmen vão ao Japão para o casamento de logan mas encontram uma cilada de víbora e samurai de prata)—————-3—————-

Kitty pryde e Wolverine (kitty vai atrás do pai , que está metido em trafulhices , até ao Japão onde dà de caras com ogun, só logan a pode ajudar)———————-2,5——————-

Marvel Comics presents 1-10 (início de logan em madripoor , contra um criminoso que controla a cidade e ele juntamente com a tigre tentam acabar com esse reinado) mais resistente o fator de cura ———————3,5—————-

Capitão annual (Wolverine e capitão confrontam um robô gigante de adamantium e seu dono)—————-3—————-

Spiderman vs Wolverine (os dois vão até Alemanha por causa de charlie , um ex espião que agora é perseguido por todas as organizações)——————3——————

Hulk #340 (Hulk cinza vs Wolverine) ——————-3—————-

Wolverine #1-10 (o caolho entra na guerra em madripoor sobre quem comenda o crime organizado por la e escolhe o lado da tigre , melhor arco com a intervenção do sr tira teimas )————2,5—————-

Punisher war journal #6-7 (os dois se encontram no Congo por razões distintas , um procura pelos caçadores de animais , o outro tenta tirar umas férias descansadas)——————2,5———————


3 histórias curtas ————2,5————

[Rob Marney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of pre-1990 Wolverine really shows the difference between good and bad superhero writing. On the one hand, you have character-defining moments that inspired multiple films (Windsor-Smith's Weapon X, Claremont and Miller's Wolverine in Japan mini) and the introduction of the delightfully noir Far East setting, Madripoor. On the other hand, you have rather a lot of turgid guest appearances in, say, a Hulk story or that time the Punisher went to the Congo hunting dinosaurs. In between, you have Claremont taking six issues of Wolverine to help Kitty Pryde and Karma on their two-issue journeys of self-discovery.

Fortunately, the good stuff here is so good that it is actually improved by being set off against lesser visions of the character. Claremont's scenery-chewing purple prose and love of pulp clichés works well with the laconic, brooding Wolverine, as does Windsor-Smith's psychedelic, inky visions of pain and confusion. Even Sabretooth can't bring this book down.

[ribbonknight · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of my journey through X-Men and related comics. The Weapon X stuff was very cool, and reminded me of parts of my favorite human experimentation parts of FF7 (which came later...)
A lot of the one-shots and guest appearances are not great, but the mini-series can be fun. When his standalone series starts, I didn’t care for most of it, or Madripoor, except I really did appreciate the check-in with Karma, who’d formerly been on the New Mutants team.

A behemoth for sure, though. Had to check this out twice from the library to get through the hundreds of pages.

[Nicholas Siebers · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a lot of Wolverine! Some of these stories I had read before, many I had not. It is interesting to trace the evolution of a character, and see how he changed over time. The collection doesn’t include many X-men books so some facets of Wolverine are unexplored, and the most recent stories are from 1991, so more has happened since. Still, an impressive collection.

His introductory dialog does get a little repetitive, and there are only so many ways to dress up want he does. Still, it’s a recommended read for comics fans, and especially X-men fans.

[TheMadReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weapon X was decent but predictable. The Claremont stuff was dense and boring. The other shit towards the end was forgetful.

If you’re a Wolverine diehard, this is cool for your collection. I bought all three of these volumes so I figured I’d read them. None of the shit stuck with me or made me feel any sort of way, it was probably great during the 80’s and 90’s, but the Wolverine run seems second tier to the annuals.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing way to see the start and growth of Wolverine. Classic art, a great story arc, and insight from the creators as to how our fav character got his personality. I liked seeing how the writing flushes out more of the character and the fact that Marvel was able to actually deliver a neat blend of genres.

[David Pursglove · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of my X-Men read through. So many great and essential stories collected in this omnibus by some really talented writers and artists. Marvel Comics Presents (Weapon X), Wolverine (1982), Kitty Pryde and Wolverine are some of my absolute favourite Wolverine stories.

[John Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume collects all of Wolverine's early solo appearances and charts his rise to become one of the true icons of Marvel Comics. These are the early adventures that defined and then refined his character. These are all classic series.

[Luca Cendón · Rating 4 out of 5]

A majority of these stories are fully engrossing and truly stand out against the contemporary comic books of their time. Wolverine is the most poetic superhero ever made, prove me wrong.

I would’ve replaced a couple of the issues curated here, but as a whole this is close to perfect.

[Stephen A. Naetzker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Comic

Wolverines is one of my favorite Marvel characters. He encapsulates the paradox for young adolescents boys. He’s everything we wish to be, and at the same time, everything ww would be terrified to be.

[Bobsome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great omnibus, fantastic to read the beginning of the wolverine mythos. Fascinating as well to see how much the character has changed since then. Definitely some high and low points, but loved it overall.

[Abu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic Wolverine written and drawn by some of the greatest comic writers and artists what more can be said.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half to two thirds if this is pretty good. Once it got to Spider-Man vs Wolverine it was downhill. The ongoing series followed and that didn't excite nor interest me at all.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

My X-Men knowledge mostly comes for the 1990's cartoon. I have an action figure of Wolverine as Patch but knew nothing about the alter ego. This book gave a good overview of non-X-Men Wolverine: his origin story, time in Japan, and time as Patch. I was surprised at the darkness and at how naked the Weapon X story was.

[Davide Pappalardo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic stories and a must have for obvious reason if you are a Wolverine fan (I grew up reading it), but not everything here is great and not everything aged well. Weapon X are the mini with Miller on art are masterpieces both for art and story, but the one with Kitty Pride is tiresome and too slow, while the Patch era is good, but the “disguise” is just too stupid to be taken seriously. All in all a product of its time, things will get better with Larry Hama