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Wolverine Epic Collection
Wolverine Epic Collection, Vol. 6: Inner Fury
Magneto tears Wolverine's world apart! First, Logan intervenes in a Hydra experiment, but a nanite infection has unexpected effects on him! Then, Wolverine takes Rogue and Jubilee on a mission to the Savage Land - where Sauron has risen again! And in Australia, Wolverine and Jubilee battle a suddenly sentient Sentinel - and Jubilee confronts her past! Logan's world tour continues when he is lured to Tibet by a group seeking to claim his remarkable abilities! And Sabretooth takes the spotlight - but what is his surprising connection to Mystique? Finally, the X-Men face off against Magneto in a truly savage showdown - but when Magneto crosses a horrifying line, will Wolverine ever be the same again?!
COLLECTING: VOL. 6: WOLVERINE (1988) 69-75, WOLVERINE: INNER FURY (1992) 1, WOLVERINE: KILLING (1993) 1, WOLVERINE: GLOBAL JEOPARDY (1993) 1, SABRETOOTH (1993) 1-4, X-MEN (1991) 25
COLLECTING: VOL. 6: WOLVERINE (1988) 69-75, WOLVERINE: INNER FURY (1992) 1, WOLVERINE: KILLING (1993) 1, WOLVERINE: GLOBAL JEOPARDY (1993) 1, SABRETOOTH (1993) 1-4, X-MEN (1991) 25
472 pages, Paperback
First published March 19, 2020
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Larry Hama
1,955 books152 followersLarry Hama is an American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.
During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.
He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.
During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.
He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.
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January 30, 2024
This one’s definitely too much of a mixed bag.
The regular series falls flat big time. Mostly centered on Jubilee- a character I never cared about- it delivers 2 mediocre arcs; one snorefest in savage land and a worse one with a kind of sentient sentinel or something. Both are poorly drawn by Dwayne Turner for most issues. The book includes X-Men 25 and concludes with its consequences . Too long and overwritten, it failed to interest me.
I’ll mercifully skip the Save the earth special. Written for an 8 yo and drawn by his big brother it has no place in the book.
The real good stuff of the book are the peripherals: 2 one-shots (Inner Fury/Killing) and a Sabretooth mini-series. Let’s say it now: the stories are either uninteresting and somewhat confused (Inner Fury/Killing) or plain dumb (Sabretooth).
But they are respectively drawn by Bill Sienkewicz, Kent Williams and Mark Texeira, three artists I’ve always liked so at least there’s that. The 2 one-shots are also beautifully coloured by Sherilyn Van Valkenburg and they’re a delight for sore eyes.
On the other hand I know these 3 artists are not to everyone’s taste so in the end I would not recommend this particular book to anybody. Just pick up the peripherals if you’re interested in the artists drawing them.
The regular series falls flat big time. Mostly centered on Jubilee- a character I never cared about- it delivers 2 mediocre arcs; one snorefest in savage land and a worse one with a kind of sentient sentinel or something. Both are poorly drawn by Dwayne Turner for most issues. The book includes X-Men 25 and concludes with its consequences . Too long and overwritten, it failed to interest me.
I’ll mercifully skip the Save the earth special. Written for an 8 yo and drawn by his big brother it has no place in the book.
The real good stuff of the book are the peripherals: 2 one-shots (Inner Fury/Killing) and a Sabretooth mini-series. Let’s say it now: the stories are either uninteresting and somewhat confused (Inner Fury/Killing) or plain dumb (Sabretooth).
But they are respectively drawn by Bill Sienkewicz, Kent Williams and Mark Texeira, three artists I’ve always liked so at least there’s that. The 2 one-shots are also beautifully coloured by Sherilyn Van Valkenburg and they’re a delight for sore eyes.
On the other hand I know these 3 artists are not to everyone’s taste so in the end I would not recommend this particular book to anybody. Just pick up the peripherals if you’re interested in the artists drawing them.
July 12, 2020
This is a mixed bag. There are some terrible Wolveirne one-shots, a half decent mini series about Sabretooth's background (but he has a secretary and lives in an office building then becomes a sort of feral James Bond?). A couple of boring issues in the Savage Land, a sizable chunk of new backstory for Jubilee, and finally the most notorious thing to happen to Wolveirne in the '90s in Wovlerine 75.
Overall this is a 3 star book.
The one shots are mostly 1 star material or worse.
The Sabretooth mini is a decent 3 stars though drawn out into one issue too many.
The Wolverine issues are mostly boring or silly, though treating a Sentinel like Commander Data was interesting.
At the end, the pieces you get of the Fatal Attractions X-Men event is only parts 4 & 5 of a 6-part event so they should probably be skipped and read in their original context.
The best part is that in Hama's reality, kids in 1993 listened to U2's 1988 live album while reading to make Dickens' David Copperfield more enjoyable. Even better, they only listened to the covers of Bob Dylan and Beatles songs as performed by U2. We are not given a reason as to why she felt the need to read this book in the first place or what other CDs she may have had to listen to.
I just realized she was listening to CDs on a cassette walkman.
Overall this is a 3 star book.
The one shots are mostly 1 star material or worse.
The Sabretooth mini is a decent 3 stars though drawn out into one issue too many.
The Wolverine issues are mostly boring or silly, though treating a Sentinel like Commander Data was interesting.
At the end, the pieces you get of the Fatal Attractions X-Men event is only parts 4 & 5 of a 6-part event so they should probably be skipped and read in their original context.
The best part is that in Hama's reality, kids in 1993 listened to U2's 1988 live album while reading to make Dickens' David Copperfield more enjoyable. Even better, they only listened to the covers of Bob Dylan and Beatles songs as performed by U2. We are not given a reason as to why she felt the need to read this book in the first place or what other CDs she may have had to listen to.
I just realized she was listening to CDs on a cassette walkman.
March 14, 2023
I usually start this off by saying I wasn't sure what to expect but for this volume it was pretty much exactly what I expected excluding a story or two.
The opening graphic novel "inner fury" just really wasn't for me, I usually enjoy Sienkiewicz art but this volume may have informed me that it really depends on the story teller as well. The story was just kind of forgettable to me and while I felt like it definitely had that Sienkiewicz feel to the art I never had a "woah" moment like when I see his art in New Mutants or Moon Knight.
The actual Wolverine issues included are the best part of the volume but unfortunately there's not a lot of them. The first set of issues covers a savage land story with Wolverine, Jubilee, and & Rogue against Sauron while the second set is more focused on a sentinels. Growing up with that X-Men animated series I've always had a fondness and understanding of these characters from that show and this volume had a good amount of material that felt like a lost episode. These may not be unforgettable stories but they certainly made me a little nostalgic.
From there we get the 4 issue Sabretooth mini, action is the name of the game for this one and they really have fun with Sabretooth being a POS or as much as he can be for the time. Once again this isn't game changing story telling but I thought there was some fun to be had. The ending was so abrupt and unfortunately X-Men unlimited doesn't seem to be included in the epics at this time which is where the story says it will continue.
The next issue is....a surprise? A book in support of wild life is interesting as a time capsule and there is comic here but it's not very good. I just find it crazy that we can include this in a Wolverine epic but some things are chosen not to be collected like Spider-Man and Mary Jane's honeymoon after their wedding. Obviously they are two different lines but it's a little disappointing we have room for an issue like this but not other issues that seem more critical 🤷.
Finally the volume wraps with with a huge wolverine moment in X-Men #25 where his adamantium ripped from his body that is continued into another issue of wolverine. I've only ever had this X-Men issue growing up so it was fun to see it resolve in his own issue but I don't love the bone claws. Maybe they will be put to good use but unfortunately the next volume isn't out yet so I'll just have to wait.
All in all on this one I think it's just fine. I really enjoyed what I read but I feel it's only due to my nostalgia. The material included around the wolverine issues weren't really for me but X-Men #25 is a big event that happens to wolverine but I feel like he's not a huge part of the actual fatal attractions story. If you need that story maybe grab this one but unless you're a huge fan of 90s X-Men or wolverine it's definitely not a must have.
The opening graphic novel "inner fury" just really wasn't for me, I usually enjoy Sienkiewicz art but this volume may have informed me that it really depends on the story teller as well. The story was just kind of forgettable to me and while I felt like it definitely had that Sienkiewicz feel to the art I never had a "woah" moment like when I see his art in New Mutants or Moon Knight.
The actual Wolverine issues included are the best part of the volume but unfortunately there's not a lot of them. The first set of issues covers a savage land story with Wolverine, Jubilee, and & Rogue against Sauron while the second set is more focused on a sentinels. Growing up with that X-Men animated series I've always had a fondness and understanding of these characters from that show and this volume had a good amount of material that felt like a lost episode. These may not be unforgettable stories but they certainly made me a little nostalgic.
From there we get the 4 issue Sabretooth mini, action is the name of the game for this one and they really have fun with Sabretooth being a POS or as much as he can be for the time. Once again this isn't game changing story telling but I thought there was some fun to be had. The ending was so abrupt and unfortunately X-Men unlimited doesn't seem to be included in the epics at this time which is where the story says it will continue.
The next issue is....a surprise? A book in support of wild life is interesting as a time capsule and there is comic here but it's not very good. I just find it crazy that we can include this in a Wolverine epic but some things are chosen not to be collected like Spider-Man and Mary Jane's honeymoon after their wedding. Obviously they are two different lines but it's a little disappointing we have room for an issue like this but not other issues that seem more critical 🤷.
Finally the volume wraps with with a huge wolverine moment in X-Men #25 where his adamantium ripped from his body that is continued into another issue of wolverine. I've only ever had this X-Men issue growing up so it was fun to see it resolve in his own issue but I don't love the bone claws. Maybe they will be put to good use but unfortunately the next volume isn't out yet so I'll just have to wait.
All in all on this one I think it's just fine. I really enjoyed what I read but I feel it's only due to my nostalgia. The material included around the wolverine issues weren't really for me but X-Men #25 is a big event that happens to wolverine but I feel like he's not a huge part of the actual fatal attractions story. If you need that story maybe grab this one but unless you're a huge fan of 90s X-Men or wolverine it's definitely not a must have.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 17, 2024
Apart from a very eventful issue that's also contained in Fatal Attractions, this is a collection of dull Wolverine stories that add nothing of interest to the character nor are they particularly fun or intriguing.
I don't know why it's impossible to tell an interesting story in The Savage Land but it is. I feel like the writers who enjoy writing about The Savage Land eat a lot of Corn Flakes and think black pepper is a bold spice choice.
Sauron should be an interesting character but his ties to the Savage Land make him a half-note dud.
There's also some Jubilee background that I didn't need. I enjoy that we saw her in a mall scene, and then she followed a band of mutants to Australia, and was like "I'm going to hang out with Wolverine until they make me an X-Man." It makes her teenage aloofness/rebellion tenable when we only know the bare bones of her tragic backstory. I didn't need it explained upon. It isn't as disappointing as when they finally revealed Wolverine's origin but I do think it devalues her story rather than improving it.
Sabretooth James Bond is a silly concept that doesn't in any way hold up to the canon but I bet it was fun to write.
There are also some trite one-shots, including an environmental story that I believe was written and drawn by children.
This is a hard pass for me. The only moderately interesting story is a collected in another trade. If you're not a completist, there's no reason for this to take up real estate on your bookshelf.
I don't know why it's impossible to tell an interesting story in The Savage Land but it is. I feel like the writers who enjoy writing about The Savage Land eat a lot of Corn Flakes and think black pepper is a bold spice choice.
Sauron should be an interesting character but his ties to the Savage Land make him a half-note dud.
There's also some Jubilee background that I didn't need. I enjoy that we saw her in a mall scene, and then she followed a band of mutants to Australia, and was like "I'm going to hang out with Wolverine until they make me an X-Man." It makes her teenage aloofness/rebellion tenable when we only know the bare bones of her tragic backstory. I didn't need it explained upon. It isn't as disappointing as when they finally revealed Wolverine's origin but I do think it devalues her story rather than improving it.
Sabretooth James Bond is a silly concept that doesn't in any way hold up to the canon but I bet it was fun to write.
There are also some trite one-shots, including an environmental story that I believe was written and drawn by children.
This is a hard pass for me. The only moderately interesting story is a collected in another trade. If you're not a completist, there's no reason for this to take up real estate on your bookshelf.
December 27, 2021
Collects Wolverine #69-75 (May - November 1993), Wolverine: Inner Fury (November 1992), Wolverine: Killing (September 1993), Wolverine: Global Jeopardy (December 1993), Sabertooth #1-4 (August - November 1993) and X-Men #25 (October 1993).
I love that the Wolverine stories are beginning to gel with what was going on with the X-Men at the time, but the constant one-offs and miniseries really interrupts the flow. The one-offs feature some interesting artwork (especially Inner Fury) but the constant interruptions really get in the way of enjoying this as a coherent volume. Pretty common in the crossover heavy X-Men universe of the 1990s, which is one of the things that makes it pretty terrible to try to follow.
I love that the Wolverine stories are beginning to gel with what was going on with the X-Men at the time, but the constant one-offs and miniseries really interrupts the flow. The one-offs feature some interesting artwork (especially Inner Fury) but the constant interruptions really get in the way of enjoying this as a coherent volume. Pretty common in the crossover heavy X-Men universe of the 1990s, which is one of the things that makes it pretty terrible to try to follow.
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