Wolverine #8

Wolverine (2020) (Single Issues)

by Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert (Artist), Viktor Bogdanovic (Artist)

CELEBRATING 350 ISSUES OF THE SOLO ADVENTURES OF WOLVERINE! Someone’s making moves against WOLVERINE’S old crew TEAM X, and it’s leaving bodies dropped and artifacts stolen. A mystery unfurls as Logan picks up the scent of his old compatriot, the mutant known as MAVERICK! Don’t miss this special over-sized issue celebrating Logan’s history while kicking off the next arc and serving as a jumping on point for new readers!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 30, 2020

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not digging the back and forth storytelling, wish it was more linear.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I see this book ain’t getting a lot of love so here I come!! This was cool. Brought back a character from way back in The Wolverine comics, Maverick. There’s some ish going down and Beast and company think Maverick is at the front of it. So off goes Logan on the chase. Love that last page too!!

[Tanabrus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un numero che fa tornare in mente il Wolverine dei tempi andati.

Abbiamo Logan "Guercio" che torna a Madripoor, abbiamo il Team X con Sabretooth e Maverick, abbiamo Omega Red e abbiamo una memoria non proprio affidabile, l'incertezza su cosa sia reale e cosa no, cosa sia realmente successo e cosa sia invece solo frutto dell'immaginazione di qualcuno.

E tutto questo non può che far piacere, oltre a far scorrere un lacrimone nostalgico.

Poi certo, abbiamo anche Bestia in versione contro-contro-spionaggio (che è pur sempre più piacevole della versione simil-Bestia Nera vista nei mesi scorsi su un po' tutte le testate mutanti) e Sage pronta a giocare a CSI, e la ricomparsa di Barrister che non si capisce bene perché sia stato eletto a nuova "spalla" di Logan (ma anche la decisione di fare un assalto artigliato a Arkady, che sembrava fine a sé stessa)... ma nel complesso resta un bell'albo, per di più celebrativo.

[Papasmurfiiiviii · Rating 4 out of 5]

Benjamin Percy's Wolverine is a capable entry in the pantheon of Wolverine and X-men. I like it.

[Ian Sharman · Rating 4 out of 5]

350 issue anniversary spectacular? But I thought this was #8?!?

But, aside from Marvel's weird legacy numbering system, I really enjoyed this issue. It seems that some people aren't enjoying this series, and I have to wonder if they're also reading X-Force, which is written by Benjamin Percy too? Because they really are sister books, and you wouldn't get why the merc Logan's interrogating keeps asking if his dog, Rufus, is okay if you hadn't read X-Force #15. (Spoilers: Rufus is very much not okay).

And then we have GoodReads' resident "But continuity!" troll, who I apologise for bringing up in yet another review. As I've said before, continuity exists to serve the story and not the other way round. It has always been thus at Marvel. The existence of the OHOTMU* has tended to give the impression that it used to be otherwise, but as someone who's been active in the online X-Men fandom since the mid-nineties (and has been reading X-Men since the eighties), I can assure you that it has not. The OHOTMU has, rather, existed in its various incarnations to help people make sense of the mass of retcons and inconsistencies that is the Marvel Universe. Or, in other words, House of M was sixteen years ago, don't expect writers in 2021 to adjust their stories to fit with whatever it did to alter a certain character's status quo.

Anyway...

Apart from the prologue. which is beautifully drawn by Vik Bogdanovic, this issues is beautifully drawn by Adam Kubert, who's probably best known for his long run on Wolverine's solo book...which is presumably why he's here illustrating this anniversary issue.

While featured on the cover, and a key element of the plot, Maverick doesn't actually appear in this issue (or does he?), which is a bit of shame (or is it?) because I've always really liked him (or have I?).

Anyway, this is a great stuff, I just hope that Rufus is okay (or do I?).

*Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe.

[Scratch · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, apparently we're back to saying that Wolverine has holes in his memory. Even though the House of M event was supposed to fix all of that. Sometimes, it seems like the Dawn of X writers really feel nostalgic for 90s comics (not that I blame them; so do I), so characters inexplicably are back in their 90s costumes. Apparently, we're also resurrecting the "Wolverine doesn't remember his own past" status quo from back then too. But without an in-story explanation for why he spontaneously lost his memories again.

Otherwise, meh. This issue talks about Maverick and features him on the cover, but he doesn't really appear in it. Which is a shame, because I like Maverick.

This issue is mostly about people's flashbacks. Very skippable issue.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid first story followed up by a okay storyline. Least got to see Logan interacting with his kids. Always a pleasure. Patches is back.

[RG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid but I guess its the start of a new story

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

An odd issue to celebrate 350 issues of Wolverine because nothing much happened. A zero stakes brawl with Omega and a bit of story building and that was about it.

I've always liked Maverick so his possible inclusion is a positive but on the flip side the narrative is a bit wonky with it at times being about Dracula, at times generic threats and others X force tie ins. I think it would benefit from more concise story telling.

Not bad, not great.

[luciddreamer99 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this one. Percy captures Logan's voice well and Bogdanovic and Kubert both provide excellent art. Wolverine has become a highlight of Reign of X and Dawn of X. Highly recommended for Wolverine fans and of fans of Hickman's vision of X-Men.

[Etienne · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5/5. God this series is going nowhere... Better than the last few one, but honestly this need a solid kickback to put it on track again.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like, for an oversized issue, not that much happened, but I also still liked it?

[heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmm the hotel cat that's following Wolverine looks sus

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Jesse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty cool, some creepy weird stuff with mercs, dirty looking art, love Beast. Fun cliffhanger.