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Wolverine: First Class (Collected Editions)
Wolverine: First Class, Vol. 4: Ninjas, Gods and Divas
Kitty Pryde usually likes museums, but wouldn't you know it, the art gallery that Wolverine's taken her to is run by the evil HAND (they're Ninja types), which means that Daredevil and Elektra can't be too far away from the action... Collects Wolverine: First Class #13-16, and FCBD 2009.
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Peter David
3,612 books1,369 followersaka David Peters
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
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July 8, 2019
3.5 stars
"Someone has expressed a desire to exterminate Dazzler." -- Professor Charles Xavier
"Maybe they heard her sing." -- Logan a.k.a. Wolverine (wit as sharp as his claws - ouch!)
SNIKT! SNIKT! After a couple of lackluster middle volumes this series - and Kitty 'Shadowcat' Pryde should really receive equal billing alongside Wolverine by now - finally rebounds with the energetic Ninjas, Gods, and Divas. What made this one much more entertaining were the guest appearances by some other big names from the Marvel Universe -- both Daredevil and Elektra in the chopsocky / mystical opener 'Hand in Hand,' Thor in middle section with 'Rock Gods,' and then singing-acting-dancing queen triple threat and early 80's icon Dazzler in the finale 'Bedazzled.' Another reason this edition seemed a little livelier was an accent on effective humor throughout each story. Dazzler's, in particular, was funny with its thinly-disguised (to avoid NFL copyright violations) Eagles vs. Giants match-up in a Super Bowl-type game, and a quick aside or two about 'wardrobe malfunctions.'
"Someone has expressed a desire to exterminate Dazzler." -- Professor Charles Xavier
"Maybe they heard her sing." -- Logan a.k.a. Wolverine (wit as sharp as his claws - ouch!)
SNIKT! SNIKT! After a couple of lackluster middle volumes this series - and Kitty 'Shadowcat' Pryde should really receive equal billing alongside Wolverine by now - finally rebounds with the energetic Ninjas, Gods, and Divas. What made this one much more entertaining were the guest appearances by some other big names from the Marvel Universe -- both Daredevil and Elektra in the chopsocky / mystical opener 'Hand in Hand,' Thor in middle section with 'Rock Gods,' and then singing-acting-dancing queen triple threat and early 80's icon Dazzler in the finale 'Bedazzled.' Another reason this edition seemed a little livelier was an accent on effective humor throughout each story. Dazzler's, in particular, was funny with its thinly-disguised (to avoid NFL copyright violations) Eagles vs. Giants match-up in a Super Bowl-type game, and a quick aside or two about 'wardrobe malfunctions.'
January 10, 2015
Peter David takes over in this volume, and while I'm a huge Peter David fan, I don't think it's any better than the earlier volumes, but not worse either. This time we get to see Daredevil and Elektra team up with Wolverine to battle the hand, a Thor appearance, as well as a humorous tale starring Dazzler. I will say this series is consistent, as I've liked each volume about the same.
July 18, 2014
kinda cutsey for a wolverine comic however his sidekick is Kitty Pryde in this series. i liked seeing Dazzler randomly. i liked the beginning story with the Hand and Elektra best as it was least goofy.
October 3, 2023
A couple of weeks ago, I was wanting to read something fun. Something light. Only, I'd select a book, head to the bedroom to read it and discover that a Halloween themed story is inside. I don't know about you but a personal rule of mine is that you can't read Halloween comics unless it's October. So I held on to that book and went to find another. Wouldn't you know it, it too had a Halloween time set story inside. I went through this like 4 times before I finally gave up. It was like I was cursed or something.
On Saturday, I went ahead and began reading this book. The debut issue of the X-Men/Power Pack miniseries, which is the Halloween tale, was the last story in this volume. I didn't see it as breaking the rules of I didn't read that story until October 1st. I also didn't expect this series to turn out how it did.
Based on the title of 'First Class', I thought that this was going to be a series of untold origin tales starring everyone's favorite Canadian mutant, Wolverine either before Weapon X or during his time as a member of Alpha Flight. That's kinda how X-Men: First Class turned out. Instead, the majority of the stories are set during the early days of the Uncanny X-Men, when Kitty Pryde was the only adolescent student at Xavier's School for Gifted Students.
Professor X sees that Kitty Pryde needs to toughen up a bit, least she never make it as an X-Man. Xavier also thinks that the hard travelling Logan needs to lighten up a bit and learn some empathy. Thus a classic team-up is born. Only don't expect these stories to just involve Sprite and Wolverine. There are a ton of cameos representing the mutant race as well as pairings with a slew of superstars from the Marvel Universe.
Together Wolverine and Kitty Pryde take on Red Hand ninjas with Daredevil and Elektra, stop a troll invasion with Thor and go on tour with Dazzler, who recently received a death threat in her private dressing room. Even though Wolverine is known to be very good at doing some very un-nice, he's like a grumpy uncle who always acts like he hates kids, but secretly is a softie to them.
Peter David wrote the 3 stories collected from Wolverine: First Class. David is one of those writers who can write serious as well as lighthearted and both are equally great. Plus, Peter David puts the fun into everything he touches and from what I read, this book was capital F- U-N!
What about that Halloween story? It was a lot of fun too. When Power Pack came out in the 80s, I wasn't a big fan. I thought it was kinda dumb having kid superheroes. As I've gotten older, I have kinda grown to like them a little more. I see now how a group of 4 kids becoming heroes could expand the imagination of a fellow youngster to dream of becoming something fantastic. Plus, since the whole secret identity thing is out the window because Mom and dad both know, a lot of the implausibles that plague kid superheroes are eliminated.
The Halloween story is mostly a Power Pack adventure. One of the kids dresses up like Wolverine in hopes of winning the local costume contest. Getting separated from his siblings, the preteen Wolvie runs smack dab into Sabertooth while his family meets the real deal X-Man.
That story had great banter and was a perfect way to start off my October themed reads. As for Wolverine: First Class, I'm hooked. I want to know how many total issues were in the series and I want to add it to my wishlist. I kinda feel like I should give 2 ratings. One of the team-ups and and for the holiday special. Good thing both reads were flawless.
On Saturday, I went ahead and began reading this book. The debut issue of the X-Men/Power Pack miniseries, which is the Halloween tale, was the last story in this volume. I didn't see it as breaking the rules of I didn't read that story until October 1st. I also didn't expect this series to turn out how it did.
Based on the title of 'First Class', I thought that this was going to be a series of untold origin tales starring everyone's favorite Canadian mutant, Wolverine either before Weapon X or during his time as a member of Alpha Flight. That's kinda how X-Men: First Class turned out. Instead, the majority of the stories are set during the early days of the Uncanny X-Men, when Kitty Pryde was the only adolescent student at Xavier's School for Gifted Students.
Professor X sees that Kitty Pryde needs to toughen up a bit, least she never make it as an X-Man. Xavier also thinks that the hard travelling Logan needs to lighten up a bit and learn some empathy. Thus a classic team-up is born. Only don't expect these stories to just involve Sprite and Wolverine. There are a ton of cameos representing the mutant race as well as pairings with a slew of superstars from the Marvel Universe.
Together Wolverine and Kitty Pryde take on Red Hand ninjas with Daredevil and Elektra, stop a troll invasion with Thor and go on tour with Dazzler, who recently received a death threat in her private dressing room. Even though Wolverine is known to be very good at doing some very un-nice, he's like a grumpy uncle who always acts like he hates kids, but secretly is a softie to them.
Peter David wrote the 3 stories collected from Wolverine: First Class. David is one of those writers who can write serious as well as lighthearted and both are equally great. Plus, Peter David puts the fun into everything he touches and from what I read, this book was capital F- U-N!
What about that Halloween story? It was a lot of fun too. When Power Pack came out in the 80s, I wasn't a big fan. I thought it was kinda dumb having kid superheroes. As I've gotten older, I have kinda grown to like them a little more. I see now how a group of 4 kids becoming heroes could expand the imagination of a fellow youngster to dream of becoming something fantastic. Plus, since the whole secret identity thing is out the window because Mom and dad both know, a lot of the implausibles that plague kid superheroes are eliminated.
The Halloween story is mostly a Power Pack adventure. One of the kids dresses up like Wolverine in hopes of winning the local costume contest. Getting separated from his siblings, the preteen Wolvie runs smack dab into Sabertooth while his family meets the real deal X-Man.
That story had great banter and was a perfect way to start off my October themed reads. As for Wolverine: First Class, I'm hooked. I want to know how many total issues were in the series and I want to add it to my wishlist. I kinda feel like I should give 2 ratings. One of the team-ups and and for the holiday special. Good thing both reads were flawless.
June 3, 2021
Fun Stuff. Wolverine and Kitty doing what Wolverine and Kitty do best - romping destructively through a bunch of stories. The only possible complaint I could have is with the art in the Dazzler story.
March 28, 2020
Is it an oxymoron if I decide this was too juvenile for me? After all, it IS a comic book, we're talking about. I suppose it just wasn't for me. *shrugs*
October 15, 2020
This was far and away my favorite volume so far. The character development was great and the humor was on point every time.
March 29, 2021
I always love seeing Kitty Pryde and Wolverine go on missions together! I really liked the first 3 stories in this, but didn't really care for the art style or content of the last two.
October 9, 2022
This one is good for the most part both in most of the stories & illustrations character designs for the most part & decent for the other but still entertaining & interesting in many ways!!!!
March 5, 2013
OK so now I've read 2 books from this series, and decided, it's just too juvenile to follow. Good intro for pre-teens/some more sheltered teens, but not for actual fans. May be that I've always been annoyed by Kitty Pryde, so not helping that she's the main female character. Even appearances by Thor, Daredevil, Elektra, Dazzler and Siryn couldn't help this. But I suppose it's a good entrance to Wolverine/X-Men, Marvel in general for young readers.
August 25, 2016
There's not really any coherency at all between the various stories in this collection, but each individual story has a decent little plot and enough humor/action to be entertaining. The artwork on each piece is all great. I enjoyed it, but I might be partial since most of the stories involve Wolverine and Kitty Pryde and their interaction is my favorite part of the X-men.
April 13, 2011
Thor, Daredevil, Electra and Dazzler. This series keeps getting better.
April 24, 2011
Thor, Daredevil, Power Pack and more. But the best part is you can share it with a young reader. I just read this whole book aloud to my little girl!
July 27, 2016
Individual issues on marvel unlimited
September 24, 2014
Wolverine loves children so much. It's so. freaking. cute.
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September 25, 2014Wolverine, like deadpool-- surprisingly good with children.
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