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Wolverine: Origins (Collected Editions)
Wolverine: Origins, Volume 8: Seven The Hard Way
The events of the previous volumes have made it clear - in excruciatingly painful detail - to Wolverine that it's time for a change in tactics. Romulus knows Wolverine too well; any plan that Wolverine could come up with, Romulus would anticipate. The solution? Use someone else's plan - a plan that requires the participation of several different and very unlikely characters plucked from all corners of the Marvel Universe.But some of these characters won't exactly be willing to participate. Take Hulk, for example...
Collecting: Wolverine: Origins 41-45
Collecting: Wolverine: Origins 41-45
120 pages, Hardcover
First published August 25, 2010
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April 19, 2016
Once some fresh blood was injected, it got a lot more fun. Art also very strong.
June 11, 2018
I'm still not convinced by Romulus the overgrown terrier as any great mastermind of whatever but Wolvie's out-of-the-box plan is interesting. Some fun moments, Wolvie once again correctly played, it's quite good.
Too bad the whys and wherefores of Romulus' agenda are so nebulous they look corny. Which questions the plan itself. A good plan opposed to some mystery wrapped in an enigma. It'll find its limits pretty quickly I reckon.
Pretty good job by Doug Braithwaite on the drawing board.
Too bad the whys and wherefores of Romulus' agenda are so nebulous they look corny. Which questions the plan itself. A good plan opposed to some mystery wrapped in an enigma. It'll find its limits pretty quickly I reckon.
Pretty good job by Doug Braithwaite on the drawing board.
March 25, 2021
Wolverine: Origins Volume 8 - Seven the Hard Way. I feel they missed a trick by not making this volume 7 with a title like that!
After Logan gets defeated in the previous volume, he needs a plan to take down Romulus. He can’t take down Romulus alone, he has tried that and failed. It also can’t be his own plan as Romulus knows him too well. Instead we see Logan asking others for help, and following someone else’s lead. The twist behind the grandmaster of the plan made me smile.
So without spoiling anything, the Seven is the group of people that Logan needs to assemble to take down Romulus. From the front cover we have Skaar - the son of Hulk, in the blurb we also know it will include Bruce Banner, Cloak & Dagger. Plus others that you will find out for yourself! So a pretty varied team.
The meeting between Logan, and Skaar & Bruce Banner is fun. They rework a very classic moment from Wolverine’s past.
This also isn’t as action packed as the previous volume. Yes, there is action but there is a bit more time spent on the plot and gathering all the pieces for the final throw down with Romulus.
The artwork/artist is different again. But we have the return of Doug Braithwaite from a couple volumes ago. His art is proving to be a highlight of the series. Following a more realistic and detailed approach. Which for me personally is what I like to see.
Like the more recent volumes, we don’t head into flashback territory. This story takes place in the present and moves the story forward.
Overall a good build up for the finale, with all the pieces starting to come together.
After Logan gets defeated in the previous volume, he needs a plan to take down Romulus. He can’t take down Romulus alone, he has tried that and failed. It also can’t be his own plan as Romulus knows him too well. Instead we see Logan asking others for help, and following someone else’s lead. The twist behind the grandmaster of the plan made me smile.
So without spoiling anything, the Seven is the group of people that Logan needs to assemble to take down Romulus. From the front cover we have Skaar - the son of Hulk, in the blurb we also know it will include Bruce Banner, Cloak & Dagger. Plus others that you will find out for yourself! So a pretty varied team.
The meeting between Logan, and Skaar & Bruce Banner is fun. They rework a very classic moment from Wolverine’s past.
This also isn’t as action packed as the previous volume. Yes, there is action but there is a bit more time spent on the plot and gathering all the pieces for the final throw down with Romulus.
The artwork/artist is different again. But we have the return of Doug Braithwaite from a couple volumes ago. His art is proving to be a highlight of the series. Following a more realistic and detailed approach. Which for me personally is what I like to see.
Like the more recent volumes, we don’t head into flashback territory. This story takes place in the present and moves the story forward.
Overall a good build up for the finale, with all the pieces starting to come together.
August 25, 2022
The cast of characters gets bigger as we see The Silver Samurai, Bruce Banner, Skarr, Cloak and Dagger as well. We also get...Ruby Thursday and The Answer. Yeah, maybe the cast is getting a little TOO big. In any case, this is really all just the lead in to the final story arc. I admit the series has been entertaining, but as I stated from the start I'm just not a fan of the Romulus storyline itself. I am curious to see how things wrap up.
August 2, 2021
I really enjoyed the twists and turns amongst the action here. A couple of new characters in the mix for this run made it feel fresh, and the twist at the end was a lot of fun. A thoroughly entertaining read with some very cool art.
July 22, 2011
Wolverine is one of those characters that has been done to death. You dread picking up a Wolverine book sometimes because it's either going to be the same ol' same ol' or it's going to be so over the top you'll be rolling your eyes a few pages in. It's all about escalation with Logan. There's nowhere to go but up. There's never been a writer for him that wants to take a bare bones approach. One that cuts out all the various confabulations and mind games. And this book is no exception. Way takes Wolverine up a notch, making him play the puppet part in a grand scheme as seems to be the status quo for his character. But then Way takes it and turns it back around on itself. He makes Wolverine the puppeteer. He makes him into the man with the plan. And brings a boatload of old friends along for the ride.
July 11, 2018
Seven the Hard Way (#41-45). So this is the part of the heist movie where the protagonist goes out and collects all of his fellows that are going to help him grab the big MacGuffin (or in this case: kill the big MacGuffin and pull his MacGuffin empire down around his MacGuffin ears). Cool. A little long at five issues, but Way makes up for it by involving some great people like Cloak (building on X-Men: Utopia), Skaara, and Ruby Thursday.
Except. Way can't resist everyone having plans that cross and double-cross. It was great characterization for Daken when he did it in Wolverine: Origins, then again in Dark Wolverine, but started getting old when Osbourne was playing the same game in Dark Wolverine, and now Logan is doing it here too even though it's way out of character, and that's a big yawn. So, a story with real potential gets dumped on its ear in the last minutes, and you don't know if it was all for nothing, just another bit of treading water before the end [3/5].
Except. Way can't resist everyone having plans that cross and double-cross. It was great characterization for Daken when he did it in Wolverine: Origins, then again in Dark Wolverine, but started getting old when Osbourne was playing the same game in Dark Wolverine, and now Logan is doing it here too even though it's way out of character, and that's a big yawn. So, a story with real potential gets dumped on its ear in the last minutes, and you don't know if it was all for nothing, just another bit of treading water before the end [3/5].
September 28, 2020
This book was AMAZING, I mean it’s not the greatest I’ve ever read, but for marvel it’s one of the best. This is because ussaly I read more dc comics, most of them I like better, but this series, OML, and Deadpool have all been extremely good, and of course I love daredevil and Jessica jones(not that there in this volume) I really liked that skaar was in it, I’ve only ever heard of him before and wanted to read a comic with him. I also REALLY like that they put daken aside for a bit. He’s great but not good enough for like EVERY volume.
March 6, 2022
Read for background during The X Lives & Deaths of Wolverine & Live of Wolverine event of 2020.
January 28, 2018
Excellent Story
June 6, 2019
Want a plan that no one could ever guess? Deadpool. Always Deadpool.
April 11, 2025
I did not realize that this was volume 8 of a series. Nothing on the cover that said that. I was a little confused. However the ending made me want to read the next one.
September 14, 2025
Read final volumes all together review will be in the final volume
May 29, 2017
Well, Daniel Way has actually surprised me - this is a fairly decent arc in the overall disappointing title of Wolverine: Origins. Wolverine, after being thoroughly whipped by Romulus in the previous trade, retreats to enact a plan - an "out of the box" plan that Romulus won't be able to decipher until too late. He needs some help along the way - Bruce Banner and his son, Cloak, Ruby Thursday, Silver Samurai, etc - to make his plan progress.
Altogether, this wasn't bad. Wolverine's dedication to Daken is rather interesting, and the action was fairly entertaining, too. I really like the use of Cloak in the story - I think his character has been underutilized for decades. It is interesting enough for me to finish out the series, which is mercifully coming to an end soon. Way's writing is just far too uneven for me to find it consistently anything - sometimes he's spot on, and sometimes he's so far into left field that I find myself slogging through the pages in hopes for a pay off that never comes.
Altogether, this wasn't bad. Wolverine's dedication to Daken is rather interesting, and the action was fairly entertaining, too. I really like the use of Cloak in the story - I think his character has been underutilized for decades. It is interesting enough for me to finish out the series, which is mercifully coming to an end soon. Way's writing is just far too uneven for me to find it consistently anything - sometimes he's spot on, and sometimes he's so far into left field that I find myself slogging through the pages in hopes for a pay off that never comes.
May 24, 2011
Library copy. The art is breathtaking and the story is only so-so. But I want to express that this book is the ideal way for how a comic book should read. The action in this revenge tell is clear and easy to understand while he words aren't cluttering up he page. It reads rather quickly and there's probably less than 20 words per dialogue balloon or caption.
May 31, 2010
This series started out as 3 stars and steadily moved towards 5 stars. Awesome story progression. Very fun read, especially if you are a big Wolvie fan as I am.
December 21, 2013
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