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indeedithappens's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Sexism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Abandonment, Body horror, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
dozmuttz's review against another edition
3.0
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.
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.
birdmanseven's review
4.0
This was an insanely large and exhaustive volume of classic Wolverine. Some I liked, some I didn't. I haven't read a lot of the early stuff so it was cool to read the original appearance and watch the character evolve.
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