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A review by ericbuscemi
Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule
4.0
I cared about this "event" enough to actually buy the single issues so I could read it sooner, and let me say that as an adult with a career, it is a real pain in the ass to hump over to the comic store four separate Wednesdays knowing that by Thursday they'd be sold out. Of course, afterward, when a friend of mine just asked why I didn't buy the single issues digitally, I could only shake my head that I didn't think of that beforehand. It's a brave new world we live in.
Anyway, as for the comic, it is first and foremost, beautiful. The writers and artists realized that this was the kind of comic that would get a lot of attention, and they did right by it. The length, however, was really brief, although each issue was padded with bonus material. I'm guessing each of the actual comics was maybe fifteen pages of material, so this whole arc may be sixty pages? It's a lot of money for such a short payoff, but it is what it is. And because it is so short, it is tightly focused on Wolverine, which is a good thing, taking us through Canada, Japan, and back to his Weapon X roots. There are a few other superheroes involved -- Reed Richards and Iron Man get quick nods, and Kitty Pride makes a brief appearance -- but this is really about good old loner Wolverine and not "I'm on every superhero team" Wolverine.
My final comment is regarding his actual death at the end of the fourth issue, which is to say I don't love how they handled it, but I have a feeling for as permanent as they say his death is, this gave them a needed out. So there's that. All in all, a really enjoyable homage to a great character.
Anyway, as for the comic, it is first and foremost, beautiful. The writers and artists realized that this was the kind of comic that would get a lot of attention, and they did right by it. The length, however, was really brief, although each issue was padded with bonus material. I'm guessing each of the actual comics was maybe fifteen pages of material, so this whole arc may be sixty pages? It's a lot of money for such a short payoff, but it is what it is. And because it is so short, it is tightly focused on Wolverine, which is a good thing, taking us through Canada, Japan, and back to his Weapon X roots. There are a few other superheroes involved -- Reed Richards and Iron Man get quick nods, and Kitty Pride makes a brief appearance -- but this is really about good old loner Wolverine and not "I'm on every superhero team" Wolverine.
My final comment is regarding his actual death at the end of the fourth issue, which is to say I don't love how they handled it, but I have a feeling for as permanent as they say his death is, this gave them a needed out. So there's that. All in all, a really enjoyable homage to a great character.