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Return of Wolverine #1-5
Return of Wolverine
Collects Return of Wolverine #1-5. He's back! After a long life of fighting the good fight, Wolverine succumbed to the inevitable. Logan was dead. But now, suddenly, he's alive! How? Why? And how has this chilling experience changed him? Wolverine awakens in a destroyed lab, his memories fragmented, his claws burning hot and his identity in doubt. What is the organization called Soteira, and what has its enigmatic leader Persephone done to Logan? Wolverine may be back, but as he throws himself headlong into the mysteries around him, he may not remain in the land of the living for long. A confrontation with his oldest allies looms, but the X-Men have learned much during their hunt for Wolverine. Can he handle the truth of what he's done? Now that Logan has risen, how far can he fall?
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2018
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Charles Soule
1,516 books1,668 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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August 23, 2023
PLANNING MEETING:
"Let's bring Wolverine back!"
"How?"
"Who cares, we just need him back."
"A'ight!"
6 out of 12 Three Stars barely, just because even though the story stank, it made sense, massive plot holes aside.
2019 read
"Let's bring Wolverine back!"
"How?"
"Who cares, we just need him back."
"A'ight!"
6 out of 12 Three Stars barely, just because even though the story stank, it made sense, massive plot holes aside.
2019 read
February 4, 2020
I can't say I was very disappointed with this story as I did not really have high expectations for is in the first place. However as return stories go it was not bad and better then I was expecting.
Wolverine wakes up with no memory (this happens a lot to him), to a scean of carnage. The only survivor gives home a clue to who he us, who is behind this and a promise to stop them permanently. The first 2 issues of this mini-series/tpb are very good, the next 3 not so much, too rushed.
The art work is good, even the concept and method of Wolverines Return is plausible (in a comic book setting), even killings carried out by him in the Hunt for Wolverine are explained. The only downside is the ending this was just too rushed and a bit simplistic. All in all an ok return. The cover gallery has A4 sized covers of the main covers as well as thumbnails of the other covers.
Wolverine wakes up with no memory (this happens a lot to him), to a scean of carnage. The only survivor gives home a clue to who he us, who is behind this and a promise to stop them permanently. The first 2 issues of this mini-series/tpb are very good, the next 3 not so much, too rushed.
The art work is good, even the concept and method of Wolverines Return is plausible (in a comic book setting), even killings carried out by him in the Hunt for Wolverine are explained. The only downside is the ending this was just too rushed and a bit simplistic. All in all an ok return. The cover gallery has A4 sized covers of the main covers as well as thumbnails of the other covers.
May 25, 2019
I didn’t think Return of Wolverine was going to be good – and it wasn’t; nothing Charles Soule writes these days is – but I was curious to see how they’d bring Wolverine back from the dead. I expected time travel to be the clichéd get out of jail free excuse and surprisingly it wasn’t, so props to Soule for that! What it turned out to be though, revealed at the end in a vague, nonsensical page from the villain of this story, was unsatisfying and dumb.
That’s the end though – right away, Soule just launches into it. Wolverine’s back – just like that! Hmm. That’s very anticlimactic. And the opening scene is reminiscent of Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X: Logan’s in a lab, carnage ensues. The choice is indicative of the book’s story which is derivative of so many Wolverine stories: it’s time to trot out the amnesia and manipulation trope again! So Logan is puppeteered into fighting various foes, including the X-Men, but mostly a group of faceless, dreary bad guys called Soteira.
Nothing much interesting happens. Wolverine effortlessly defeats every “obstacle” in the way, the big bad has the generic bad guy motivations (blow up the world) and the usual bad guy monologue at the end explaining why they did what they did. Soule has turned into such a hack writer at Marvel – all of his titles are so bland, boring, unimaginative, and instantly forgettable. It’s like reading comics written by a robot!
The art is half-decent. Steve McNiven draws the opening and closing issues and Declan Shalvey draws the middle three. The action is suitably bombastic and slick-looking, though both artists have produced better work elsewhere.
Wolverine’s unsurprisingly back (even though he never really left considering Old Man Logan was wandering about in the interim) in a very unimpressive return. I’m sure he’ll be dead again soon enough!
That’s the end though – right away, Soule just launches into it. Wolverine’s back – just like that! Hmm. That’s very anticlimactic. And the opening scene is reminiscent of Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X: Logan’s in a lab, carnage ensues. The choice is indicative of the book’s story which is derivative of so many Wolverine stories: it’s time to trot out the amnesia and manipulation trope again! So Logan is puppeteered into fighting various foes, including the X-Men, but mostly a group of faceless, dreary bad guys called Soteira.
Nothing much interesting happens. Wolverine effortlessly defeats every “obstacle” in the way, the big bad has the generic bad guy motivations (blow up the world) and the usual bad guy monologue at the end explaining why they did what they did. Soule has turned into such a hack writer at Marvel – all of his titles are so bland, boring, unimaginative, and instantly forgettable. It’s like reading comics written by a robot!
The art is half-decent. Steve McNiven draws the opening and closing issues and Declan Shalvey draws the middle three. The action is suitably bombastic and slick-looking, though both artists have produced better work elsewhere.
Wolverine’s unsurprisingly back (even though he never really left considering Old Man Logan was wandering about in the interim) in a very unimpressive return. I’m sure he’ll be dead again soon enough!
March 3, 2019
Holy lord of mother of garbage and hot horse shit, here we go again.
I like Logan, he's a pretty fun character. I like Charles Soule, he's a pretty talented writer.
I fucking hate this book.
Okay, I'm being far too harsh here. I don't hate it. I just really dislike it. While a step above "Death of Wolverine", which I do honestly fucking hate, this is only slightly better. I'm not sure what Marvel wants with Charles Soule, but I feel like they make him write the end of wolverine and bring him back to life and he really doesn't want to.
So the story starts with Logan already back to life. As the next few issues explore what's really happening, wolverine is being controlled in some way. You might guess the plot twist, because it's goddamn obvious, but they do it anyway, and you get all the same shit you expect. The X-men come to talk to wolverine, you have the big hairy man fight a lot and scream a lot, and then...of course wolverine gets plenty of make out action because he's wolverine. Ugh...
Good: Uhhh...uhhh....uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............................wolverine looks cool again with how hairy he is? Though his new Top Chef outfit has GOT to go.
Bad: Everything. The story and it's twist is dumb. The X-men fighting wolverine is horrible. The last issue is a big gigantic waste of time. Oh don't even get me started on the timeline. So this takes place BEFORE infinity wars but guess what? This came out after that was finish. Lolz, what a joke. Oh yeah and the dialogue and pacing is all over the place.
Fuck this. Honestly, here it is. Wolverine came back and now he has heat claws. The-fucking-end. No need to read this. 1 out of 5.
I like Logan, he's a pretty fun character. I like Charles Soule, he's a pretty talented writer.
I fucking hate this book.
Okay, I'm being far too harsh here. I don't hate it. I just really dislike it. While a step above "Death of Wolverine", which I do honestly fucking hate, this is only slightly better. I'm not sure what Marvel wants with Charles Soule, but I feel like they make him write the end of wolverine and bring him back to life and he really doesn't want to.
So the story starts with Logan already back to life. As the next few issues explore what's really happening, wolverine is being controlled in some way. You might guess the plot twist, because it's goddamn obvious, but they do it anyway, and you get all the same shit you expect. The X-men come to talk to wolverine, you have the big hairy man fight a lot and scream a lot, and then...of course wolverine gets plenty of make out action because he's wolverine. Ugh...
Good: Uhhh...uhhh....uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............................wolverine looks cool again with how hairy he is? Though his new Top Chef outfit has GOT to go.
Bad: Everything. The story and it's twist is dumb. The X-men fighting wolverine is horrible. The last issue is a big gigantic waste of time. Oh don't even get me started on the timeline. So this takes place BEFORE infinity wars but guess what? This came out after that was finish. Lolz, what a joke. Oh yeah and the dialogue and pacing is all over the place.
Fuck this. Honestly, here it is. Wolverine came back and now he has heat claws. The-fucking-end. No need to read this. 1 out of 5.
February 3, 2020
As a Wolverine story, this is fine. But as a Wolverine returning from the grave story, it's a bunch of horseshit. It starts off with Logan waking up in a lab with no memories. The rest of the book is him trying to hunt down Persephone, who is basically Drax from Moonraker. They have the same plan and everything. There's so many unanswered questions that are just glossed over. You get a quick blurb at the end about how he returned that sounded like a bunch of nonsense to me. I mean, how do you screw this up? It's so easy to explain how he came back. "Well, your healing factor was working in overdrive to heal you while you were trapped in the adamantium." There I just wrote a better comic than Charles Soule in one sentence. All you needed was that simple answer instead of this cockamamy BS.
September 10, 2019
I don’t know why the average rating for this collection is so low, it was a pretty solid Wolverine story with good visceral art and a wacky new twist- I’m all about those hot, hot claws!
What's up with the Sly Stallone look, though?
What's up with the Sly Stallone look, though?
January 28, 2020
This isn't very good. Not really against the whole death and return thing being done in comics, because it's just a trope now, but they could at least try and make a good story of it. This is just didn't make much sense. Shalvey art is nice though.
July 11, 2019
After dealing with numerous Wolverine knock-offs I was glad to see the real thing back. Perhaps it colored my view of this comic. So Logan is back and for some reason, his claws glow. A mutant named Persephone, who can raise the dead, has brought him back. She has plans to take over the world and he stops her.
The concept behind Logan having multiple "cells" with different fragments of his personality was interesting. The "return" seems like it will need another volume to fully round out but the first volume does provide a conclusion. So it works as a single volume. The art varies throughout and different artists have rather different levels of success.
I am not sure where this series will go. Soule is a good writer and I've enjoyed what works of his I've come across. I hope this will turn out to be good. The first volume was good-3 star good.
The concept behind Logan having multiple "cells" with different fragments of his personality was interesting. The "return" seems like it will need another volume to fully round out but the first volume does provide a conclusion. So it works as a single volume. The art varies throughout and different artists have rather different levels of success.
I am not sure where this series will go. Soule is a good writer and I've enjoyed what works of his I've come across. I hope this will turn out to be good. The first volume was good-3 star good.
February 21, 2019
I absolutely hated the whole "Wolverine is back" stunt. And this miniseries is THE worst. Just like its terrible, incompetent and embarassing author, Charles Soule. Ugh.
February 23, 2019
Really good!
You like Wolverine? Yeah? Good. He's back. As every comic book character does (except Uncle Ben). So, pick it up. It's fun. With some great artwork by McNiven and Shalvey.
Fun run and now, Marvel, it's time to announce an ongoing Wolverine title. Come ON!
You like Wolverine? Yeah? Good. He's back. As every comic book character does (except Uncle Ben). So, pick it up. It's fun. With some great artwork by McNiven and Shalvey.
Fun run and now, Marvel, it's time to announce an ongoing Wolverine title. Come ON!
February 25, 2020
This one deserved a more substantial ending but it was entertaining enough for the most part.
November 22, 2020
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Logan ανέστη με νέες δυνάμεις
Είναι πολύ συχνό φαινόμενο στα υπερηρωικά comics ένας πολυσυζητημένος θάνατος να αναιρείται χάριν της επιστροφής του υπερήρωα στις ιστορίες του comic universe στο οποίο ανήκει. Το έχουμε ζήσει συχνά και στα comics της Marvel και της DC και έως έναν βαθμό δεν μπορεί να τις κατηγορήσει κανείς γι’ αυτή την τακτική, αφού δεν είναι δυνατόν να σταματήσουν για πάντα να εκδίδονται νέες ιστορίες αγαπημένων ηρώων που έχουν πεθάνει στο κεντρικό storyline των comic universes. Βασικά διακυβεύματα όμως είναι αφενός να μην γίνεται κατάχρηση αυτού του μέσου, έτσι ώστε να έχει και κάποια αξία το σοκ που προκαλεί ο θάνατος ενός υπερήρωα στο αναγνωστικό κοινό και αφετέρου η αναγέννηση του υπερήρωα να γίνεται με ευφάνταστο τρόπο κι όχι με πρόχειρα σεναριακά τρίκ.
Στην περίπτωση του θανάτου -και της ανάστασης- του Wolverine, ο Charles Soule είχε υπομονή και σχέδιο, ώστε να αποφύγει συνήθεις κακοτοπιές συναδέλφων του. Δεν είναι εύκολη υπόθεση να δώσεις τέλος στη ζωή του Logan, του υπερήρωα που χαρακτηρίζεται για την δύναμη της αυτοϊασης του που τον καθιστά σχεδόν ανίκητο αντίπαλο για οποιονδήποτε villain ή και υπερήρωα (ας θυμηθούμε εδώ τον Δημόσιο Κίνδυνο του Mark Millar στον οποίο ο Wolverine γίνεται όπλο της Hydra). O Soule όμως πριν λίγα χρόνια στο comic Ο Θάνατος του Wolverine αποφάσισε ότι είχε έρθει η ώρα να πεθάνει ο -ταλαιπωρημένος απ’ τις σκληρές αναμνήσεις- ήρωάς του κι αυτός ο θάνατος ήρθε σε ένα comic που μπορεί να διαβαστεί και ως tribute στις εμβληματικότερες στιγμές του Wolverine. Την ίδια χρονική περίοδο είχε κυκλοφορήσει και η -υποδειγματική για τον υπερηρωικό κινηματογράφο- ταινία Logan, στην οποία ο Wolverine του Hugh Jackman έριξε τίτλους τέλους στον εμβληματικό κινηματογραφικό ήρωά του. Κάπως έτσι μέσα σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα ο σχεδόν ανίκητος μεταλλαγμένος της Marvel βρέθηκε να πεθαίνει δύο φορές, τη μία στο comic universe και την άλλη σε ένα εναλλακτικό Marvel cinematic universe της Sony! Είναι δύσκολο να ανακαλέσεις μία τέτοια εξέλιξη ελαφρά τη καρδία. Και γι’ αυτό ο Wolverine έμεινε νεκρός στο κεντρικό storyline της Marvel για σχεδόν 5 χρόνια! Το κενό αυτό προσπάθησε η Marvel να το καλύψει με σειρές σε εναλλακτικά comic σύμπαντα, όπως το Old Man Logan (του All new – All diferent reboot της Marvel που εμπνέεται απ’ την κλασσική ιστορία του Mark Millar), όμως δεν έπαυε να αποτελεί ένα δυσαναπλήρωτο κενό τόσο για τα κεντρικά events της Marvel όσο και για τις X-Men σειρές της.
Είναι φυσιολογικό ότι αργά ή γρήγορα θα ερχόταν η ανάγκη να επανέλθει ο Wolverine στα comics της Marvel. Εν προκειμένω το ενδιαφέρον ερώτημα δεν ήταν το αν θα επέστρεφε αλλά το πώς θα γινόταν αυτό. Η Marvel εμπιστεύτηκε την αναγέννηση του ήρωα στους Soule και McNiven (δηλαδή στο δημιουργικό δίδυμο που τον οδήγησε στο θάνατο), οι οποίοι φάνηκε ότι είχαν ένα ολοκληρωμένο σχέδιο για το πώς θα χειριστούν τον ήρωά τους μετά το θάνατό του. Έτσι, αφού μεσολάβησε ως ένα -αινιγματικότερο- πρελούδιο το Hunt for Wolverine, η ολική επαναφορά του ήρωα έγινε με μία limited comic series 5 τευχών, την Επιστροφή του Wolverine, η οποία μεταφράστηκε στα ελληνικά πριν λίγες ημέρες από τις εκδόσεις Anubis.
Η επιστροφή του Wolverine από το θάνατο γίνεται με μία μέθοδο που προκαλεί έντονο ενδιαφέρον, χωρίς να υπολείπεται σε δράση και σασπένς. Στα πρώτα καρέ του comic συναντάμε τον Logan να είναι ζωντανός αλλά έχοντας χάσει τις αναμνήσεις του παρελθόντος. Δεν θυμάται ούτε ποιος ήταν ούτε τι έκανε στην προηγούμενη ζωή του. Κι ενώ το υποσυνείδητό του προσπαθεί να αυτοϊαθεί σκαλίζοντας τις μνήμες του, εκεί θα βρει αμέτρητα φαντάσματα του παρελθόντος του. Όμως ο Wolverine δεν έχει την πολυτέλεια να εστιάσει στον εαυτό του, επειδή ήδη απ’ την πρώτη στιγμή που ανοίγει τα μάτια του συνειδητοποιεί ότι βρίσκεται στο πεδίο μίας βίαιης μάχης σε ένα εργαστήριο, δίπλα σε έναν επιστήμονα ο οποίος λίγο πριν εκπνεύσει του εξηγεί ότι αυτός και άλλοι συνάδελφοί του εργάζονταν για μία σατανική villain, την Περσεφόνη, η οποία με τη δύναμη της οργάνωσής της, της Σώτειρας, επιδιώκει να κυριαρχήσει στον πλανήτη αφανίζοντας το ανθρώπινο είδος, με έναν ιδιαίτερο (αλλά και μυστήριο) τρόπο. Ο Logan αμέσως θα αναλάβει δράση, βοηθώντας μία άλλη επιζήσασα επιστήμονα, την Άνα, της οποίας ο στρατός της Σώτειρας απήγαγε τον γιο της και του ζητά απελπισμένα να τους ακολουθήσουν μαζί για να τον σώσει. Γρήγορα θα φανεί ότι τα πράγματα είναι πολύ πιο περίπλοκα απ’ ότι αρχικά φαινόταν.
Επομένως, η πρώτη μείζονα καινοτομία στην ιστορία της ανάστασης του Wolverine είναι η απώλεια μνήμης του, εξαιτίας της οποίας θα πρέπει να ανακαλύψει ξανά τον εαυτό του και το παρελθόν του. Προκειμένου να θυμηθεί, η Αν του υπόσχεται ότι θα του διηγηθεί τρεις ιστορίες, όπου είναι απ’ την πρώτη στιγμή εμφανές ότι θα είναι κρίσιμες για την εξέλιξη της υπόθεσης, ακολουθώντας το κλασσικό μοτίβο των παραμυθιών της Χαλιμάς.
Η δεύτερη μεγάλη σεναριακή τομή που επιχειρεί ο Soule προκειμένου να διατηρήσει το ενδιαφέρον του αναγνωστικού κοινού είναι ότι εξοπλίζει τον Wolverine με μία νέα υπερδύναμη. Πλέον οι λεπίδες στα χέρια του μπορούν να θερμανθούν, καθιστώντας τον ακόμα πιο επικίνδυνο για τους αντιπάλους του. Επιπλέον με τη νέα του δύναμη γίνεται και λιγότερο προβλέψιμος στη μάχη κι αυτό είναι ένα σημαντικό πλεονέκτημα σε μία στιγμή που βρίσκεται να αναμετριέται με άλλους μεταλλαγμένους X-Men.
Σε αντίθεση με το προηγούμενο comic των Soule – McNiven, τον Θάνατο του Wolverine, εδώ το σχέδιο του comic δεν το αναλαμβάνει εξ ολοκλήρου ο Steve McNiven (ο σχεδιαστής θρυλικών comics οπως το Civil War και το Old Man Logan), αλλά είναι αποτέλεσμα της συνεργασίας του με τον Declan Shalvey, ο οποίος εικονογράφησε τα ενδιάμεσα τεύχη (απ’ το 2ο έως και το 4ο) αφήνοντας τα δύο σημαντικότερα (το 1ο και το 5ο) στον McNiven. Όμως αυτή η εναλλαγή των σχεδιαστών δημιουργεί μία φανερή ανισοτιμία στο σχέδιο των τευχών, αφού τα δύο τεύχη που σχεδίασει ο McNiven διακρίνονται για τον πιο σκοτεινό τους χαρακτήρα και τα ατμοσφαιρικά panels μάχης, ενώ στα ενδιάμεσα επεισόδια του Shalvey το σχέδιο παραπέμπει περισσότερο σε indie comic κι όχι σε πρωτοκλασάτο υπερηρωικό τίτλο της Marvel.
Τη μετάφραση του τίτλου ανέλαβε ο Ηλίας Τσιάρας, του οποίου οι comic μεταφράσεις είναι πάντοτε αξιόπιστες, αφού καταβάλλει σε κάθε comic τη μέγιστη προσπάθεια να ισορροπήσει μεταξύ των πρωτότυπων ονομάτων και της ελληνικής τους μεταφοράς (το οποίο είναι και ένα απ’ τα μεγάλα προβλήματα στις ελληνικές μεταφράσεις comics κυρίως του παρελθόντος), ενώ επιπλέον πάντοτε μεταφράζει προσεκτικά την ιδιαίτερη αμερικάνικη αργκό των υπερηρωικών ιστοριών δράσης. Αν έπρεπε να κάνω μία μικρή παρατήρηση θα ήθελα να σχολιάσω μόνον ότι πιστεύω -χωρίς να έχω διαβάσει το πρωτότυπο κείμενο όμως- ότι θα έπρεπε να βρεθεί μία πιο ταιριαστή έκφραση (για έναν badass υπερήρωα) απ’ το «κυρά μου / κυρία μου» το οποίο επαναλαμβάνεται 4-5 φορές στο comic. Πιθανολογώ ότι ο μεταφραστής αποδίδει έτσι τη συχνά χρησιμοποιούμενη λέξη «ma’m», η οποία όμως στα ελληνικά δύσκολα πλέον χρησιμοποιείται σε ανάλογο context.
Επιλογικά θέλω να τονίσω ότι είναι άξια συγχαρητηρίων η επιλογή των εκδόσεων Anubis να μεταφράσουν την Επιστροφή του Wolverine, όχι τόσο γιατί πρόκειται για κάποιο κλασσικό ή κάποιο απίστευτα πρωτότυπο comic, αλλά επειδή είναι η συνέχεια του προηγούμενου comic που είχαν μεταφράσει, του Θανάτου του Wolverine. Με αυτό τον τρόπο δίνουν την ευκαιρία στο ελληνικό αναγνωστικό κοινό να διαβάσει ολόκληρη την ιστορία του Charles Soule με πρωταγωνιστή τον Wolverine και να αντιληφθεί τόσο το πλάνο που είχε για τον χαρακτήρα όσο και κάποιες απ’ τις σημαντικές εξελίξεις που έγιναν στον κόσμο των X-Men τα τελευταία χρόνια στα comics της Marvel. Εξάλλου, είναι προφανές ότι ο Wolverine είναι ένας απ’ τους αγαπημένους χαρακτήρες των εκδόσεων Anubis, αφού δεν μπορεί να είναι τυχαία η επιλογή να μεταφράσουν σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα και τα δύο comics του Soule αλλά και τον Δημόσιο Κίνδυνο, την δίτομη κλασσική ιστορία του Mark Millar.
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Logan ανέστη με νέες δυνάμεις
Είναι πολύ συχνό φαινόμενο στα υπερηρωικά comics ένας πολυσυζητημένος θάνατος να αναιρείται χάριν της επιστροφής του υπερήρωα στις ιστορίες του comic universe στο οποίο ανήκει. Το έχουμε ζήσει συχνά και στα comics της Marvel και της DC και έως έναν βαθμό δεν μπορεί να τις κατηγορήσει κανείς γι’ αυτή την τακτική, αφού δεν είναι δυνατόν να σταματήσουν για πάντα να εκδίδονται νέες ιστορίες αγαπημένων ηρώων που έχουν πεθάνει στο κεντρικό storyline των comic universes. Βασικά διακυβεύματα όμως είναι αφενός να μην γίνεται κατάχρηση αυτού του μέσου, έτσι ώστε να έχει και κάποια αξία το σοκ που προκαλεί ο θάνατος ενός υπερήρωα στο αναγνωστικό κοινό και αφετέρου η αναγέννηση του υπερήρωα να γίνεται με ευφάνταστο τρόπο κι όχι με πρόχειρα σεναριακά τρίκ.
Στην περίπτωση του θανάτου -και της ανάστασης- του Wolverine, ο Charles Soule είχε υπομονή και σχέδιο, ώστε να αποφύγει συνήθεις κακοτοπιές συναδέλφων του. Δεν είναι εύκολη υπόθεση να δώσεις τέλος στη ζωή του Logan, του υπερήρωα που χαρακτηρίζεται για την δύναμη της αυτοϊασης του που τον καθιστά σχεδόν ανίκητο αντίπαλο για οποιονδήποτε villain ή και υπερήρωα (ας θυμηθούμε εδώ τον Δημόσιο Κίνδυνο του Mark Millar στον οποίο ο Wolverine γίνεται όπλο της Hydra). O Soule όμως πριν λίγα χρόνια στο comic Ο Θάνατος του Wolverine αποφάσισε ότι είχε έρθει η ώρα να πεθάνει ο -ταλαιπωρημένος απ’ τις σκληρές αναμνήσεις- ήρωάς του κι αυτός ο θάνατος ήρθε σε ένα comic που μπορεί να διαβαστεί και ως tribute στις εμβληματικότερες στιγμές του Wolverine. Την ίδια χρονική περίοδο είχε κυκλοφορήσει και η -υποδειγματική για τον υπερηρωικό κινηματογράφο- ταινία Logan, στην οποία ο Wolverine του Hugh Jackman έριξε τίτλους τέλους στον εμβληματικό κινηματογραφικό ήρωά του. Κάπως έτσι μέσα σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα ο σχεδόν ανίκητος μεταλλαγμένος της Marvel βρέθηκε να πεθαίνει δύο φορές, τη μία στο comic universe και την άλλη σε ένα εναλλακτικό Marvel cinematic universe της Sony! Είναι δύσκολο να ανακαλέσεις μία τέτοια εξέλιξη ελαφρά τη καρδία. Και γι’ αυτό ο Wolverine έμεινε νεκρός στο κεντρικό storyline της Marvel για σχεδόν 5 χρόνια! Το κενό αυτό προσπάθησε η Marvel να το καλύψει με σειρές σε εναλλακτικά comic σύμπαντα, όπως το Old Man Logan (του All new – All diferent reboot της Marvel που εμπνέεται απ’ την κλασσική ιστορία του Mark Millar), όμως δεν έπαυε να αποτελεί ένα δυσαναπλήρωτο κενό τόσο για τα κεντρικά events της Marvel όσο και για τις X-Men σειρές της.
Είναι φυσιολογικό ότι αργά ή γρήγορα θα ερχόταν η ανάγκη να επανέλθει ο Wolverine στα comics της Marvel. Εν προκειμένω το ενδιαφέρον ερώτημα δεν ήταν το αν θα επέστρεφε αλλά το πώς θα γινόταν αυτό. Η Marvel εμπιστεύτηκε την αναγέννηση του ήρωα στους Soule και McNiven (δηλαδή στο δημιουργικό δίδυμο που τον οδήγησε στο θάνατο), οι οποίοι φάνηκε ότι είχαν ένα ολοκληρωμένο σχέδιο για το πώς θα χειριστούν τον ήρωά τους μετά το θάνατό του. Έτσι, αφού μεσολάβησε ως ένα -αινιγματικότερο- πρελούδιο το Hunt for Wolverine, η ολική επαναφορά του ήρωα έγινε με μία limited comic series 5 τευχών, την Επιστροφή του Wolverine, η οποία μεταφράστηκε στα ελληνικά πριν λίγες ημέρες από τις εκδόσεις Anubis.
Η επιστροφή του Wolverine από το θάνατο γίνεται με μία μέθοδο που προκαλεί έντονο ενδιαφέρον, χωρίς να υπολείπεται σε δράση και σασπένς. Στα πρώτα καρέ του comic συναντάμε τον Logan να είναι ζωντανός αλλά έχοντας χάσει τις αναμνήσεις του παρελθόντος. Δεν θυμάται ούτε ποιος ήταν ούτε τι έκανε στην προηγούμενη ζωή του. Κι ενώ το υποσυνείδητό του προσπαθεί να αυτοϊαθεί σκαλίζοντας τις μνήμες του, εκεί θα βρει αμέτρητα φαντάσματα του παρελθόντος του. Όμως ο Wolverine δεν έχει την πολυτέλεια να εστιάσει στον εαυτό του, επειδή ήδη απ’ την πρώτη στιγμή που ανοίγει τα μάτια του συνειδητοποιεί ότι βρίσκεται στο πεδίο μίας βίαιης μάχης σε ένα εργαστήριο, δίπλα σε έναν επιστήμονα ο οποίος λίγο πριν εκπνεύσει του εξηγεί ότι αυτός και άλλοι συνάδελφοί του εργάζονταν για μία σατανική villain, την Περσεφόνη, η οποία με τη δύναμη της οργάνωσής της, της Σώτειρας, επιδιώκει να κυριαρχήσει στον πλανήτη αφανίζοντας το ανθρώπινο είδος, με έναν ιδιαίτερο (αλλά και μυστήριο) τρόπο. Ο Logan αμέσως θα αναλάβει δράση, βοηθώντας μία άλλη επιζήσασα επιστήμονα, την Άνα, της οποίας ο στρατός της Σώτειρας απήγαγε τον γιο της και του ζητά απελπισμένα να τους ακολουθήσουν μαζί για να τον σώσει. Γρήγορα θα φανεί ότι τα πράγματα είναι πολύ πιο περίπλοκα απ’ ότι αρχικά φαινόταν.
Επομένως, η πρώτη μείζονα καινοτομία στην ιστορία της ανάστασης του Wolverine είναι η απώλεια μνήμης του, εξαιτίας της οποίας θα πρέπει να ανακαλύψει ξανά τον εαυτό του και το παρελθόν του. Προκειμένου να θυμηθεί, η Αν του υπόσχεται ότι θα του διηγηθεί τρεις ιστορίες, όπου είναι απ’ την πρώτη στιγμή εμφανές ότι θα είναι κρίσιμες για την εξέλιξη της υπόθεσης, ακολουθώντας το κλασσικό μοτίβο των παραμυθιών της Χαλιμάς.
Η δεύτερη μεγάλη σεναριακή τομή που επιχειρεί ο Soule προκειμένου να διατηρήσει το ενδιαφέρον του αναγνωστικού κοινού είναι ότι εξοπλίζει τον Wolverine με μία νέα υπερδύναμη. Πλέον οι λεπίδες στα χέρια του μπορούν να θερμανθούν, καθιστώντας τον ακόμα πιο επικίνδυνο για τους αντιπάλους του. Επιπλέον με τη νέα του δύναμη γίνεται και λιγότερο προβλέψιμος στη μάχη κι αυτό είναι ένα σημαντικό πλεονέκτημα σε μία στιγμή που βρίσκεται να αναμετριέται με άλλους μεταλλαγμένους X-Men.
Σε αντίθεση με το προηγούμενο comic των Soule – McNiven, τον Θάνατο του Wolverine, εδώ το σχέδιο του comic δεν το αναλαμβάνει εξ ολοκλήρου ο Steve McNiven (ο σχεδιαστής θρυλικών comics οπως το Civil War και το Old Man Logan), αλλά είναι αποτέλεσμα της συνεργασίας του με τον Declan Shalvey, ο οποίος εικονογράφησε τα ενδιάμεσα τεύχη (απ’ το 2ο έως και το 4ο) αφήνοντας τα δύο σημαντικότερα (το 1ο και το 5ο) στον McNiven. Όμως αυτή η εναλλαγή των σχεδιαστών δημιουργεί μία φανερή ανισοτιμία στο σχέδιο των τευχών, αφού τα δύο τεύχη που σχεδίασει ο McNiven διακρίνονται για τον πιο σκοτεινό τους χαρακτήρα και τα ατμοσφαιρικά panels μάχης, ενώ στα ενδιάμεσα επεισόδια του Shalvey το σχέδιο παραπέμπει περισσότερο σε indie comic κι όχι σε πρωτοκλασάτο υπερηρωικό τίτλο της Marvel.
Τη μετάφραση του τίτλου ανέλαβε ο Ηλίας Τσιάρας, του οποίου οι comic μεταφράσεις είναι πάντοτε αξιόπιστες, αφού καταβάλλει σε κάθε comic τη μέγιστη προσπάθεια να ισορροπήσει μεταξύ των πρωτότυπων ονομάτων και της ελληνικής τους μεταφοράς (το οποίο είναι και ένα απ’ τα μεγάλα προβλήματα στις ελληνικές μεταφράσεις comics κυρίως του παρελθόντος), ενώ επιπλέον πάντοτε μεταφράζει προσεκτικά την ιδιαίτερη αμερικάνικη αργκό των υπερηρωικών ιστοριών δράσης. Αν έπρεπε να κάνω μία μικρή παρατήρηση θα ήθελα να σχολιάσω μόνον ότι πιστεύω -χωρίς να έχω διαβάσει το πρωτότυπο κείμενο όμως- ότι θα έπρεπε να βρεθεί μία πιο ταιριαστή έκφραση (για έναν badass υπερήρωα) απ’ το «κυρά μου / κυρία μου» το οποίο επαναλαμβάνεται 4-5 φορές στο comic. Πιθανολογώ ότι ο μεταφραστής αποδίδει έτσι τη συχνά χρησιμοποιούμενη λέξη «ma’m», η οποία όμως στα ελληνικά δύσκολα πλέον χρησιμοποιείται σε ανάλογο context.
Επιλογικά θέλω να τονίσω ότι είναι άξια συγχαρητηρίων η επιλογή των εκδόσεων Anubis να μεταφράσουν την Επιστροφή του Wolverine, όχι τόσο γιατί πρόκειται για κάποιο κλασσικό ή κάποιο απίστευτα πρωτότυπο comic, αλλά επειδή είναι η συνέχεια του προηγούμενου comic που είχαν μεταφράσει, του Θανάτου του Wolverine. Με αυτό τον τρόπο δίνουν την ευκαιρία στο ελληνικό αναγνωστικό κοινό να διαβάσει ολόκληρη την ιστορία του Charles Soule με πρωταγωνιστή τον Wolverine και να αντιληφθεί τόσο το πλάνο που είχε για τον χαρακτήρα όσο και κάποιες απ’ τις σημαντικές εξελίξεις που έγιναν στον κόσμο των X-Men τα τελευταία χρόνια στα comics της Marvel. Εξάλλου, είναι προφανές ότι ο Wolverine είναι ένας απ’ τους αγαπημένους χαρακτήρες των εκδόσεων Anubis, αφού δεν μπορεί να είναι τυχαία η επιλογή να μεταφράσουν σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα και τα δύο comics του Soule αλλά και τον Δημόσιο Κίνδυνο, την δίτομη κλασσική ιστορία του Mark Millar.
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July 10, 2019
Not sure how to think about this one. It's really good if you think of it as the beginning of another story. But where is the rest of the story? The explanation as to why the character is alive now makes as little sense as when they brought Nightcrawler back to life. He literally escaped from Heaven. Now Wolverine has been brought back to life by a woman with the power to create zombies. There is more to it, the writer hints that there is much more to learn. So, OK. I get it. There is a bigger story here. But where is it? Do I need to read New Avengers, X-Men, X-23, and a few issues of Fantastic Four to get the whole story? It seems that time will tell if this was a worthwhile read. But I wish Marvel will learn a lesson that should have been clear to them a long time ago. The best stories, the ones that people get excited about and recommend to other readers, are the complete stories.
May 24, 2019
An excellent "rebirth" with Lovely beautiful bits of mayhem and blood courtesy of Mcniven's Arresting anarchic artwork. Alas Steve's art is only in the first and last issues. The remaining art is decent but a definite letdown in comparison.
Also the confrontation with the main resolves a bit too quickly for my tastes.
A very good story bracketed by marvelous art.
Also the confrontation with the main resolves a bit too quickly for my tastes.
A very good story bracketed by marvelous art.
March 15, 2021
He's made it through two preludes, a death, a companion, and a hunt - now it's time for Wolverine to return.
I think my overriding feeling for this mini-series was 'is that it?'
Does Wolverine return? Yes. Do we get answers as to why he's back? Yes, although they're flimsy as hell. Do we get a resolution to the Soteira stuff seeded during Hunt? Also yes, but it doesn't feel very satisfying at all. The villain gets away, her plan is as nonsensical as you can get, and I definitely get the feeling we won't be revisiting her anytime soon.
Plus the artwork is all over the place. The middle three issues are by Declan Shalvey, which look grand, but someone pretending to be Steve McNiven draws the first and last issue, and it looks horrendous. I'm not sure if it's a change in inker or something, but comparing McNiven's pages here to his work in the initial Death Of Wolverine is like night and day. The final splash page in issue 1 has Wolverine engulfed in a head of hair to the point of being ridiculous.
So Return of Wolverine gets Wolvie back on the stage. It does what it says on the tin. It definitely could have done it better, though, and it does make me feel a bit disappointed that I spent all that time reading the Death stuff when this is what caps it all off.
I think my overriding feeling for this mini-series was 'is that it?'
Does Wolverine return? Yes. Do we get answers as to why he's back? Yes, although they're flimsy as hell. Do we get a resolution to the Soteira stuff seeded during Hunt? Also yes, but it doesn't feel very satisfying at all. The villain gets away, her plan is as nonsensical as you can get, and I definitely get the feeling we won't be revisiting her anytime soon.
Plus the artwork is all over the place. The middle three issues are by Declan Shalvey, which look grand, but someone pretending to be Steve McNiven draws the first and last issue, and it looks horrendous. I'm not sure if it's a change in inker or something, but comparing McNiven's pages here to his work in the initial Death Of Wolverine is like night and day. The final splash page in issue 1 has Wolverine engulfed in a head of hair to the point of being ridiculous.
So Return of Wolverine gets Wolvie back on the stage. It does what it says on the tin. It definitely could have done it better, though, and it does make me feel a bit disappointed that I spent all that time reading the Death stuff when this is what caps it all off.
July 14, 2019
Understatement of the day: Disappointing.
Bringing back Logan should be a major event but this so-called return is a dud.
The usual tropes are all there including manipulation-with a twist I guessed from issue one- and a grandiloquent villain with dumb motivations.
Soule is on auto-pilot and never risks brain damage finding new ideas- the litteral mental prison, Wolvie goes berserk against friends- and after an unimaginative but well executed first issue the plot drones on as planned the trick being to stay awake all along.
Artwise Declan Shavey does an unimpressive job for the 3 middle issues. On the other hand Steve McNiven does an amazing one emulating Barry Windsor-Smith. The opening/ending issues are visually great.
This return is to be coupled with an Infinity something I don't intend to read in the near future- the stones of whatever never caught up with me- so I'm afraid I'll be left hanging dry with just this book.
Bringing back Logan should be a major event but this so-called return is a dud.
The usual tropes are all there including manipulation-with a twist I guessed from issue one- and a grandiloquent villain with dumb motivations.
Soule is on auto-pilot and never risks brain damage finding new ideas- the litteral mental prison, Wolvie goes berserk against friends- and after an unimaginative but well executed first issue the plot drones on as planned the trick being to stay awake all along.
Artwise Declan Shavey does an unimpressive job for the 3 middle issues. On the other hand Steve McNiven does an amazing one emulating Barry Windsor-Smith. The opening/ending issues are visually great.
This return is to be coupled with an Infinity something I don't intend to read in the near future- the stones of whatever never caught up with me- so I'm afraid I'll be left hanging dry with just this book.
July 4, 2019
Read as single issues, with a long wait as my shop didn't grab issue 4 the first time around and we had to track it down when I caught up on my pull list and reading list.
Ugh. This is completely skippable. Logan needed to stay dead. There's no point to him coming back except $$$$$. The reason to bring him back is lame, the villain isn't interesting, the dialogue isn't that good except for a few stereotypical Logan lines. I could go on. This did not click with me at all. Charles Soule got his paycheck but was clearly pouring his creative energy into other stories.
Marvel, sometimes it is okay to let sleeping heroes lie. You had a Wolverine, anyway, with Laura Kinney, who is the best Wolverine.
Hard pass, do not recommend.
Ugh. This is completely skippable. Logan needed to stay dead. There's no point to him coming back except $$$$$. The reason to bring him back is lame, the villain isn't interesting, the dialogue isn't that good except for a few stereotypical Logan lines. I could go on. This did not click with me at all. Charles Soule got his paycheck but was clearly pouring his creative energy into other stories.
Marvel, sometimes it is okay to let sleeping heroes lie. You had a Wolverine, anyway, with Laura Kinney, who is the best Wolverine.
Hard pass, do not recommend.
November 18, 2020
So, once he was dead, it was only a matter of time before Wolverine showed up again.
After all, his "death" was so goddam stupid in the first place, he had to reappear to allow some future halfwit of a writer to take another, better stab at the concept. But did his return have to be so dumb?
There's a lot of lame writing here, more layers of psychic turmoil and obsfucation for the recently resurrected Logan to muddle through, yet another evil space station orbiting the earth, another army of evil doers for him to sink his claws into, another super-powered evil villain with nefarious designs on the X-community, and through it all, absolutely nothing new or interesting added to the mix.
Oh wait, Wolvie's claws get hot now. So yeah, there's that...
After all, his "death" was so goddam stupid in the first place, he had to reappear to allow some future halfwit of a writer to take another, better stab at the concept. But did his return have to be so dumb?
There's a lot of lame writing here, more layers of psychic turmoil and obsfucation for the recently resurrected Logan to muddle through, yet another evil space station orbiting the earth, another army of evil doers for him to sink his claws into, another super-powered evil villain with nefarious designs on the X-community, and through it all, absolutely nothing new or interesting added to the mix.
Oh wait, Wolvie's claws get hot now. So yeah, there's that...
June 6, 2019
Waking up with no memory, beat up and on fire, Logan seems to be in a horrible situation. But, that doesn't factor in that he was recently dead. Pulling himself together, he sets his sights on Soteira and their leader Persephone. Two things are still confusing: for some reason, his claws can now heat up when he goes berserker AND his memories are fragmented in his mind as his various personalities and costumes.
After witnessing a town be completely taken out by troops, Wolverine teams up with Ana, a woman who knows Logan is a great hero, to help rescue her son from Soteira. On a boat chase, he finds himself fighting and destroying a resurrected Omega Red and Daken, killing them both. In Persephone's city (also home of Soteira), Logan is convinced that a squad has been sent to kill him. In fact, they are the X-Men (Jean, Storm, Kitty, Iceman, Nightcrawler) who have come to rescue him. In a rage, he defeats, but doesn't kill 4 of the 5 members.
Waking in a hospital, having passed out from his raging, Ana reveals herself to be Persephone and explains how the entire town is under control, her having the power over death, and filling the town with undead servants. Memories are starting to return and she invites him to join her on her base in orbit. Stepping off the rocket, Logan is determined to make his final stand. Even proving that he is able to survive a brief period of time outside the space station in a vacuum, he convinces the techs on the station to take down Soteira's satellites. He then crashes the space station into the sea, destroying Persephone's plans for now.
Logan heads to Central Park NYC and rejoins with the X-Men.
Excellent story and the pacing was great. The mystery of the hot claws is still not solved, but I know Marvel will take care of that on their own schedule.
Strong recommend.
After witnessing a town be completely taken out by troops, Wolverine teams up with Ana, a woman who knows Logan is a great hero, to help rescue her son from Soteira. On a boat chase, he finds himself fighting and destroying a resurrected Omega Red and Daken, killing them both. In Persephone's city (also home of Soteira), Logan is convinced that a squad has been sent to kill him. In fact, they are the X-Men (Jean, Storm, Kitty, Iceman, Nightcrawler) who have come to rescue him. In a rage, he defeats, but doesn't kill 4 of the 5 members.
Waking in a hospital, having passed out from his raging, Ana reveals herself to be Persephone and explains how the entire town is under control, her having the power over death, and filling the town with undead servants. Memories are starting to return and she invites him to join her on her base in orbit. Stepping off the rocket, Logan is determined to make his final stand. Even proving that he is able to survive a brief period of time outside the space station in a vacuum, he convinces the techs on the station to take down Soteira's satellites. He then crashes the space station into the sea, destroying Persephone's plans for now.
Logan heads to Central Park NYC and rejoins with the X-Men.
Excellent story and the pacing was great. The mystery of the hot claws is still not solved, but I know Marvel will take care of that on their own schedule.
Strong recommend.
November 8, 2023
Sadece Wolverine ölümden dönmüş olsun diye yazılmış bir hikaye. Wolverine gözünü açıyor ve hafızasını yitirmiş. Önce manipüle ediliyor sonra da gerçeği fark edip önüne çıkanı biçiyor. Oldukça ruhsuz, heyecansız bir hikaye. Ne kendini merak ettiriyor ne de akıllıca yeni bir şey sunuyor. Wolverine'in Peşinde hikayesinin devamı olması dışında okumak için hiçbir sebep sunmuyor.
April 7, 2019
Logan's back! and finally, something done concisely.
November 6, 2019
This is not a bad comic and have a lot of cool dialogue, but to be honest I felt it really... meh...
ok is awesome to have back Wolvie but....
ok is awesome to have back Wolvie but....
December 10, 2020
Wolverine comes back from the dead! I missed the part where he died. But poor Wolvy could not be allowed to rest in peace. Or even rest in pieces. Some lady mutant whose gift is making zombies decided to give him a chance at a fresh start.
Unlike Sherlock Holmes's mind palace, Wolverine has a mind prison where he keeps all the different Wolverines locked up securely. Logan has the ability to conjure this mind prison effortlessly and speak to the other Wolverines locked inside. Even brown-costume Wolverine from the '80s gets a cell. So does original-flavor Wolverine (who looks more like a kitty cat), once seen fighting the Incredible Hulk. Weapon X Wolverine is there of course. And don't forget James Bond Wolverine, who wears a tux. But naked Berserker Wolverine must stay locked up at all costs.
Once again Wolverine is spotty on precisely who he is and how he got there. Then the X-Men show up and Wolverine uses his now-superheated claws to cut Iceman in half. Whoops! Why do his claws do that now? It's not important enough to explain apparently. Then Wolverine goes to space and wears a groovy Wolverine-space suit. No matter how mutilated Wolverine gets, his hair remains positively fierce! (Logan seems a little too butch for product. Maybe he's born with it? Maybe it's Maybelline. Sooo much volume.)
I concur with the other readers who felt a tad underwhelmed by this story. If Wolverine's death seemed arbitrary, his return is even moreso. The reviewer who pointed out that this story's villain totally cribbed her world-domination scheme from Moonraker made me laugh out loud because he was right! This lady must have had a lot of money to have her own island with a bustling city and a sprawling space station AND multiple death-ray satellites AAND the ability to launch a space shuttle just to bring Wolverine to her space station so he could chat with her hologram. I guess zombie labor comes cheap.
Despite the absolute silliness of the story (I don't know when we all decided that Wolverine stories should be treated as deadly serious as Batman V. Superman) the artwork is gorgeous. The artists obviously did their homework and there were some truly stunning panels. Breathtaking. I can't hate on this too hard because I still had fun.
Unlike Sherlock Holmes's mind palace, Wolverine has a mind prison where he keeps all the different Wolverines locked up securely. Logan has the ability to conjure this mind prison effortlessly and speak to the other Wolverines locked inside. Even brown-costume Wolverine from the '80s gets a cell. So does original-flavor Wolverine (who looks more like a kitty cat), once seen fighting the Incredible Hulk. Weapon X Wolverine is there of course. And don't forget James Bond Wolverine, who wears a tux. But naked Berserker Wolverine must stay locked up at all costs.
Once again Wolverine is spotty on precisely who he is and how he got there. Then the X-Men show up and Wolverine uses his now-superheated claws to cut Iceman in half. Whoops! Why do his claws do that now? It's not important enough to explain apparently. Then Wolverine goes to space and wears a groovy Wolverine-space suit. No matter how mutilated Wolverine gets, his hair remains positively fierce! (Logan seems a little too butch for product. Maybe he's born with it? Maybe it's Maybelline. Sooo much volume.)
I concur with the other readers who felt a tad underwhelmed by this story. If Wolverine's death seemed arbitrary, his return is even moreso. The reviewer who pointed out that this story's villain totally cribbed her world-domination scheme from Moonraker made me laugh out loud because he was right! This lady must have had a lot of money to have her own island with a bustling city and a sprawling space station AND multiple death-ray satellites AAND the ability to launch a space shuttle just to bring Wolverine to her space station so he could chat with her hologram. I guess zombie labor comes cheap.
Despite the absolute silliness of the story (I don't know when we all decided that Wolverine stories should be treated as deadly serious as Batman V. Superman) the artwork is gorgeous. The artists obviously did their homework and there were some truly stunning panels. Breathtaking. I can't hate on this too hard because I still had fun.
March 16, 2019
It looks like most readers hated this one. While I didn't hate it, I didn't love it either. So if I understood things right, this is the story of Wolverine's return.
I just feel like most people in that the whole Death and Return of Wolverine thing seemed more like a cash grab rather than a story that needed to be told. I did enjoy the art, and like I said the story was okay just not on the level it should be for this time of event. I guess we'll see where things go from here.
I just feel like most people in that the whole Death and Return of Wolverine thing seemed more like a cash grab rather than a story that needed to be told. I did enjoy the art, and like I said the story was okay just not on the level it should be for this time of event. I guess we'll see where things go from here.
April 22, 2019
Meh. His "return" was inevitable, so why not make the "why" of it interesting? Ah, why bother? Let's just make it about as generic and meaningless as we can, because everyone's going to read this anyway.
It's a pretty shallow explanation for how he returns, and it's stretched out into five issues without really going into too much detail. The most interesting thing about the story was the different aspects of Logan's personality, which felt like a wasted opportunity instead of the visual tool of understanding it was implemented as. The best part about the art was Steve McNiven draws some of it to mimic the Barry Windsor Smith artwork in the original Wolverine: Weapon X story. Unfortunately, he only draws the first and last issues, leaving three issues to be filled with rather mundane visuals.
Unfulfilling and barely worth reading.
It's a pretty shallow explanation for how he returns, and it's stretched out into five issues without really going into too much detail. The most interesting thing about the story was the different aspects of Logan's personality, which felt like a wasted opportunity instead of the visual tool of understanding it was implemented as. The best part about the art was Steve McNiven draws some of it to mimic the Barry Windsor Smith artwork in the original Wolverine: Weapon X story. Unfortunately, he only draws the first and last issues, leaving three issues to be filled with rather mundane visuals.
Unfulfilling and barely worth reading.
May 30, 2021
Judah likey!
This has a very 80s/90s Logan vibe. Definitely reminded me a bit of Weapon X, Fatal Attractions and Enemy of the State. It’s nice to see Logan’s conflicted, enraged self grappling with being fucked with. I miss him when he’s dead. Marvel needs to stop killing Wolverine.
McNiven’s art is a little weird in some ways, but I think he also has some big BWS energy, and it fits. Declan’s art is a bit more traditional and easy to digest. Charles Soule writes a very good Wolverine story.
Overall, I like this alot, although I hate the temporary death thing and I wish it didn’t have to happen.
This has a very 80s/90s Logan vibe. Definitely reminded me a bit of Weapon X, Fatal Attractions and Enemy of the State. It’s nice to see Logan’s conflicted, enraged self grappling with being fucked with. I miss him when he’s dead. Marvel needs to stop killing Wolverine.
McNiven’s art is a little weird in some ways, but I think he also has some big BWS energy, and it fits. Declan’s art is a bit more traditional and easy to digest. Charles Soule writes a very good Wolverine story.
Overall, I like this alot, although I hate the temporary death thing and I wish it didn’t have to happen.
August 19, 2019
McNiven’s art is stunning. He is really channeling Barry Windsor Smith and adapting him into his style. But he only does the first and last issues and the artist in the middle is not great and not at all a match in style. The story is pretty silly too. Pretty disappointing overall. More McNiven!
February 26, 2019
Ne cherchons pas, c'est de la merde.
L'histoire n'a absolument aucun intérêt, les épisodes 2 à 4 sont laids au possible et Steve Mc Niven qui s'occupe du 1 et 5 est tellement en petite forme que ça ne sauve pas l'ensemble.
On pourra aussi ajouter que c'est relativement incohérent avec les petits backup des derniers mois qui montrait Wolvie un peu partout. Gerry Dugan doit faire le ménage là-dedans apparemment...
L'histoire n'a absolument aucun intérêt, les épisodes 2 à 4 sont laids au possible et Steve Mc Niven qui s'occupe du 1 et 5 est tellement en petite forme que ça ne sauve pas l'ensemble.
On pourra aussi ajouter que c'est relativement incohérent avec les petits backup des derniers mois qui montrait Wolvie un peu partout. Gerry Dugan doit faire le ménage là-dedans apparemment...
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