Post by Jesse M. Huertas on Dec 29, 2006 18:47:01 GMT -5
Better than Life Itself: It must be in your collection for eternity
Definite Read!: A great read from front to finish
Not bad, but not great: A decent read worth the asking price
Well, it’s not the worst: Only for diehards…even then
Where’s my Pistol?: Titles like this make you question your hobby!
Preamble:Sorry hadn't reviewed any of the main Wolvie titles. Just wanted to finish up the CW arc, but with issue #50, we'll get that started. Now for your reading pleasure, we'll review the whole Vendetta arc Issues 42-48
Review: Vendetta was initially a six part story for the massive Civil War storyline encompassing the entire Marvel Universe, a seventh issue was added to close out the series and provide some answers to some startling events (mainly Wolverine being burned to the bone and rejuvenating in a matter of a panel).
ART: Starting off, the art really bugged me Ramos had a lost of reality when drawing Wolverine gigantic necks, but one thing was in his drawing that was missing since the days of the Kuberts and Francis Yu, the art was dynamic, expressive and exciting, so it really grew on me as the issue kept coming. Issue #48 was one of the most beautifully drawn and inked issue in comics in a very long time. So that issue alone forgave some of the missteps of the earlier issues. Overall I gave the art a B+
STORY: The story takes place after the events of Civil War #1. The Stamford Massacre occured by the villian Nitro which set in motion the Superhuman Registration Act headed by Iron Man. Wolverine not wanting to get involved in all the extra affairs just wants justice done to the one responsible, namely Nitro. The quest for revenge takes our hero all the way to the limits (and beyond it seems) of his healing factor, it has our hero taking on heros like Namor, Sentry, donning the Iron Man outfit and so much more. Through the course of the story he finds out that Damage Control under new management have been secretly supplying villians with a growth hormone (MGH) that amps powers up and cause more damage which they get the cleanup contracts, Wolverine diverts his attention at taking down the corporate giants closing out the exciting arc with a one on one battle with Wolverine and an MGH enhanced Walter Declun, the CEO of Damage Control, with Wolverine executing him on the street (and this is why we NEED the SHRA folks:) ). The Epilogue has nothing to do with Civil War, but more of the experiences Wolverine goes through while his body 'dies' and patches itself up, and his soul goes to limbo where he finds Jean Grey and a new enemy he killed (which looks like its around the WWI or WWII era). He's telling his story to the Atlantean chick he's having sex with, that he fought alongside with earlier in the story. Overall a solid B.
CONCLUSION: The quality of this story was unexpected, being Guggenheim's very first story. This tie-in was much more explosive and revealing and fun than all the other tie-ins. It's a shame that non of the other titles even make a bleep of Wolverine's revelations, but oh well. The story was fun, and the epilouge, while not really satisfying had great art and had more Jean/Wolverine interaction. It looks like Guggenheim will have the chance to finish the story after Loeb's origin story is told, the only downer on that being that it sounds like Chaykin is drawing the story, which is never a good thing in my book. Overall, I give Guggenheim's rookie premiere a solid B.
RATING: Definite Read!: A great read from front to finish
Definite Read!: A great read from front to finish
Not bad, but not great: A decent read worth the asking price
Well, it’s not the worst: Only for diehards…even then
Where’s my Pistol?: Titles like this make you question your hobby!
Preamble:Sorry hadn't reviewed any of the main Wolvie titles. Just wanted to finish up the CW arc, but with issue #50, we'll get that started. Now for your reading pleasure, we'll review the whole Vendetta arc Issues 42-48
Review: Vendetta was initially a six part story for the massive Civil War storyline encompassing the entire Marvel Universe, a seventh issue was added to close out the series and provide some answers to some startling events (mainly Wolverine being burned to the bone and rejuvenating in a matter of a panel).
ART: Starting off, the art really bugged me Ramos had a lost of reality when drawing Wolverine gigantic necks, but one thing was in his drawing that was missing since the days of the Kuberts and Francis Yu, the art was dynamic, expressive and exciting, so it really grew on me as the issue kept coming. Issue #48 was one of the most beautifully drawn and inked issue in comics in a very long time. So that issue alone forgave some of the missteps of the earlier issues. Overall I gave the art a B+
STORY: The story takes place after the events of Civil War #1. The Stamford Massacre occured by the villian Nitro which set in motion the Superhuman Registration Act headed by Iron Man. Wolverine not wanting to get involved in all the extra affairs just wants justice done to the one responsible, namely Nitro. The quest for revenge takes our hero all the way to the limits (and beyond it seems) of his healing factor, it has our hero taking on heros like Namor, Sentry, donning the Iron Man outfit and so much more. Through the course of the story he finds out that Damage Control under new management have been secretly supplying villians with a growth hormone (MGH) that amps powers up and cause more damage which they get the cleanup contracts, Wolverine diverts his attention at taking down the corporate giants closing out the exciting arc with a one on one battle with Wolverine and an MGH enhanced Walter Declun, the CEO of Damage Control, with Wolverine executing him on the street (and this is why we NEED the SHRA folks:) ). The Epilogue has nothing to do with Civil War, but more of the experiences Wolverine goes through while his body 'dies' and patches itself up, and his soul goes to limbo where he finds Jean Grey and a new enemy he killed (which looks like its around the WWI or WWII era). He's telling his story to the Atlantean chick he's having sex with, that he fought alongside with earlier in the story. Overall a solid B.
CONCLUSION: The quality of this story was unexpected, being Guggenheim's very first story. This tie-in was much more explosive and revealing and fun than all the other tie-ins. It's a shame that non of the other titles even make a bleep of Wolverine's revelations, but oh well. The story was fun, and the epilouge, while not really satisfying had great art and had more Jean/Wolverine interaction. It looks like Guggenheim will have the chance to finish the story after Loeb's origin story is told, the only downer on that being that it sounds like Chaykin is drawing the story, which is never a good thing in my book. Overall, I give Guggenheim's rookie premiere a solid B.
RATING: Definite Read!: A great read from front to finish