Post by Jesse M. Huertas on Oct 18, 2007 22:06:50 GMT -5
5 Claws: A must have for your collection
4 Claws: A worthy 3 dollar spend
3 Claws: Not too crappy, yet nothing special
2 Claws: Seriously not worth your time nor money
1 Claw: This book belongs in your burn pile
This story picks up back in 1915 with Logan fighting strong amid chlorine gas on the battlefield. Logan is plowing down his enemies until he faces up with a lone swordsman, doing the same, taking names. The two engage in battle, with Logan wondering why he can't smell the Nazi Bosch (No...Nazi's weren't around in 1915...hey editors...ah nevermind).
In present day, Dr. Strange has caught up with Wolverine's soulless body. He meets up with Iron Man, who seemingly despite the tension in New Avengers are buddy buddy again (editors...ah nevermind). Dr. Strange tells him that while his body functions seem to be working just perky, no brain activity is due to his soul being lost. He tells Tony that he's taking Logan back to the sanctorum. Back in the sanctorum, Strange enters the abyss to where Logan 'soul' is. Wolvy remembers how he got to the 'afterlife'. Strange tells him that for decades that everytime his body 'died', his soul went to purgatory where he battled Lazaer and if he won, his soul was sent back to the real world and life went on. However Wolvy lost this battle with Lazaer this time, because his will to live was lost when Amir (the blue chick from Atlantis) was killed, who you know, was the love of his life.
Back in 1915, Strange is explaining who Lazaer is and why he's got a mad-on for Wolverine. Lazaer can only be called supernatural of course. After the writer takes a page to explain to us what an anagram is, we finally find out that Lazaer is none other than Azrael, the Angel of Death. Of course, since the Angel of Death has never been beaten in combat, his goal in life is to get revenge and kill our Wolvy once and for all, in his homefield. Strange ends the issue telling Logan that he's not going to save his life, but that Logan is going to save his own life.
The term 'jumped the shark' applies fittingly here. It's chapter 2 of this 'arc' and it's already jumped the shark. Guggenheim is just putting Wolverine into a realm that he just shouldn't be entering. It's not Wolverine, it's stories like these that have made Wolverine a shadow of his former self. I touched on this a bit on the Annual 2007 review, but this is just absurd. Editors up top cannot seriously read this stuff and think of it as high art. It's ok to have Wolverine mix it up with Blackheart and Mephisto in a story here in there where Ghost Rider is mixed in, but to throw the supernatural and mysticism into Wolverine's backstory (Wolverine was shown to be in WWI almost twenty years ago) and to use this angle as canon fodder for Wolvy's healing factor is just so wrong on so many levels. these constant changes to the fundamentals of Wolverine on a monthly basis just shows that Marvel has no idea who the character of Wolverine actually is, nor they have no idea what direction they'd like to take him. At this point, series cancellation seems imminent I hope, unless boneheads buy this and any more Loeb crap in drones, then more craptastic stories will emerge.
The art, while a bit better than Chaykin's current output isn't really saying much and really shouldn't be taken as a compliment. His Wolverine in 1915 looked like a 75 year old man instead of a man about 20 years old. It's just overall fugly.
Bottom line, it seems to be a race internally to see who can deliver the worst Wolverine story of all time, Jeph Loeb has the belt but it seems that Guggs is vying for the top spot. If you are liking this story, please stop, you are part of the cycle of destroying the very essence of this character. This story just needs to be over. I'm almost afraid to read next month's story. Just remember, I read the crap so you don't have to, if you've wasted your three bucks, then you have nobody to blame but yourself. I hate giving out terrible grades, I really do, I want to read great Wolvy stories...this however...jumped the shark is the nicest thing I can say...or else Mark would get on and eat me alive.
REVIEW: 1 Claw: This book belongs in your burn pile
And I really mean it...it was terrible...the entire premise is a disgusting mess. Usually these type of grades are given out for Wolverine Origins, but at this point, Dan Way is a step up, no matter how boring.
4 Claws: A worthy 3 dollar spend
3 Claws: Not too crappy, yet nothing special
2 Claws: Seriously not worth your time nor money
1 Claw: This book belongs in your burn pile
This story picks up back in 1915 with Logan fighting strong amid chlorine gas on the battlefield. Logan is plowing down his enemies until he faces up with a lone swordsman, doing the same, taking names. The two engage in battle, with Logan wondering why he can't smell the Nazi Bosch (No...Nazi's weren't around in 1915...hey editors...ah nevermind).
In present day, Dr. Strange has caught up with Wolverine's soulless body. He meets up with Iron Man, who seemingly despite the tension in New Avengers are buddy buddy again (editors...ah nevermind). Dr. Strange tells him that while his body functions seem to be working just perky, no brain activity is due to his soul being lost. He tells Tony that he's taking Logan back to the sanctorum. Back in the sanctorum, Strange enters the abyss to where Logan 'soul' is. Wolvy remembers how he got to the 'afterlife'. Strange tells him that for decades that everytime his body 'died', his soul went to purgatory where he battled Lazaer and if he won, his soul was sent back to the real world and life went on. However Wolvy lost this battle with Lazaer this time, because his will to live was lost when Amir (the blue chick from Atlantis) was killed, who you know, was the love of his life.
Back in 1915, Strange is explaining who Lazaer is and why he's got a mad-on for Wolverine. Lazaer can only be called supernatural of course. After the writer takes a page to explain to us what an anagram is, we finally find out that Lazaer is none other than Azrael, the Angel of Death. Of course, since the Angel of Death has never been beaten in combat, his goal in life is to get revenge and kill our Wolvy once and for all, in his homefield. Strange ends the issue telling Logan that he's not going to save his life, but that Logan is going to save his own life.
The term 'jumped the shark' applies fittingly here. It's chapter 2 of this 'arc' and it's already jumped the shark. Guggenheim is just putting Wolverine into a realm that he just shouldn't be entering. It's not Wolverine, it's stories like these that have made Wolverine a shadow of his former self. I touched on this a bit on the Annual 2007 review, but this is just absurd. Editors up top cannot seriously read this stuff and think of it as high art. It's ok to have Wolverine mix it up with Blackheart and Mephisto in a story here in there where Ghost Rider is mixed in, but to throw the supernatural and mysticism into Wolverine's backstory (Wolverine was shown to be in WWI almost twenty years ago) and to use this angle as canon fodder for Wolvy's healing factor is just so wrong on so many levels. these constant changes to the fundamentals of Wolverine on a monthly basis just shows that Marvel has no idea who the character of Wolverine actually is, nor they have no idea what direction they'd like to take him. At this point, series cancellation seems imminent I hope, unless boneheads buy this and any more Loeb crap in drones, then more craptastic stories will emerge.
The art, while a bit better than Chaykin's current output isn't really saying much and really shouldn't be taken as a compliment. His Wolverine in 1915 looked like a 75 year old man instead of a man about 20 years old. It's just overall fugly.
Bottom line, it seems to be a race internally to see who can deliver the worst Wolverine story of all time, Jeph Loeb has the belt but it seems that Guggs is vying for the top spot. If you are liking this story, please stop, you are part of the cycle of destroying the very essence of this character. This story just needs to be over. I'm almost afraid to read next month's story. Just remember, I read the crap so you don't have to, if you've wasted your three bucks, then you have nobody to blame but yourself. I hate giving out terrible grades, I really do, I want to read great Wolvy stories...this however...jumped the shark is the nicest thing I can say...or else Mark would get on and eat me alive.
REVIEW: 1 Claw: This book belongs in your burn pile
And I really mean it...it was terrible...the entire premise is a disgusting mess. Usually these type of grades are given out for Wolverine Origins, but at this point, Dan Way is a step up, no matter how boring.
