Comic Review: Wolverine; Origin and the End.

Hello views of both my blog and any would take the time to read an opinion blog! Today I am reviewing Wolverine: Origin and Wolverine: The End (both are trade paper back), seeing since they work well together.

Let's start with Origin. Everyone knows that Wolverine is pretty messed up because of his past. This comic shows you what happened. What I am most impressed with this comic is 1) It's art style and 2) The way it is written. For the art, every colour, every facial expression (especially the one with Wolverine's mother and the shotgun, which freaks me out a little every time I see it) is fused with the story. Every panel just looks really great and even the shading is appropriate to the scene in every way. The writing, is clear and concise, with no plot holes or no loose end(except for a small reference to THE END). The best part about the story is Wolverine doesn't start out as the bad ass that he is now. At first he's small, quiet, sickly, and later on mimics those around him, gaining a personality through that. There is a very limited amount of fighting (at least in superhero terms) and moreso tells the story of how Wolvie gets there by letting time pass. The only thing that you really have to believe is that Wolverine hasn't stopped aging yet, as the entire story takes place when hes a kid. The end of the story works extremely well because we know what happens to him... and that he eventually forgets everything. All in all, I think that this is sets a high standard for modern day super-comics.

As for Wolverine: The End. I would say, although cool, not as great as Origin. The End takes Wolverine to his last few years of life. The story feels that there is too much the reader doesn't know about Wolverine's future... if that makes any sense. For instance, one thing that bothers me, is that Wolverines one claw is broken? How could it break? It's adimantium! And the bone claw would at least grow back... I'm sorry that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Anyway... he's an old man, paranoid and delusional that the government is still after him; but he still is the crazy Wolvie with hair and claws that people love! The art has more Ink for shading and is really different from Origin's paint like pictures, which isn't bad... but by comparison it feels less impressive right off the start. Now, Wolverine, nearing over 200 years old, meets his brother, who has been following him for that long time (although I didn't see him in Days Future Past, or Secret Wars, or even House of M) evading mystic, telekentic and even technological scanners... but whatever, I'll believe it. Now, whereas Origin had very little fighting, but huge plot, the End does the complete opposite with Wolverine and his brother, John, fighting constantly. As much as I love a good Wolverine scrap, seeing two people who heal off every wound in seconds can get a little tiring. Eventually, Wolverine impales his brother, and John dies. And my final problem arises, Wolverine just lies there with his brother crying, and it ends. There is no clear ending. For example, in Hulk: The End, you know it's the end because if the Hulk transforms into Banner, hes dead. In Spider-man Reign, Spidey gets back into the action, being 60 years old. But for Wolverine, he just ends up arrested? I don't know... Maybe I wanted to see him die (which is sort of a downer). But don't let my opinion ruin you're take on the End, it's still pretty neat, and that's some good old fashion Wolverine there!


In conclusion, I definitley did not regret buying these books! They were absoutly amazing and fit into each other very well. But Origin is certainly the better out of the two.