Wolverine #1

Overall this book is a masterpiece. From the art to the two outstanding stories, this is not only a must read for Wolverine fans, but for all x-fans and comic book fans in general. If you haven’t been reading ‘Dawn of X’ or read ‘House of X/Powers of X’ then you might be a little lost. That being said this is a series you don’t want to miss out on catch up on the others and then dive immediately into this book, you won’t regret it. Read Full Review

For readers who have been waiting for Wolverine to get his own book since the lackluster Return Of Wolverine, this book is perfect. Read Full Review

About as good of a Wolverine comic as were liable to ever get, this issue serves up two distinct stories from a set of creators who seem like they were destined to work on this character. Theres also a surprising amount of new editions to the Wolverine mythos in these 70 pages. Read Full Review

Adam Kubert brings some beautifully detailed panels to his story and there is a great contrast between the lush, stylish vision of Krakoa and the brutal sharpness of the outside world. Bogdanovic showcases the brutality of the character perfectly as his panels bathe Wolverine in darkness and shadows. Read Full Review

I really can't say enough how much I love the art in both parts. Kubert is a master, plain and simple. Martin really kills it in a book with a darker tone like this, really fleshing out the mood with his muted palette. Gritty pencils and heavy inks from Bogdanovic works wonders with Wilson's colors. Following up on Kubert with Martin is a hell of a daunting task. But these two are more than up for the challenge. You can't ask for a more competent art team, much less two of them. Drawing Wolverine with a scowl is simple enough, but the range on display in his expression is top-notch. The only tragedy here is that not every issue is going to function like this. Read Full Review

Percy draws readers into this oversized issue with two remarkable stories filled with mystery, imagination, and violence immediately out of the gate. Read Full Review

it's a double feature with an issue one that showcases exactly why Benjamin Percy is the writer to take us onward into the next era of stories about Marvel's most popular Canadian mutant. Percy obviously loves the character and that comes through in the writing. This combined with top-notch art from Kubert, Bogdanovic and the art teams make it a very solid and promising start to the series that really makes you feel like you got your moneys worth for this oversized issue. Read Full Review

Overall I was impressed with this extra-long issue. Wolverine is back and he has not one, but two very big mysteries to solve. I could argue introducing two entirely different stories is a bold move in a first issue, but that might be due to the artists trading off from issue to issue. One delves into the nature of Wolverine losing control and losing his memory while the other plays around with his powers in a new and exciting way. This book emphatically reminds us Wolverine is inherently important to X-Men comics and the greater Marvel universe too. A strong first stab and crimson-hued look at the greatest loner superhero ever. Read Full Review

Granted, this is another volume in one of Marvel's most overused franchises, but Benjamin Percy's approach feels fresh and most certainly proves its worth apart from the others. Definitely worth your time. Read Full Review

The storylines contained in this issue are amazingly good. For instance, being brought into seeing the breadth in which Krakoa is towards the mutants made the initial start of “Catacombs” inviting and intriguing. The content of the story and dialog contained enriched the stories and pulled you into Logan's emotional journey. The artwork presented by both artists is striking and helps pull you into the story. Some of the darkened hues and a couple of the tight close-ups of characters felt slightly disconnected but overall didn't harm the flow. Overall, a very exciting, deep issue with outstanding feel and visuals. Read Full Review

Whenever Wolverine starts branching out into additional series, it's acause for concern on my part. Call it the result of being a veteran ofthe character's extreme overexposure over the years. But Percy and hisartists are on the right path here so far. The stories are resonant andthe art is very good, making Wolverine another successful launchin the Dawn of X. Read Full Review

Given the embarrassment of riches on the art front, enhanced by a whopping 60 pages of story, Wolverine #1 is a solid start for this new X-title - but given how long the classic Wolverine has been on the continuity bench, it's easy to feel like "solid" isn't enough. Read Full Review

Percy's script features a heartfelt exploration of Logan's character, and the art team perfectly complements every narrative beat. Read Full Review

As long as this new Wolverine series keeps showing Wolverine's struggles to fit in the Dawn of X world, then it might prove to be more interesting than other solo Wolverine outings. Read Full Review

I think there's something for everyone in Wolverine. Percy spins plates like crazy, plays in two completely separate genres, and still manages to give Logan's demons their due. Do you want an X-Force spin-off? Great. A mystery with intrigue ripped from the headlines? Awesome. A horror-slash-adventure romp? Excellent. This book has all of that andsomekiller art. Even if I felt sometimes distracted from the character work by overwrought action, this book made me, a Wolverine skeptic, interested in the man behind the claws. Benjamin Percy cares about that man too, and he's nowhere near done with him. Read Full Review

This book perfectly captures the spirit of Wolverine and why he is the best at what he does. Read Full Review

Readers will get a lot of bang for their buck in this oversized first issue of Wolverine from Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert, Viktor Bogdanovic, Frank Martin, and Matt Wilson. Read Full Review

Wolverine's first issue might have its share of problems and it definitely isn't the best book around, but it's still great-looking and fun read. Give it a shot! Read Full Review

"Wolverine" #1 makes a solid case for Logan to have yet another ongoing series during the 'Dawn of X.' Read Full Review

With two meaty, entertaining stories, Wolverine #1 helps finally put the spotlight back on this iconic X-Man. Read Full Review

SIXTY PAGES of Wolverine, with two big story hooks in play to bring the best-known X-Man back into the fray, with solid art and a lot of first-person narration. It's a pretty good start. Read Full Review

There will be fans who are looking forward to a new Wolverine book. Whilst the Krakoa situation certainly adds a different spice to proceedings, at this early stage, this issue isn't that "all new or all different"; for some that might be great, for others less so. Truth be told, regardless of how popular Wolverine is, I could take or leave this new book. Read Full Review

Having said that, once the cover price for Wolverine returns to the customarily inflated cost of $4.00 and if Percy kicks his story up a few notches then this might be a title worth trying. Read Full Review

LunaMoody

Feb 19, 2020

Good start to the series. I'm all in for this book and looking forward to the next issue

cincyfan

Feb 22, 2020

a tremendous start!!! I can't think of a single negative thing to say about it. both stories are awesome and I can't wait for the next issue! adam kubert is one of the best artists in the industry and does what he always does which is draw a masterful wolverine. I read a ton of books but there are two characters in wolverine and daredevil that I absolutely love and always hope they are handled by top tier writers and artists and I am so pleased with the teams that are on both books marvel has done a phenomenal job with those teams and the results show.

Venom

Feb 26, 2020

I really really enjoy this.

I Review Comics

Mar 01, 2020

Like many of us, Wolverine was my favorite X-Men character. The gruff loner with the mysterious past that scared the hell out of hero and villain alike was an easy fan favorite. Over time due to overexposure and demystification of the character Wolverine lost some of his lusters. It also didn't help that he'd continually been watered down and softened up over the years. Long gone were the glory days of Larry Hama and Chris Claremont. Ben Percy has a great voice for wolverine and Kubert is an absolute legend. I can honestly say that this is the best Wolverine comic that I've read in at least a decade. The only knock I can throw at the comic is the $8.00 cover price. I know that this is a double-sized issue and that there is a dem and for the book but the cover price is a barrier for new readers and kids will be immediately priced out. I think there is value here for adult fans and collectors with disposable income. However, looking at the big picture an $8.00 #1 for an ongoing series is more of a barrier than an entry point. The book is essentially two full-sized comics in one book. I'll give the comic a pass and won't knock the final grade for it for that reason. There are some beautiful pages, sequences, and events in this comic that perfectly sum up Logan as a character. In the opening sequence, he describes himself as a living scab that only he can see and I thought that was a great and poignant descriptor for the character. Another cool sequence involved Kate Pryde. In a back and forth she describes Wolverine's current status on Krakoa. It's a rosy optimistic outlook but rather than feed into the conversation Logan cuts it short. He says she's not wrong and pushes her to get to the point of the visit. It's a little detail but it pushes hard against the softened Logan we've had running around for a while now and I absolutely loved it. It's very important that Logan rarely lays all of his cards on the table and although we get an internal monologue from him it's never overboard. The first story follows Logan as he investigates a new street drug known as Pollin. The hook is that the drug is harvested from stolen leaves produced by Krakoa. This link ties the Wolverine title to X-Force and Marauders. I didn't get the impression that you had to read those titles to enjoy this one but it's worth pointing out that the books may interlink at some point. The second story features Omega Red as he turns up seeking sanctuary in Krakoa. Arkady (Omega Red) is my favorite Wolverine villain so I was happy to see him pop back up as a key character. Maybe we'll see Albert and Elsie Dee at some point? The rest of this story centers around a vampire cult that tries to access Wolverine's blood. It's really intriguing stuff and all beautifully illustrated by _. I haven't seen any linework from Kubert in ages and it's nice to see that he's still producing content. I hope he sticks around on the title for a while. There is a lot of great stuff in this title and I'm definitely interested in this grounded take on the characters. It's been a while since I've been excited about the character and despite the $8.00 entry fee I'm totally onboard with Percy's vision for the character. For More: https://www.gtmediareviews.com/ more

GammaBurst

Aug 30, 2020

Great #1 issue; one of the best I've read in years.

Ryan

Feb 21, 2020

After 6 extremely long years, we finally have a Logan solo series again. Percy, Kubert, and Bogdanovic don’t disappoint with this oversized first issue. Percy writes in plenty of bloodiness but also does a great job of writing in Logan’s humane side as well. The art is tremendous in both stories, especially Kubert’s. My sole complaint is that the 2nd story tries way too hard to make Omega Red feel like a meaningful character.

M1sf1r3

Feb 22, 2020

Prelude: Time for Wolverine's new series. Percy has been doing a wonderful job on X-Force so let's see if he can keep that up for Wolverine. The Good: Love seeing Wolverine on Krakoa. The C.I.A angle is cool and an interesting choice to reflect Wolverine and X-Force. The infographics in this issue are great. I love seeing how Krakoa affects other countries. Cool seeing Dracula. Kubert's art is great. Bogdanovic's is great for his story too. The Bad: Conclusion: A wonderful start from Percy. I preferred the first story but the second was great too.

Psycamorean

Mar 02, 2020

This was great.

allenquanobi

Feb 19, 2020

Awesome. Both stories are intersting and fitting for the Wolverine character. About him being off by himself investigating a mystery and the violence that goes along with it. The art is amazing in both, Bogdanovic and Kubert are amazing artists who really capture the gore and detail that a Wolverine book should have. Looks like another winner for Dawn of X

Adsun22

Feb 20, 2020

Logan playing hide-and-seek was sweet. Fighting the cult and vampires is pure awesomeness.

Wolf Warner

Feb 20, 2020

Add Dracula to the list of krakoas enemies

Shaffer2323

Feb 25, 2020

First Story: Wolvie and his Uncanny Friends vs. Cannibal Cult, is fine except that certain character "deaths" have very little impact (If any at all) due to the background knowledge that everyone can simply resurrect via the Goldballs-and-Company process. Otherwise, pretty neat overall. Second Story: Wolvie vs. Vampires (feat. Omega Red), is another kick ass story. However, I kinda wish there was more background information (like a Hickman info-dump page) on Omega Red. Specifically who he is and why wolverine hates him so much (I'm still pretty new to X-Stuff. I jumped in on the HOX/POX bandwagon), but that's just me. Overall great first issue (though I guess it will be over a month for issue 2...)

mrDovydas

Apr 22, 2020

Great start of the new series! Finally a good Wolverine solo book. Cannot wait to read more of this.

CrazyforRAMU

Oct 17, 2020

Two separate stories pit Logan against a drug cartel stealing Krakoan flowers and the Vampire Nation, respectively. Storytelling throughout is awesome, but I find the first story more compelling than the second. It feels like a sweet side-line to X-Force, whereas the second story is just the zillionth rendition of Dracula popping into a Marvel book to do some vague foreshadowing. Louise and the Nightguard are pretty cool, though. It feels like it's time for Marvel to start up a dedicated anti-Dracula title again instead of just endlessly guest-starring him.

Screaming Enigma

Nov 17, 2023

A really good start to this series here. I must say that I enjoyed the first story more than the second, though. The first story was super intriguing and I really liked what was being set up. Plus, Kubert's art was absolutely fantastic throughout. As for the second half of the book, I think it started off really good, dipped in quality a bit towards the middle, but still ended strong with Omega Red and Dracula. Bogdaknovic's art was pretty solid as well. I'm interested to see how both stories develop and, possibly, come together in the issues that follow.

Liem Duong

Jul 22, 2020

Two really solid stories, each with some great moments of Wolverine, a grand and warm re-welcoming of our clawed maniac from Canada. For eight bucks, its a little overpriced, but its worth it in my opinion. First story deals with this illegal drug trade of mutant petals that is being smuggled out of Krakoan's shipments, and Wolverine has got to investigate. Along side that is the CIA introducing a agent named Joe Bannister, also investigating this trade, but is also dealing with a tragedy as well. This issue adds this tinge of emotional tug with Wolverine and Bannister which I found nice. Next story we got was this vampire story with Wolverine and some catholic vampire hunter. Really fun. There was this blood dripping scene that made me squeamish. A nice one and done story, though it may lead to something in the future with the re-introduction of a classic X-men villain. Kubert's art is fire, and writing by Ben Percy is showcasing his rising status in comics. more

Federico Liguori

Oct 22, 2020

Percy, you have my attention. The two stories in this issue are everything a Wolverine story should be: dark, mysterious and with a little bit of twisted humour. Love the art by Kubert, perfect for this series.

EDiakota

Feb 21, 2020

". I'd prefer to be your god... But i'm happy to be your devil. " - QUENTIN QUIRE

ohhaimark

Feb 22, 2020

Don't really have time to write full reviews for this week or last week's comics, but for now I'll write a brief description of what I thought. I might go back and elaborate later. I'll probably be able to write full reviews next week. Oh, and if there's anything from this week I haven't got around to, I'll review those later. As for the issue, I liked it. Not as much as I was hoping to, but it was enjoyable. The first story was great, but I found the second one boring and the art in the second story was really weak.

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myconius - Mar 4, 2020

i haven't found the time to write full reviews either. the way most comics i've read have been, they're just not worth it.

ohhaimark - Mar 4, 2020

That's true. I find that I'm less excited/motivated to write lengthy reviews on a week-to-week basis lately. Except for the new X-Men comics. For some reason I love reading and reviewing every one of those every week. Probably has to do with the story/characters being so compelling.

myconius - Mar 4, 2020

yes, that's a good reason to be inspired to read and review a comic. the problem i find with the comics i've been reading is, the creators feel like they're burned out. like they just don't have the desire and/or energy to put together an engaging story. if i feel their effort for creating the comic is lackluster, then my review follows as such.

Psycamorean - Mar 4, 2020

For me, it really depends on how much I'm reading, and how much time I have. If I get behind, like the last two weeks, I'm barely contributing anything to my reviews. I'm just trying to get them out. If it's a smaller week, like this week, I can take more time with what I write. But even then, if a comic is just devoid of something worth talking about, I just sort of glaze over trying to write something. The only series I tend to really take time out for, no matter what, is Amazing Spider-Man.

myconius - Mar 5, 2020

way back Amazing Spider-Man used to be my jam. - for me it just feels like the output for most modern comics gets lets and less inspired, and more phoned in. like they are just going through the motionions to spew forth output. - nice art, sometimes. but i really expect more from a story. i'll be more forgiving of a story if it's at least FUN! that's one of the problems with many comics these days, it's just a bunch of miserable mirth-ridden murky muck. i might as well just read the obituaries.

Psycamorean - Mar 5, 2020

Well, Amazing Spider-Man right now is way more fun than most of the books I read. But even when it wasn't, like the latter half of Dan Slott's run, I still couldn't help but read it. I'm just a huge Spidey fan. I'd say both companies have reached sort of an equilibrium now. Marvel got darker, where it was appropriate. And DC comics aren't *all* grimdark now. I think the problem now, moreso with DC than Marvel (although, ironically Marvel gets a lot of the ire for this), is events.

Psycamorean - Mar 5, 2020

DC's entire last year was all centered around Snyder's JL, which was essentially an event comic that led nowhere, plus everyone wants to capture that Hickman magic where they have a really long, intricate run that makes for a greater cohesive whole, and failing at it. Meanwhile at Marvel, sure there's some of that going on, but there's also some really great comics that manage to do it right. Like Immortal Hulk, Venom, X-Men (to a lesser extent, the entire line), and Daredevil.

myconius - Mar 5, 2020

i must say that one of the thing that drove me away from buying as many DC titles as i used to was all the gaddang events!! DiDio was a scumbag with forcing one event after the other. you could tell Scott Snyder was getting uncomfortable with every single damn story that he did having to have tie-ins. and they got weaker in relevance as they went. (Zero Year, Endgame...) Snyder dodged a bullet with Super Heavy, but we were still forced to endure the $#!%%Â¥ ROBIN WAR. that was the WORST of ALL!!!

myconius - Mar 5, 2020

i blame DiDio for a lot of these events. back when Geoff Johns was writing J.L., his stories were just building from one event leading to the next. none of them went anywhere either. i eventually sold all my single issues, and later would even sell off the collected Harcovers i was foolish enough to double dip for. i've also long since sold off my Snyder Batman singles. still have them in Hardcover, but i only keep them because of the Capullo art. eventually i might have to ditch them as well.

egonnn244

Feb 23, 2020

"Who the hell are you?" The first story was interesting but really slow. Because of not the greatest pacing is was a bit of a slog to get through. But writing and the dialogue are solid. Percy has already shown it in X-Force and proves it here. His Wolverine sounds great and he plays hide and seek with kids. Awesome. I'm also interested in Mr. Bannister, especially in that scar on his head and how he got it. Good art. Rating - 6,5 The second story was way more fun. Pacing is better, the story is more engaging and Bogdanovic's art is just amazing. Yeah, Wolverine hunting vampires is as awesome as it sounds. Rating - 7,5

Spacey Medicine

Apr 21, 2020

I felt that the first story was mostly good, and the second one dragged significantly.

Hislight

May 28, 2020

This issue could have been your standard size and would have worked out fine. Second story was too lengthy and predictable. I was hoping for Wolverine this feels like an old X-Men tale...Art was ok. I was expecting a lot on this one so I'm kind of let down.

Jon Comics

Oct 24, 2020

The art is gorgeous. But both stories are somewhat routine. Percy is not at his best here.

stluc

Jul 20, 2022

Meio morno e sem emoção, assim como tudo solo que eu já tive o desprazer de ler do personagem.