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So this WHOLE STORY happened because this Persephone chick got inspired by a late-night rerun of Moonraker? I can see why they waited until the last possible moment to let THAT cat out of the bag.

This series is just not that good. It has gone from ok to barely ok from start to finish. The story is basic and straight forward. Logan was brought back to be Wolverine in a comic world where I thought we had already filled the void. X-23 was a great Wolverine and Old Man Logan was fitting the more mature material better. Most would be better served to read a synopsis and just pick up when the ne w Wolverine #1 comes out.

We have not gotten a single good Wolverine is returning storyline that was intended to be a Wolverine storyline. The best story about him was in the pages of Thor. The miniseries searching for Wolverine flopped. The Soule Return of Wolverine is a mixed bag at best, and the timing is bad because we have already moved on to Age of X-man and War of the Realms.

Just skip it. more

I feel this story is so poorly paced the ending was always going to inevitably feel rushed and truncated emotionally. The writing really feels overblown this issue. I didn't like this series much at all, but there are satisfying elements to the ending even if they are quite flawed.

Return of Wolverine is awful. We did get some answers to how Logan is Alice but it's so not worth it and this series and issue in particular is so horrible. It amazes me that this is the best Soule could come up with to resurrect Logan

We start off with an exposition dump, but at least it is an interesting exposition dump. Still, I can't help but feel this series is largely a waste of time. Persephone finally is at least somewhat interesting.

Wait, so that was really Daken earlier? Now I'm getting a little confused about what Persephone is supposed to be. This issue has some moments, at least, but it's a weird mid-part, for sure.

For a five issue miniseries I absolutely would have preferred a more consistent art team. The shift to Shalvey is immediately jarring. This Persephone story already feels like a chore, including her faceless goons that are just clones of Wolverine villains. Still, Logan's heated claws and the way they depict him unlocking parts of himself in his own mind at least are faintly interesting.

Throwing in another one-off romance like this feels repetitive and rushed. This series is trying to do too much, I feel.more

Simple. I'm giving this a 4 because of the art.

I love Steve McNiven's art. I grew up with BWS' Weapon X. This looks perfectly Wolverine to me.

Soule's script is garbage. It's something a high school student could do, not a 'top tier industry profession', and certainly not the same guy that killed Wolverine off in the first place.

The Death of Wolverine, although not a fan favourite story for some, was very well executed. This is literal trash, and most definitely the reason why McNiven dropped issues 2 to 5.

STORY:0

ART:8

OVERALL:4

4 for the pretty pictures.more

THE GOOD:

-This issue has some really good dramatic moments, especially in the first few pages. they stand out and are effective.

-It'll be the day when I say, "I loved the writing but thought the art was garbage." It's only a matter of time before people start complaining. However, this time around I loved the art and hated the writing. Siggghhhhh.

THE BAD:

-This issue is 4.99 and I don't remember a single thing about it (I'm writing this review about 45 minutes after I read it)

- This is one of the most bland, unoriginal stories I have read in a long, long time.

PS: Sorry this review is so incredibly short, but I genuinely can only recall these things about the issue.more

After all the Hunt for Wolverine stuff this focus on Soteria is no surprise, but I don't find them that interesting, either. The action was a bit of unhinged fun, at least, and Return of Wolverine starts us off with a bit of a bang. Outside of the action though I haven't found much depth in Soule's time with the Wolverine title.

This series has a lot of interesting ideas but has very awkward pacing that doesn't allow things to be fully explored. Awesome moments like last issue aren't given space to breathe while we wasted a lot of time earlier. It's cool stuff as Logan takes on Colossus and Magik directly while we get a better look at Jean Grey, but it could have had a much bigger impact overall if this series had a be tter structure to it. more

A pretty strong opening revealing the nature of the psychic bomb they've been teasing, and the pay-off to that is even stronger at the end. This world is brutal and this series doesn't shy away from that, to its credit. A little clunky but otherwise a very strong issue.

Art: 3/5
Story: 3/5
Total: 6/10

With so many great renown writers for this series, they sent a Random that he had never done anything in Marvel in recent years.

The series is bad, but the problem is that good descritores like Ewing, Simón Spurrier, Karon Guillen, Jed Mackay, Kelly Thompson, Jason Aaron chose a stranger to make such an important series

Mixed feelings on this issue. Most of the comic is just everyone standing around and talking, and not much of substance - for example Colossus and Magik's scene is just them finding out stuff we've long known. On the other hand, the attack on the Opposition had some pretty good set pieces and was well done.

I am enjoying this new dynamic of Logan and the Opposition running around doing interesting missions like this. The "mutant sentinels" were a neat idea but didn't feel fully developed or explored in the art, though.

The writing is a little cheesy at times but you gotta love this art. Angel appearing in his Death form was badass, though. Loved that.

A lot happens in this issue. I like the closer look at the opposition and Cappuccio's art stood out nicely.

A nice storyline, not focused on making a bombastic remark about his past or a mindblowing retcon, it just works, it's a good, well draw story of Wolverine killing some bad guys.

A pretty rushed but otherwise solid ending for this first arc.