I’m drawn to characters that are greatly flawed. Claremont introduces Wolverine, his powers and abilities, his strengths and weakness, all while also explaining to a certain extent why Logan is by himself, and not with the X-men. And while all these books were happening you can easily jump into Wolverine #1 with absolutely zero knowledge of any of these other books. The number of books he put out a month is hard to fathom. UXM, X-Men Classic, Marvel Comics presents, Excalibur and now the Wolverine ongoing. Now to the good points! Claremont was still heavily involved in the X books at this time. Claremont could easily have told a great story without any of these elements. I realize 1988 was a long time ago, but that’s no excuse. Those people should be embarrassed for themselves.
To have the word “mafia” go against the comics code, but have this issue filled with fat shaming, mass murder, be-headings, and strongly implied rape is a farce. To even have that stamp on the cover is a joke. My first issue is with the comics code authority. With that being said, there are several major flaws in this issue. A masterpiece of how to start an ongoing with an already established character all while being totally new reader friendly. This issue really should be REQUIRED reading for all Marvel writers. That’s a lot of Wolverine!!!Īnyway, after reading this issue I’ve realized that I’m actually not stupid. That’s close to an average of appearing in 40 comics a year for 46 years, or over 3 comics a month every year since 1974. According to Marvel Unlimited which is six months behind current releases, Wolverine has been in 1824 comics since 1974. Much of that is due to the over saturation of the character. From my experience with fans, people either love or hate Wolverine. It’s hard to believe that Wolverine had been around for some 14 years or so before getting his own ongoing. So with a bit of trepidation I jumped over 10 years forward to Wolverine #1! So I went all the way back to the start of the Claremont era and figured I’d read EVERYTHING and learn the characters this way.
A roster page of 9 crude pictures doesn’t help me “know” the characters. More times than not I had absolutely no idea of the history, characters powers, strengths, weaknesses etc… I actually felt stupid for not understanding a few books. I tried to jump on board with the current run of X books but failed miserably. After 30 plus years away from comics trying to get a grasp on the X-men a daunting task. In full transparency I’m not a Wolverine or X-men expert. It took fourteen long years for him to finally get his own ongoing series. Art: John Buscema, Al Williamson, and Tom Orzechowskiīy 1988 Wolverine was a fully established character.
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