James Howlett Here’s the thing. When getting into a character, I always say start with the origin story then go wherever you want. This way you get a good sense of the character’s full personality, important character defining moments, context for relationships between supporting characters ect. But this story is interesting because it takes place before and away from all the characters that Wolverine is usually associated with. All in all this book was disappointing. Not terrible but not gre

32nd book read in 2015.Number 396 out of 460 on my all time book list.Follow the link below to see my video review:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jidAY...

holy shit, i wanna protect logan from everything and everyone :(( this is so sad

So the funny thing is that I apparently already knew many of the general plot beats of this story, thanks to the X-Men movies — which meant most of the intended “gasp! what!!!” reveals, which were meant to surprise readers, didn’t catch me off-guard.The most interesting thing for me was reading the background material that went into the making-of Wolverine’s origin, particularly the behind-the-scenes emails trying to beef up the plot. I hadn’t actually known that it took that long for Marvel to

This was just okay. I'm a little confused at the high rating, to be honest. This was yet another story where there's a bare bones plot with Logan and a virtually irrelevant female character. I enjoyed the first part just fine. I don't know a lot about Wolverine's history short of that awesome beginning montage in the I'll conceived Wolverine: Origins film. Can I just say, that story was 10x better than this? And that movie sucked. Anyway, I liked the story of the sick child who was friends with

My first instinct was to rate this book higher. It's a very good graphic novel. However, just how well it succeeds as a Wolverine Origin tale is open to interpretation.We do learn a bit about Wolverine's childhood, and there are some surprises / revelations. However, this is where things get murky. The book conveys a lot of its information through insinuation and it does leave the reader to draw some conclusions. In fact, quite a lot of the specifics are left unattended, and after discussing the...

Forgettable.If you're going to try to create an origin for one of your most iconic characters, that origin had better be (*@#ing memorable. Look at Batman, for example. Or look at what Alan Moore did for the Joker in The Killing Joke. The origin should resonate for the reader.In Origin, the story kind of lands with a dull thump.Oh, it's not terrible. The authors clearly tried. They just weren't up to the task, that's all. And so they've created an utterly forgettable, inconsequential, run-of-the...

I was really hoping that this wasn't going to ruin Wolverine for me, and it didn't. I think they did a good job with this story. I know a lot of hard core fans are turning over in their graves, because part of what makes Wolverine so cool is the mystery. Still, some idiot was bound to tell his origin tale someday, and it could have been a whole lot worse.

the artwork was a biti too colorful but the story was GREAT.

This was so good!Finally reading the origins of Logan from his childhood. Its the 1800s and we see his family. An ill mother and a rich father and a maid companion in Rose and house servants Thomas and Thomas's son Dog and what happens when the secrets and jealousy take routes in this house. The death of fathers, the birth of mutations and the running away of Logan and Rose...And then coming to some small town where they work under Smitty and growing up. James becoming more feral and lethal and

This is the greatest Wolverine story I've ever read. But wait! Isn't this unnecessary? Won't this undermine the character's mystique by giving him an origin? I say no, not when it's written like this. For me, as a hardcore fanboy of Batman, origin determines character. Without that, I don't know what to make of the character's motivation. Wolverine has always been grounded in mystery and I never understood why. Running with wolves. From British Columbia. Small, scrappy, quick to anger. Japan. Bu...

The origin of Wolverine was elusive for many years. While fans got a taste with the excellent Weapon X storyline, it was still a mystery as to where Logan came from and how his animalistic tendencies developed. With Origin, Jenkins and Kubert do a great job giving our favourite mutant a backstory, full of tragedy and heartbreak. A name, a birthplace and a family, Logan is no longer an antihero with no roots. He’s now a fully developed human with clear motivations, though he’s forgotten most of t...

I read this when it first came out in 2002 but with the new X-Men movie coming out soon, I felt it's time to re-read this. I saw a new preview where it appears as if they are going to make Sabertooth and Wolverine brothers. http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer....That isn't in the book, or at least I don't remember it. Something that big, I think I'd remember it. But I have to re-read it to make sure.

3.0 stars. A pretty good story but not as good as I was hoping it would be. After all these years of wanting to learn the "definitive" origin of Wolverine, the build up probably doomed any effort to only marginal success. Still, a decent read if a bit of a let down.

I just saw the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which draws from this comic book. It reminded that I can't stand origin stories that are written ex post facto. Some characters have origins that are essential to appreciating them. Batman has an origin; he is his origin. The Hulk has an origin. Superman has an origin. Other characters do not and should not have origins. The mystery of their background is part of what defines them. Wolverine should not have an origin. Origin: The True Story of Wolve...

English (but not so good) / ItalianoThe first time I read this story I didn’t know what to expect, origins are a very important part on every superhero curriculum, and here we’ve a marvellous fresco about the “birth” of one of the most famous characters from House of Ideas.No X-Men, no tights, no long and troubled life behind, but the air of mystery doesn’t fail… after all we’re always talking about Wolverine's past. Furthermore, explains where some recurrent words related to him come from.James...

"Before the X-Men, before Weapon-X, Wolverine's struggle with his subconscious savagery first flourished in family tragedy . . ." -- back cover blurb for this editionThere's the 20th century axiom that 'the book is better than the movie.' Boy howdy, right about now I'd rather watch the unremarkable 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine to learn of Logan's beginnings rather than read this print version (which is much different in storyline) again. The book left me as cold as its primary setting - th...

Demystifying Wolverine Every superhero has an origin story. This is not that story. This is the origin of Logan, the Wolverine.The story follows Logan's life from his tough childhood to manhood. Any elaboration of the story would be a spoiler, I guess.The story takes after the quote, "You are the sum total of your life experiences". I am pretty sure the writers had a checklist that ran like this:✔ Red head fetish,✔ The name: Logan,✔ The name: Wolverine,✔ The way Logan calls everyone Bub,✔ Me...

This review wasn’t meant to run for as long as it did but when I started writing it, it kept going. So if you want to skip the many issues I had with Wolverine: Origin, here’s the conclusion I reach at the end, placed at the start: Origin is to Wolverine fans as The Phantom Menace is to Star Wars fans - just a massive fuck you to the fans of the character. It’s a godawful prequel that should never have been made because of how poorly conceived it was. Wolverine is a character whose mysterious pa...

Nothing like trying to deliver one of the most taboo stories in the history of Marvel comics: an origin story for Wolverine. While the idea in itself isn't bad, it simply had too much to live up to and this creative team couldn't get the execution right.There are some neat ideas sprinkled across this graphic novel but its style was never really going to take off in my books. There was a subtle dullness that kept on striking me down as I move forward with the narrative. The art style didn't help