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Wolverine by Jason Aaron Omnibus, Vol. 1
by Howard Chaykin, Ron Garney, Adam Kubert, Stephen Segovia, Jason Aaron, Paco Diaz Luque, Cp Smith, Davide Gianfelice, Esad Ribić, Yanick Paquette
I am always floored when I read Aaron's older stuff because I'm blown away with how GOOD it was and now he churns out Avengers...a flagship title but with NO flavor, nothing that made Aaron stand out as a writer, and I just don't understand it.
I mean to be fair Wolverine fits inside Aaron's wheelhouse. A dark and moody person who is very good at murdering people...this is perfect for Jason. Especially back then when that was all he wrote really. But picking up the Omnibus that collects the first half of his stuff I was a little surprised at how mixed the stories were. From more serious, grounded stories, to over-the-top wonky adventures. This was a nice mix.
The stories that stood out the most for me were Get Mastique, Man in the Hole, the standalone issue of Wolverine coming to terms with the passing of Kurt, and I actually enjoyed the terminator like story at the end a lot too. These stories range from grounded, somber, and over the top sci-fic adevnture.
I also enjoyed the start of the Weapon X story with others just like Wolverine hunting him down. Though it felt a little dragged on at points the end result was great and some really fucked up foreshadowing for Draken that comes later in Wolverine's life. I thought the Mad Scientist bit was the weakest of the bunch. First, the whole dream sequence, am I really crazy, was my life a lie? Has been done to DEATH and better. It was just okay here. On top of that, the villain was way TOO goofy and he got away with shit way too often.
But overall this is a great collection. I REALLY enjoyed around 75-80% of this. Way more than I expected. So much so I picked up the second half of this run in Omnibus form. Pretty excited to get to it one day.
A 4 out of 5.
I mean to be fair Wolverine fits inside Aaron's wheelhouse. A dark and moody person who is very good at murdering people...this is perfect for Jason. Especially back then when that was all he wrote really. But picking up the Omnibus that collects the first half of his stuff I was a little surprised at how mixed the stories were. From more serious, grounded stories, to over-the-top wonky adventures. This was a nice mix.
The stories that stood out the most for me were Get Mastique, Man in the Hole, the standalone issue of Wolverine coming to terms with the passing of Kurt, and I actually enjoyed the terminator like story at the end a lot too. These stories range from grounded, somber, and over the top sci-fic adevnture.
I also enjoyed the start of the Weapon X story with others just like Wolverine hunting him down. Though it felt a little dragged on at points the end result was great and some really fucked up foreshadowing for Draken that comes later in Wolverine's life. I thought the Mad Scientist bit was the weakest of the bunch. First, the whole dream sequence, am I really crazy, was my life a lie? Has been done to DEATH and better. It was just okay here. On top of that, the villain was way TOO goofy and he got away with shit way too often.
But overall this is a great collection. I REALLY enjoyed around 75-80% of this. Way more than I expected. So much so I picked up the second half of this run in Omnibus form. Pretty excited to get to it one day.
A 4 out of 5.