WOLVERINE ORIGINS #29
Momar Van Der Camp

 

 

Published by Marvel Comics
Written by Daniel Way
Art by Mike Deodato
 
Continuing the Original Sin storyline currently from X-Men Legacy. Wolverine is trying to save his son Daken, but forces transpire against him.

Commentary: 
I mention this all the time, but one of the better writers currently working on Wolverine is Daniel Way. For shame, Marvel, for spending so much of your time and effort making Mark Millar's shitty run on Wolverine Unforgiven.
 

You should be pointing to Manifest Destiny by Jason Aaron and Origins by Way as the Wolverine books to pay attention to. And Wolverine First Class by Van Lente. Those are the good Wolverine books. And they're on TIME.

Jesus.
 
Anyways, at this point, you probably know the story: Wolverine is trying to get his son deprogrammed and is using Xavier to help because that is what happened to Logan. Who was a hired assassin to kill Prof. X.
 
So Logan takes his battle to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club in this ish, and takes the bear-looking guy out pretty ferociously, and gets shocked by the woman, killing the leader in the process. They don't really mention names of the Inner Circle in this ish or the last one in the series.
 
It seems that Sebastian Shaw has been seeding doubt within the Inner Circle so that he can usurp power back, and that is why he needs Daken.
 
The issue, just like the rest, ends with a cliffhanger and another mention of Prof X being a terrible asshole. He deprogrammed Wolverine specifically so that he could use him as a weapon. So add him to the list of Tony Stark in New Avengers, Weapon X, Romulus, and who knows who else using Logan as a weapon for their own benefit.
 
Deodato is doing some of the best work of his career. The panels are all a little strange, off-center, not directly proportioned on the page, and it works. It's frenetic, it's crazy, it's exciting, it's sad that he has only one more issue before he moves on to a sounds kind of crappy Avengers book.
 
His art is just amazing. The last page splash of Xavier's face is pitch perfect. As is Way's writing. His characters all seem human, even the ones that barely get used or get used just to get clawed in the face. His Wolverine is the Wolverine of merit, besides Aaron's. Why Marvel continues to waste great characters on shitty talent is beyond me, but it will unfortunately continue to happen.
 
Mark Millar, Reginald Hudlin, there are quite a few characters who are not doing justice to characters and the only reason they are allowed to touch them is name recognition. But whatever. This Wolverine book does wonders for making me enjoy reading this character again. So it's worth your time as well.

 

 

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