Wolverine 39 Review
Author: Daniel Way
Breakdowns: Javier Saltares
Finishes: Mark Texeria
Cover: Kaare Andrews
I wasn't sure whether to put this under the rants section or reviews....since I am pretty sure I'm just going to be ranting about this issue. Mark Texeria should get his own monthly book and he doesn’t need a damn breakdown artist. I have been a fan of his for many years and I have seen some amazing things he can produce on a monthly basis. I find it hard to believe that this is the same Daniel Way that wrote Bullseye and Gun Theory. I have said it before and I'll say it again, I thought anyone could deliver a Wolverine story, but damn, Daniel Way has proven me wrong. The dialogue is very bland, nothing of importance happens in this issue, there is a fight that last pages between Wolverine and the Winter Soldier; which is another one of my problems with this issue. Marvel seems to be force feeding us this Winter Soldier character....I liked him in Brubaker's Captain America run, but did we really need him guest-starring in a comic before his story even wrapped up in Cap? Yes Marvel, we get it...Bucky is one cool bad-ass motherfucker and a baby killer....oooops....Ahh fuck it! I am so irate with this issue; I'm not going to give it the satisfaction of a full review!
You ever feel like you've just been anally raped? Not literally, but by the man!!!!? Well that's the way this issue read to me. By the end of the issue we find out that Bucky, yeah that's right Cap's lil’ buddy, killed Wolverine's wife and unborn child. What the fuck? Where did that come from? To top things off Marvel has the audacity to ask their readers on the last page; you didn't see that coming did you? Of course I didn't see that fucking coming, but that's only because I have been reading about this character for the past 20 years!!!! This was a complete slap to the face for this reader. Is this where this Origins and Endings is going? Some made up bullshit that has nothing to do with the main character at all? Come on Marvel! Take Way off this book and put someone who can deliver a solid and believable Wolverine story. Just to clarify things, I have never been anally raped, but if I was to, it would feel like reading this piece of shit all over again....absolutely horrible.
Dang dude.
This is exactly why I stopped reading Wolverine long ago. Winter Soldier is cool, but this totally ruined his character. I feel what you are saying.
I agree with you guys. Wolverine didn't need any help in escaping from Weapon X. But I'll be damned that Bucky was involved, and also resonsible for killing Logan's wife and unborn child. That's bullshit. If anyone was responsible for such an act, I'd think Sabertooth or a classic foe. But Bucky?? Whatever. Daniel Way really messed up with this issue.