About Heroes

Author: Daniel Way
Breakdowns: Javier Saltares
Finishes: Mark Texeria
Colors: J.D. Smith

It's finally over, no I'm not talking about the final part of Origins and Endings, but Way's run on Wolverine. There was a time as a child I would get excited every month when I could go to my local comic shop and pick up the latest issue of Wolverine; of course at the time Chris Claremont and John Buscema (God rest his soul) were on the book. It's amazing to see what has happened to my favorite character over the years I have been reading about him. I keep reading this book in hopes that it will get better, that an editor will actually read those Wolverine back issues or hell the essentials are only 15 bucks, read those. Once again, I am left in a state of confusion and awe. Not because the story was amazing, but because this is proof that someone with no knowledge of an existing character can ride comic books.

Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) and Logan have a talk. Barnes apologizes for killing Logan's wife and unborn child and this leads to a flashback. Logan journeys to Jasmine Falls because he is seeking redemption, I am assuming that by the patch he is wearing, this is after he killed his master Ogun and goes under the secret identity of Patch (Hey, not one of Claremont's better ideas, but you just roll with it sometimes). He falls in love with some chick named Itsu and eventually marries her on his fourth year of training there. She tells him that she is with child and during a festival; Bucky I can't believe they brought me back from the dead Barnes kills her to draw Logan out. His explanation was that someone hired him to draw him back to Madripoor. Muramasa, whom I'm assuming will play a bigger role in Wolverine: Origins, is poorly introduced poorly. Not sure if he is a villain or some guy that forges swords for Wolverine. Instead of beating the fucking life out of Bucky for killing his wife, Logan just gives him some information.

I don't understand this story. If we are to believe they are finally going to reveal Wolverine's past, why not start with, oohhhh I don't know: SOMETHING THAT HE CAN'T FUCKING REMEMBER?!!! Why start at a time when he was running around as Patch in Madripoor? I'm pretty sure he remembers that, unless Superboy Prime has punched the living fuck out of Daniel Way!!!! So if this is the days while he was running around as Patch, how the hell was he married and the X-men not know? Or for that matter he didn't have the identity of Patch for that long, hell I think it was only 25 issues or so.

How hard can it be to make up a story for a character that has been around for God knows how long? Wow, he has his brown and gold costume at the end of the book, how fucking retro Way! You are so old school!!! And what is up with that cover? Wolverine was never in costume throughout the whole issue and none of those characters appear in the book. The only thing going for this book and I mean the only thing is Mark Texeria, his amazing artwork can get me to read almost anything. But, that won't last long, no the editors think that a manga errrr, I mean Humberto Ramos will make Wolverine look bad ass, with his big eyes huge feet and superdeformed body (yes I read manga). I can not believe the mockery that this comic has become. Can't wait for that Wolverine Origins...man I wish there was away to express my sarcasm.

This issue: C-
This story arc: D