Wolverine # 45 Review
This Review Was Submitted by Knightwingbk:
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Artists: Humberto Ramos & Carlos Cuezas
Like issue #42 & 43, this issue has more politicking than action. We do not get a knock-down drag out fight like last issue, but rather a journey undersea to confront Namor after he kidnaps Nitro. Iron Man returns, and Logan borrows some Iron Man armor. This is definitely the weirdest issue of the arc so far. And this strange twist into the ocean just throws the book off. Guggenheim still has a firm grip on Wolverine, and Logan is consistently written in this issue. Except for the "Honor" speech under seas. Guggenheim lost me there. I know that this arc is about who is responsible for Nitro going Supernova, hehe, but Nitro is just tossed aside in this issue, like he did not matter at all for the last three issues. Wolverine leaves Nitro in the hands of the Atlanteans. Leaves him after he gave his word not to kill him. And we never see Nitro die, so we cannot truly count him as dead.
Humberto Ramos continues his stocky-blocky Wolverine, and I'm still loving it, so too bad Omar. I always thought that Ramos' biggest strength was his facial features and expressions. To me, you have no problem telling the character's emotions, or thoughts with his art. That may be because they are so big and broad, but hey, its a comic book! Get over it! This issue, being the weakest link so far, gets a C- from me.
This issue was ridiculous. Wolverine take Namor in the water? I think not! Wolvie is not that powerful.
i couldn't disagree with you more about Ramos' artwork. this guy needs to be drawing a comic adaptation of a saturday morning cartoon, not making a character like wolverine look like he just stepped out of the ugliest manga i've ever seen. i love wolverine and i like the plot to this arc but i simply cannot force myself to buy these issues because of the horrendous artwork.