About Heroes

Author: Daniel Way
Artist: Steve Dillon
Covers: Joe Quesada and Ed Mc Guinness

The other day, I was thinking to myself: why do I keep reading a piece of crap book like Wolverine Origins? Is it because I hope that one day I read it and it turns out damn good? Is it because I hope to see one day Daniel Way and Steve Dillon taken out of the credits? Is it because I'm so faithful to the character that I have to read everything with his name on it? Fuck no, it's because I'm a fucking idiot and a glutton for punishment. Sometimes reading this book feels like slitting my wrist with a rusty razor.

The cover by McGuinness, just pretty much proves how influenced by anime he really is. But, looking at that cover by Quesada reminds me of some hentai I have seen in the past. Replace Wolvie with a high school girl and BAM! You have a better story than this issue would ever expect to find.
Wolverine is still gloom over the fact that his son hates him....so he has some really unnecessary flashbacks to make Omega Red's and Maverick's appearances justified. Wolverine goes searching for Maverick and runs into Jubilee, but only to be interrupted by those evil tentacles made out of carbanadium!!!

I thought that Chris Nord/Maverick was gone and it was Agent Zero now? Because I thought the Chris Bradley/Maverick was dead...errr anyway why is Wolverine going to go see Maverick anyway? If I had any faith in Way I would be excited about Maverick and Omega Red appearing, but I don't see them being used properly. Not that the character of Omega Red was that deep to begin with. On the only positive side, it is good to see Jubilee again.

Way really needs to pick up the pace, if he wants to stay on this book and keep it going for more than 12 issues we need to see some damn substance. I really think that the reason this book is still around is the alternate covers. Because, it sure as hell isn't the story (at least for me). Dillon does some graphic violent scenes, but again his art doesn't belong in this book at all; he is too clean and crisp. What would be the saving grace for this book? Larry Hama and Mark Texeria! D+