Wolverine # 55 Review
Author: Jeph Loeb
Pencils: Simone Bianchi
Ink & Washed Halftones: Simone Bianchi & Andrea Silvestri
It's finally over; the huge Sabretooth vs. Wolverine battle that has lasted for just a little over 20 years. One shall stand. One shall fall. Damn, Cullen is still affecting me. So yes, the good news is that this horrible six issue slugfest is finally over. The bad news is that you paid 18 bucks for a story that really could have been done in one issue and still leaves us as confused as the first few pages of the first issue. Thank you Marvel and Jeph Loeb for assuring future generations that if your name is big enough in the industry you could wipe your ass with a piece of paper and some publisher will still consider it gold!
This is where Wolverine was supposed to change forever? The ending of Evolution was going to set the direction of the character for years to come? Once and for all we will find out the connection between Wolverine and Sabretooth? Did anybody tell Mike Carey the ending for this issue? What do you call this mess that answers and delivers practically nothing? The only relationship that we are told between Creed and Logan is that they evolved from the same lupine species over time. Who the fuck let all the estrogen in this issue? When I want to see a final battle between two archenemies I don't think of either one of them crying over each other. The Sabretooth that has been written for this particular arc must have been one of Sinister's clones gone bad, because he doesn't seem like the character that has been in the other x-books, I don't give a shit if humanity has been stripped or not.
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Even though the only reason to buy this issue is for the art, it still seems a little off at times. Actually from the very first page we get an awkward picture of Cyclops holding the sword and then to another weird picture of Cyclops in some weird samurai pose talking to Logan. The idea of a character that can shoot fucking Optic blasts or one that has indestructible claws popping out of his hands holding a sword as a threatening weapon is still ludicrous to me. His portrayal of Emma is very nice eye candy though. It's finally over and we can finally move on to the next writer. Who is none other than the guy that is trying to make us believe that Wolverine can't die and can reproduce from a single cell. No not Akira Toriyama, but Marc Guggenheim. Oh yeah and this issue is still ass. D
Nifty spoilering. The "final battle" was pretty lame. Three people cying in one issue? Too emo. But there was a reason Logan killed Creed. There wasn't a man left, only the beast. Maybe Logan didn't want this guy alive to remind him of his future. I didn't like that it didn't have and ending.
Spoiler or not... thanks for saving me a couple of bucks... what a crapfest... this story was truly abysmal...
They basically just crapped, spit all over possibly the most interesting Marvel character there is. It started of some time ago (i.e. the infamous return from the grave from skeleton), but Loeb took shitting all over Logan to a whole new level...
Oh please...
Logan, like he said once, killed a whole city, killed thousands of ninjas, agents and anyone in his way and he can't kill sabretooth?...well, has a hard time to kill him...to kill sabretooth, a man who killed his girlfrinds and friends. If Logan had any real honor, he have had killed creed a long time ago. Creed never did any good to him and letting him live meant that more ppl and Logan's girlfriends were going to die and Wolverine has an imotionally hard time to kill him?..Fuck the mumarassa blade...that only means that anyone can kill wolverine now since the most skilled character in the Marvel Universe gets his ass handed to him like a just born...what a waste of money for this issues...they should have me write a Wolverine story...a real one!!
oh...This new blade only retards the healing factor effect, if not, Logan would have died when he got his chest wide open by C.A. in origins.
What happened to sabretooth's metal, when did the metal got taken out from him again?
Last time I knew, they put the metal back in him again, or can this blade cut through admm?
Does this mean that Logan or anybody using the blade is able to kill the Hulk?
Thank god Jeph Loeb's story arc is mercifully OVER. What a total crapfest. LAMEST ENDING EVER.
Stick to the TV shows, dude. The writing on this was abysmal.
Yes, this issue was a non-event regardless of the "shocking" ending. And I agree it leaves us with more questions than answers. It was sad to see Sabertooth go out with a whimper. Excellent review. I agree with all your points.