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renatasnacks's review against another edition
4.0
ohhh myyy godddd I laughed so much at the idea that WOLVERINE CAN TALK TO ELEPHANTS??? AND ALSO CYPHER AND QUENTIN QUIRE CAN TALK TO ELEPHANTS?? And also Kitty Pryde is teaching a class on superhero costumes??? Juuust the kind of delightful weirdness I can get on board with. Also, kind of... weirdly preachy about ivory poaching? And I mean... it's not like I support ivory poaching, but in 2015 isn't that the kind of thing we're all pretty much on board with opposing? HMM.
Anyway the other story in here, about Wolverine being a 30s bootlegger who takes in a band of children after their father gets killed by rival bootleggers, SOUNDS like it would be delightful but I was a little bored by it.
Anyway the other story in here, about Wolverine being a 30s bootlegger who takes in a band of children after their father gets killed by rival bootleggers, SOUNDS like it would be delightful but I was a little bored by it.
vroodles's review
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
chalicotherex's review
2.0
A great subgenre of Wolverine stories involve him fighting real-world bad guys, in that they commit crimes which are a problem in our world. This volume has two such stories. The tale about him fighting ivory poachers in Africa and the Marvel country of Madripoor was a lot of fun. The second story about Wolverine in prohibition time was boring. It had a promising start with him being hunted by mounties, but it was all downhill from there.
seawarrior's review
3.0
This gets three stars solely for the line in which Logan called his dead friend a 'good egg'.
Unfortunately there were few moments in this volume besides that line that weren't horrific or at least upsetting. While the previous stories were fairly distanced from the real world, these focused on placing Logan into violent and disturbing situations that can happen in reality, which I didn't expect or appreciate.
I wouldn't say these issues are poorly written, but for as grotesque as the subject matter was they still managed to be uninteresting in my opinion, with only a handful of scenes that are memorable not only because of how unnerving the panels were to view.
Unfortunately there were few moments in this volume besides that line that weren't horrific or at least upsetting. While the previous stories were fairly distanced from the real world, these focused on placing Logan into violent and disturbing situations that can happen in reality, which I didn't expect or appreciate.
I wouldn't say these issues are poorly written, but for as grotesque as the subject matter was they still managed to be uninteresting in my opinion, with only a handful of scenes that are memorable not only because of how unnerving the panels were to view.
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