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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing!, Dec 28 2011
By Attidude - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wolverine Origins: Romulus (Paperback)
Well, actually I had just finished reading Jason Aaron's Wolverine series ("Wolverine goes to Hell", "Wolverine vs X-men" and "Wolverine's Revenge"). I know it's not fair to compare those and "Wolverine Origins" but still I had a lot of expectations from the latter. The "Origins" series is drawing to a conclusion and at least from that perspective, this book should have had some class and standard. But sadly, it doesn't '
Wolverine has a lot of (fictional ) history..He's lived for centuries and was suffering from memory loss until recently when he got his memory back. So, this itself, is platform to form a lot of creative stories. But sadly, this potential was lost. In the "Origins" storyline, it is indicated that only one man is responsible for all of Wolverine's miseries : Romulus. But somehow that fact has never been shown in a convincing manner. Even the story in this book doesn't seem to make much sense. They finally show Romulus and though it should be a "wow" reaction, you feel "meh"...This book is another wasted effort from Marvel.
The artwork is decent, the cover pages are excellent but sadly the story is a big letdown. It's too short also and half the time is in mindless-battle.
For people who are extremely demanding when it comes to "Wolverine" books, do NOT read this one...Just read the content of this book (which is not much) on Wikipedia, or somewhere..This book is just not worth spending money on...Maybe it's all for good that the "Wolverine:Origins" title is finally closed!! And if they revive it, I pray to God that either Jason Aaron or Rick Remender takes over!!