Comments on: Nostalgia November Day 23 — Wolverine #25

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:18:53 +0000

Ah, nostalgia. A much simpler time for Wolverine and the x-line as a whole. Interestingly also, back then, you could have an # 25 of series without it being a ‘special’ issue.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:05:15 +0000

this book had horrible art!

By: Chad Nevett

Chad Nevett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:32 +0000

Casey — I agree. Though, with a character as long-lasting as Wolverine, I can see the other side rather easily, too. Especially when, as Joe Quesada put it, the movies would probably eventually reveal the origin, so shouldn’t the comics do it first? I don’t necessarily agree, but I can definitely see where they were coming from.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:23:59 +0000

I’ve only read one issue of Wolverine ever, but I assume he was believed dead at this time because all the X-Men were supposedly killed during the Fall Of The Mutants. They moved to Australia and pretended to be dead for at least a couple of years, I think. I stopped reading mutants books during that time, so I don’t know when they were finally revealed to be alive. But I know Wolverine’s series began right at the beginning of this period, so I’m pretty sure he was still ‘dead’ at this time.
Is that supposed to be a wolverine in the foreground? Its face looks strange, and vaguely human.

Whatever happened to Jo Duffy? I haven’t heard anything from her since the late ’80s.

By: Generalissimo Fernando

Generalissimo Fernando — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:25:57 +0000

Not especially memorable or not, I recall reading it and thinking it was the gospel truth about a chapter of Wolverine’s past for years, and I loved the issue for that reason. I used to love the anti-hero with a heart of gold, whose past was as mysterious to himself as it was to us. I can’t stand Wolverine now, the guy whose past ties in with every single event in the past 150 years of the Marvel Universe. In any case, that cover is gorgeous.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:32:46 +0000

Still, this harkens back to a much better time for the character, when his history was comprised of just a lot of disconnected hints and clues. Flat out revealing Wolverine’s “origin” was like solving the Laura Palmer murder on Twin Peaks. It’s like, okay, now what?

By: ML Kennedy

ML Kennedy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:34:24 +0000

I remember reading this comic as a teen and thinking “wolverines aren’t pack animals, idiot.”

By: E. Wilson

E. Wilson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:24 +0000

The Wolverine solo-series never clicked with me, probably because the initial stories lacked the edge of the first mini-series. And the art was, well, ugly.

By: Neal K

Neal K — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:02:55 +0000

This is the first one you’ve posted about that I am 100% sure I bought and read. You are right that it is forgettable, because I only vaguely remember it, despite the fact that I loved all of Logan’s Madripoor adventures and almost certainly thought this issue was awesome at the time.