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Logan: Path Of The Warlord
Before the X-Men…before Wolverine…before Weapon X…there was only the man named Logan.
52 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Howard Mackie
1,034 books35 followersHoward Mackie is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics.
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July 24, 2021
hm, this honestly didn't feel like a logan story itself, i liked rose a lot, but idk, logan didn't appeal so much and i didn't feel like him. the usual him.
July 15, 2019
How many logan origins can you read without dropping out challenge.
I'm following the comic books reading order marvel master guide so maybe I'm being a little unfair here. But seriously, this one wasn't necessary at all.
The art is so dark and convoluted that most of the time I couldn't understand who was hitting whom.
The typography was awful. Seriously, awful. Think papyrus or something.
And the story doesn't add anything to all the other origins I've already read in which Logan loses his family and/or loses himself in his animal rage and has to learn to come back. And in this one he learns to come back in like a page or two.
It's funny that Logan was supposed to be this mysterious character with an unknown past and still this is the third origin story I've read (plus movies!!).
I think people would like it if they like samurai warrior stories. I don't. So there it is.
I'm following the comic books reading order marvel master guide so maybe I'm being a little unfair here. But seriously, this one wasn't necessary at all.
The art is so dark and convoluted that most of the time I couldn't understand who was hitting whom.
The typography was awful. Seriously, awful. Think papyrus or something.
And the story doesn't add anything to all the other origins I've already read in which Logan loses his family and/or loses himself in his animal rage and has to learn to come back. And in this one he learns to come back in like a page or two.
It's funny that Logan was supposed to be this mysterious character with an unknown past and still this is the third origin story I've read (plus movies!!).
I think people would like it if they like samurai warrior stories. I don't. So there it is.
June 25, 2022
✯ [2.5/5] ✯
So this 1.5 star is because I liked the ideia behind this comic, I just think It could've been executed in a better way. But I was expecting worse, It is still fun. Also I know this is unpopular but I prefer the comic book way of drawing from present-day, I think they are more clean and I feel better reading them.
So this 1.5 star is because I liked the ideia behind this comic, I just think It could've been executed in a better way. But I was expecting worse, It is still fun. Also I know this is unpopular but I prefer the comic book way of drawing from present-day, I think they are more clean and I feel better reading them.
June 26, 2023
After spending the last 8 years reading most of Marvel from FF#1 through the rest of the silver age, I just recently got all my series up to 1970. Realizing I'll never finish in my lifetime at this rate I have turned to Comic Book Reading Orders' Master List. A lot of the early part of the list is Wolverine stuff since he's the oldest hero around today and the list seems to be chronological. I really loved Origins and Origins II. I thought the Victorian and turn-of-the-century settings were refreshing. And they really added to the character's backstory.
Then I hit this title. Based on where it sits in the reading guide, and the fact that it involves Logan living in Japan, I'd say it's supposed to take place just before or just after WWII. But as I'm reading it, it feels like it's supposed to be more of a cyberpunk setting. Whether that's due to the art style or the plot is hard for me to decide.
The story begins with Logan working as a mercenary for... I am not really sure? When he accidentally injures... a sparring partner during a job? But the guy they are trying to extract ends up killing his captor. Then some... possibly years (?) go by and his old... I'm thinking handler (?) wants him to come work for him again on another job going after the guy that was killed in the last job. This then leads to them going to some giant science fiction dome that lets them travel to another dimension where the target is originally from. It was very shortly after this, around page 30 (of a 47 page comic), that I had to stop.
This is a one shot. Not a full-blown graphic novel. And it's usually not in my character to just drop any single issue. At the very least a single issue is short enough I can commit to the rest of it for perspective. But I just could not with this one.
The art was too dark and muddy to follow the action. It seemed like the idea was too big for the constraints they were allowed. So, everything feels rushed to the point that it is hard to follow. And for my purposes, trying to read everything relevant to the characters I care about, this doesn't seem to fit the bill. Maybe in a year or so I'll read some issue from the 2000s and the name Kimora will pop up and I'll get the relevance. But as it stands now, and reading through other reviews, this one is totally unnecessary and not such a good read as to be worth it either. I'm not sure why CBRO felt the need to include this one.
Then I hit this title. Based on where it sits in the reading guide, and the fact that it involves Logan living in Japan, I'd say it's supposed to take place just before or just after WWII. But as I'm reading it, it feels like it's supposed to be more of a cyberpunk setting. Whether that's due to the art style or the plot is hard for me to decide.
The story begins with Logan working as a mercenary for... I am not really sure? When he accidentally injures... a sparring partner during a job? But the guy they are trying to extract ends up killing his captor. Then some... possibly years (?) go by and his old... I'm thinking handler (?) wants him to come work for him again on another job going after the guy that was killed in the last job. This then leads to them going to some giant science fiction dome that lets them travel to another dimension where the target is originally from. It was very shortly after this, around page 30 (of a 47 page comic), that I had to stop.
This is a one shot. Not a full-blown graphic novel. And it's usually not in my character to just drop any single issue. At the very least a single issue is short enough I can commit to the rest of it for perspective. But I just could not with this one.
The art was too dark and muddy to follow the action. It seemed like the idea was too big for the constraints they were allowed. So, everything feels rushed to the point that it is hard to follow. And for my purposes, trying to read everything relevant to the characters I care about, this doesn't seem to fit the bill. Maybe in a year or so I'll read some issue from the 2000s and the name Kimora will pop up and I'll get the relevance. But as it stands now, and reading through other reviews, this one is totally unnecessary and not such a good read as to be worth it either. I'm not sure why CBRO felt the need to include this one.
May 3, 2021
A short one-shot story set long before Logan's adventures with the X-Men and even before he became Weapon X.
Working as a mercenary spy in Japan, Logan falls afoul of an enemy named Kimora. Years later he discovers that Kimora is a warlord from another dimension and Logan has to cross between worlds to save his own.
Honestly, my review for this book could simply be 'weird, boring and pointless' and it would sum up everything I felt about it.
It's weird because into what could easily have been an intriguing espionage story we get dropped this bizarre revelation about Kimora being an extradimensional warlord. It really adds nothing to the actual story and makes the whole thing feel like it doesn't belong in the Marvel Universe (I'm not saying Marvel doesn't do other dimensions; I'm saying that they don't do it like this).
It's boring because there are no real stakes involved. Kimora is not an iconic enemy of Logan's and nothing that is particularly important to Logan is threatened, so there's really no reason to care what happens.
Finally, it's pointless in two significant ways. The first of these is that nothing happens here that really adds anything of value to Logan's backstory nor introduces any major changes to the character we know. The other, more literal, way that this story is pointless is that it was written before Logan's bone-claws were conceived as being part of his mutation and therefore here he doesn't have any claws.
Ask yourself if you really want to read a Wolverine story where he doesn't have any claws. I don't.
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Working as a mercenary spy in Japan, Logan falls afoul of an enemy named Kimora. Years later he discovers that Kimora is a warlord from another dimension and Logan has to cross between worlds to save his own.
Honestly, my review for this book could simply be 'weird, boring and pointless' and it would sum up everything I felt about it.
It's weird because into what could easily have been an intriguing espionage story we get dropped this bizarre revelation about Kimora being an extradimensional warlord. It really adds nothing to the actual story and makes the whole thing feel like it doesn't belong in the Marvel Universe (I'm not saying Marvel doesn't do other dimensions; I'm saying that they don't do it like this).
It's boring because there are no real stakes involved. Kimora is not an iconic enemy of Logan's and nothing that is particularly important to Logan is threatened, so there's really no reason to care what happens.
Finally, it's pointless in two significant ways. The first of these is that nothing happens here that really adds anything of value to Logan's backstory nor introduces any major changes to the character we know. The other, more literal, way that this story is pointless is that it was written before Logan's bone-claws were conceived as being part of his mutation and therefore here he doesn't have any claws.
Ask yourself if you really want to read a Wolverine story where he doesn't have any claws. I don't.
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July 21, 2021
Where the hell did this story come from? Completely random and it didn't feel like a Logan story. He barely uses his strength and unique abilities. This isn't even a Logan story, he does't seem like the main character and I didn't get what the other characters and worlds meant and why they were important to the story.
August 27, 2024
Not the Best Logan story out there, but still a solid work. Before everything else, there was the man called Logan. This is another “origin story” of the man that will be called wolverine much later. The story is quite easy to read, but the drawings are a little bit too complicated to follow, and even the type of graph is too much complicated sometimes.
June 22, 2017
Was fun quick stand alone read. Good art. Downside was it didn't really feel like an Wolverine story. He didn't even have the claws at all, delivered more like generic Samarai or Ronin tale.
July 22, 2019
Good: Decent story and concept.
The color scheme is so terrible that it hurts to read. In some pages I can't tell which character is which and what's going on.
The color scheme is so terrible that it hurts to read. In some pages I can't tell which character is which and what's going on.
August 25, 2019
Very boring to read through. The artwork is decent but the colorist has done a horrible job as it becomes very difficult to separate between two things.
November 4, 2019
So fucking shitty
Confusing plot
Even more confusing art
Hate hate hated it
Confusing plot
Even more confusing art
Hate hate hated it
June 22, 2020
This was the worst written graphic novel I have ever read. I was a major struggle to get through. If I could give negative stars, I would. And the colors made it hard to focus and hard to read.
January 17, 2021
So hard to follow and boring storyline.
February 17, 2021
Not the best story but the art was fantastic.
February 23, 2022
Logan in Japan… done incorrect
September 18, 2022
This felt messy and random, nothing compared to the logan series I originally read. Loved the blood lust though
January 18, 2025
I love Logan early stories but I see that this one is definitely not for everyone. On the other side I really had fun and enjoyed this particular story.
March 9, 2025
The story is ok but made barely comprehensible by the art.
August 22, 2025
what the fuck is happening
October 15, 2016
A peek into Logan's past in Japan, this short graphic novel has some neat stylistic art and a plot that contains elements of both Shogun and Blade Runner, but feels a bit contrived at times and may fall short of the creators' aspirations.
July 10, 2014
This was a different but very interesting Wolverine story! In this one Wolverine needs spiritual guidance, when hes called up by and old friend who needs his help fighting a villain they beat some years earlier. It's a nice wolverine read, and funny to see him fight without his claws in this book, but like no claws at all he doesn't even use his bone claws. Highly recommend this book!
May 31, 2022
This was incredibly boring.
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