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Wolverine and the X-Men (2014)
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 2: Death of Wolverine
Melita Garner returns, but not for romance - she's got something on Logan that throws the entire school into uproar. But little does Melita know that she's also drawn the attention of the Red Right Hand! Meanwhile, Logan and Storm go on a long-overdue date...but when the headmasters are away, villains come out to play! And when Quentin Quire celebrates his birthday, party crasher Wolverine gets more than he bargained for when he realizes who Quentin's bouncers are. But then, in the aftermath of tragedy, the Jean Grey School must mourn Wolverine's death. As Wolverine's will is read and a reporter digs further into his century-long past, new truths will be uncovered as the X-Men retell their favorite personal adventures and Wolverine stories, bidding farewell to a legend.
Collecting: Wolverine & The X-Men 7-12
Collecting: Wolverine & The X-Men 7-12
144 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2015
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Jason Latour
358 books115 followersDavid Jason Latour (b. 1977) is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work for Image, Dark Horse, Marvel and DC comics on titles such as Wolverine, Winter Soldier, Southern Bastards and Spider-Gwen.
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December 23, 2015
True Believers, I can’t think of a superhero “death” that was mishandled worse than Wolverine’s dirt nap and having it written by Marvel’s second tier writing corps didn’t help sell it at all. What better way to flush this turd-of-a-send-off down the toilet than let Jason Latour finish off his horrid run on Wolverine and the X-Men in style. (Jeff’s note: Read this with an even heavier emphasis on the sarcasm than usual.)
Melita Garner, one of Wolverine’s legion of girlfriends has decided to write the book about what the Canucklehead means to the world.
Yep! It’s about as subtle as that.
Logan’s still alive in the first half of the book, hanging with Storm in Fantomax’s time-stop world, crashing Quentin “I-used-to-be-an-interesting-character” Quire’s birthday bash and teaming up with Daredevil and Doop.
Doop has demonic powers. I think Latour was writing by the seat of his pants on this one, folks.
In the book’s second half we’re spoon fed memories of Wolverine by a variety of artists, as friends…
…and students fondly remember Mr. Wolverine.
Pass me a Kleenex, Goodreaders, there’s a stye in my eye.
See you, Revolto, ya big lug. We’ll have a hard time functioning without you.
Okay, not really...
The above gif is from Jason Aaron’s excellent run on this title, not Latour’s.
Bottom line: Reading The Death of Wolverine is like playing Chutes and Ladders, you pray that you hit the space with the huge ladder and can just skip to the funeral. Ugh!
For karen5000: Star shark
Melita Garner, one of Wolverine’s legion of girlfriends has decided to write the book about what the Canucklehead means to the world.
Yep! It’s about as subtle as that.
Logan’s still alive in the first half of the book, hanging with Storm in Fantomax’s time-stop world, crashing Quentin “I-used-to-be-an-interesting-character” Quire’s birthday bash and teaming up with Daredevil and Doop.
Doop has demonic powers. I think Latour was writing by the seat of his pants on this one, folks.
In the book’s second half we’re spoon fed memories of Wolverine by a variety of artists, as friends…
…and students fondly remember Mr. Wolverine.
Pass me a Kleenex, Goodreaders, there’s a stye in my eye.
See you, Revolto, ya big lug. We’ll have a hard time functioning without you.
Okay, not really...
The above gif is from Jason Aaron’s excellent run on this title, not Latour’s.
Bottom line: Reading The Death of Wolverine is like playing Chutes and Ladders, you pray that you hit the space with the huge ladder and can just skip to the funeral. Ugh!
For karen5000: Star shark
July 29, 2015
Meh. Felt like a cash grab.
Wolverine goes on a date with Storm. Yawn.
He takes her to Fantomex's World, and they stay there for a year or so, because time passes so slowly there. They do good deeds, fight the good fight, etc.. Somehow, he ends up with a school named after him at the end of their time in the place.
Wolverine makes one last ditch effort to bring Quentin Quire back into the fold. Yawn.
Quire is belligerent, Wolverine is sad...
Then you have his ex-girlfriend running around trying to write a book about his life. Yawn.
He enlists Daredevil to use his lawyering skilz to put a stop to it, but after his death, his friends all pitch in and tell her their favorite stories about Logan.
The only story that caught my interest was the last issue.
Quire has had a change of heart, is feeling conflicted, and invites some of his friends from the Jean Grey school to a Hellfire Club party. For some unknown (to me) reason, Storm shows up and goes full-on villain. He ends up on the outs with both the rest of the Hellfire tweens & his mutant friends.
The art was sort of sketchy/ugly in spots, and the story was paint-by-dead-hero-numbers. Every time one of these characters dies, there's always a shit ton of In Memory tie-ins. Honestly, at this point I've read so many that it has to be spectacular to get my attention. This was not spectacular. When the ex was interviewing everyone, it seemed like nobody really had much to say. Which, in real life would probably be the case. But if I'm taking the time to read about the memorial of a dead fictions character , you better come up with something touching...or at least interesting.
Sorry, but Nightcrawler and his Church of Logan bar just didn't move me. I mean, it could have, if it had been done right. But it wasn't.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is readable, but not at all necessary. However, I am interested in what's gong on with Quire & Storm.
Recommended for Wolverine completionists only.
Wolverine goes on a date with Storm. Yawn.
He takes her to Fantomex's World, and they stay there for a year or so, because time passes so slowly there. They do good deeds, fight the good fight, etc.. Somehow, he ends up with a school named after him at the end of their time in the place.
Wolverine makes one last ditch effort to bring Quentin Quire back into the fold. Yawn.
Quire is belligerent, Wolverine is sad...
Then you have his ex-girlfriend running around trying to write a book about his life. Yawn.
He enlists Daredevil to use his lawyering skilz to put a stop to it, but after his death, his friends all pitch in and tell her their favorite stories about Logan.
The only story that caught my interest was the last issue.
Quire has had a change of heart, is feeling conflicted, and invites some of his friends from the Jean Grey school to a Hellfire Club party. For some unknown (to me) reason, Storm shows up and goes full-on villain. He ends up on the outs with both the rest of the Hellfire tweens & his mutant friends.
The art was sort of sketchy/ugly in spots, and the story was paint-by-dead-hero-numbers. Every time one of these characters dies, there's always a shit ton of In Memory tie-ins. Honestly, at this point I've read so many that it has to be spectacular to get my attention. This was not spectacular. When the ex was interviewing everyone, it seemed like nobody really had much to say. Which, in real life would probably be the case. But if I'm taking the time to read about the memorial of a dead fictions character , you better come up with something touching...or at least interesting.
Sorry, but Nightcrawler and his Church of Logan bar just didn't move me. I mean, it could have, if it had been done right. But it wasn't.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is readable, but not at all necessary. However, I am interested in what's gong on with Quire & Storm.
Recommended for Wolverine completionists only.
March 31, 2026
The only good thing about this book is the covers by Mahmud Asrar. His art is a delight. The stories are clearly filler as the book will end after the Death of Wolverine. The art looks like it was done by a high school art class and from the amount of artists listed in the book this is clearly just a cash grab. It's awful as superhero art. I would give the book negative stars if I could.
May 12, 2020
Such a boring struggle to get through.
You really don’t need to read this. It’s so dull. It adds nothing of value to the X-Men or the story of Logan. Skip it.
Furthermore, the art is mediocre at best.
It doesn’t fit! The characterizations are way off. Also, Quintin Quire was poorly portrayed. His character arc had caused him to introspectively grow and come to terms with Logan... but this book ignores all that and reduces him to a pastiche of what he was in the early 00s.
How lame.
You really don’t need to read this. It’s so dull. It adds nothing of value to the X-Men or the story of Logan. Skip it.
Furthermore, the art is mediocre at best.
It doesn’t fit! The characterizations are way off. Also, Quintin Quire was poorly portrayed. His character arc had caused him to introspectively grow and come to terms with Logan... but this book ignores all that and reduces him to a pastiche of what he was in the early 00s.
How lame.
March 23, 2015
This is an ugly ugly book most of the time. Almost all of the issues have multiple artists. The couple around Wolverine's death are a mashup of a dozen artists. It's nice to see that all of these creators leave their mark, but at the same time it makes it very hard to follow. Seeing a room go from something standard in the JG School to a room filled with rainbows is a little jarring. The worst part of the art is that none of them seem capable of drawing faces. There are some panels with great scenery, and even some great poses, but then the faces are totally warped.
Then there's the story. I'm actually not much of a fan of Wolverine, at least not the way Latour is writing him. Everyone has become a jerk and is detached and unrelatable. It's focused on writing a book of Logan's life, but no one really manages to say anything worthwhile about him. They don't even seem like themselves. It's all just random and it feels like Latour took these characters and forced them to be what he wanted for his own purposes.
This has fallen so far from the last run on the book. Characters are being alienated every issue and it feels like there just isn't any actual long game being developed. I am pretty sure I'm done with this title unless I hear it's going to really pick up.
Then there's the story. I'm actually not much of a fan of Wolverine, at least not the way Latour is writing him. Everyone has become a jerk and is detached and unrelatable. It's focused on writing a book of Logan's life, but no one really manages to say anything worthwhile about him. They don't even seem like themselves. It's all just random and it feels like Latour took these characters and forced them to be what he wanted for his own purposes.
This has fallen so far from the last run on the book. Characters are being alienated every issue and it feels like there just isn't any actual long game being developed. I am pretty sure I'm done with this title unless I hear it's going to really pick up.
February 2, 2015
Better than the first volume, thank god. At least the story here makes sense, even if it does basically play for time until Wolvie bites the dust. The opening arc is I think the only story to focus on the recent Storm/Wolverine relationship, and the second pair of issues are a nice look back at Logan's life. The Axis issue at the end is awful however, and is a poor way to end the series.
There are something like 12 artists across these six issues, which is stupid as hell. I know the anthology issues are meant to be one artist per story, but the story divides are poorly placed and not always well defined, so it's a shambles, really.
Overall this volume of WatXM isn't a patch on the one that came before.
There are something like 12 artists across these six issues, which is stupid as hell. I know the anthology issues are meant to be one artist per story, but the story divides are poorly placed and not always well defined, so it's a shambles, really.
Overall this volume of WatXM isn't a patch on the one that came before.
March 25, 2017
Better than the first volume-not that it was that hard to achieve.
Centered around the book ex-girlfriend Melita Garner wants to write as Wolvie's legacy. Not the worst eulogy ever but unmemorable all the same.
All in all, readers can stop at Aaron's previous series. This one's for hardcore fans and completists.
Centered around the book ex-girlfriend Melita Garner wants to write as Wolvie's legacy. Not the worst eulogy ever but unmemorable all the same.
All in all, readers can stop at Aaron's previous series. This one's for hardcore fans and completists.
July 11, 2025
Well the title of this one kind of gives away the story. The good thing is that it's not actually the story of how Wolverine meets his end. Its more to do with how the people in the school are reacting to it.
The volume starts on a high note with an issue dedicated to a date that ends up being a year long. Storm and Wolverine have been quite flirtatious recently and they finally take the time to have a date. They enter "the world" where time moves much differently, and end up having a nice date, but also getting involved in the politics of the world, and kind of being the rulers over it. I think the highlight is the relationship between Ororo and Logan, and it was awesome to see.
The rest of the volume kind of felt like filler to me. Between Quentin being a brooding villain and the rest of the team sharing memories, this felt like a subpar volume of the series. Wolverine's love interest writing a book about him was an interesting angle and a good way of collecting stories from each team member, but eventually it ends up falling flat unfortunately.
This is the last volume of the series so... it ends on a bad note. Which is a shame because the series was fun overall. Hopefully Latour writes more X-Men in the future, as he does have some interesting takes.
The volume starts on a high note with an issue dedicated to a date that ends up being a year long. Storm and Wolverine have been quite flirtatious recently and they finally take the time to have a date. They enter "the world" where time moves much differently, and end up having a nice date, but also getting involved in the politics of the world, and kind of being the rulers over it. I think the highlight is the relationship between Ororo and Logan, and it was awesome to see.
The rest of the volume kind of felt like filler to me. Between Quentin being a brooding villain and the rest of the team sharing memories, this felt like a subpar volume of the series. Wolverine's love interest writing a book about him was an interesting angle and a good way of collecting stories from each team member, but eventually it ends up falling flat unfortunately.
This is the last volume of the series so... it ends on a bad note. Which is a shame because the series was fun overall. Hopefully Latour writes more X-Men in the future, as he does have some interesting takes.
June 19, 2016
So Wolverine takes Storm on a date into an alternate dimension which turns into a year of adventures. However, since time passes differently in the other dimension they are only gone a few minutes or so in this dimension.
Then, the book jumps to after Wolverine's death and we see his ex writing a book about his life. She interviews several of Wolverine's friends to get their views on the type of person he was. There's also more subplot involving Quentin Quire and the Hellfire Club.
This volume seemed to be "just there" rather than serving any type of needed storytelling, although a lot of the Death of Wolverine tie-ins felt like that. The art was okay but nothing special. Overall not terrible, but came across more as filler than anything else.
Then, the book jumps to after Wolverine's death and we see his ex writing a book about his life. She interviews several of Wolverine's friends to get their views on the type of person he was. There's also more subplot involving Quentin Quire and the Hellfire Club.
This volume seemed to be "just there" rather than serving any type of needed storytelling, although a lot of the Death of Wolverine tie-ins felt like that. The art was okay but nothing special. Overall not terrible, but came across more as filler than anything else.
June 23, 2017
Quentin Quire does not like the idea of being a teaching assistant, so runs away. Wolverine wants to bring him back. The other main story is a reporter writing a book of Wolverines life, asking all those who knew him for stories.
The Quire storyline is fun. The other storyline feels like a decent goodbye, even though they never say how Wolverine dies. Feels like an odd end to a really good series. A good read.
The Quire storyline is fun. The other storyline feels like a decent goodbye, even though they never say how Wolverine dies. Feels like an odd end to a really good series. A good read.
June 10, 2015
Story was choppy. Art was downright bad in some places. One of the characters was so annoying that I wanted him to die instead of Wolverine.
July 22, 2015
Pros: Nightcrawler's eulogy, all of issues 10 & 11
Cons: Axis, the weirdness of issues 7-9
Cons: Axis, the weirdness of issues 7-9
September 14, 2016
Horrible isn't good enough for this book.
March 1, 2018
someone: why are you crying?
me: ororo and logan finally found each other after knowing each other from years yet they had so little time just because marvel hates me, on canon
me: ororo and logan finally found each other after knowing each other from years yet they had so little time just because marvel hates me, on canon
December 29, 2015
This run will not be remembered... or not for the good reasons
December 18, 2021
I wasn't entirely sure why I bought the first two volumes of Wolverine and the X-Men, I'm not a particularly big Wolverine fan, but then I spied that Jim Rugg had drawn a couple of pages and it occurred to me that I picked it up on thriftbooks solely based on that. So in order to read all the unread graphic novels I have stacked around my apartment I manfully waded through this imbecilic and mostly badly drawn comic. One big bone to pick is the big death of Wolverine that is in the title doesn't even happen within this volume, it happens in probably I'm guessing the main X-Men book and in this book Wolverine is still alive in one issue and in the next everyone is being interviewed by a reporter about Wolverine's life. So the whole big deal of this book is offstage. Which is kinda pointless but then of course the whole drawn out two-issue reflection by other X-Men and superheroes (Spidey is along for the ride of grieving too!) about the past life of Wolverine is meaningless because HELLO!, Wolverine won't stay dead for long of course and currently he's still running around acting all gruff and macho and snikting bad guys' gullets around the universe. No superhero ever dies literally or figuratively - they are condemned to eternal existence as long as DC and Marvel are in business and there is a buck to be made on the superhero's often mind-numbingly boring adventures. I think this is the first 1 star review of a book I've ever made. Usually I'll not finish a book that's in one star territory but this is a comic so it's easy reading even though it's idiotic. Sorry no good junky fun to be had in this volume. One star for Jim Rugg's two page spread though.
September 28, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
I enjoyed this volume more than the first though the story kind of jumps around all over the place.
Mostly enjoyed the quentin Quire stuff - Latour seems to have a decent grasp on his blend of rebellion and fear.
The death of Wolverine bits were kind of odd, considering they didn't even say anything about how he died...
Overall, a decent volume.
I enjoyed this volume more than the first though the story kind of jumps around all over the place.
Mostly enjoyed the quentin Quire stuff - Latour seems to have a decent grasp on his blend of rebellion and fear.
The death of Wolverine bits were kind of odd, considering they didn't even say anything about how he died...
Overall, a decent volume.
October 22, 2021
Action scenes felt forced , artwork was patchy and it didn't feel like a collection that went together. The date with Storm that lasted a year had potential but ultimately instead of growing as characters they just sort of have a spin off. Didn't work for me. I like Quire but hes Omega level powerful. When Spiderman shoots webbing in his face I found it farcical that he wouldn't retaliate. More misses than hits here.
February 24, 2022
Really not sure why this series took place. Here, Jason Latour is tied into two different bigger storylines, The Death Of Wolverine & Axis. Neither is pulled off very well. Melita Garner researching a book on Wolverine is interesting but seems shoehorned in. There were some wickedly bad pages of artwork that didn't fit the story at all in the two part eulogy section. I would have liked more attention to the students dealing with the loss of a teacher. Overall, this seemed like a waste.
November 3, 2019
This was a good concept, but only okay execution. With Wolverine's impending demise in the Death of Wolverine miniseries, this book focuses on his relationships; mainly his romantic relationship with Storm (which is never mentioned in Wolvy's solo series) and his mentor relationship with Quentin Quire. The students' personalities are mostly written okay, the adults not-so-much.
December 31, 2018
A good sendoff for one of Marvel's greatest heroes. It was a little odd that they started celebrating his life while he was still alive, under the assumption he would die soon. But some good character moments from his close friends.
December 29, 2019
Art was Mediocre at best then went to bad to even worse.
Book should be called “Whiny-Ass Quentin Quire and the X-People With Nothing Better To Do”. How has this annoying little shit become a central figure in the X-Men universe.
Did I mention that the art really sucked?
Book should be called “Whiny-Ass Quentin Quire and the X-People With Nothing Better To Do”. How has this annoying little shit become a central figure in the X-Men universe.
Did I mention that the art really sucked?
July 21, 2020
It had moments and then it would just stop bringing anything to the table again. No grasp of Quentin at all, and most of the characters have little to no personality. They're primarily reactive to one another.
August 6, 2021
This was a sweet but very heartbreaking series. Seeing how everyone remembers Logan and getting to see how everyone loved him differently was so sweet. And getting to see some of his last interactions with his teammates pulled at my heartstrings.
January 19, 2019
The death of Wolverine and what happened to the school
June 20, 2019
overall mediocre, but my terrible trash son breaks bad (again) and S U F F E R S, so that alone is worth three stars
August 18, 2021
Enjoyable! (I don't really have a lot to say about this one, reading it entirely out of context of the rest of the storyline.)
March 21, 2015
This volume of the Wolverine & the X-men series find the students and staff of the Jean Grey School for the Gifted reflecting on the aftermath of Wolverine's death. Writer Jason Latour does a pretty good job of subtly handling what each of our heroes think of Wolverine. It is quite treat to see how the children for which Logan cared deeply about see him. Melita one of Logan's many lovers, LOL, is a journalist trying to piece together the story of who Logan was in life and what it ultimately means now that he is gone. The truth is as we all know as X-men fans there is no X-men without our favorite berserker. Over the years we have witness the evolution of this warrior from soldier without a home to ultimately becoming the best weapon against those who would harm the innocent. Jason Latour gives us a clear picture of what it means to have Logan at your side. Logan is abrasive at times, he rash, prideful, and clearly not a saint but he is at heart the cowboy/hero you want when things get tough. Some of the most tender moments in this book are Spiderman's moments with Wolverine, Storm and Wolverine's unrequited love for each other and my personal favorite his determination to help omega mutant Quentin Quire find his humanity. Some of these inner struggles for the X-students and staff are not really resolved but that I believe captures who Wolverine is the most. He the strong warrior who pushes people to be their best selves and reminds us how life is precious and we should stop being selfish and make a difference. I am going to miss our wild claw slashing runt. He'll return because no hero stays dead forever in comics but it will be fun to see what type of legacy he has left for those he loved so deeply. Wolverine is a X-man through and through. No X-man can deny his influence and charisma, not even a certain cold hearted pretty boy, Yep I mean you CYCLOPS.
February 24, 2015
This volume has some highlights, like Quentin and Idie dealing with their revelations from Battle of the Atom, and Storm and Logan getting some time away. But it's also really incoherent. Not only does nothing hold the volume together, but who the comic is about wildly morphs from issue to issue. The low point of the volume are issues #10-11, which are about Logan's ex writing a book ... and they're just plain boring. After all of that, the book is entirely inconclusive too. There's little closure on the plots, leaving us with a random pile of nothing.
I suspect that Latour didn't have a good hand to work with, with the Death of Wolverine disrupting everything, But he doesn't do much with it either.
I suspect that Latour didn't have a good hand to work with, with the Death of Wolverine disrupting everything, But he doesn't do much with it either.
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