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Wolverine Epic Collection
Wolverine Epic Collection, Vol. 13: Blood Debt
Origins and obligations! When Wolverine's adopted daughter Amiko finds herself in the middle of a blood feud, Logan must return to Japan! He'll lay his life on the line for hers in a saga involving the Silver Samurai and the Clan Yashida! Then, Wolverine and Deadpool grudgingly join forces to battle an author-turned werewolf...but when a bounty is declared on Wolvie's head, Deadpool plans to collect! Who is after Logan this time - and why? Plus, Wolverine and Spider-Man go underground to face the Mole Man, while Zaran the Weapons Master lies in wait! And a classic for the ages reveals the origin story they said could never be told. Meet sickly young James Howlett -the boy who will one day be Wolverine!
COLLECTING: VOL. 13: WOLVERINE (1988) 150-158, ANNUAL '99; WOLVERINE: THE ORIGIN 1-6
COLLECTING: VOL. 13: WOLVERINE (1988) 150-158, ANNUAL '99; WOLVERINE: THE ORIGIN 1-6
488 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2018
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March 5, 2021
Nice to reread Origins, and some stories I hadn’t read before.
March 31, 2020
Theres a lot to love in this one: Scroce's BLOOD DEBT is collected in its entirety here, as is WOLVERINE: ORIGIN and the myriad of special features from the HC collection of that mini from 2002. The Liefeld stuff is playfully insane early 2000s riffing. Really, if they'd left out the pointless annual that opens the volume and the filler issue that was only included for completion's sake, this might be a perfect collection.
August 5, 2020
If I had to sum up this book in one sentence, I guess it would be:
"By the way, that is not how you spell alright."
This starts out from Steve Skroce, whom I have never heard of. It is okay, but somehow manages to cram 2 issues' worth of story into 4 comics, and feels like that Punisher movie from 1989 where he lived like a Ninja Turtle and fought the Yakuza in New York for some reason. Come to think of it, that is this whole book. Some threat from Japan keeps pooping up and slowing the book down, and Wolverine goes into the sewer with Spider-man for a very disappointing story.
Actually it starts with a Deadpool annual and later does a lot more Deadpool and Liefeld stuff. Liefeld or seeming proteges draw a good chunk of this book, and this is before he stopped caring about proportions completely. I won't lie, it gave me some nostalgia vibes that I liked, even though his plots were boring. If you are keeping score, Liefeld draws feet in this book instead of having ankle clouds on everyone, and he only gets the foot on the wrong leg about 60% of the time.
There's some boring stuff and then, the only good thing about his book, Wolverine: Origin.
The covers to this alone are great, they are by Quesada, but look like Jae Lee's Dark Tower inspiration.
Origin finally reveals the origin of Wolverine, it feels like a backwoods Interview With a Vampire before moving on to the Tarzanish Call of the Wild we all knew it would become. Finally we get some Jeremiah Johnson with Logan beginning his Clint Eastwood mode for the first time.
But, the most interesting thing is the implication that Wolverine's healing powers have been protecting him from a young age, not just physically, but emotionally, by healing over or erasing bad memories. He may be the source of his own memory loss this whole time, not an external actor.
You can get Origin by itself and leave the rest of this doorstop behind.
"By the way, that is not how you spell alright."
This starts out from Steve Skroce, whom I have never heard of. It is okay, but somehow manages to cram 2 issues' worth of story into 4 comics, and feels like that Punisher movie from 1989 where he lived like a Ninja Turtle and fought the Yakuza in New York for some reason. Come to think of it, that is this whole book. Some threat from Japan keeps pooping up and slowing the book down, and Wolverine goes into the sewer with Spider-man for a very disappointing story.
Actually it starts with a Deadpool annual and later does a lot more Deadpool and Liefeld stuff. Liefeld or seeming proteges draw a good chunk of this book, and this is before he stopped caring about proportions completely. I won't lie, it gave me some nostalgia vibes that I liked, even though his plots were boring. If you are keeping score, Liefeld draws feet in this book instead of having ankle clouds on everyone, and he only gets the foot on the wrong leg about 60% of the time.
There's some boring stuff and then, the only good thing about his book, Wolverine: Origin.
The covers to this alone are great, they are by Quesada, but look like Jae Lee's Dark Tower inspiration.
Origin finally reveals the origin of Wolverine, it feels like a backwoods Interview With a Vampire before moving on to the Tarzanish Call of the Wild we all knew it would become. Finally we get some Jeremiah Johnson with Logan beginning his Clint Eastwood mode for the first time.
But, the most interesting thing is the implication that Wolverine's healing powers have been protecting him from a young age, not just physically, but emotionally, by healing over or erasing bad memories. He may be the source of his own memory loss this whole time, not an external actor.
You can get Origin by itself and leave the rest of this doorstop behind.
March 2, 2019
This is one of those chunky collections from Marvel that bundles a whole host of individual issues together - but by golly this is as mismatched a collection as you'll find.
The front half is exactly what you'd expect from the cover, a bunch of Rob Liefeld-era Wolverine that's pretty low on story quality and all about the art style of the day. It even has one of those Wolverine vs Deadpool fights that makes no sense whatsoever, not least that Deadpool shows up with a whole gang of dull new supervillains who then play no role in the fight. It's the kind of thing that did big numbers in the 90s but is pretty hard to read going back.
And then you get to the second half of the book which is the utterly splendid Wolverine: Origin, written by Jemas, Jenkins and Quesada and beautifully illustrated by Kubert and Isanove. It's a level of quality light years above the rest of the book and worth it for that alone.
So, one star for the front of the book, five stars for the back. I'll average that out as three - because goodness knows if you've got Origin in the collection and you opt for a Liefeld picture as the cover, you're missing the lede.
The front half is exactly what you'd expect from the cover, a bunch of Rob Liefeld-era Wolverine that's pretty low on story quality and all about the art style of the day. It even has one of those Wolverine vs Deadpool fights that makes no sense whatsoever, not least that Deadpool shows up with a whole gang of dull new supervillains who then play no role in the fight. It's the kind of thing that did big numbers in the 90s but is pretty hard to read going back.
And then you get to the second half of the book which is the utterly splendid Wolverine: Origin, written by Jemas, Jenkins and Quesada and beautifully illustrated by Kubert and Isanove. It's a level of quality light years above the rest of the book and worth it for that alone.
So, one star for the front of the book, five stars for the back. I'll average that out as three - because goodness knows if you've got Origin in the collection and you opt for a Liefeld picture as the cover, you're missing the lede.
November 17, 2019
[Do NOT get this for your Kindle Fire. These Epic Collection ebooks won't allow you to enlarge the panels.]
As other reviews have pointed out, the first half of the collection is rather forgettable. Instead go straight to the second half which is Wolverine's origin story. Better artwork and better storytelling. I've not seen the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie (and I have the feeling I never should) but I hope that one day they may make a film version of this story.
As other reviews have pointed out, the first half of the collection is rather forgettable. Instead go straight to the second half which is Wolverine's origin story. Better artwork and better storytelling. I've not seen the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie (and I have the feeling I never should) but I hope that one day they may make a film version of this story.
April 29, 2018
The title says Blood Debt, but it also includes the Origin story. Blood Debt has Wolverine running around from place to place trying to save Yukio and Amiko. Old school Marvel art and story telling. Not my usual cup of tea. The second half with Origin is just beautiful. I think every panel is painted. It is a sad story but that is pretty much the definition of a proper wolverine story.
March 14, 2023
I thought the Skroce story was my favorite part of the volume while the origins story at the end was a little bit lackluster compared to what I expected but still pretty enjoyable. Liefeld in the middle was interesting at some points but I found the villain to be pretty forgettable. Still a fun volume though with that early 00’S cheesiness
August 12, 2018
Origin is amazing, worth it just for that.
August 18, 2018
I pulled the plug about halfway through. Just couldn't get into this one. With the exception of Liefield, the art was nice, but the stories were meh at best. Better luck next time, Logan.
July 29, 2022
Don't judge a book by its cover. Especially if they let rob Liefield draw it
July 5, 2026
A mostly great collection including Wolverine’s origin story and the blood debt storyline both if which are really good though there’s some filler issues included. 1999-2002. 8/10
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