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Hunt for Wolverine (Collected Editions)
Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost
Where's Wolverine? That's what Daredevil wants to know! Logan may be the best there is at what he does - but so is the Man Without Fear! And as one of the biggest mysteries in the Marvel Universe unfolds, DD assembles a squad of uncanny detectives to track down Logan: Misty Knight, the Inhuman Frank McGee and the mutant known as Cypher! Investigating recent sightings across the globe of the X-Man they thought dead, the squad uncovers a deep conspiracy with huge ramifications for Wolverine's return! But what happens when they follow the clues all the way to a very familiar - and very bloody - set of claws? A weapon lost is about to be found - and the Man Without Fear's nickname will be put to the test!
Collects Hunt for Wolverine #1 and Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1-4.
Collects Hunt for Wolverine #1 and Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1-4.
136 pages, Paperback
Published December 4, 2018
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Charles Soule
1,528 books1,693 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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February 4, 2019
Me dudes, get ready to pick your jaws up off the floor: y’know the most recent time Wolverine died? TURNS OUT HE DIDN’T REALLY DIE! I know, what a shocker! Marvel killed off one of its most popular characters - what a bold choice BUT NOT REALLY WHAAAAA
So Wolverine died after being encased in adamantium - except turns out he’s not really in the adamantium turd. So where Wolverine? Daredevil want to know. Because reason book exist. And he’s joined by D-listers Misty Knight, Cypher and some Inhuman cop to find out zzz….
I should’ve known better. It’s 2019 Marvel/Charles Soule so it’s utter gobshite from start to finish. Weapon Lost is a pointless, unexciting non-story about a ridiculous event that was never interesting in the first place. And there are four other fucking “Hunt For Wolverine” books! Marvel are desperately milking what few fans they’ve got left after droves of more casual comics fans have rightfully abandoned them for producing unreadable rubbish like this.
I guess it’s skilful of the (laughably un-)creative team to fill up five issues with words and pitchers despite the total absence of anything substantive to this dross, but that don’t make it worth reading! Avoid Weapon Lost and anything else tied into this pitiful storyline - I’d say just read the main event to see how Wolverine’s resurrected or whatever but that’s probably equally as bad. Thanks Marvel!
So Wolverine died after being encased in adamantium - except turns out he’s not really in the adamantium turd. So where Wolverine? Daredevil want to know. Because reason book exist. And he’s joined by D-listers Misty Knight, Cypher and some Inhuman cop to find out zzz….
I should’ve known better. It’s 2019 Marvel/Charles Soule so it’s utter gobshite from start to finish. Weapon Lost is a pointless, unexciting non-story about a ridiculous event that was never interesting in the first place. And there are four other fucking “Hunt For Wolverine” books! Marvel are desperately milking what few fans they’ve got left after droves of more casual comics fans have rightfully abandoned them for producing unreadable rubbish like this.
I guess it’s skilful of the (laughably un-)creative team to fill up five issues with words and pitchers despite the total absence of anything substantive to this dross, but that don’t make it worth reading! Avoid Weapon Lost and anything else tied into this pitiful storyline - I’d say just read the main event to see how Wolverine’s resurrected or whatever but that’s probably equally as bad. Thanks Marvel!
February 6, 2019
The setup was fine, even though I guessed back when they killed Wolverine, how they would resurrect him. It's exactly what you'd expect, but makes sense. The actual miniseries is crap. Daredevil, an Inhuman cop, Misty Knight, and Cypher hunt down internet rumors of Wolverine. It's all really boring. Soule tries to create interest by giving Cypher an internet addiction and utterly fails. Honestly, I'm guessing all of these miniseries can be skipped. They're all gonna end with the big reveal of, you need to buy another miniseries where we really find out what happened to Logan.
February 11, 2019
I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected to. My expectations going in were pretty low but it kept me engaged throughout and I really liked Matteo Buffagni's moody artwork. Colour me pleasantly surprised.
October 2, 2021
This was a surprisingly good one.
It starts with the flashback to what happened with Wolverine's body and then we see him come alive in the present times and the teams forming to search for him. Our main team Matt and Misty and Nur go to different places to find him and they have Cypher, chasing down sightings and then finding Albert the robot and all and then connecting it to Soitera and video footage archives and all, and its a solid suspense read and its interesting. Its a good read and like continues the mystery and is reliant on Daredevil chasing down the mystery and all and the way it concludes is satisfactory. Its an okay one time read if you have read the death and return of wolverine, else you can skip this.
It starts with the flashback to what happened with Wolverine's body and then we see him come alive in the present times and the teams forming to search for him. Our main team Matt and Misty and Nur go to different places to find him and they have Cypher, chasing down sightings and then finding Albert the robot and all and then connecting it to Soitera and video footage archives and all, and its a solid suspense read and its interesting. Its a good read and like continues the mystery and is reliant on Daredevil chasing down the mystery and all and the way it concludes is satisfactory. Its an okay one time read if you have read the death and return of wolverine, else you can skip this.
November 4, 2018
Weapon Lost (Soule). Daredevil and Frank McGee are joined by two characters that Soule isn't responsible for writing on a regular basis: Misty Knight and an inexplicably (and unbelievably) cyber-addicted Cypher. They hunt and by a weird coincidence find the cyborg Supermen ... er Wolverine ... a cyber-clone that I've never heard of and isn't really explained. He's allegedly harder to kill than Wolverine, but it doesn't even take a whole four-issue limited series to do so. Soule tries to focus on a romance between Knight and McGee and helping Cypher with his addiction ... but it's hard to care about any of this [2+/5].
March 4, 2019
This seems like three projects Soule was working on, collaged together to fulfill a quota.
One thing is a netflix show pitch that he ties in with Daredevil and Misty Knight. It is okay. An Inhuman detective and a guy who can search the internet fast because of mutant stuff. The technobabble is puerile and sometimes very silly.
There is an exploration of internet addiction and trustworthiness of information, which could have been an interesting seed for a story, but then it is tied to Wolverine rumors and that puerile tech speak so it fails.
Lastly there is an attempt to bring back an old character from Wolverine's past who could have been interesting, but there is not much invested in it and the plot point is tied up almost as soon as it is revealed.
I would like to see any or all of these ideas fleshed out with more thought and not tied to this awful event.
This is the second most pointless book in this hunt series after the Madripoor book.
One thing is a netflix show pitch that he ties in with Daredevil and Misty Knight. It is okay. An Inhuman detective and a guy who can search the internet fast because of mutant stuff. The technobabble is puerile and sometimes very silly.
There is an exploration of internet addiction and trustworthiness of information, which could have been an interesting seed for a story, but then it is tied to Wolverine rumors and that puerile tech speak so it fails.
Lastly there is an attempt to bring back an old character from Wolverine's past who could have been interesting, but there is not much invested in it and the plot point is tied up almost as soon as it is revealed.
I would like to see any or all of these ideas fleshed out with more thought and not tied to this awful event.
This is the second most pointless book in this hunt series after the Madripoor book.
February 8, 2024
6/10:
This is a fairly solid collection, mostly due to Daredevil being the leader of this team hunting for Wolverine. Cypher and Misty Knight were both super easy to include in this story and I love how it so easily falls into the timeline after Matt Murdock has left the mayor’s office.
This was a decent detour that sadly didn’t lead to any conclusions, but I’m excited to read the rest of this event before returning to Charles Soule’s Daredevil run!
This is a fairly solid collection, mostly due to Daredevil being the leader of this team hunting for Wolverine. Cypher and Misty Knight were both super easy to include in this story and I love how it so easily falls into the timeline after Matt Murdock has left the mayor’s office.
This was a decent detour that sadly didn’t lead to any conclusions, but I’m excited to read the rest of this event before returning to Charles Soule’s Daredevil run!
October 16, 2024
Setup for another story and not too much happens in here to make it worthwhile besides some moments.
April 21, 2019
A true mystery with many leads to follow that only some very unique detectives can solve.
January 8, 2019
It was ok.. aaaaaand I liked it at some points.
I did like the start, and when they were hunting Wolvie traces and whatnot, I didn't like the end and the outcome and who they found. And also, that Inhuman that I completely forgot, the one with the glasses, was super boring so yeah..
But other than that I did like DD and the whole search!
Great artwork too.
I did like the start, and when they were hunting Wolvie traces and whatnot, I didn't like the end and the outcome and who they found. And also, that Inhuman that I completely forgot, the one with the glasses, was super boring so yeah..
But other than that I did like DD and the whole search!
Great artwork too.
April 14, 2019
I started reading this before even realizing it was Soule. I really enjoy his writing, and I'm enjoying this mystery of a missing Wolverine. It's always nice to see uncommon team ups, and Misty Knight is always a badass pleasure.
December 3, 2024
Wolverine died encased in adamantium (the same metal that makes his bones unbreakable). The X-men had set up a cabin in remote Canada with his remains. A group of desperate villains, the Reavers, find the location and try to steal the encased corpse. The X-men had set up some security and arrive to stop the desecration of Wolverine's grave. The Reavers try to get a little bit DNA so they have something to sell, only to discover the adamantium covering is only a shell--there's no body inside. The X-men had moved his corpse to a grave not far away. When they go to visit the real burial place after the fight, the X-men discover Wolverine's body is gone. Realizing this is a perilous situation, Kitty Pryde organizes several teams to search of the missing body.
One team is headed by Daredevil, who likes a good mystery. He recruits Misty Knight, an ex-cop from New York City with a cybernetic arm, and Frank Magee, an ex-detective from NYC who became an Inhuman when the city got dosed with Terrigen Mist. They start chasing down leads with the help of Cypher, a mutant who can communicate in any language and is addicted to the internet. Cypher finds a lot of online leads about Wolverine's whereabouts, too many for the team to investigate. They start narrowing the list and following up on the most likely leads.
The overall story has an interesting set-up and is spun out over several different series following the various teams (one lead by Iron-man, one by Kitty Pryde). The Weapon Lost story is deliberately noirish in style and provides an interesting investigation. The story is not fully resolved, so I will probably read the other series.
Mildly recommended--this is the middle of a larger narrative arc. I never read Death of Wolverine, so the whole "encased in adamantium" was new to me. But I find it intriguing enough to keep going.
One team is headed by Daredevil, who likes a good mystery. He recruits Misty Knight, an ex-cop from New York City with a cybernetic arm, and Frank Magee, an ex-detective from NYC who became an Inhuman when the city got dosed with Terrigen Mist. They start chasing down leads with the help of Cypher, a mutant who can communicate in any language and is addicted to the internet. Cypher finds a lot of online leads about Wolverine's whereabouts, too many for the team to investigate. They start narrowing the list and following up on the most likely leads.
The overall story has an interesting set-up and is spun out over several different series following the various teams (one lead by Iron-man, one by Kitty Pryde). The Weapon Lost story is deliberately noirish in style and provides an interesting investigation. The story is not fully resolved, so I will probably read the other series.
Mildly recommended--this is the middle of a larger narrative arc. I never read Death of Wolverine, so the whole "encased in adamantium" was new to me. But I find it intriguing enough to keep going.
April 2, 2019
3.5 Stars
Wolverine has returned. In this first "Hunt for Wolverine" Volume, we begin the story with what happened since his death. Though firmly encased in adamantium, Kitty Pryde phased Logan's body out of the shell and had him buried in a secret site, known only to the X-Men and Logan's closest friends. The shell stands remaining as a place for all others to come and pay their respects to him.... until now.... The Reavers have their eyes set on obtaining his body, so they invade the site, only to be stopped by the X-Men, but when the dust settles, it is revealed that the shell is empty and they leave. When Kitty goes to Logan's gravesite to tell him, he's gone from there as well. Where is Logan? Kitty sends out people to search for him. This Volume follows a team put together by Daredevil: Misty Knight, Inhuman detective Frank McGee, and the internet addicted Cypher.
Tracking (via a sightings algorithm online) him to Saskatchewan, they follow the trail, but instead of Logan, they come across Albert, the cyborg clone of Wolverine. Working together to take him down, they find that the trail leads back to Chicago. A new name comes out to us: Soteira. Who is this organization? Why are they trying to cover up Logan's return? Is he alive and working for them?
The story continues... but when will the man himself make his glorious return? The story is what shines in this Volume, but that's because Charles Soule is a genius.
Recommend. Should be read at the same time as the other 3 Volumes.
Wolverine has returned. In this first "Hunt for Wolverine" Volume, we begin the story with what happened since his death. Though firmly encased in adamantium, Kitty Pryde phased Logan's body out of the shell and had him buried in a secret site, known only to the X-Men and Logan's closest friends. The shell stands remaining as a place for all others to come and pay their respects to him.... until now.... The Reavers have their eyes set on obtaining his body, so they invade the site, only to be stopped by the X-Men, but when the dust settles, it is revealed that the shell is empty and they leave. When Kitty goes to Logan's gravesite to tell him, he's gone from there as well. Where is Logan? Kitty sends out people to search for him. This Volume follows a team put together by Daredevil: Misty Knight, Inhuman detective Frank McGee, and the internet addicted Cypher.
Tracking (via a sightings algorithm online) him to Saskatchewan, they follow the trail, but instead of Logan, they come across Albert, the cyborg clone of Wolverine. Working together to take him down, they find that the trail leads back to Chicago. A new name comes out to us: Soteira. Who is this organization? Why are they trying to cover up Logan's return? Is he alive and working for them?
The story continues... but when will the man himself make his glorious return? The story is what shines in this Volume, but that's because Charles Soule is a genius.
Recommend. Should be read at the same time as the other 3 Volumes.
January 15, 2019
Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost, in which Charles Soule takes a random assortment of characters he's written the last few years, throws them into a crossover event he's writing that isn't particularly good in the first place, and then writes a story that fails to have any real connection to the crossover.
Event tie in books are almost always the worst. The story they tell is almost never good enough on its own to warrant existing, and generic event tie-ins are the worst kind of cash grab. It doesn't help that the basis for this book doesn't make a ton of sense and the characters that are working together are truly random. Sometimes random assortments of characters can be fun, but here I just found myself asking "Why do I care about interactions between Frank McGee and Cypher in a story tangentially related to the Hunt for Wolverine?" The answer is that I don't care.
The are is fine, but it's not good enough for this to be worth checking out, even if you're reading the main event. Skip this one, it serves no purpose and isn't a compelling story.
Event tie in books are almost always the worst. The story they tell is almost never good enough on its own to warrant existing, and generic event tie-ins are the worst kind of cash grab. It doesn't help that the basis for this book doesn't make a ton of sense and the characters that are working together are truly random. Sometimes random assortments of characters can be fun, but here I just found myself asking "Why do I care about interactions between Frank McGee and Cypher in a story tangentially related to the Hunt for Wolverine?" The answer is that I don't care.
The are is fine, but it's not good enough for this to be worth checking out, even if you're reading the main event. Skip this one, it serves no purpose and isn't a compelling story.
November 17, 2023
Surprisingly good
What I liked
- I am a sucker for batshit wolverine in rural canada
- things from the other 3 miniseries i already read actually came together
- artwork was kinda atmospheric (standards for artwork do be low these days sigh)
- i have no idea who cypher is but continually stealing phones from dead people and superheroes to fuel his internet addiction is so funny
What i did not like
- can they just end it already
- jesus this whole event has had so much padding
- each miniseries could have been just one issue i reckon
- i don't really know these characters that well but i feel like i shouldn't have to if i'm just here for wolverine but this miniseries in particular didn't really give me the impression that the characters were close with logan at all
- wtf was that random romance between misty and the old man??
- why can misty's arm produce a shield. it's just a prosthetic arm, why is it producing a shield fr
What I liked
- I am a sucker for batshit wolverine in rural canada
- things from the other 3 miniseries i already read actually came together
- artwork was kinda atmospheric (standards for artwork do be low these days sigh)
- i have no idea who cypher is but continually stealing phones from dead people and superheroes to fuel his internet addiction is so funny
What i did not like
- can they just end it already
- jesus this whole event has had so much padding
- each miniseries could have been just one issue i reckon
- i don't really know these characters that well but i feel like i shouldn't have to if i'm just here for wolverine but this miniseries in particular didn't really give me the impression that the characters were close with logan at all
- wtf was that random romance between misty and the old man??
- why can misty's arm produce a shield. it's just a prosthetic arm, why is it producing a shield fr
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 14, 2024
The X-Men contact Daredevil to look into Wolverine's disappearance. He gets the Immortal Frank McGee and ex-cop Misty Knight on the team. Then mutant Cypher joins them for what turns into a worldwide hunt.
October 20, 2019
This was fine. I guess around a 2.5.
(I read this first out of the four Hunt for Wolverine volumes -I have no idea which order I was supposed to read them in, so I just chose at random.)
Mostly I didn't care for the focus on Misty Knight & Frank McGee...They felt kinda off course from the actual hunt for Wolverine. Did they even "detect"/add anything?
I liked Cypher's addition, and even Daredevil, though he didn't feature all that much in this.
Anyway, the volume ends & Misty and Frank are both off the hunt, so... *shrug*.
On to the next volume!
(I read this first out of the four Hunt for Wolverine volumes -I have no idea which order I was supposed to read them in, so I just chose at random.)
Mostly I didn't care for the focus on Misty Knight & Frank McGee...They felt kinda off course from the actual hunt for Wolverine. Did they even "detect"/add anything?
I liked Cypher's addition, and even Daredevil, though he didn't feature all that much in this.
Anyway, the volume ends & Misty and Frank are both off the hunt, so... *shrug*.
On to the next volume!
August 4, 2025
Wolverine's body has disappeared. Kitty Pride asks Daredevil to help with the investigation. Because that makes sense.
Really Charles Soule just wants to bring his characters together. So Daredevil is joined by Frank McGee from the Inhumans. Also, Misty Knight and Cypher (since when is he alive?). They use an Inhuman ship to follow up on leads across North America. They run into an old supporting character of Wolverine's, and even manage to advance the overall story.
The art is pretty good.
Really Charles Soule just wants to bring his characters together. So Daredevil is joined by Frank McGee from the Inhumans. Also, Misty Knight and Cypher (since when is he alive?). They use an Inhuman ship to follow up on leads across North America. They run into an old supporting character of Wolverine's, and even manage to advance the overall story.
The art is pretty good.
December 26, 2018
Ultimately, this just felt like an excuse for Charles Soule to write about the characters he likes.
These characters didn't have any real reason to come together otherwise. And not in service of Wolverine.
Also, was this portrayal Misty Knight totally inconsistent with her last few appearances (e.g., the Crew and A-Force?) I think so. She was doing fine.
These characters didn't have any real reason to come together otherwise. And not in service of Wolverine.
Also, was this portrayal Misty Knight totally inconsistent with her last few appearances (e.g., the Crew and A-Force?) I think so. She was doing fine.
August 4, 2023
Guess I'm missing how he came back, although he wasn't go for very long. Interesting concept of forming a noir detective team, with an out of character internet addicted cypher. Daredevil as a lead detective was fun. The random new inhumans detective and making out with Misty Knight seemed to be a bit random. Nothing really answered in this TPB, but I enjoyed the art and noirish style.
February 13, 2022
This was ok. Nothing special, and I'm already kinda over the event but have 4 more "Where in the world is Carmen Sandi-Logan?" series to get through so it's very possible my rating will go down later lol
March 2, 2025
First of this collection was so-so (I'd already read the Hunt for Wolverine #1 before), but the last two issues were better (true; that's when the action kicked in more). I wonder what it'd have been like to read this multi-title storyline across different heroes back when it was being published.
August 10, 2018
Překvapivě asi nejlepší věc v celým Huntu.
February 14, 2019
Ok, nothing to write home about.
February 27, 2019
Maybe the better of the Hunt books...at least here I felt like we got bigger clues to the mystery.
I really like the Frank/Misty dynamic.
I really like the Frank/Misty dynamic.
March 19, 2019
My favorite part was the mystery investigation by Daredevil, Misty Knight, and Frank McGee, though I have reservations about Cypher’s characterization.
March 26, 2021
3.5/5 Rounding up
Daredevil, Cypher, Mcgee and Knight team up to hunt Wolverine
Daredevil, Cypher, Mcgee and Knight team up to hunt Wolverine
January 10, 2022
Pretty good. I like how it had supporting cast from DD. It doesn't tell a complete story necessarily, but it's good enough, I'll definitely have it in my DD bind.
June 10, 2023
Soule writing a story about Daredevil and a crew hunting Wolverine back from the dead? Yes please. Solid read.
January 4, 2025
frank y misty omg
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