Wolverine: First Class - The Rookie

Wolverine: First Class (Single Issues) #1-8

by Fred Van Lente

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

196 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2009

About the author

Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.

Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).

He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Considering I'm a massive fan of Kitty Pryde, this was a fun read. I loved her relationship with Logan, particularly in the 2nd issue, involving Logan's birthday and a Dazzler concert. Wasn't so keen on all the stories, but there weren't any that were unreadable. Considering it's only a fiver it's good value for money, and definitely a good read for children.

[Rubin Carpenter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic X-Men tale but done with style
the dialogue is crisp even though this territory has been covered over and over and over
this writer makes it feel fresh and captures
the time and these characters with bullseye accuracy. A good read