 Wolverine does not have what Batman, Superman, Spider-man, et al have: a claim to victimhood. In an Oprah-fied world, where everyone gets their 15 minutes to stand up and tell their sad story, the saddest would be told by those with super-powers: "I watched my parents' murder"; "My inaction led to my uncle's death"; "My home planet blew-up." There's something about the mythic "overcoming adversity" tale that looks remarkably like a path to victory by way of trauma. No one simply decides to be heroic, it's bled out of them. Cheap or not, it makes them immediately sympathetic.
Not so with Wolverine. So far we've been given a Wolverine who has certainly had heart-ache, but he's not any victim. In fact, he's the aggressor. He's chosen the path of revenge, and he's got the talents and tools to do it. Wolverine has always been the baddest kid on the block, the one who's not concerned with his rep, and because of that everyone fears and respects him. Paul Jenkins takes on this task in Wolverine: Origin, attempting to peg Logan to one single beginning that will answer the age-old questions. Except solving a mystery is never as easy as it appears, especially when that mystery is a huge part of a character’s appeal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I read this comic continuously for an hour and 45 minutes. I am so excited to read this again with somebody special. Bukas na pala yun. I wanna read it again...with him. Hep, Hep! Walang mag-re-react. =) |
