Quick Review: Wolverine #20
Normally I don't bother with the Wolverine solo book, but with Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. coming on as writer and artist respectively, my curiosity was peaked enough to try it out.
On the good front, Romita's artwork couldn't be more perfect for this book. Admittedly, JRJ kicks it hardcore on any book he works on, but his dirty style is perfect for a dirty character like Wolverine. The fight scene near the beginning of the book is a magnificent ballet of teeth grinding violence. Like I said, perfect.
Unfortunately, I'm not all that cracked about the story. In fact, I'm not sure if I liked the story at all. I don't want to go into specifics as to why, cause I don't wanna give away spoilers. It was just so.... dammit, I can't even elucidate why I didn't like it without giving major plot points away.
How bout this: A lot of people will enjoy Wolverine's new direction. I did not.
On the good front, Romita's artwork couldn't be more perfect for this book. Admittedly, JRJ kicks it hardcore on any book he works on, but his dirty style is perfect for a dirty character like Wolverine. The fight scene near the beginning of the book is a magnificent ballet of teeth grinding violence. Like I said, perfect.
Unfortunately, I'm not all that cracked about the story. In fact, I'm not sure if I liked the story at all. I don't want to go into specifics as to why, cause I don't wanna give away spoilers. It was just so.... dammit, I can't even elucidate why I didn't like it without giving major plot points away.
How bout this: A lot of people will enjoy Wolverine's new direction. I did not.
1 Comments:
Wolverine 20 was cool due to the fact it wasn't Logan meandering about "am I animal or man". It was him becomeing a killing machine which was what he was made to do in the first place. Millar hasnt brought anything new to the table with this story because its an old scott Lobdell story, but he did it with prettier words and analogies.
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