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Wolverine Epic Collection: Back To Basics (Wolverine (1988-2003)) Kindle & comiXology

by Archie Goodwin (Author, Contributor), Peter David (Author, Contributor), Jo Duffy (Author, Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Wolverine (1988) #17-30, Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection And Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure.

Savage tales featuring atmospheric artwork by Marvel’s finest artists! An old friend’s death leads Logan to Nick Fury…and the Swift Sword terrorist organization! But what is the surprising secret under the new Scorpio’s mask? Then, Wolverine travels to the untamed jungle of the Savage Land — so why is he fighting cyborgs? And which longtime X-Men foe is responsible? When his old foe Roughouse is kidnapped, Wolverine follows a trail of tainted cocaine from Madripoor to Central America — but can the young revolutionary La Bandera help a sick and infected Wolverine survive against Tiger Shark and bring down a corrupt regime? Plus: Logan must avenge an old friend, but can he uncover the secret of the Master Form — without his memories?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MFBYJCD
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (March 6, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 6, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1490009 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 466 pages

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Zombie Gil 007

Wolverine is back, Bub!

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2023

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What is there to say about this collection. Wolverine, X=Man supreme in more blood soaked adventures from Marvel comics.

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Wolverine enters the nineties

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2022

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I'm not a giant Wolverine fan but I found that I quite liked the first Wolverine Epic Collection. It established a rougher world for Logan to explore and featured work by some of my favorite comic creators. Overall, very good stuff.

What about this volume? It's fine. Not amazing. Not terrible. Almost completely unimportant, though.

I don't need all of my comics to change the world but there is a sign that this book is just spinning its wheels. Wolverine was a spin-off book from the X-Men comic and it is very clear that Chris Claremont (who no longer wrote the Wolverine book) was still the master of Logan's destiny. Within Wolverine's book, his life remains fairly static while big changes happen over in X-Men.

So... since Wolverine isn't going anywhere, that leaves the impetus of change on the shoulders of his supporting cast. In the previous volume, we got to know the Madripoor regulars, including Jessica Drew, the former and future Spider-Woman. These guys weren't tied down to any other book's stories and we could have explored their lives more fully here. Instead, they act similarly to Logan as a preset aspect of the story that doesn't really change much from the beginning to its end.

That's not ENTIRELY true. Jessica Drew and her friend Lindsay don't show up at all during the Goodwin/ Byrne story, eventually making an appearance during Jo Duffy's short run only to make their exit from Madripoor. Which is sad because it's not like they get used anywhere else. Wasted potential!

Kharma also ends the book leaving the employ of her evil uncle so there is a LITTLE movement in the background of the book.

Now that we have established that the book doesn't have anything in the way of consequences happening, we are left with the question: Is it still worth reading? That is a complicated question considering there are four big storylines in this book, each with their own creative teams. Frankly, the only really worthwhile story here are the issues by Archie Goodwin and John Byrne, despite the only forward movement (glacial though it may be) happening under Jo Duffy's pen.

Our book starts with two oversized Wolverine specials. The first is a Wolverine/ Nick Fury story written by Archie Goodwin with artwork by Howard Chaykin. I'm not a fan of any of this but it's nice to see a story following up on Fury's brother's death (which happened in a terrible Defenders storyline). This story introduces us to Nick Fury's son. I don't know where that guy disappeared but I DO remember reading a few more appearances by him in the mid-nineties.

The second oversized story is a Savage Land story by Walt Simonson with art by Mike Mignola. This one is a lot more fun, involving robot dinosaurs and Apocalypse. The Savage Land tribe that Wolverine hangs with is super weird with gorilla-like men and amazonian women. Logan totally fathers a kid here, too.

Finally, we get into those Wolverine comics that make up the bulk of the collection. Goodwin returns here but now that he's focusing on Wolverine, he's more in my wheelhouse. John Byrne does breakdowns for most of this run, returning to the character that he saved from being dropped from the X-Men. Klaus Janson provides finishes and gives the pages a scratchier look than you usually get with Byrne artwork. Goodwin is absolutely in charge of the writing, here, with no real input from John Byrne. I love Byrne but his nineties work was usually altering and streamlining continuity or making very specific digs on Chris Claremont's stories. We get neither of those here and it is better for it.

While beginning and ending in Madripoor, most of the action takes place in the fictional Central American nation of Tierra Verde. Some major events go down in this poor country but, since the Marvel Universe never revisits the place, it doesn't really matter. Marvel writers keep on inventing new fictional Central American nations when they could just use some of their existing fictional Central American nations.

This storyline has a few chapters taking place during Marvel's mega-event, Acts of Vengeance, so there is a scene with all of the big players of that event that you'll miss if you blink... while reading a comic. OK, that didn't work too well, but it's still just a page with the Kingpin taking up most of the panels. We also get appearances by Daredevil, Tiger Shark, and Magneto. The X-Men also show up in the book for the first time but, again, it's mostly to show that the book is connected to the X-Men book rather than the appearances affecting the story. More on that later.

Finally, we get the first and last appearance of minor mutant super-hero/ freedom-fighter, La Bandera. She gets a costume and everything but, since she's stuck in a country will never see again, we also don't see HER again.

OK! Continuity check. Through lots of notes left throughout this story, we are able to place this Wolverine story as happening during Uncanny X-Men #'s 248-250. The end of the story leads right into Uncanny X-Men #251 where Wolverine is captured and tortured by the Reavers, severely demolishing his healing factor. If you want to read those issues of X-Men, they are collected in X-Men Epic Collection 17: Dissolution & Rebirth.

Everything after the Goodwin/ Byrne story takes place in a more nebulous time period, some time after Uncanny X-Men #258 since Wolverine is pretty locked into X-Men events up to then. Regardless, there's no mention of X-Men events in these pages and no real need to check in on the main book unless you want ALL of the stories or if you love continuity. Or love the X-Men.

Anyway, after Goodwin/ Byrne, we get a couple one-off issues by Peter David and Jo Duffy before Duffy finishes this volume off with the four issue "The Lazarus Project." This is where we lose Jessica Drew and Lindsay McCabe. We also get our last issue of John Buscema artwork with the first chapter and it's a good as ever. The story, on the other hand, is a mess. There's a McGuffin called the Master Form that is never really explained, a project called Lazarus that is never really explained, a whacky plan that gets a lot of people killed for reasons that aren't explained, a boy in a robot body (or something), and an amnesiac Wolverine. We end at a low point, honestly.

But we also end pretty much where we began. Wolverine is still wearing an eye patch on the island nation of Madripoor. Some friends have left but the other major players are still in place. All we're missing is a consistent creative team... which we'll get in our next Epic!

As far as extras are concerned, we get a few Marvel Age articles focusing on the special issues and new creative teams. We get some era appropriate poster art of Wolverine. There's a second printing cover for the Wolverine/ Nick Fury book. We also have the recolored John Byrne art from the cover of Wolverine #17 that served as the 2nd printing cover for Essential Wolverine vol. 1 and recolored Jim Lee art from the cover of Wolverine #27 that served as the cover for Wolverine Classic vol. 5 (as well as the cover to this Epic Collection. Finally, we get a few John Byrne/ Klaus Janson line art pages from Wolverine #17, 18, and John Byrne's cover for issue #22.

This is definitely not the most necessary Wolverine book. It's got some nice bits but is mostly wheel spinning its way into the nineties. That's... usually not a good sign for any comic but... we'll see, won't we?

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If you like wolverine than buy this book.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019

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I am so happy that I bought this book! Everything I read so far is awesome and the art is dope to.

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Dr Who Regenerated

Pinocchio Meets Wolverine

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019

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A little bIt more about Logan and Japan. A little bit more about Patch, Drew and Karma. What is the Lazarus Project and who is the Stranger? Great Stories.

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Daniel Abbud

....the best there is...

Reviewed in Brazil on March 5, 2020

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Always the best....

Temple Phoenix

A Series of Sharp Stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2019

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The Epic Collections circle back around to Volume 2 of Wolverine's adventures, after focusing on his later comics for a while. We're back where we left him at the end of volume 1, hiding out in the lawless port city of Madripoor under the alias Patch, with the X-Men presumed dead by the world.

Actually, that's not entirely true - the volume actually opens with two graphic novels, The Scorpio Connection and The Jungle Adventure, which see Logan get mixed up with the family problems of old buddy Nick Fury and investigate mysterious goings-on in the prehistoric Savage Land respectively. They're both pretty fun, and the art is by two heavy-hitters in Howard Chaykin and Mike Mignola.

Then we're back to his ongoing proper, under the auspices of Archie Goodwin, John Byrne (layouts) and Klaus Janson (finishes), with Wolverine heading off to South America to tussle with a crazed dictator, a Nazi cyborg, an aquatic killer, an idealistic freedom fighter, a miraculous healer and an insidious drug that might be more than meets the eye. It's a great tale that barrels along, and showcases the inner voice of the character to the full. The remaining stories in the volume aren't quite as good, but it's still a handsome collection.

Extras include seven pages of articles from Marvel Age, three posters, cover art for the second printing of the Scorpio Collection, Essential Wolverine Vol. 1 and Wolverine Classic Vol. 5, and original art by Byrne and Janson. It's another great collection from my favourite line of compiled superhero comics.

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David Richardson

Amazon are unable to package books for international delivery

Reviewed in Australia on May 10, 2023

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I'm sure this is a good book and contains some solid Wolverine tales. Unfortunately, Amazon seems unable to package Epic Collections for international delivery. The torn and mangled mess that was delivered to me was a joke and Amazon refuses to replace the damaged book.

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