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Product Description: He's known by many names: Logan. Weapon X. Wolverine. One fact is certain: He's the best there is at what he does... and what he does isn't pretty! Here - in stories collected for the first time in color - the feral X-Man goes toe-to-toe with the gamma-spawned gray-skinned Goliath known as the Incredible Hulk! Plus: Wolverine recalls a promise from his past, and remembers the death of Silver Fox and his first fight with Sabretooth. Get in on the ground floor for the start of a new series, reprinting the Wolverine solo series that rocked the comics world in 1989! Collects Wolverine #6-10.
An odd start to a great set of Wolverine stories ^ This is the second in a series of graphic novels reprinting Wolverine's first ongoing series. Though the stories appear in black and white in Essential Wolverine vol. 1, this is the first time many of these have been published in color in graphic novel form. Though it gets off to an odd start, most of the stories in here are wonderful. It reprints Wolverine vol. 1 #6-10 and the break down of content is as follows:
#6: This finishes up the story that was so abruptly cut off by the first graphic. I still think both books could have been strengthened if Marvel had decided to publish them taking stories into account instead of just numbers. This story finds Patch (Wolverine) in the middle of a gang war, with his friends Jessica, Lindsay, and Tyger Tiger. It's not a stunning story.
#7 & 8: This guest stars the Hulk, back in his Mr. Fix-it days. When the Hulk shows up in Madripoor tricked into wading into the middle of another gang war, Wolverine sees a chance to play a few pranks on the Hulk who has no memory of Logan. The next few issues have lots of laughs, and more than a few moments that just make you smile, such as when Logan tricks the Hulk into purple pants. Silly? Yes. Fun? Yes.
#9 Peter David and Gene Colan hand in the next story, which is my favorite in the book. A timeless tale of Wolverine's past as he rights a wrong done to an innocent is haunting, emotionally and visually. It's an often overlooked jewel of a tale.
#10 Guest stars Sabretooth and provides the first mention of the elusive Silver Fox. Flashing between past and present this is a story of Wolverine's birthday, and though what is written is later proven to be a false memory, it's still a lot of fun to read.
Overall, this is a very good investment for any Wolverine fan, but it is probably best enjoyed by a comic fan, and not a newcomer, since it just jumps into the middle of an ongoing story.
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