Wolverine: The Death of Wolverine [Hardcover]

Marc Guggenheim (Author), Jason Aaron (Author), Howard Chaykin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Wolverine | Publication Date: April 23, 2008

Wendell Rayfield is a recently divorced, down-on-his-luck ex-cop who's looking down the business end of a 40 with no hope for the future and with demons from his past still haunting him at every turn. All he has going for him is his new job. A job that involves a very large machine gun, a hole in the ground, a certain hirsute mutant, and several thousand bullets. We all know what damage Wolverine can do with his claws, but how dangerous can he really be when all he's able to do is talk? Wendell Rayfield is about to find out! Written by up-and-comer Jason Aaron (The Other Side, Scalped), with art by comic book legend Howard Chaykin (Blade, American Flagg!) Collects Wolverine #56-61.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (April 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785126112
• ISBN-13: 978-0785126119
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jason Aaron is an Eisner and Harvey Award nominated comic book writer best known for the critically acclaimed crime series Scalped for Vertigo and stints on Black Panther, Ghost Rider and Wolverine: Weapon X for Marvel. Current projects include Wolverine, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine and PunisherMAX, all for Marvel. He was born in Alabama but currently resides in Kansas City.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting to a point, April 23, 2008

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This review is from: Wolverine: The Death of Wolverine (Hardcover)

Wolverine dead? Marvel would never kill off one of their most iconic characters would they? On second thought, don't answer that. All kidding aside, The Death of Wolverine isn't exactly what it sounds like it is, but instead finds Logan close to meeting his maker. Written by Marc Guggenheim (The Flash, Blade), this storyarc flirts with the idea of what exactly happens to Logan's soul if and when he dies. Soon enough, an assassin named Shogun actually manages to kill Logan, seperating his soul from his body, and sending Logan on a mystical journey of sorts in the process. What Guggenheim manages to weave here is an interesting take on the idea of just how no matter how bad Logan gets hurt, his powers always manage to re-generate him. The supernatural ideas that Guggenheim presents should not work here, but for some reason, they do. Maybe its because Guggenheim picks up on plot threads from Mark Millar's past, smash storyarc on the series, or maybe it is because Guggenheim is in fact the only writer since Millar to actually "get" the character. Either way, the story works for what it is, and there is great use of Doctor Strange in a supporting role as well. The only real downside to The Death of Wolverine is the artwork from Guggenheim's Blade partner Howard Chaykin. An industry legend in his own right, Chaykin's artwork is just at times ugly to look at here. Sometimes it doesn't look too bad, but sometimes it looks downright atrocious. Art flaws aside, Guggenheim's story makes things interesting enough, as he manages to conjure up the best Wolverine story since...well, since he was last on the title during Civil War. All in all, The Death of Wolverine is definitely worth a look for Wolverine fans, just as long as they proceed with some caution.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average Wolverine story, September 1, 2008

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A mystical story about the state of Wolverine's soul and how he is able to rejoin his body everytime it regenerates. I love Wolverine this one is an average story and takes Wolverine to the mystical realm a place you wouldn't expect him to ever be. It's different I'll give them that.

0 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars okay but plot's been done before, August 27, 2008

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Sherance Brothers "Sherance M Brothers" (Jasper Ala) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolverine: The Death of Wolverine (Hardcover)

okay this was'nt a bad story I liked amir a shame she was killed off come on can logan have a girfriend they just met for crying out louid but no you had to kill off amir and bring lord shingen back to life who x men fans really could care less if he never came back or not we finally learn how wolverine mer lazaer the angel of death but I don't buy this bullcrap that wolverine beat the angerl of death and his life is prolonged hell sabretooth killed wolverine and weapon x brought him back then the hand revived him when gorgion killed him we did'nt see lazaer then strange but still worth a read if you like the kind of wolverine stories that he goers in his mind has those flashbacks and then all of a sudden i'm back from the dead.