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Wolverine: Not Dead Yet (Marvel's Finest)

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I am not much of a Marvel Mutant follower, but when I came across this 4 part story by Warren Ellis I figured it was worth a shot. Boy howdy, this thing was pretty damned exciting. Chinese gangsters, raving lunatic over-the-hill Scottish master assasins, love, death, revenge, car crashes, motocycle chases and not so much as a *scrap* of spandex in sight. This is a Logan action thriller, not a super hero story, and it rocks. Now issued as a trade paperback, it's got so much commercial potential it should be made into a movie. A first-rate, thoroughly enjoyable read.

This is one of those stories that's smart and entertaining and features everybody's favorite X-man: Wolverine. Wolverine finds his apartment blown to bits and his tenants executed in the style of one of his former foes: McLeish. The story is not about revenge as much as it is about the way Wolverine has evolved from his early days when he met McLeish in Hong Kong. Physically Wolverine is as fit as he ever was, but mentally he has evolved, he's much wiser, but he's pushed to the edge in this one, and we get to see that feral side we just love. The art is so perfect for the story, when Logan is riding his motorcycle in those lonely woods at night in autumn, man just look at those dark colors, sensational! The flashbacks provide alot of information, and for the most part answer all your questions(except one), very insightful, and shed some much needed light on Wolverine's shady past. I strongly recomend this paperback to every Wolvie fan out there, you really don't know what your missing.

I bought this book for two reasons: Warren Ellis' writing and Leinil Yu's artwork. It was, in fact, Warren Ellis' raving about Yu's artwork that interested me in this collaboration. And he's right. Yu can draw exciting action sequences, vary his camera angle, do detailed and lovely facial expressions, backgrounds and clothes. All this, without, as the other review pointed out, *any* spandex costumes. The writing also, is sharp, as you would expect from Warren Ellis, although I suspect it doesn't cover any new ground with Wolverine.But hey, Yu's artwork is a treat and paces well with Ellis' script.

This one has revenge, love, loss, and everything else ol'Wolvie is known for. A very good read... as long as you're not too squeemish!

You will be gripped with the suspense and intrigue from the mystery in the story. Leinil Francis Yu's artwork is spectacular as usual... and Warren Ellis' story is pretty darn good. Leinil F. Yu is one of the best Wolverine artists and his drawings truly shine in this saga. The story is not a typical Marvel Comics story -- it's much more grittier, adult, and has a bit of a bite. One thing I noticed was that the final product had some minor modifications to Warren Ellis' original script (probably due to editorial censorship?). All in all, a great read!

Wolverine has always been cast as a bad-tempered fellow. Ellis did not bring any new insight into his character. The plot is a little-bit hackneyed. An old killer known as White Ghost resurfaces to take revenge on Wolverine. The overly scientific explanation on how he survived the blast (based on a broken and too pliable bacokbone) is way too intellectual. Anyway the invertebrate survives and plays with Wolverine's mind using pre-planted sound blasters in the woods. Since Ellis is soo intellectual, these things have to be wired up, Why can't Wolverine simply follow these wires to his hideout??? No need to rely on smell trails etc.

I see clear parallels in the Irish-speak dialogue as spoken by the White Ghost with Garth Ennis' Punisher story (Kitchen Irish) on dealing with the IRA. Someone is ripping material from another. Absolutely no originality here.

Warren Ellis rules. This is all time favourite Wolverine story. I was absolutely blown away by this. It is really action packed and a very enjoying read. Just read it.

It's all pretty standard gansters and mutant story with artwork that appears to have been drawn too quickly.