Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 1: Born In Blood (V.1) [Paperback]

Daniel Way (Author), Steve Dillon (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2007

Picking up where House of M and Wolverine: Origins and Endings left off! Armed with the one thing that could kill him, as well as key clues to his very existence, Logan embarks on the first leg of a long and bloody quest for vengeance against those who once enslaved him. No longer feeling the need to play it quiet, Logan's first strike elicits a Condition Critical response from the U.S. government. With no other choice, they drop their bomb - and you won't believe who it is! When Logan hits D.C., someone's going to be waiting for him. Collects Wolverine: Origins #1-5

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Marvel; Direct Ed edition (April 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785122877
• ISBN-13: 978-0785122876
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.3 x 10.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart, March 5, 2007

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Thomas James Gavin Jr. (Maryville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 1: Born in Blood (v. 1) (Hardcover)

I was really very surprised to read the two reader reviews preceding mine. Revealing Wolverine's past was probably the most risky initiative of the Joe Quesada reign, but to say that it hasn't been handled with the utmost care and respect for the character is completely false. The arc collected here (continuing the one began in Origins & Endings) returns the character to the role that originally made the character worthwhile - he's a hero that doesn't believe he's a hero. Daniel Way illustrates this idea as cleverly and as artistically as Claremont and Miller did on the original Wolverine mini-series over 20 years ago and Steve Dillon's art which "makes it look like the characters are playing dress-up" only heightens this story as anything BUT a cliche superhero drama. The real battle here isn't between the external forces of good and evil but the internal ones. Is the past an indicator of Wolverine's future? Has the life he has acheived since attoned for those sins? These are questions that demand a series of its own to answer.

I love the idea of Wolverine paying for the crimes of a past that has only just recently been revealed to him. The idea of the tortured hero and failed samurai have been lost in recent years, especially in the X-Men titles. Even Astonishing X-Men and New Avengers, though admitedly fine reads, only portrays Mervel's arguably best character as little more that a hot-headed comic relief who is never actually involved in the story. In Origins, we see the same tortured soul envisioned by his best writers so long ago with the capacity to fit in the gruesome scenes of violence Marvel was censored from exploring in those days. (If you need any proof, just take a gander at his issue long slugfest with Captain America.) In short, the character needed the direction paved here by Daniel Way more than anything, and the only people that disagree with that are the ones who wish to stunt the growth of a character who has been largely ignored.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A huge misfire, February 28, 2007

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Tufnel1780 (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 1: Born in Blood (v. 1) (Hardcover)

When I first heard about this series I thought it was a great idea. Wolverine is a character whse past is shrouded in mystery but they can only keep teasing it out so long before they deliver something of substance. This first story 'Born in Blood' is not it. Writer Daniel Wray uses shock tactics and character guest appearances in place of plot and still manages to stretch what could have been two issues into a five issue "arc". In the end we're left even more confused then when we began.
Artist Steve Dillon is also ill suited for this series. He did a good job on 'Preacher' with Garth Ennis but as a super hero artist he is an utter disaster. All of the characters appear to be playing dress up, because his realistic style strips all the super hero pizazz out of them. Also every single one of his male and famale characters has the exact same face.
In short one should give this Wolverine story a definate pass.

5.0 out of 5 stars i thought this looked stupid.. i was wrong., October 3, 2011

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MiCROjOY "MiCROjOY" (Richmond, VA!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 1: Born In Blood (V.1) (Paperback)

everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so, this is in no way hostile to other reviewers. I used to read comics as a kid, especially wolverine, and now i'm in my 30's and back into them big time. i stumbled into the best comic store in richmond, va and was blown away by the art and the intellegent story lines of todays comics. Since then i have gotten a lot of the newer wolverine graphic novels. i was really not into anything about these origins books or the art, to be honest..for some reason i thought it looked like cheap and generic or something. Then i found that i really like the artwork 'dillon' does for the current jason aaron punisher run, which made me more interested in checking out daniel way's origins. i finally got origins 1 and now i'm hooked. Reviews do help when looking to find something worth while, but, in the end, everybody has their own taste and opinion so don't look over something to quick that you might like.