Wolverine Origins: Savior Review

Writer: Daniel Way

Artist: Steve Dillon

Recently I have been going through my Wolverine stories, re-reading and reviewing them in chronological order, fitting events in along the way. I have more recently started reviewing the Wolverine: Origins series, with this being my second review, as well as my ninth review of a Wolverine trade.

Plot

Wolverine is about to begin searching for his son, but before doing so he must find something to neutralise him in case he becomes violent, so he plans on finding the Carbonadium Synthesizer.

Review

This was a good story, but not as good as the first volume, and overall slightly mediocre. Daniel Way did a decent job of continuing his Wolverine story, as although it didn't have as much excitement, or energy as the first volume, it was still interesting, with some brilliant developments. I personally loved how he managed to tie up the loose ends following the Origin storyline, that changed Wolverine's origin to have him born with bone claws, with this story showing why all them pre-Weapon X stories show him without claws. The pacing of the story however was slightly slow, and when I expected something big to happen, it would fade out, making us wait longer. The story did however have some excitement, and I loved how Way showed the emotion in Wolverine throughout, as although I still wasn't completely happy with how Wolverine was depicted in the flashbacks, it was slightly better than last volume.

Although I always try my best to enjoy Steve Dillon's artwork, looking for the pro's rather than the con's, it's not easy, and once again he did an average job of the artwork. I've went into detail why I don't like Dillon's art in the past, and the main thing is how he draws faces, and women, as the way he draws mouths make characters look slightly awkward, and plain, whilst he makes women look way too plain, and not feminine enough. I did however once again enjoy how he drew Wolverine, and with him being out of suit for most of the story. I also really enjoyed how he drew the Team X flashback sequences, and Omega Red, with them both being very dynamic, and exciting. The layout of Dillon's art was also very good, adding a lot of depth to the story, as well as highlighting the important parts of the sequences, making them feel even more dramatic.

The first volume would reveal that Wolverine has a son, with this story being the beginning of his search for him. This in my opinion was the best thing that Daniel Way has ever done for comics, as although it wouldn't pay off in this story, the introduction of Wolverine's son was amazing. I was however slightly disappointed that we don't get a proper introduction of the character we'd all come to know as Daken in this story, but it was interesting to see that Wolverine had planned ahead, planning on getting the Carbonadium Synthesizer in case he was hostile, which he most likely would after what Emma Frost saw.

Due to the Carbonadium Synthesizer being involved this would open up the door for Omega Red to join the story, with the classic X-Men/Wolverine villain needing the Carbonadium Synthesizer to help remove the Carbonadium that's inside him, and ultimately killing him. Omega Red would be an interesting addition to this storyline, and the fighting between him, and Wolverine throughout was amazing, as although it wasn't quite as brilliant as I expected, it was still very exciting, and entertaining, adding a lot of drama, and suspense to the story.

Another X-Man in the form of Jubilee would also make an appearance in this story, with both her, and Wolverine's former Team X teammate Maverick loosing their powers following the House of M. Now I personally would have loved to have seem more of both these characters in this story, but it was nice to see them make an appearance, and they helped the story to flow smoother. I also loved how Way showed the connection that Wolverine has with Jubilee, and why he's so mad about what happens to her in this story.

This series has had a lot of cameo appearances so far, and Black Widow would be yet another addition. I was happy to see Black Widow in this story, and loved how it showed a origin to how her, and Wolverine first met. I did however feel that this slowed the story down a lot, as although it was interesting to see, it was rather dull, and boring, taking away from the main objective of the story. I did however also like how this showed more of how Wolverine has built allies over the years through his good deeds, and how it all comes back to help him when he needs it too.

Final Verdict

This was a decent story, but slightly mediocre, and nowhere near as good as the first volume. It would however continue the story brilliantly, as although it was slow at times, it has some brilliant development points. It also had more brilliant cameos, and some excitement, with the fighting between Wolverine, and Omega Red being amazing, even if not phenomenal. After all this I'd still recommend this story, but wouldn't recommend rushing to get it, unless you plan on getting the entire series.

Rating: 6/10

The next Wolverine book I'll be reviewing will be Wolverine Origins: Swift and Terrible.

Wolverine Origins: Born in Blood Review

Writer: Daniel Way

Artist: Steve Dillon

Over the last few months I've been trying to get through as many of my graphic novels, and comics series as I can, reviewing them along the way, whilst also reading the Marvel events that fall in between. I also plan on reading the series at the same time, reading each story that falls in line (e.g. a Spider-Man story followed by an Avengers, followed by something else, then back to Spider-Man). I'm continuing with my Wolverine collection, starting my first review on Wolverine: Origins, which is my eighth Wolverine review overall.

Plot

Wolverine has all his memories back, and is looking for the person who caused him so much suffering, fighting Nuke along the way.

Review

This was a very interesting start to the series, and although it wasn't perfect, having a lot of questionable moments, it was overall very enjoyable. Daniel Way did a brilliant job of not just starting this series, making it easy to understand, but also managing to continue from his Origins & Endings storyline perfectly. Way also did a good job of showing Wolverine's lust for revenge, as now that he has all his memories he's bound to want payback. I was however in two minds about the flashback memories, as although I felt Way did a good job in making them fit in with the story, I didn't like this merciless Wolverine, as although he was being controlled, I don't think he'd act like the villain that he was portrayed as, more just a savage killer. I did however like how Way managed to keep this very exciting, and entertaining, as although it's nothing spectacular, it was still a very good story.

The art on the other hand I wasn't overly fond of. To be honest I've never really been a fan of Steve Dillon's work, as although I didn't mind his art on The Punisher, I've never really rated it much. I especially dislike how Dillon draws faces, and especially around the mouth area, as they make the characters look very awkward, with their emotions seeming rather stiff, and unrealistic. I also am not a fan of how he draws women, and never have been, as I don't think he makes them feminine enough. I did however like how he drew Wolverine himself, as well as Nuke, and especially liked how he drew Wolverine out of costume, as he looked much more natural, with his face inside the costume looking slightly awkward in places. Dillon did however also manage to show some great emotion when the characters faces filled the page more, as although they weren't perfect, they didn't look quite as awkward as they did before.

S.H.I.E.L.D. would also once again feature in this story, as they would through a fair few Wolverine stories at the time. It's always interesting to see S.H.I.E.L.D., and although I sometimes feel that they are over used, this was one of their better additions, as they really helped give another dimension to the story, as well as give another person to hunt Wolverine down. I also enjoyed that Dum Dum Dugan was the main S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent in this story, and ultimately the series as I've always liked him as a character, and feel that he's not used as much as he should.

This story would also have a great villain for Wolverine to go up against in the form of Nuke, a failed attempt to recreate Captain America. Now I've enjoyed Nuke has a character in the past, and look forward to seeing him return in the next Captain America story. I did however feel that he wasn't used to his best advantage in this story, as although it added a classic character for Wolverine to fight, as well as feel regret about his prior actions, it just felt like it was missing something. The fighting between the two was however very exciting, and entertaining.

Nuke wasn't the only character to go up against Wolverine in this story, as Captain America himself would get involved, feeling partially responsible for Nuke. It's always a pleasure to see Captain America make an appearance in any story, and this was no different, adding yet more variety to the story, helping to make it more dynamic. The interaction between Wolverine, and Cap in this story was outstanding, with the fight sequence between them been even more so. I also found this even more interesting considering they were both at the time fellow New Avengers members, making the fight even more personal.

Now you may think that with S.H.I.E.L.D., Nuke, and Captain America in this story that it couldn't get any more big name cameos, but it would, as the X-Men would have a presence with Emma Frost, Cyclops, and Hellion turning up following a vision that Emma Frost had. I really enjoyed seeing the X-Men in this story, as it would add more of Wolverine's life to the story, showing the variety of people that he has affiliated himself with. I also liked how this was a shortened down version of the X-Men, with Emma, and Cyclops being the necessities, and Hellion being there for realism, as well as to try and contain Wolverine.

Final Verdict

A brilliant start to the Wolverine: Origins series, and although it wasn't perfect, it was extremely enjoyable, being exciting, as well as dramatic, and suspenseful, also having plenty of mystery about it. It also had some interesting cameo appearances, as well as a very interesting storyline, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone.

Rating: 7/10

The next Wolverine book I'll be reviewing will be Wolverine Origins: Savior.

Wolverine: Origins & Endings Review

Writer: Daniel Way
Artists: Javier Saltares & Mark Texeira

I've been trying to get through as many of my graphic novels, and comics series as I can, reviewing them along the way, whilst also reading the Marvel events that fall in between. I also plan on reading the series at the same time, reading each story that falls in line (e.g. a Spider-Man story followed by an Avengers, followed by something else, then back to Spider-Man). I've finally come to start re-reading my Wolverine collection, with this being my sixth review from it.

Plot

After the events of House of M, Wolverine has finally regained all his memories, and begins a mission to try and right some of the wrongs in his life.

Review

This was a good story, and although it wasn't without it's flaws, overall it was very good, and interesting. Daniel Way is a writer that I've had mixed feelings about in the past, as he's done such amazing work, with stuff like Wolverine: Origins, and Deadpool having tremendous stories, but for all the good stories he produces there's at least one poor one to match it. Anyway Way did a great job on this story, and although it wasn't phenomenal, it was a great way to follow with Wolverine regaining his memories, and the perfect prelude to his Wolverine: Origins series, which would see Wolverine try and rectify his past wrongs. Although I've been a fan of Wolverine for many years, I feel that Way has done a good job at introdcuing readers to the character with this story, as although there are many better stories for new readers to try, if you're looking for a modern story that introduces there's only really one other story like that I feels better than this, and that's Origin. The story itself was exciting, and interesting, as well as having some brilliant appearances, as well as giving plenty of insight into what would happen in the Wolverine: Origins series. In saying that, this story still wasn't without it's faults, as there were times that it felt a little too slow. Another negative thing was that whenever it built up to something interesting it'd sometimes trail of into a different part of the story, and by the time it returned the situation would have defused itself, going from something possibly exciting to something slightly disappointing.

The art in this story was once again great, and Javier Saltares, and Mark Texeira once again did a good job, but it just didn't feel quite as good as it was in House of M: World of M Featuring Wolverine. There's two main reasons that I believe is the reason for their art not being quite as good, with the first being that I don't feel that Jonathan D. Smith's colours suit their artwork, and although normally I'd love this type of colouring, due to it not suiting the pencils it just didn't feel right. Besides that I also didn't feel that Saltares, and Texeira did as good a job at drawing Wolverine himself, as although I felt their art was perfect for Wolverine when he was out of the blue and yellow spandex, it didn't really suit him when he was in it. There was however still positives to their art, as it wasn't terrible, and the overall detail was just as good as it was in House of M: World of M Featuring Wolverine. I also loved the layout (which I believe Saltares was responsible for), as it added a lot of drama, and depth to the story, making it feel more alive, and vibrant. The action was also handled very well, as although there were certain panels that looked a bit motionless, and unrealistic, the rest was pure brilliance, and really gave a lot of excitement to the story, as well as giving the violence this sort of story needs.

During House of M Wolverine regained all his memories, something that he's been trying to get since Weapon X experimented on him, and this story shows how he deals with them. What I found most interesting about Wolverine regaining his memories was that after all these years of wanting them, that now he does, he wished he didn't. It's kind of a natural reaction though, as if you don't know something you have the natural urge to know it, especially if it's something personal like this, but due to the nature of these memories, and how they now haunt him it's also natural to no longer want them. The best thing however about regaining his memories was that we got Wolverine: Origins to follow, and although that series was far from perfect, it did have it's good moments, like the introduction of Daken.

The first real appearance in this story was from the Silver Samurai, a person that knows Wolverine very well. I always love it when Silver Samurai makes an appearance in stories, especially when they're Wolverine stories, but at the same times he's made some terrible appearances, which makes me sceptical when seeing him. Now this wasn't the best appearance from Silver Samurai, but at the same time far from the worst, as the interaction between him and Wolverine was awesome, and the fighting was also brilliant.

The New Avengers, who Wolverine's a member of make an appearance in this issue, working with S.H.I.E.L.D. to get Wolverine back, or prevent him from doing further damage. To be fair the New Avengers did next to nothing in this story, and all of them besides Captain America could have easily been left out. At the same time that doesn't mean that the appearance wasn't nice, it's just that it wasn't any thing special, and removing them from the story wouldn't do much difference. I also found the way Iron Man was drawn, and more importantly coloured to be very weird, and didn't really like it.

The reason I said that Cap kind of needed to be involved, and you could involve Iron Man for the same reason, is that Cap's former sidekick Bucky Barnes who's now the Winter Soldier appears in this story, and has an interesting run in with Wolverine. Although due to Bucky only re-emerging recently there hasn't been a lot of interaction between him, and Wolverine unless in stories set during World War II, but for anyone who follows Wolverine will know that since his re-emergence they've had history. Now I won't spoil it for anyone who doesn't know, as this is the story that reveals why, but I will say that it was very interesting finding out, and reading when it occurred, and the aftermath from this would be interesting, even if it never reached it's full potential (the aftermath that is).

This story also revealed how the Muramasa Blades were created, something that I'd always wanted to read prior to this. When I started collecting Wolverine comics it was during the time of Wolverine: Origins, and the Muramasa Blades were frequently used during that, as well as in other Wolverine related series'/stories, so to read the actual origin of the blades was interesting. Now again I won't spoil anything, even though it's pretty obvious, but I will say that the sequences that lead up to this were exciting, and interesting, even if they were a bit sudden.

Final Verdict

This was a very interesting, and entertaining story, and although it's not the best Wolverine story ever (far from it), and also isn't without it's flaws, it's still very interesting, and a great way for newer readers to understand Wolverine in a modern story. It was also the perfect prelude to Way's Wolverine: Origins series, and although there's many Wolverine stories I'd recommend over this story, I'd still recommend giving this one a try, as it's worth the read.

Rating: 4/5

The next Wolverine book I'll be reviewing will be Wolverine: Civil War.

Before that however I'll be reviewing Civil War itself.

House of M: World of M Featuring Wolverine Review

NOTE: This review is just for the Wolverine issues (#33-35).

Writer: Daniel Way

Artists: Javier Saltares & Mark Texeira

I've been trying to get through as many of my graphic novels, and comics series as I can, reviewing them along the way, whilst also reading the Marvel events that fall in between. I also plan on reading the series at the same time, reading each story that falls in line (e.g. a Spider-Man story followed by an Avengers, followed by something else, then back to Spider-Man). I've finally come to start re-reading my Wolverine collection, with this being my fifth review from it.

Plot

In a world where humans are the oppressed minority, and mutants rule Wolverine work's for S.H.I.E.L.D. who's commanded by Director Sebastian Shaw. After Wolverine disappeared after a mission Director Shaw questions Wolverine's partner, Mystique about the events, and what caused Wolverine to go AWOL.

Review

This was both a good, and poor story, and to be honest I wasn't sure if overall it was good or bad. Daniel Way did a decent job of the writing, and in many ways it was good, but like usual with Way there's always something about his work that lets it down. That's the thing that disappoints me with Way's writing, as he did good stories whilst working on Wolverine: Origins, Daken: Dark Wolverine, and Deadpool, but they were all surrounded by poor stories as well, and stories that had promise, but overall didn't quite work, like this story. Now don't get me wrong, as I said this wasn't a terrible story, as the way it ties in with House of M, and the whole mutants ruling the world interested me, especially with Shaw ruining S.H.I.E.L.D. and Wolverine working for Shaw, but the problem was that there wasn't enough Wolverine throughout. Another thing I liked was how the story was told through Shaw questioning Mystique, as this was quite interesting, and unique, but again the lack of Wolverine spoiled this, and overall it didn't really matter how good this story was, the fact that Wolverine didn't appear as much as he could have just spoiled it completely.

The art in this story was amazing, and although it's not startling, or phenomenal, it was still brilliant, and perfect for a Wolverine story, and Javier Saltares, and Mark Texeira did a good job, with Saltares doing the layout/breakdowns, and Texeira doing the finishing art. Now I've never fully understood who's done the main bit of art when it comes to this, abut I believe that the layout/breakdown artist draws the rough image, and the finishing artist does all the detailed art. Either way it was brilliant artwork, and although as I said it isn't anywhere near the quality of the very best artists, it's still far above the worse artists. What I really liked was that the art was very gritty, which really suits Wolverine, but at the same time it was also looks very smooth, and realistic, which is nice. The layout of the art was brilliant, and if I'm correct in thinking how the art is distributed Saltares' has done an excellent job, and it really adds drama, and depth to the story, which really needs it. I also loved how all the characters were drawn, and especially Mystique, and Wolverine himself, as the looked perfect. I also loved these new S.H.I.E.L.D. uniforms, and whoever designed them did a fantastic job, as they look very unique, and different from the normal S.H.I.E.L.D. attire, whilst also looking very sleek, smart, and dynamic.

It's bee a while since I actually read House of M, and I've only read it once at that, so I can't remember everything that happened in the main story besides the basics, but from that I can say that how these changes have affected Wolverine is interesting. Now this story could have also really been done in a side, mini-series, and would probably work better like that, but I liked how it came into the main series, as it makes everything feel like it's in unison, and continuity. Besides that the changes themselves were brilliant, and very interesting, and to be honest I'm surprised that they didn't do this before, the whole House M thing that is, as mutants ruling the world, with humans being the oppressed is just brilliant.

With Wolverine working for S.H.I.E.L.D., which is now run by mutants (naturally), he's partnered up with Mystique, also appearing to have a romantic relationship with her. Now the history between Wolverine, and Mystique is very long, and complicated, with them being friends in the past, as well as enemies, so it was natural for a world ruled by mutants to have them together, as to be fair the changes a mutant ruled world would cause to their lifestyles would also change their personalities to a certain extent. Besides that their relationship was very interesting, and the chemistry between the two was magical, and Way really did a good job of this, even if the story itself was slightly disappointing.

As I said S.H.I.E.L.D. is now in the hands of mutants, and on top of that it's run by Sebastian Shaw. Like Mystique, and Wolverine working together, Shaw is the perfect mutant to run S.H.I.E.L.D., as although he's evil like all X-Men villains, he's probably the most professional out of them, and with him also having lead the Hellfire Club in the past, he's the perfect leader candidate. The way he lead his mutant agents was also very interesting, and overall this felt exactly like it should have been, a slightly different S.H.I.E.L.D., and yet again Way did a good job with this, which made the fact that the story didn't live up to potential even more disappointing.

With the mutants running the world, and S.H.I.E.L.D. there needs to be some form of human involvement in this story, and that's were former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury steps in. Fury appears to have been the one that caused the attack in Mexico, which caused Wolverine to go AWOL, but Shaw was sceptical about this. I won't go into any more detail about Fury's involvement as to avoid spoilers, but I will say how I felt about it. The fact Fury was involved really gave more depth to this story, and the flashbacks of his time training the Red Guard's was really entertaining, and interesting, giving more drama, and variety to the story. The way Fury's involvement would shape this story was also very interesting, and this along with the other good points is what made this story a good read, even though it didn't live to it's potential.

Final Verdict

Overall this wasn't a terrible story, and it did have it's moments, it's just that it had so much more potential, and although the story was unique, and interesting, the fact that Wolverine didn't feature as frequently as often was a let down. It did however also have the odd bit of action, as well as suspense, and drama, but unfortunately that was overshadowed by the negatives. I would probably recommend this, especially if you get it at a decent price, as it's worth the read, especially if you have House of M (although it's not essential), as it was worth the read, but at the same time if you're new to Wolverine I'd recommend trying some of the better, or more well known stories first.

Rating: 3/5

The next Wolverine book I'll be reviewing will be Wolverine: Origins & Endings.

Thunderbolts #1

Writer: Daniel Way
Artist: Steve Dillon

I decided to go into this series with an open mind as prior to reading this issue there were things that I was looking forward to, like the characters and seeing Punisher and Deadpool two of my favourite underrated characters team up, whereas I wasn't too sure if I'd like Steve Dillon's art as I usually don't like it.

Plot

This issue sees Thunderbolt Ross A.K.A the Red Hulk putting the Thunderbolts together. He goes all around the world from Somalia, France and Afghanistan to recruit his Thunderbolts, Punisher, Deadpool, Venom, and Elektra.

Review

This was a good start and the issue wasn't as bad as I was dreading. It still wasn't as good as I hoped but considering what I feared it could be I'm happy enough with the outcome. Daniel Way has done a good job introducing the characters in this issue and I love how he's made Thunderbolt Ross the leader of this group. Due to this issue focusing on Ross assembling his group of killers it didn't give any time to explain what his overall goal is or show much action. Although this issue was slow Way has instilled more faith in me that this series can be good and I hope he delivers to that. I also liked how he handled all the different character and although besides Ross and the Punisher, they didn't get a lot of time you could notice they're unique characteristics. I'm also interested in seeing how Way writes Deadpool in this series as he had plenty of time writing him in the previous Deadpool series. The current Deadpool series is however a lot different and the unique inner voices style Way added whilst writing Deadpool has gone. This leaves the question if Way will write him with or without the voices, for continuity's sake I hope he writes him without.

The thing that put me off this series was Steve Dillon as artist. I've never really liked his art in the past and especially the way he draws women. In saying that I actually liked his art in this issue. It still wasn't as good as most other artists but it's a lot better than I've seen in the past. I particularly like how he draws Thunderbolt Ross and Venom, and how he showed of Venom's symbiote powers. I've never minded how Dillon's drawn Punisher in the past, and he's one of the better Marvel characters I've seen him draw. I would however have liked him to have drawn Punisher similar to the way he was drawn in the most recent The Punisher series as the newer skull shirt was better. I still wasn't to keen on how he draws women. When I first saw Elektra I thought this isn't that bad, and that it's better than he's done in the past, but when he drew a closer up version of her face or her face from the side she looked more like a man than a woman, which wasn't nice.

Seems not a lot happened besides the team coming together I will talk about each of the five character involved individually and say what I think they will bring to the team and what I expect from them. I will start with the leader of the group Thunderbolt Ross. He's a natural leader having served in the army, and has always shown a bad side. Another reason he's a good choice for this team besides his pedigree, and the fact he's a Hulk is that he's got Thunderbolt as his nickname so it makes sense him leading a team named Thunderbolts giving the name a dual meaning. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Thunderbolt Ross in this series as most other series have him in his Hulk form. I still however want to see him Hulked out a lot at the same time as it would be daft having this team of killers lead by a Hulk and not have him Hulked out. What I'm basically saying is that I'm hoping to see a more balanced view of Ross as both Red Hulk and Thunderbolt Ross.

I've always been Punisher fan and him being a part of this team is what mainly drew me towards buying this series. I was so disappointed when I heard that Punisher would no longer have a solo series once Punisher: War Zone finishes. I do however question the timing of this series in conjunction with the Punisher: War Zone series. I would have thought that Marvel would have waited until the end of the War Zone series till putting this series out, as it would have helped the continuity of both series'. I am however looking forward to seeing how Way handles Frank and what he will bring to the team. He's never really been a team player but with a team full of killers I think he'll fit in, it will just be a matter of whether the others keep to only killing those who deserve it. It will also be interesting to see how Punisher and Ross get along as they're both ex-army with the highest military training in Marvel apart from Captain America.

Deadpool's part in this team will also be interesting as the Merc with a Mouth has worked with various people in the past including Weapon X, Cable and most recently the X-Force. The way Ross went about recruiting Deapool was interesting asking for him to volunteer like he did with Weapon X. As I said earlier I'm mainly looking forward to seeing Deadpool fight alongside Punisher as both have been in my top 10 favourite characters for a few years, and I've felt that despite their loyal fan base they've been very underrated for to long. I'm looking forward to seeing Deadpool work in a team again as he was brilliant in Uncanny X-Force. It will also be interesting to see how Deadpool will react alongside the other members and if he will try and prove he's better with a blade than Elektra, or better with a gun than Punisher or Venom. I also hope that Deapool brings his funny banter to the series, and his jokes and I know that Way can do that if he wants to.

Venom is also an interesting addition to this team and seems to be in demand after joining the Secret Avengers. Since Flash Thompson has been Venom he has really brought some life back to the character and has made Venom into a more serious character as well as a decent hero. The way he reacted to Ross' visit was very good and I loved how he kept his proper army sense of respect, and how he considered Ross a legend. It will also be interesting to see three characters who have been army trained feature in this group as well as their different characteristics. I'm looking forward to seeing if Venom will be the cooler head in the group, if there is one, and how he will react in certain situations that he's less experienced than the others are.

Finally Elektra. She is probably the most unique addition to this group. Apart from being the only female member she is also the most mysterious usually working in the shadows. Although she's worked for and lead The Hand, and worked alongside Daredevil in the past, she hasn't been the best team player especially whilst working with people she's not ordering around. It will also be interesting to see how she reacts to all the different personalities throughout the group as she is usually a very serious character. I will however be looking forward to seeing her bring her ninja style to the group, and see her kicking but, which I haven't seen in a while.

Final Verdict

A good introduction to a brand new team. Although this issue wasn't brilliant, and a bit slow at times, it does show great promise that the series will be good in the next few issues, and I hope it is. I would recommend this series to people who are fans of any of the characters involved as it's too early in the series to determine if they are a good addition, or if the series does them justice. It's also a great issue to introduce newer readers to these characters as you don't need any prior knowledge of the characters to enjoy this issue.

Rating: 3.5/5