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Wolverine
Xisle
2 [of 5] /JUNE/2003
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Writer: Bruce Jones
Pencils: Jorge Lucas
Inks: Jorge Lucas
Colors: Oscar Carreno [Studio F]
Letters: David Sharpe
Price: $2.50 US/R6.00 SA
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Wolverine isn’t my favourite character, sure enough I enjoy
the X-Men and am an avid reader of the majority
of the ‘X’ titles, but solo Wolverine tales have never
seemed to capture my attention. Time for a look at one of the latest
Wolvie mini series and to see if it can change my mind.
Wolverine is transported to a mysterious island
in the middle of nowhere. He has nothing and no-one to help him
find out any clues as to his strange whereabouts, what will happen
next?
Well let me start by saying that I don’t care much for what
happens next. This story is far from decent entertainment. It focuses
on a somewhat overplayed and drab character whose invincibility
makes him even more boring and predictable. With little life in
the character and him being placed in surroundings which are in
essence stark and empty, this issue just seems to hold little of
interest for the reader. The dialogue is limited to a few one liners
and some grunts. The story has some ‘Alice in Wonderland’
elements but minus the better fantasy elements in that novel. I
don’t feel like a care enough about the lead character to
really be bothered what the outcome to this series is.
The art by Jorge Lucas [Mystique] is pretty mediocre.
His style is not consistent enough and thus at times Wolverine looks
great and at others he looks like a disproportionate ape with long
hair. The placid colour palette keeps this book bland and visually
lacklustre. One plus on the colouring side is the use of shadow
in certain scenes. A great technique of adding dimension via shadow
has been employed. The beach scene at the beginning of the issue
is an excellent example of this, each little stone casts a shadow
over the sand to create an emotive and desolate feeling environment.
This technique, along with the pastel coloured skylines, helped
to add a measure of reality to the book.
Not much else to say here, this one is void of much entertaining
dialogue or storyline and has mediocre art to boot. It will probably
please Wolverine junkies but no one else.
Score 3/10
Reviewed By:Iain Duncan
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