Comments on: Wolverine Week-14-in-Review: Cable, Astonishing Tales, Avengers/Invaders

By: DiG

DiG — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:43:05 +0000

I agree, there are numerous characters being underutilized.

Perhaps Bendis has spoiled me. He has a way of giving every character a moment. And for someone, as you note, who reads for Wolverine (and great stories), that is all I am looking for.

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:35:58 +0000

I think that could be said about many of the characters in the book. A lot of them are just there because they’re Avengers. For example Wonder Man, or Ares. What do they have to do with the story? Yet they’re in it because at the time this series takes place they were members of the Mighty Avengers.

I agree, I don’t think it would change the book, but I don’t believe it necessarily harms the title or the experience either. The only people it would really negatively impact are the Wolvie collectors who buy everything he’s in. Which obviously you are one of, and thank goodness for that, as you keep us up to date!

By: DiG

DiG — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:47:46 +0000

I don’t mind Wolverine being in the Avengers/Invaders if they actually used him in the story. He has gone four issues with no dialogue and five issues with minimal dialogue.

I’m not asking for a central role, just a scene or two.

Honestly, I think the series would not be different in any way if he didn’t appear in it, and, to me, that means he really shouldn’t be in the story.

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:17:29 +0000

I certainly don’t mind Wolverine being in Avengers/Invaders. The book was partially about uniting the New and Mighty teams, and Wolverine is a member of the New Avengers. It’s as simple as that, really. I don’t think one needs to analyze it any further.

I assume you didn’t enjoyed the Assistant-Sized Spcial? I thought it was a rather neat way to tell some followup stories. The D-Man tale was a sequel to Bendis’s D-Man story in The Pulse. The American Eagle story was a followup to a recent issue of Thunderbolts, with some neat references to the Initiative. And the final story was a Mini-Marvels tale, which I’ve been fond of since they began publishing them.

All in all, it was a neat little book. It certainly didn’t excel to excellence, but not every book needs to.