Wolverine Volume 1: Brotherhood Tpb

by Darick Robertson and Greg Rucka

Wolverine, the world's deadliest mutant embarks on a dangerous mission of revenge, seeking justice for a young neighbor who was murdered in her sleep. Original. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785111360
• ISBN13: 9780785111368
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

Very good fighting Wolverinés story

This book is about Wolverin's vengetta against a man that brainwash women teenager and lock the, the art is good also the actions secuences.

The Brotherhood

Collects Wolverine (v3) 1-6 by Greg Rucka & Derek Robertson. Glad to find this still in stock! Now if I can only get my hands on volumes 2 & 3...

Animal or man?

As a long-time Wolverine fan, who has nevertheless not read any of the comics for years, I have to say that Wolverine: the Brotherhood rekindled my fascination with this tragic hero. The story unfolds on two levels: one following the "Mean Man" himself in his hunt for the men who murdered his neighbour, 17 years old Lucy Braddock, after he was unable to help her when she needed it most. The other follows ATF agent Cassie Lathrop on her hunt for Wolverine after he tracks the murderers' weapons straight through her investigation. Straightforward as the story is, though, it is not only extremely well presented and drawn, but the dialogue fits the characters so well you can almost hear them speak. There is also an added twist at the end where Logan meets Nightcrawler, or Kurt Wagner, looking for answers to the eternal questions which always haunt him: when the rage takes him, is he an animal or a man? Can he justify his actions and the lives he takes by saying his enemies are evil? The execution of this book is the best I have seen from Marvel in a very long time, come to think about it, probably the best ever. Logan himself is a short, surly, ugly fellow who nevertheless is able to exude a certain grumpy charisma, Nightcrawler looks as freaky as he should, while still having a reassuring air and the atmosphere is generally gritty, dirty and unpolished. In addition there are no silly, form fitting costumes, a great relief since more and more readers have come to see these as a patently silly leftover from the early days of comics, and particularly so since these days the mutants are mostly presented as trying to go unnoticed through society. All in all this is a very good book, its one drawback (if it can be called that since it is not to do with this book as such) is that it is being followed up by two more, Coyote Crossing and Return of the Native, and while they are good reads they are not as good as the Brotherhood. For one thing the style and artwork of one these two is very different, breaking the feeling that they are really interconnected. Despite this, though, they are also highly recommended. So for both new and old fans of the grittiest, nastiest and decidedly most mature Marvel hero out there, this book is as good as they get, and I could not recommend it more.

Like the Gritty side of Wolverine?

Great look and feel to this book. If you like the down and dirty "gritty" Wolverine this is the book for you. The style of art fits the premise of the story perfectly. In my reviews I like to keep it simple as possible. Im not interested in looking smart, just trying to help steer people in a good direction. Exit here!

Great for established fans and newcomers alike

Those of us that have been reading Wolverine for a while know very few things for certain about everyone's favorite Canadian X-Man, but two things we know for sure are 1. He hates cults, nazis, and bullies and 2. He has a soft spot for girls in trouble. These two elements clash in this graphic novel. When Lucy Braddock, the waitress at Logan's favorite café and his neighbor is murdered after asking for Logan's protection, he will not rest until he finds her killers. Tracking down the culprits with little more information than what kind of gun he was shot with, Logan proceeds to prove he is still the best there is at what he does, and what he does often is bloody. My favorite chapter is the last. After the blood bath of the previous issues, after Logan has to deal with physical pain, he meets Nightcrawler in a bar for a little soul searching. For long time fans, this issue was touching, harkening back to Claremont's run on X-Men, but with Greg Rucka's unique style. Speaking of style, Rucka's writing and Robertson's art provide a unique, gritty style. Both use a highly stylized approach that is still somehow very pleasant and not overdone. There's enough references to previous plot points in Wolverine's past to make established fans rejoice, cheer, and flinch, but a newcomer can easily pick this up and understand everything without having to spend extra on more books. Highest recommendations!