In the wake of the Wolverine film coming out (raise of hands on who is excited about this?…Yeah I thought so) Marvel has reprinted some of Wolverine’s biggest stories. One is Logan’s birth in Weapon X, then the early 2000’s Origins arc, and this title I am about to review.

This is the (now) famous Claremont run of Wolverine. Basically we see Logan trying to be less feral and get the girl of his dreams. To be honest I dont know if this is the first use or mentuon of Logan being tied to Japan, but this has definitely been used in a lot more in future storylines. Now I am not a big reader of Chris Claremont, all I have heard about the man is that he was considering one of the greatest comic book writers of all time….and then age/time caught up with him. Well I can say for sure if this is the best story he ever wrote, but it’s pretty entertaining. I mean it’s very old school; where characters tend to think more then talk; and very corny diaologue. But for the most part this is what I come to expect from a Wolverine comic.

Now there is a reason to pick this up; and that is the great art of Frank Miller….Yes that Frank Miller, the crazy dude…..the dude who has gone from great comic book writer/artist to ‘The Spirit’ director (no that isnt progess people). Now during this time, or afterwards, Miller was working on his famous Daredevil run. What I can say is that Miller is a fantastic artist. I wish he would try and do some artwork now a days. He brought some interesting pencils and panel layouts to this mini. There is some Uncanny issues with a different artist; and that made me upset cause I wanted more of Miller.

So I might not be the biggest Wolverine fan in the world; but this is some pretty damn good comics. It’s enough old school to get with the older comic fans, but it’s modern/revolutionary enough to gain new readers. I have a pretty damn good feeling no use of this story will be used for the Wolverine film….which is a shame. Cause other then Sin City I would love to see some type of Frank Miller influence in a film.