Jeph Loeb's contribution to the Wolverine mythos has arrived today, and it was intermittently entertaining and a complete sock to the face (in a bad way). The art is fantastic (the Simone Bianchi part, at least), but the story pretty much is the usual 'Wolverine and Sabretooth battle once and for all!' all over again.
What's been revealed so far is that not only did Sabretooth kill Silver Fox, he apparently raped her too. Unless I'm mistaken, this wasn't the case before and it seems a tad unnecessary to me. Another thing is we keep seeing Wolverine having memories or dreams or some damn thing of these silly beasts constantly tearing each other apart...hmmm...perhaps they are Wolverine and Sabretooth in an earlier form? Fucking stupid.
One thing I noticed that was prevalent throughout the book, especially in the back-up story with the Hulk was apparently Wolverine not only hates Canada, but from the way he was talking may very well never have been born there in the first place. Thanks for that imaginative change, Mr. Loeb.
I really do wonder how the fuck Loeb keeps getting work, and I can't help but think he'll pitch a shit story and editorial will go "No fuckin' way." and he'll start crying. A staffer will lean in to the editor who told him no and whisper "His son is dead!" and the editor will quickly change his tune to keep Loeb from flooding his office with tears.
That was terribly harsh, but I loathe Loeb's work so much and his smug "I know everything." attitude in interviews when he clearly has no understanding of the medium, let alone the basic concepts of storytelling. The fact that he appears to let his own prejudices alter the voice of a once proudly Canadian character is just the cherry on top.
I completely forgot...if you have the issue handy, on page 22 of the colour version, in the first panel, Wolverine is clearly carrying the topless corpse of Silver Fox through the street. Not that I give a shit, but somebody's bound to see it and freak the hell out.
What's been revealed so far is that not only did Sabretooth kill Silver Fox, he apparently raped her too. Unless I'm mistaken, this wasn't the case before and it seems a tad unnecessary to me. Another thing is we keep seeing Wolverine having memories or dreams or some damn thing of these silly beasts constantly tearing each other apart...hmmm...perhaps they are Wolverine and Sabretooth in an earlier form? Fucking stupid.
One thing I noticed that was prevalent throughout the book, especially in the back-up story with the Hulk was apparently Wolverine not only hates Canada, but from the way he was talking may very well never have been born there in the first place. Thanks for that imaginative change, Mr. Loeb.
I really do wonder how the fuck Loeb keeps getting work, and I can't help but think he'll pitch a shit story and editorial will go "No fuckin' way." and he'll start crying. A staffer will lean in to the editor who told him no and whisper "His son is dead!" and the editor will quickly change his tune to keep Loeb from flooding his office with tears.
That was terribly harsh, but I loathe Loeb's work so much and his smug "I know everything." attitude in interviews when he clearly has no understanding of the medium, let alone the basic concepts of storytelling. The fact that he appears to let his own prejudices alter the voice of a once proudly Canadian character is just the cherry on top.
I completely forgot...if you have the issue handy, on page 22 of the colour version, in the first panel, Wolverine is clearly carrying the topless corpse of Silver Fox through the street. Not that I give a shit, but somebody's bound to see it and freak the hell out.
