I know it's not as epic as some of the entries but my favorite Wolverine story is "Goodbye Chinatown" from the Jason Aaron run. Something of a pallet cleanser for Aaron's prior arc, the story is a fun look at Wolverine dealing with some long neglected responsibilities as he investigates some unusual deaths in the San Francisco area. Along the way he meets a who's who of delightfully C list and D list characters to deal with supervillain who feels like a female take on Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless. In short it's over the top, bizarre and silly, but in the best kind of way, and all tied together with the humanity that Jason Aaron excels at breathing into even the most outrageous of characters.
Joel you basically named all my favourite Wolverine books but Wolverine goes to hell is another really good title. Jason Aaron at his best with no Orb in sight.
Excellent work, Joel. :) Is it possible you could do ten required works of Superman or Dr. Strange? The latter is hard, as a diehard Strange fan, but the former should be interesting to see as well.
The editing in this video is really good, the one thing i would recommend would be to space out the names of the writers and artists and such, or make their titles a different font/color. Otherwise its hard to tell who's who at a glance.
Greg Rucka's run was really good and i really like Jason Aaron's run, although it gets kinda weird with the whole hell thing, Way's Origin run was pretty good until the whole Romulus thing
John Byrne is Canadian?! Wow. Anyways, cool list. You know years back Marvel released an Omnibus containing most of the great classic Wolverine stories you mentioned. Problem is, it's an Omnibus! So when they ran out of print, the price for it got jacked the f up.
I was Surprised to see that Neither Wolverine Goes to Hell Nor the Romulus & Daken Wolverine Origins stories were mentioned. My Favorite Wolverine stories Are in The Wolverine: Origins stories and What Started As Wolverine goes to Hell and Lasted about 35 or so issues. Wolverine is Not Only my Favorite Marvel Comic Book Character but he is my Favorite Comic Book Character Period!! There is No Other Character in Comics that is as Cool as Logan. None that have had the Depth of Story like he has. I can still remember the first time I found out Who he was, it was in the Very First set of Marvel Comics Trading Cards (in which there were 3 Different Wolverine cards). They gave A small Bio on the back of the card and I got Wolverine in my first pack and After that I became Fascinated with his character. They came out in 1990 and I was 10 Years Old. Needless to say I collected the whole set and continued for the next few Series' they released. Then when the X-Men Animated Series came out in 1993 I was Beside myself with Joy. I found out later on that there was an X-Men Animated Series that came out in 1989 but I Don't know why I Never Saw that one. Which in Hindsight is All well and Good because they gave Wolverine A Friggin English Accent!! SMH. Anyway I'm Glad That you put this list up, I think that you should Definitely Put A "Part 2" to include the other Amazing Wolverine stories that were left out of this list. Thanks. P.S.- I Forgot to mention the X-Men: Manifest Destiny- Wolverine 4 issue Story. The First issue pays homage to Shaw Bros and the Classic Kung Fu Cinema of the 70's by putting "The Master Killer" Gordon Liu on the Bottom of the Cover. The Story is based in San Francisco Chinatown District and how Logan has to Relearn how to Fight like A Samurai. I Definitely think that this and the ones that I previously mentioned should be put in A Second List.
MC Presents Weapon X was the only origin story you really needed. Wolverine: Origin was so unnecessary and led to the character being irredeemably overexposed.
great job Joel. some advice... the "writer" and "editor" should be a different color than the names. hard to differentiate the title and names of people on the comic. other than that, you're the man! keep it up
Hey, I've never read a marvel comic before and want to start with wolverine but am not sure where to begin. Out of these comics what would you suggest I start with
So since when Wolverine is poisoning by adamantium bones at him self? Those comics hasn't explained about that! Then now why became poisoning from adamantium?? Can somebody explain to me?
Too much metal in the bloodstream is poisonous. Logan never got sick from his metal bones because his healing factor fought off the poisoning. But when he loses his healing factor, he gets metal poisoning. The same thing happened in the Logan movie, too.
Joel let's talk... ABOUT THAT NEW NIGHTWING MOVIE THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OK Casting first pick as Dick Kit Harrington, Zac Efron, and Miles Teller Villains.... Raptor maybe Tony Zuko as Black Mask And Red X, YES Red X from the cartoon show
Slade Wilson You wouldn't say the same if the actor for Green Arrow was Antonio Banderas. Look all I'm saying is I just want a 100% accurate depiction of my favorite DC hero, and anyone that says otherwise shouldn't get a say cause they aren't true fans.
This is a great video. It's just a shame that the movie incarnation is a pale imitation. Maybe one day, when Marvel reclaims their rightful property, we will finally see a true Wolverine on the big screen.
