Wolverine #40
	Story Title: 'Origins and Endings' (Part 5 of 5) Writer: Daniel Way Penciller: Mark Bagley Inker: John Dell Colorist: J.D. Smith Letterer: VC's Randy Gentile Cover Artist: Kaare Andrews Production: Kate Levin Asst. Editor: Michael O'Conner Editor: Alex Alonso Published by: Marvel Comics
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

I was really looking forward to this issue. Why? Just because with this issue, this arc finishes, my set is complete and now I can look forward to something worthwhile happening. I say ‘worthwhile’ because that is the only way I can use this word for this issue…and from the looks of it, for Wolverine’s new series ‘Origins’.

I want to say something, I am saying something, and I once I finish, you will still be left scratching your head about what I just said. That is what I got from this issue. Although I must say one thing (just in case it slipped your mind), I absolutely loved the ‘New Avengers’ in this issue….an odd comment seeing that they ONLY appeared on the cover. I mean, I get Captain America, the whole Bucky-Steve link, but IronMan and Spider-Man. This seems to be the next step in Marvel’s ‘new genesis’. First they stop following or even trying to follow continuity, and now even their covers and inside pages don’t match. What's next? Sabertooth starring 'fulltime' in a 'Wolverine' series...as the main character!

As for the characters, the only person I feel sorry is for Mariko, cause (in my eyes), introducing the hereto unknown and still not cared for wife, they are trying to do the same with her what they did with Jean when they brought in Rose. But while Rose was a character who seemed to truly care for James/Logan, Itsu couldn’t be more one dimensional if she was just an ‘imaginary line’.

The villains, including Ol’Bucko are equally incompetent and clichéd. Bucky, the great ‘Winter Soldier’ is supposed to be this hotshot secret agent-cum-assassin-cum-what not, but this actions are anything but. I can’t stop myself from comparing and lining him up with the returnee from the other comic company, DC’s Jason Todd. They look the same, behave the same and are seemingly being set up in a similar status…..and I couldn’t care less….for either of them.

When ‘Wolverine: Origins’ was announced I was really looking forward to it, but now, not only am I thinking, but I am pretty sure that I won’t be buying it. I’ll get the first issue….and read the first arc, but beyond that, if its more of this dancing and beating around the bush, then I for one won’t be following it. And this, seeing that Wolverine is one of my two favorite comic characters is something very disheartening for me.

Conclusion: Origins and Endings. More like, no original ideas in this ending.
 

RATING: 6/10