Read for background during [b:The X Lives & Deaths of Wolverine|59220662|The X Lives & Deaths of Wolverine|Benjamin Percy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633429930l/59220662._SX50_.jpg|93360765] & Live of Wolverine event of 2020. ( )

Romulus is still out there, trying to make Wolverine do what he wants. Wolverine doesn't want to give in though, and so he comes up with his own plan. It's actually quite a brilliant plan and one that I didn't see coming (which doesn't happen often when I'm reading these TPBs).

So. Logan starts gathering allies for his fight against Romulus and one of the parts that I love is that he actually asks for help from a lot of the people he's hurt or been an enemy of in the past. Banner and his son, a mutant named Cloak, etc. And I also liked that just like in real life it wasn't a direct line to get all the help, he even had a couple of detours while gathering his troops. ( )

Well, Daniel Way has actually surprised me - this is a fairly decent arc in the overall disappointing title of Wolverine: Origins. Wolverine, after being thoroughly whipped by Romulus in the previous trade, retreats to enact a plan - an "out of the box" plan that Romulus won't be able to decipher until too late. He needs some help along the way - Bruce Banner and his son, Cloak, Ruby Thursday, Silver Samurai, etc - to make his plan progress.

Altogether, this wasn't bad. Wolverine's dedication to Daken is rather interesting, and the action was fairly entertaining, too. I really like the use of Cloak in the story - I think his character has been underutilized for decades. It is interesting enough for me to finish out the series, which is mercifully coming to an end soon. Way's writing is just far too uneven for me to find it consistently anything - sometimes he's spot on, and sometimes he's so far into left field that I find myself slogging through the pages in hopes for a pay off that never comes. ( )

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Wolverine: Origins #41-45" ( )