3 Ways Death Of Wolverine Delivered (And 3 Ways It Didn't)

THE GOOD

3. Charles Soule's Story Cleverly Took Wolverine Back To His Origins In Order To Find An End

With Death Of Wolverine, it was obvious from the outset that Charles Soule was trying to craft a fairly minimalist final story for Logan. Even though the series featured appearances by Nuke, Viper, Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike, Ogun and Kitty Pryde, their roles are all fairly minor. These characters came in and out of the story, facilitating the forward momentum of the plot, but never taking over proceedings. This allowed Soule to focus more on Logan, while also serving the fans who loved seeing Steve McNiven draw these other popular characters. The story can actually be boiled down to a very simple idea and Soule chooses not to over-complicate things, which is admirable and definitely gives the series a different feel to other stories of it's ilk. The temptation, we'd imagine, would have been to go big with the scripts, telling a grandiose and epic tale, but the route Soule chose to go actually fits Wolverine quite well. Logan's final confrontation with Dr Cornelius of the Weapon X Program, the man who experimented on and gave Logan his adamantium skeleton, is a neat call-back to the character's origin. We have to give Soule points for not simply writing a bloody showdown with Sabretooth, which would have been the obvious thing to do. Our favourite moment of the series is a touching and poignant moment during a conversation between Kitty Pryde and Logan, when he wonders aloud whether the endless fighting will ever stop. He reveals that sometimes he thinks he'd be better off finding somewhere to watch the sun set while he pops his claws through his own head. This glimpse into the tortured soul of a weary hero is excellent, a lovely piece of character introspection and entirely fitting for the character of Logan.