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

1. The Production Value Of The Series Was Excellent

One of the things that set Death Of Wolverine apart from the hordes of other comics on the shelves was the production value of the four issues. Marvel really went all out, with high quality cardstock covers and interior lining artwork at the beginning and end of the issues (as pictured above), which made the comics seem more like prestige format books. Each issue even had a back cover with artwork, rather than an advert for a product or TV show as the is the norm for most Marvel and DC Comics. Each issue also contained a generous amount of bonus material, including script excerpts and detailed, step-by-step guides to the artistic process, from McNiven's pencils to Jay Leisten's inks and Justin Ponsor's colours. Add in galleries of concept sketches and all the variant covers, plus an afterword from each member of the creative team in #4, and you are left with a top notch product. This bonus material, which usually would have made the comic a 'Director's Cut' edition (for some reason that term wasn't used here) helped give the series a sense of importance, which was fitting for a story of such magnitude.