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

2. It Didn't Tell A Complete Story In The Four Issues

In the lead-up to Death Of Wolverine, in order to not run the risk of spoiling anything, ignoring much of the press was the order of our day. We wanted to read the story free from any preconceptions or notions of how it was going to shape up. Which made it all the more frustrating when we neared the end of the last issue and felt the dawning realization that Marvel was not giving us anything like a complete story in this mini-series. This was confirmed when we saw, in the back pages, that the story was to be followed by two more mini-series', The Logan Legacy and The Weapon X Program. Now, we aren't naive enough to believe that Marvel wasn't going to do all they could to milk an event like this for as much money as possible. That's just good business practice and besides, it's how all comic book events work, as they tend to be followed by other series' dealing with the fallout from the core book. That is perfectly fine, as the death of Logan deserves to be followed up on, with different characters reacting to it in different ways. That in turn sets up new stories that will begin to take shape and forge a new direction for the Marvel Universe. Normally, we wouldn't have felt so frustrated with this inevitability of comic book storytelling, but the four issues of Death Of Wolverine just felt so lightweight and lacking in depth. We can't shake the feeling that Marvel have simply served us a four issue prelude to the proper story that is only beginning now, and that these four issues could have even been accomplished inside two issues, given the amount of genuinely important plot points contained within.