Wolverine: The Brotherhood (Wolverine)

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Summary: Babe and berserker, not that there's anything wrong w/ that.
Review: As a fan of Greg Rucka's novels and comics, I've come to expect a few things: lean, punchy writing; attention to operational detail in depicting assorted spies, assassins, bodyguards, etc.; and women. In most of the books I can think of, Rucka prominently features, not just females, but larger-than-life Amazons who are often tougher than their male counterparts. Wolverine:The Brotherhood is no exception, giving the reader a rootin'-tootin', suspect-slappin', stereotype-bustin' female ATF agent who could probably eat nails and crap tacks. While this obsessive commitment to feminist ideals could be off-putting to some readers, it's a small price to pay for the quality stories Rucka consistently spins. He skillfully references aspects of Wolverine's character, such as his military/intelligence background and animalistic tendencies, weaving them into the story with a commendable lack of clunky exposition. Rucka crafts an oppressively gritty setting, filled with the kind of twisted villains a character like Wolverine was born to fight.
Someone once said that art could be defined as the selective interpretation of reality according to the artist's values. Judging from his characters, it seems that Rucka has a fairly large sexual axe to grind. Taken individually, his characters are quirky and engaging. However, after the third or fourth story, a pattern becomes apparent, and I begin to feel like what I'm reading is a well-disguised sermon or morality tale.
As good as Wolverine: The Brotherhood is, I find myself looking fondly back on the writing of Chris Claremont. In his classic and definitive X-men run, he introduced me at a very early age to strong female characters, such as Storm and Callisto. Without a whiff of preachiness, he made them both likable and believable. Their actions and attitudes arose naturally from character and situation, and never seemed to be part of some program on Claremont's part.

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Summary: A great read!!!
Review: Wolverine, as the editorial review previously stated, is the best X-Man. This graphic novel portrays him very well and is very accurate to his character. Old fans and new fans will see everything they love about Wolverine if they pick up this book. We see softy Logan, the animal Logan, and the deep Logan over the course of this book. The story of revenge and the animal within is really faithful to the over-all story of Wolverine that we follow each month when we buy his comic. This is a must-have for Wolverine fans. The only thing better than this is the Wolverine Saga.