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Wolverine Origins: Romulus Hardcover – January 1, 2009

by Daniel Way (Author), Scot Eaton (Contributor)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
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For over a century, he's been hiding in the darkest shadows of Wolverine's life, controlling the beast and destroying the man. But now, finally, the tide is turning... and Wolverine's vengeance is within reach! Introducing: ROMULUS! Collects Wolverine: Origins #37-40.
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  1. Part of Series
    Wolverine: Origins (2006-2010)
  2. Print length
    112 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Marvel Enterprises
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2009
  6. Dimensions
    6.75 x 0.5 x 10 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0785136290
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0785136293
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises; 0 edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785136290
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785136293
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.5 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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Daniel Way

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Daniel Way (born December 27, 1974) is an American comic book writer.

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regis harvell
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015
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Anibal Madeira
4.0 out of 5 stars Meet the creator
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2012
This is the conclusion to an epic story arc. Finally Wolverine has a clue on the whereabouts of his prey and tries to close on Romulus. The "chess game" is played on Russia where both players move their pawns.

Daniel Way wrote a very gruesome and quite epic finale for this series. Pencils by Scot Eaton and inks by Andrew Hennessy give a vibrant and feral look to this book, although most of the action is indoors.

The intelligence with which the story is told revealing that the fight for the top place in the food chain isn't only physical, involving the use of all means at your disposal...true power, not just brawn.

Spoilers Beware: Romulus is the puppeteer and creator of many heroes and villains. The main reason to creating this "gladiatorial world arena" where his creations fight for supremacy through the ages isn't to create a successor that will overthrow him (like some of his pupils think), but to keep himself always ready and sharp.

Now, just one criticism...I expected a different Romulus, not an oversized Wolverine. He is ancient, it would be more logical that he wasn't that "modern looking"; maybe more like the Simone Bianchi version of Romulus (he even wear a Mongolian headpiece!).

This book has an excellent Wolverine reading chronology, a wolverine (long) life history and his characteristics. It also has lots of data on Omega Red. Missing are more details on the history of Romulus.
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Brian Watson
4.0 out of 5 stars A welcome picking up of pace in the a long long story.
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2014
This issue is kind of a stand out in the whole of Daniel Ways Wolverine Run. We finally, after so so much waiting, get to see Romulus, the big bad shadow that has loomed over Wolverine his whole life. The build up of Wolverines battles with Omega Red and Wild Child and the realization that his quest for revenge is all part of Romulus grand scheme is a nice move forward in the story. All in all, after a couple slow points in the story, this was a nice move back to the main plot. Far from perfect.
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Cesar Kuniyuki
3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing surprising, but it's not a bad story ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2012
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I am a fan of Wolverine since I was a child. Unfortunatelly I don't have time to collect all the monthly comic books in my country, besides the fact that these kind of books are very expensive in Brazil. So I decided to purchase only the collections that I imagine to be the main chapters in a superhero life. So this review is from a fan that do not read "all" the stories... A few months ago, I purchased a book with all necessary information about Wolverine, with all the chronology, mains events, enemies, allies, etc., so it was obvious the importance of Romulus in Wolverine's life. He is "the guy", the responsible for the main woes including dead, manipulation, and everything bad in Wolvie's life. After that, I started the search for a book to see Romulus and his manipulating skills and a found this book. In general the story is not bad, but if you want to know more about Romulus and Wolverine's past, you will not find anything relevant. The guy appears, fight against Wolverine, and leave without any explanation... The worst part is that I imagined that a "manipulator" never could confront a killer like Wolverine without a better reason. In the end Wolverine showed up as a complete amateur, to turning his back on his worst enemy... For me it was not reasonable knowing Wolverine and his berserker rage...
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Attidude
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2011
Well, actually I had just finished reading Jason Aaron's Wolverine series ("Wolverine goes to Hell", "Wolverine vs X-men" and "Wolverine's Revenge"). I know it's not fair to compare those and "Wolverine Origins" but still I had a lot of expectations from the latter. The "Origins" series is drawing to a conclusion and at least from that perspective, this book should have had some class and standard. But sadly, it doesn't '
Wolverine has a lot of (fictional ) history..He's lived for centuries and was suffering from memory loss until recently when he got his memory back. So, this itself, is platform to form a lot of creative stories. But sadly, this potential was lost. In the "Origins" storyline, it is indicated that only one man is responsible for all of Wolverine's miseries : Romulus. But somehow that fact has never been shown in a convincing manner. Even the story in this book doesn't seem to make much sense. They finally show Romulus and though it should be a "wow" reaction, you feel "meh"...This book is another wasted effort from Marvel.
The artwork is decent, the cover pages are excellent but sadly the story is a big letdown. It's too short also and half the time is in mindless-battle.
For people who are extremely demanding when it comes to "Wolverine" books, do NOT read this one...Just read the content of this book (which is not much) on Wikipedia, or somewhere..This book is just not worth spending money on...Maybe it's all for good that the "Wolverine:Origins" title is finally closed!! And if they revive it, I pray to God that either Jason Aaron or Rick Remender takes over!!
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Avenger
4.0 out of 5 stars Wolverine Origins: Romulus Graphic Novel TPB Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2017
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He stole Logan's child, ripping him from his dead mother's womb & raising him as a savage. He twisted that child into a killing machine even more lethal than his father. He formed a band of feral champions, ready to kill on command. And now the time has come. The time when Wolverine finally meets the man who made him who he is! And there shall be a reckoning!

Collecting Wolverine: Origins #37-40
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