Because of the cover subject matter, this is the most valuable and in-demand issue of the entire series. Price guides list a cover price of anywhere from $25-35 for a near mint cover. How I got this for just 32 cents is beyond me.
Issue #72 presents the much requested Weapon X origin story of Wolverine. Not his origin story as it had been earlier revealed that Wolverine was way older than he looked and that he was not born with adamantium bones; this issue reveals how Logan got his metal infusion.
As for the first chapter, it starts off great. Then things go from your normal storytelling to the notes of an unknown professor who is tasked with putting Logan through a hellish amount of tests. Instead of straight-to-the-point record keeping, we get a bunch of supposition, cliches and flowing imagery. It's like this researcher is a doctor of literature not biology and genetics.
The whole thing is the single work of Barry Windsor Smith (Machine Man). The art. The writing. The inking. Even most of the lettering. I like Smith's work. His art is great. But I don't like how he writes for the narrator. I just don't buy it that a ruthless medical researcher would be using his lab notes to write the next great American novel.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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