In “Wolverine, First Class: The Rookie," writer Fred Van Lente goes back to the past with an homage to Chris Claremont’s 80s X-Men. First, be warned. Despite his name on the book, Wolverine takes a backseat to Kitty Pryde in this book. That’s not a bad thing as Van Lente does a fine job of keeping Kitty in the lead role with Wolverine in support. This leads to some interesting moments and clashes with various villains in the first half of the book. Things fall apart--badly--in the second half where Kitty gets turned into a furry. I wish I was joking with that last line. From there, the story limps to its conclusion. The first appearance of Wolverine in a 1970s issue of the Hulk is included as well.
There are some strengths in this book. Van Lente is familiar with the characters and does a great job with Logan, Kitty and Prof. X. The start of the book shows promise and the art team, led by Andrea Di Vito, does a good job. But the lame second half bogs down and frankly undermines the book as a whole. While fans of Kitty Pryde, and to a lesser extent Wolverine, will enjoy this book, most comics fans can skip it.
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