August 7, 2025 • 6 mins
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WOLVERINE BY CHRIS CLAREMONT #1, by Chris Claremont and Tom Reilly, colors by Chris O’Halloran and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles.
WOLVERINE BY CHRIS CLAREMONT #1, by Chris Claremont and Tom Reilly, colors by Chris O’Halloran and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to First Issues Now, the weekly show
posted daily about only the newest first issues released by
insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking at
the comics release for the week of August sixth, twenty
twenty five. Oh hey, the first book at the top
of the pile is a Wolverine book, damn it. But
it is done by Chris Claremont, which is generally a
(00:22):
yay for X books, So we'll see how it goes.
So let's snicked into what does that even mean? Let's
dig into Wolverine by Chris Claremont. Number one by Chris
Claremont and Tom Ridley, colors by Chris O'Halloran, and letters
by VC's Clayton Cowles. Oh my god, this this is
(00:43):
a Wolverine book, even if the X Men are hardcore
in this, so it's weird that it's called Wolverine. This
is a little unfair because this is actually a reprint
from a comic available in the now six hundred dollars
Marvel Paragon collection for Chris Claremont, which basically gives the
best of the best of Chris Claremont's X run and
Lord Almighty. I don't think I've made enough to even
(01:06):
cover one comic for this show, so please share, engage,
and join the carry On Production Patreon so that Sam
can at least see a reason to keep these going.
Where was I outside of self pity? Oh right? This
is a reprint from that, but it is technically an
all news story. However, it also feels like it was
written at the time, because this is basically a love
(01:28):
letter to the era of X Men that I grew
up with, and honestly, it was actually probably my favorite
storyline of the eighties, the Great Grand Japan Epic. Yes,
it was Wolverine focused, but it thrilled me. And this
is probably something I will call a ten out of ten.
Must own easy without ever a pause, add some cheese
(01:49):
to it. It doesn't need to be said by anyone ever,
that Chris Claremont is the guy who made X Men
what it is today. Everyone knows it, and he has
been rocking the mutant world for the last fifty years. Yes,
that's a bit of a mixed bag, but if you
go to bat a thousand times, you will not have
a perfect average. But this is why he's considered the goat.
(02:14):
He has a really great batting average. This isn't a
let's continue it story, I mean, except I'm sure this
was an idea scripted at the very least plotted in
nineteen eighty three, because this is a perfect distillation of
what made the early eighties the best time to be
an X fan. Quick summary. The story is that Wolverine
is fighting Sabertooth in Japan, and we get everyone from that,
(02:37):
and we get everyone from the Wolverine book and the
X book in there. Shadow Cat is in her ninja mode,
Yuki Oh, Murrayko, Storm with a mohawk, Luckheed, Nightcrawler, Rogue Colossus.
All of them make not technically minor appearances, but they
do get a time to shine against the perpetually healing
(02:58):
villain that is Sabertooth. It is spectacular. If you only
know Clearmount from the old Hats like me, or just
his legend status, you need this book. It is a
perfect distillation of what makes everyone who's ever read that
Run love that run. While it does say Wolverine on it,
there is a lot of character depth, even if they
(03:20):
aren't the focal characters as it should be. But I
actually really also want to praise Tom Riley for the
art on this because, oh my god, I've never felt
that comic feels so experimentally eighties and still be released
by a mainstream publisher in the twenty twenties, even while
also not feeling like a throwback. In the slightest fun fact,
(03:41):
I also actually picked up Gi Joe Number one a
year or so ago because his cover was that good looking.
But anyways, well, this is a more personal comic to me.
It is literally the nostalgia. It's like anytime someone tries
to capture Bill Sennowitz and the damn demon bear that's
haunted my dreams ever since I was four. You can't
(04:03):
ever get that feeling again, even if you see something
very similar to it. So when I tell you, dear listener,
that Tom Riley was not only able to jump that hurdle,
but he cleared it expertly. He blew it right the
fuck up. Yes, you can say that I may be
being extra mushy because I'm reading this at four am.
I've been hopped up on sugar. I just finished stinging
(04:24):
for four hours, and after a hell of a week
that has absolutely made me feel older than I really
want to admit to myself. This truly made me feel
something I legitimately cannot explain on a personal deep level.
It is the closest I've ever felt to I got
to rewatch my favorite movie, I got to reread my
(04:44):
favorite book. So my verdict is by this now. It
is a reprint from a collection that now mostly is
on the secondhand market, so you're not getting it any
other way unless you have six hundred doll You can
either have a switch to or a dozen Chris Claremont comics.
I know it's a toughie, so it is technically a
(05:06):
one shot as well. But more importantly, it is a
time capsule for newer fans of X Men who may
have no idea the magic of why us ancient readers
love that era and why maybe certain runs on the
book feels terrible by comparison. This is a must own
it truly, truly is oddly that also means that I
(05:26):
have both Wolverine number ones written by Chris Claremont, and
I also think that means Tom Riley is a better
artist than pre insanity Frank Miller wild but maybe I'm wrong.
Let me know what your thoughts of this issue is
over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist, or Twitter at
AGC Underscore does it all, and on Blue Sky at
(05:50):
AGAC does it all without any Underscore. Don't forget to like, share, follow,
and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
so important to continue doing these more than anything though
Stigold and Inklings
Hello, and welcome to First Issues Now, the weekly show
posted daily about only the newest first issues released by
insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking at
the comics release for the week of August sixth, twenty
twenty five. Oh hey, the first book at the top
of the pile is a Wolverine book, damn it. But
it is done by Chris Claremont, which is generally a
(00:22):
yay for X books, So we'll see how it goes.
So let's snicked into what does that even mean? Let's
dig into Wolverine by Chris Claremont. Number one by Chris
Claremont and Tom Ridley, colors by Chris O'Halloran, and letters
by VC's Clayton Cowles. Oh my god, this this is
(00:43):
a Wolverine book, even if the X Men are hardcore
in this, so it's weird that it's called Wolverine. This
is a little unfair because this is actually a reprint
from a comic available in the now six hundred dollars
Marvel Paragon collection for Chris Claremont, which basically gives the
best of the best of Chris Claremont's X run and
Lord Almighty. I don't think I've made enough to even
(01:06):
cover one comic for this show, so please share, engage,
and join the carry On Production Patreon so that Sam
can at least see a reason to keep these going.
Where was I outside of self pity? Oh right? This
is a reprint from that, but it is technically an
all news story. However, it also feels like it was
written at the time, because this is basically a love
(01:28):
letter to the era of X Men that I grew
up with, and honestly, it was actually probably my favorite
storyline of the eighties, the Great Grand Japan Epic. Yes,
it was Wolverine focused, but it thrilled me. And this
is probably something I will call a ten out of ten.
Must own easy without ever a pause, add some cheese
(01:49):
to it. It doesn't need to be said by anyone ever,
that Chris Claremont is the guy who made X Men
what it is today. Everyone knows it, and he has
been rocking the mutant world for the last fifty years. Yes,
that's a bit of a mixed bag, but if you
go to bat a thousand times, you will not have
a perfect average. But this is why he's considered the goat.
(02:14):
He has a really great batting average. This isn't a
let's continue it story, I mean, except I'm sure this
was an idea scripted at the very least plotted in
nineteen eighty three, because this is a perfect distillation of
what made the early eighties the best time to be
an X fan. Quick summary. The story is that Wolverine
is fighting Sabertooth in Japan, and we get everyone from that,
(02:37):
and we get everyone from the Wolverine book and the
X book in there. Shadow Cat is in her ninja mode,
Yuki Oh, Murrayko, Storm with a mohawk, Luckheed, Nightcrawler, Rogue Colossus.
All of them make not technically minor appearances, but they
do get a time to shine against the perpetually healing
(02:58):
villain that is Sabertooth. It is spectacular. If you only
know Clearmount from the old Hats like me, or just
his legend status, you need this book. It is a
perfect distillation of what makes everyone who's ever read that
Run love that run. While it does say Wolverine on it,
there is a lot of character depth, even if they
(03:20):
aren't the focal characters as it should be. But I
actually really also want to praise Tom Riley for the
art on this because, oh my god, I've never felt
that comic feels so experimentally eighties and still be released
by a mainstream publisher in the twenty twenties, even while
also not feeling like a throwback. In the slightest fun fact,
(03:41):
I also actually picked up Gi Joe Number one a
year or so ago because his cover was that good looking.
But anyways, well, this is a more personal comic to me.
It is literally the nostalgia. It's like anytime someone tries
to capture Bill Sennowitz and the damn demon bear that's
haunted my dreams ever since I was four. You can't
(04:03):
ever get that feeling again, even if you see something
very similar to it. So when I tell you, dear listener,
that Tom Riley was not only able to jump that hurdle,
but he cleared it expertly. He blew it right the
fuck up. Yes, you can say that I may be
being extra mushy because I'm reading this at four am.
I've been hopped up on sugar. I just finished stinging
(04:24):
for four hours, and after a hell of a week
that has absolutely made me feel older than I really
want to admit to myself. This truly made me feel
something I legitimately cannot explain on a personal deep level.
It is the closest I've ever felt to I got
to rewatch my favorite movie, I got to reread my
(04:44):
favorite book. So my verdict is by this now. It
is a reprint from a collection that now mostly is
on the secondhand market, so you're not getting it any
other way unless you have six hundred doll You can
either have a switch to or a dozen Chris Claremont comics.
I know it's a toughie, so it is technically a
(05:06):
one shot as well. But more importantly, it is a
time capsule for newer fans of X Men who may
have no idea the magic of why us ancient readers
love that era and why maybe certain runs on the
book feels terrible by comparison. This is a must own
it truly, truly is oddly that also means that I
(05:26):
have both Wolverine number ones written by Chris Claremont, and
I also think that means Tom Riley is a better
artist than pre insanity Frank Miller wild but maybe I'm wrong.
Let me know what your thoughts of this issue is
over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist, or Twitter at
AGC Underscore does it all, and on Blue Sky at
(05:50):
AGAC does it all without any Underscore. Don't forget to like, share, follow,
and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
so important to continue doing these more than anything though
Stigold and Inklings
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