I mean, Jean and Scott are the other 2/3rds of that threesome. It’s not like Wolvie’s doing it on his own…
It's still disgusting and it exists because of Loganfans in the first place. I'm glad everyone beyond Percy ignores it.
But the original X-men ALL wore masks. It wasn’t just for “practical” reasons, but traditional superhero reasons.
There is a reason why they wore them though. First off, Xavier's was a school, and they wore uniforms. The masks came because Charles wanted them to act as super-heroes and build good PR for Mutants. Back in the day they had legitimately good relations with the US Government and the public. Hell, Trask himself died in, what, his 2nd appearance, having a change of heart and trying to stop a Master Mold (I think, it could've just been a large Sentinel; it's been a while). They were basically 15 YOs going in an elite school to be superheroes. The masks made logical sense.
Ultimately it comes around to Xavier being a manipulative "for the greater good" dick, who was literally raising child soldiers. I won't even get into retcons or the recent Hickman/Moira thing. Point is, the masks and uniforms were a necessity. I've said it before, but I still think the Ultimate suits were on-point for what their use was.
And I think it was the best Wolverine's ever looked too. Such a figure would tempt me, because he looks like a legit operator.
And those first few Millar issues were primetime Y2K fun. They used the rising power of PR and celebrity worship coupled with the changing of "power" pretty well. At least IMHO. It was a much better of "realworldpolitik" versus the hamfisted "allegory" that's literally never worked and breaks down the moment you think about it for more than 2 seconds.
At least Wolverine’s was explained in part that he concealed his face working with Department H on espionage and sabotage missions as an agent before joining the X-men.
The problem isn't that he's wearing a mask per se, it's just why it looks like that. The answer of course is because it was first designed to make him look kinda like a wolverine when he debuted in Hulk (hence the whiskers and lack of "ears"). Then they kept it, made it cooler and we are where we are. Though really, if we're going to nitpick that, then we might as well ask why a hardened operator assassin run around wearing yellow and blue spandex.
I will admit Wolverine was more interesting decades ago, with a past shrouded in mystery, a healing factor that wasn’t OP, and writers who didn’t self-insert so he got with EVERY hot chick. It’s the same issues I have with God-mode Batman; that bores me.
Batman at least can justify it. He's a tall, handsome, cultured, supergenius billionaire. I can believe him getting all the women. Logan's an abrasive, hairy, rude manlet. Sure he's going to attract a type, and were he taller he'd attract more, and I get the whole "gentle soul" bit. But point is, having him be Marvel's biggest manwhore is too disgusting and reeks of a special kind of self-insert. All superheroes are self-inserts to some extent, but he takes it to a next level. I feel like I'm in for some Ugly Bastard NTR everytime he shows up...
Ah, I'm feeling better now. Not that Namor's better in the cucking department, but at least he's honest and he's a literal King with the body of a Greek God and top-tier brick superowers. I can see the appeal there.
But those late 80s, early 90s stories with him were great. Frank Miller did some of his best work with Claremont on Wolverine. Hama and Silvestri did great. “Weapon X” was horrifying and complex. And I still re-read Logan’s one-man takedown of the Hellfire Club scenes from time to time.
He suffered from over-exposure, power-creep, and too much author-fantasy-insert… but that doesn’t detract from the stories I grew up loving. He was popular for a reason, even if it got out of control.
Same thing happened with Venom and all the Symbiotes.
I guess it just comes down to taste. I went through my symbiote phase but even during my edge years I never particularly cared for him. Yeah I got his figures in the lines I collected because he was an important part of the X-Men, but I never really warmed up to him. He was too overpowered and bright to be a true operator character like Fury and Punisher, whom I liked. He was also too boring and underwhelming compared to other mutants. Cyclops was a walking WMD, Jean was the Phoenix, Gambit could make things explode by touching them, Rogue absorbed powers, Storm commanded the weather, and so on. Wolverine was an angry manlet with knives in his hands. I couldn't care. Granted, I went through a big Deadpool period so this might be hypocritical, but Deadpool was a cool ninja with swords who did have operator stories.
Different strokes for different folks I think it comes down to.
My guilty confession is that I actually liked Daken...
Look, I've said it before, I like dicks and *****. Doom, Namor, Daken, Emma, Kang, the list goes on. Guess that's why I'm more of a Marvel guy, as DC characters are much more wholesome.
They've currently ruined him too, btw. They've turned him into a goody-two-shoes with no bite. I hate modern X-Writers and their retarded safe-space YAAAAAASSSSS SLAAAAAAAAYYYY self-inserting.
Damn, might be time for me to give up hope for a John Walker, huh? Guy was the most interesting character on the show and I'm always up for Captain America variants
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I really wanted a figure if him too. But no we gotta get Boba Fat and Yelena.
I hope they at least do US Agent at some point
I wouldn't worry too much. They're building up to a Thunderbolts/Dark Avengers project so you're bound to get him there. Same goes for Zemo too. You just have to wait. 2, 3 years. Then add another 2 to get the figure. So... yeah.