The final arc of the Orphan of X is an awesome book and a must-read for the fans. Not only do you get fast paced action and great dialogue, but it has an awesome moment and character development for the main character, Laura. Tom Taylor, Juann Cabal, and Nolan Woodard consistently delivered a great arc. I highly recommend this series and definitely shower this Legacy story with praise! Read Full Review

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #30 has the final confrontation between Laura, her family, and the Orphans of X. Tom Taylor weaves a story of Laura's regret and her chance for redemption. It's a surprising tale of shame and new beginnings, with strong art from Juann Cabal and Nolan Woodard. Read Full Review

All-New Wolverine #30is a surprising, yet satisfying, end to what may have been one of my favorite arcs of this series. Read Full Review

All-New Wolverine #30 sticks the landing for the Orphans of X arc. It returns to the things that made this arc initially interesting, and it takes a fairly nuanced look at the Orphans as characters. The art of Cabal and Woodard continues to be solid, and the comic gets a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

There's potentially a major change in the status quo at the end, but we'll see if Tom Taylor follows through on that promise. Overall, this was solid. Read Full Review

Laura is sticking to her new peaceful ways of no killing. She tries to keep the peace between her and The Orphans despite everything that has gone down. Laura is wise, but perhaps a bit foolish. Read Full Review

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I JUST GOT AROUND TO READING THIS!
Phenomenal story. Excellent in the best sense of the word. The whole story arc was fantastic. The story is so compelling. I love the characters more than ever. I love Gabby (Honey Badger) SO MUCH! She's so cute, and quite naive, but she's not stupid. The final page of this issue damn near brought me to tears.
And that panel where Daken boops Gabby's nose had me DEAD lol.
Every issue of this series has been sensational. There's too much to say about it. The conclusion was wonderful.
10 out of 10. Great job by Tom Taylor and Juan Cabal.

Just brilliant, love juann cabal ink

That last page had me in tears. And then I saw Jonathan in his little suit and I RoFLed. So many feels of all sorts!

With Daken popping up all over the place lately there is some inconsistency in how they want his character to move forward. With solicitations showing him joining X-Men: Blue in April and his willingness to work with family in this arc I would say they are trying to soften him a bit. With his appearances in Iceman and pretty much anywhere else I would say he is staying the villain who only has the motivation to kill. That inconsistency is the only thing that really drags the story down for me. All-New Wolverine continues to be a joy to read as this story comes to a close. Gabby (now Honey Badger) is a delightful comic relief. The Orphans of X, who I once felt underwhelmed by, gains more interesting traits. It does create some confusion however. We find out that they are more of a support group for victims of Wolverine's. This is a bit confusing since they have weapons and Hand connections. Most of the militant attitude and connections can be contributed to the leader who has a part in Laura's past so it is not that much of a hang up. The ending was a nice surprise that I felt completed the arc well. This still stands for me as one of Marvel's strongest titles. more

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Ambaryerno - Feb 1, 2018

To be fair, Iceman is set BEFORE All-New Wolverine, and he's under the effects of the Death Seed in that book, so that could explain the discrepancy there. It's a shame Marvel doesn't make it clearer where different books fall in relation to one another these days...

RustonLF - Feb 1, 2018

Yeah that is true. I am not that bothered by it. I just hope they are not going to pull his personality back in forth as it suits the story.

Lady_Joy_Hill - Feb 6, 2018

I just hope he goes back to being the interesting, strong, complex character that he used to be before Taylor gets his own claws on him.

RustonLF - Feb 6, 2018

I have never really liked Daken before, but I think I only knew him from Dark Avengers. Are there any other stories he was in that I should check out that might win me over?

Lady_Joy_Hill - Feb 9, 2018

Try Wolverine Origins, where it was his first appearence as well. Uncanny X-Force is a great example as well. And there's Collision, the first time he and Laura ever met, where it was established that all they had between each other was a mutual respect, not some unexplained, out-of-nowhere sibling love.

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Loved it all. Going back and forth from 9 to 9.5.

How turning my feeling about this arc with one single issue ?
I believe most writer can't do that.
But Taylor do it perfectly. A very very very good issue. With some best momentum for Laura.
And not even with a fight. Because fighting is for dummies & Talking is way better (The doctor will be pride of her ^^)
Gabby is nice too.

Cover - Well the sentiment of been trap is nice. But even with the number on the Orphan of X side. That's not what I read. And in a way that's good. 1/2
Writing - Deserve a best writer prize somewhere. 3/3
Arts - I find cabal better on this one. Or I accustom myself to his art. 2.5/3
Feelings - Damn man I have my doubt. But what a end. 2/2

Laura brings the Orphans of X story to a close with a satisfying twist on her "I refuse to be a weapon" theme. While revealing the Orphans as a frustrated support group works with that theme, it doesn't reconcile all that well with their previous portrayal: Global reach, attack helicopters, hordes of special ops goons. The road to get here was mighty bumpy, but I like where we've ended up.

Great story. Fabulous art. However, uncomfortably similar subject and concept as Detective Comic’s The Victim Syndicate, so that takes away originality from this saga.

To start with, what Taylor's doing with Daken is unacceptable. Completely destroying a well-established, complex and interesting character, and turn him into some soft idiot that is OUT OF LITERALLY NOWHERE a hero, instead of the complex villain we knew and wanted. The cover is, once again, a shameless lie. Somehow the Orphans caught 4 of the most deadly killers without losing any members. I want to read THAT comic, since it sounds way more interesting that this one. Deathstrike doesn't have a Healing Factor, she's a cyborg, but just like with Daken, Taylor has absolutely no idea of this character either. Somehow Laura is able to convince the psychos to do what she wants, which makes about zero sense. She's such a screwed up character that she doesn't even find evil the people who practice torture, dismemberment, kidnapping, murder.
Oh, and Gabby fangirling over Laura is clearly the target audience for this comic: teen girls. more

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Ambaryerno - Feb 6, 2018

Soule already established that Daken is a different person around Laura than he is anyone else, so Taylor was only building on that. And of all the things to criticize a book over, that the cover doesn't depict exactly what happens in the book may be the most petty and asinine (it's a Trope for a reason). Also, Spiral messed around with her body after Laura killed her during Messiah Complex, which could account for those discrepancies.

Ambaryerno - Feb 6, 2018

*Spiral messed around with Deathstrike's body, that is. Including her personality.

Lady_Joy_Hill - Feb 9, 2018

Yes, completely unexplainable as well, considering that, before Soule (who's actually a worse writer than Taylor), all they had was a mutual respect for each other, not some crazy siblings' loving relationship. As for the cover, there's a difference between "not depicting exactly what happens in the book", as you say, and having nothing to do with the story.

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