Besides that, it's simply a masterclass in story, dialogue, character evolution and of course art, and should not be missed. Claremont's mini (illustrated and co-plotted by comic god Frank Miller) sees Claremont's fascination with Japanese culture fully explored and lays to an extent the groundwork for Wolvie's later solo series (set not in Japan but in the literary cypher of Madripoor). Windsor-Smith's art is as frenzied as his prose here, and the whole story (collected in 9-page instalments from anthology title Marvel Comics Presents) stands alone from the rest of this collection stylistically. The former charts in a rather furious fashion the creation of Wolverine's adamantium skeleton and owes a debt to An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge which is always good to see regardless of medium. Weapon X and Chris Claremont's Wolverine 4-issue mini from 1982 are widely accepted as comics classics in their own right. Not every story in the book is essential but enough of them are to merit a strong recommendation. The word chronological sort of works against me there, as the Omnibus actually reprints the issues in story order rather than publication order: as such, Barry Windsor-Smith's excellent Weapon X opens the book, which then moves onto Wolverine's print debut in a trio of Hulk issues written by Len Wein and carries on in the same fashion. There appears to be no one long unbroken run of comics here, and the reason for this is it accurately (and extensively) charts Wolverine's rise from an adversary from the Hulk to X-Man to successful solo character through the chronological representation of his earliest stories. At 1,064 pages, Wolverine Volume 1 is one of Marvel's largest Omnibus editions, and at first glances one of its most scattershot.
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