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33-463: The first Wolverine was a four issue limited series (the company's second-ever limited series), written by Chris Claremont with pencils by Frank Miller , inks by Joe Rubinstein , letters by Tom Orzechowski , and colors by Glynis Wein . Marvel Comics published the series in 1982, cover dated from September to December. Highlighting Wolverine's time in Japan, this story arc covers his battle with

66-463: A bar and beating a couple of men who were insulting one man's son for being a mutant. After beating them, he raises a glass of beer as a toast to Wolverine. Nightcrawler and Colossus travel to Mariko's grave, where they take out Wolverine's sword and slam it into the grave as a sign of them being together. The men guarding the grave take it as an insult and attack them. Nightcrawler says, "First we honor his love, then we honor what he did best," and fight

99-529: A brief run of 13 issues. Volume 5 serves as one of the preludes to the " Death of Wolverine " story arc. An additional series titled Savage Wolverine debuted in January 2013. The title features team-ups between Wolverine and Shanna the She-Devil , as they try to survive The Savage Land , and various encounters with other Marvel characters. A sixth volume of Wolverine by Paul Cornell and Ryan Stegman

132-540: A new #1. Consisting of the "Wolverine Goes to Hell" and "Goodbye Chinatown" story arcs, the fourth volume also carries ties into the X-Men: Regenesis story arc as well. The fourth volume ended after issue #20, and the series returned to its original ongoing numbering as issue #300. How Marvel reached issue #300 is like this: Volume 2 (#1-189), Volume 3 (#1-90/#190-279), and Volume 4 (#1-20/#280-299), with Volume 4's issue #21 ending up as #300. The fourth volume

165-599: A single creative team, but in cases where there are changes, it is usually the writer who remains constant throughout the run, while the artist(s) may change. The number of issues is usually determined by some combination of the writer's plotting and editorial mandate. In 1979, in the process of recovering from the DC Implosion , publisher DC Comics experimented with a new format in the World of Krypton "miniseries", as DC termed such short-run works. The new format allowed

198-542: Is actually Doctor Abraham Cornelius , the founder of the Weapon X program. Wolverine travels to Paradise, where he finds Cornelius trying to replicate what he did to Wolverine, but he cannot replicate Wolverine's healing factor. Wolverine reveals to him that he no longer has a healing factor for the doctor to copy. Cornelius is enraged and sets his latest experiment on Wolverine. Wolverine defeats Dr. Cornelius' experiment and Cornelius, in desperation, tries to escape by activating

231-408: Is also tied to the " Phalanx Covenant " story arc as well. Nearly half of the volume's run was written by Larry Hama . Other writers on the series included Peter David , Archie Goodwin , Jo Duffy , Warren Ellis , Todd Dezago, Erik Larsen , Steve Skroce, Rob Liefeld , Frank Tieri , Matt Nixon and Daniel Way . Marc Silvestri penciled Wolverine from 1990 to 1992. Volume 3 shares large ties to

264-424: Is largely shown in the fourth volume of X-23 . Death of Wolverine received positive reviews. IGN gave the story and the overall graphic novel a positive review giving it a 6.0 rating out of 10 with a verdict, "Death of Wolverine is not a perfect story. The spartan approach to storytelling hurts as well as helps the book at times. But between Soule's clever take on writing Wolverine and the amazing work produced by

297-517: The Dawn of X , Reign of X , and Destiny of X relaunches. The first two relaunches took place in the year of 2020, being overseen by Jonathan Hickman . The volume is written by Benjamin Percy and illustrated by Adam Kubert . The sixth and seventh issues are the tie-ins to the " X of Swords " crossover storyline of Dawn of X, while issues #8–19 are connected to the " Hellfire Gala " crossover storyline in

330-544: The Legion of Super-Heroes , and the Green Lantern Corps . With the success of the miniseries format, DC followed by experimenting with longer stories and concepts outside their universe of superheroes. Debuting in 1982, Camelot 3000 was the first limited series to run to 12 issues. DC coined the term "maxiseries" as a promotional description for this. It did not take long for other publishers to begin using

363-533: The Wolverine main series , and also continued with " Hunt for Wolverine " and " Return of Wolverine ". The start of the storyline ( Wolverine vol. 5 #1–6) details how a virus from the microverse caused Wolverine 's mutant healing factor to burn out and stop working, allowing enemies from his past to attempt to finally kill him. The main series is followed by a number of aftermath mini-series that chronicle Wolverine's friends and family as they come to terms with

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396-505: The adamantium bonding process on the three other subjects. Wolverine slashes the adamantium container before the bonding process can begin, but is immersed in molten adamantium when the container shatters. Dr. Cornelius is fatally injured during the conflict. As he dies, Cornelius claims rhetorically that Wolverine's life was nothing but violence. Wolverine reflects on a life of violence, love, friendship, and mentorship in equal measures, imagining it to be "Enough." He dies as well, encased in

429-421: The yakuza , The Hand ninja organization , and his engagement to Mariko Yashida . An ongoing series started publication in 1988 and lasted until 2003 when it was relaunched after issue #189. The original creative team consisted of writer Chris Claremont and penciler John Buscema . Claremont described the series as "high adventure rather than super heroics, sort of a combination of Conan meets Terry and

462-531: The " House of M ", " Decimation ", and " Civil War " story arcs, which made a large impact to the Marvel universe. " X-Men: Divided We Stand " and the alternate timeline " Old Man Logan " story arcs are also prominent in the third volume as well. Volume 3 is also notable for beginning of the Wolverine: Origins story, which introduces Wolverine's son, Daken. And as part of the " Dark Reign " storyline,

495-474: The Pirates ." As a visual manifestation of the series' break from the traditional superhero genre, throughout Claremont's run, Wolverine wears either civilian clothes or a mask-less, all-black outfit instead of his superhero costume. Costumed characters in general were few and far between. The second volume carries ties to both the " Apocalypse: The Twelve " and the " Ages of Apocalypse " story arcs. The volume

528-567: The Reign of X relaunch. Issue #20 ties into the " X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine " story event, along with the Destiny of X relaunch that will follows the event. Issues #24-25 tie into the " Judgement Day " crossover event. Issues #41-50 consist of the "Sabretooth War" story arc, and a connection to the Fall of X relaunch. The overall seventh volume concludes with issue #50. Volume 8 of

561-503: The art team, this is a story every Wolverine fan should experience. The hardcover version only enhances the presentation quality". Eric Diaz of the Nerdist gave it a positive review rating it 3 out of 5 burritos (burritos being the equivalent to stars). However, Stew Shearer of The Escapist gave it 2 out of 5 stars stating that "Death of Wolverine is a lousy send-off for a character who is easily one of Marvel's most iconic. Setting aside

594-409: The blade with Deadpool and saying that Deadpool knows what to do with it. Deadpool then takes the blade to Butler's incubator, which could regrow an entire being. Deadpool scrapes the blood from the knife into a petri dish but hesitates before putting it in the machine, wondering whether he should resurrect Wolverine or let him rest and decides that he needs to think it over. Cyclops is shown entering

627-457: The company to tell stories that may not have fit into an ongoing series and to showcase characters in a short story without the risk and obligations of an ongoing monthly. In 1980, DC followed World of Krypton with the three-issue series The Untold Legend of the Batman , by Len Wein , John Byrne , and Jim Aparo . DC produced three more limited series in 1981, featuring another Krypton series,

660-405: The current issue number and total issue number on the cover and/or in the indicia ". The limited series has a single story to tell. It follows the standard plot set-up of beginning, middle and end. Usually, all plot points are covered by the end of the series. There have been limited series done in an anthology format, but only a few of these have been produced. Limited series are often done by

693-481: The death of Logan. This series forms a lead-in to the weekly Wolverines title beginning in January 2015. A Microverse virus disables Wolverine's healing factor, rendering him mortal. Mister Fantastic offers to work on reactivating Wolverine's healing factor, but Wolverine accepts the vulnerability. Wolverine learns that there is a bounty on his head and resolves to find the contractor. His search initially leads him to Viper , who directs him to "Lord Ogun"; Ogun

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726-544: The definitive Wolverine title will begin in mid-to-late 2024, as part of the upcoming X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch. Following the tragic end of the Krakoan Era, Wolverine finds himself dealing with the hostile human-mutant conflict once more. IGN gave the trade paperback collection of the first Wolverine series a "Must Have" rating. See List of Wolverine collected editions . Limited series (comics) In

759-415: The fact that this is most certainly all temporary, the book does little to draw the reader in or keep them interested." The Death of Wolverine served as one of the two "Wolverine" storylines alongside Old Man Logan as the main sources of inspiration for the 2017 film Logan . While featuring an original premise, the death of the titular character was taken from The Death of Wolverine. CHARLES SOULE

792-538: The field of comic books , and particularly in the United States , a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined before production, and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues. The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries ( mini-series ) and maxiseries ( maxi-series ), usually depending on

825-495: The guards. Hisako Ichiki (Armor) is shown in the danger room fighting villains when Hellion interrupts and tries to console her, saying that Wolverine would become a part of her armor and he would always be with her. As one of his last requests, Wolverine arranged for Spider-Man to become a member of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning's staff, wanting Spider-Man to investigate a suspected double agent . Despite

858-572: The hardening adamantium, a gleaming statue kneeling in the desert sunset. Storm takes charge of the X-Men and the team is heartbroken over Wolverine's death. An elderly Steve Rogers and Deadpool are shown collecting anything which has Wolverine's DNA on it and destroying it, so no one would be able to clone the Wolverine. They infiltrate an A.I.M base, where they steal a blade with Wolverine's blood on it. As they leave, Steve goes inside, leaving

891-585: The idea of a major event affecting the Marvel Universe; crossovers were introduced in limited series form before the concept of multi-title crossovers was even conceived. This would be taken further with the 12-issue Secret Wars saga in 1984 and by DC's saga Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985-1986. Death of Wolverine " Death of Wolverine " is a 2014 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics . The story has grown from both volume 5 ( Marvel Now! ) and volume 6 ( All-New Marvel Now! ) of

924-893: The initial hostility he faced from the rest of the team, Spider-Man soon exposed a plan by Mister Sinister to acquire genetic samples from the X-Men and create a new clone army. Storm even noted after Sinister's defeat that Spider-Man's unconventional attitude made him more like Wolverine than she had acknowledged. This is shown in Spider-Man and the X-Men . A team formed by test subjects at Paradise awakes after Wolverine's life force has depleted and escapes from Paradise. They find that Cornelius experimented on them, giving them super powers. But since they were test subjects, they were designed to die quickly. In an attempt to stay alive, they go after X-23, Daken, Sabretooth, Mystique, Lady Deathstrike and Elixir to obtain or copy their healing factors. The story

957-598: The length and number of issues. In Dark Horse Comics ' definition of a limited series, "this term primarily applies to a connected series of individual comic books. A limited series refers to a comic book series with a clear beginning, middle and end". Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics refer to limited series of two to eleven issues as miniseries and series of twelve issues or more as maxiseries, but other publishers alternate terms. A limited series can "vary widely in length, but often run from three to ten issues. They can usually be distinguished from ongoing series by having both

990-573: The limited series format. In 1982, Marvel Comics published its first limited series, Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions , followed shortly thereafter by miniseries' featuring the X-Men 's Wolverine and the Avengers ' Hercules , and then The Vision and the Scarlet Witch . At first, Marvel used the limited series format to feature popular characters from team titles and put them in solo adventures. Contest of Champions brought forth

1023-577: The series was renamed Dark Wolverine in 2009 with issue #75 giving more focus on Daken . The third volume began in July 2003, and ended in August 2009 with issue #90. Volume 3 featured arcs written by Greg Rucka, Mark Millar, Daniel Way, Marc Guggenheim, Jeph Loeb, and Jason Aaron. Wolverine: Origins and Dark Wolverine (Vol. 3 #75-90) were also by Way. A fourth volume was launched in September 2010 with

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1056-464: Was launched as part of All-New Marvel NOW! initiative in February 2014, featuring a changed Wolverine, who has joined a group of minor supervillains as an attempt to simplify his life. Consisting of the "Three Months to Die" story arc, the sixth volume ran for thirteen issues, and also served as a prelude to the " Death of Wolverine " story arc. The seventh volume of Wolverine was released as part of

1089-600: Was primarily written by Jason Aaron , and was concluded with issue #317 in December 2012 in the wake of the Marvel NOW! initiative. As part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch, Wolverine Vol. 4 was cancelled as of issue #317 and a fifth volume was launched in March 2013, with the creative team of Paul Cornell and Alan Davis . The fifth volume consists of the "Hunting Season" and "Killable" story arcs of Wolverine's life, with

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