Wolverine Begins Hunting Season

SUMMARY PAGE: WOLVERINE, PART I, MARVEL NOW!

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~Wolverine realizes he's facing something greater than a simple psycho. Excerpt from Wolverine #1 (2013).

Analysis: Since Wolverine is one of Marvel's most successful superheroes, he's getting a lot of attention in the Marvel NOW! event. This title, simply called "Wolverine", is his second solo (after The Savage Wolverine). The story arc is called "Hunting Season", and puts Logan right in the middle of an alien encounter. The uniqueness of the plot is that his super-senses will be put to the test.

Wolverine #1 (The beginning issue. It has no chronological markers. A fast-paced story, Wolverine appears to be a mall-setting where a middle-aged man is standing over him with a powerful, unknown weapon. Wolverine is already damaged, but healing fast. Many dead people are already scattered about the area and the police, while trying to negotiate, are having no luck. The man's son is also there and his life is also in jeopardy. After taking another shot, Wolverine manages a few seconds to recover and slices the man up, killing him. The boy is traumatized, but after the police walk in, asks to see Wolverine. The child then asks some strange questions, grabs the gun and begins going psychotic. Wolverine goes after him. The kid runs him over with a car and gets away. But now, Wolverine senses that something far stranger is going on and goes on the hunt.)
Wolverine #2 (Continues from Wolverine #1, with almsot no lapse in time. (Also starring Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, Logan continues hunting the child, but at the same time, whatever alien is controlling the boy also leads him on a chase. They finally have a detailed encounter and our hero learns that something is manipulating the boy's mind and switching hosts. Before Logan can catch him, the gun and alien switch bodies. That's when Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD appears and disarms the new host. The gun flies off and the two heroes collaborate. Wolverine believes he may have some important evidence: a bullet still lodged in his arm. As they are talking, though, things go from bad to worse when The Watcher appears.)
Wolverine #3 (Continues from the previous issue. Logan finds some local allies skilled with super-human interaction and has the alien bullet removed; it is scanned and nothing unique detected. Meanwhile, Fury tracks the gun to Blenkins Pharmaceuticals and drops Logan into the fray. Although protected by MANDRIODs, he slashes his way through and stops the mind-controlled human, but not before a craft escapes with tech. It ends up at Port Reading where another group of mind-controlled humans start severing their hands and putting them into an advanced incubator, newly arrived from the previous battle.)  

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The Consequences of Wolverine

SUPERFUNNIES

Lesson #1: Never Shoot Wolverine.

~Excerpt from All-New X-Men #7 (2013)

...It just makes him mad. Just about everyone knows who Wolverine is nowadays; so when he walks into the bank and threatens you, you might want to think twice before shooting him in the face.

From All-New X-Men #7, part of the Marvel NOW! event, the younger version of Scott Summers has been brought to our era. He's traveled time to meet with his present self and convince him to change his ways.

But much like a kid in a candy store, this youthful Scott is wide-eyes and not so certain of himself. And Wolverine, unfortunately, has to play babysitter.

And if you've read the issue, then you know that pretending to be Wolverine is a power of its own.

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The Top 10 Greatest Villains of Wolverine

With keen senses, an uncanny healing factor, and six, razor-sharp Adamantium claws, Wolverine has slashed his way into the top 10 most popular superheroes of the decade. He's also a close tie for first place with all the X-Men and solo movies out from the last decade. Perhaps Marvel could relax now, but no - nothing doing. On July 29, 2013, he'll come out with yet another movie, aptly named The Wolverine.

Are you waiting in anticipation for Logan's next film? If you want to keep a watch on the latest news, you can click here for the latest spotlight.

But lets assume you want to test your Wolverine knowledge. There's already a variety of top 10 villain lists covering the main characters of Weapon X across the multitudes of his adventures. So do you need another?

The answer is: Yes. In a tribute to his coming movie, let's go farther than the rest. Introducing The Top 10 Greatest Villains of Wolverine, we're going in-depth. This will not be watered down and not just a bunch of snapshots. You'll get the actual villainous characters, each with reasons and references. Maybe you'll agree, maybe you won't, but you'll read it knowing that the research was done.

And if you're looking to test the mutant against, try this Prepare For Battle matchup: Captain America vs. Wolverine. America's Super-Soldier pits his powers and Weapon X in a showdown where you are called on to vote. Scenarios are displayed to test your opinion and the results are revealed.

The Secret Inside Weapon X

~Wolverine #307 (2012)

That unstoppable berserk weapon, Wolverine, has been effectively neutered with a short phrase of words. Now he is in the clutches of an old nemesis, Dr. Rot, and his "family" of psychotic, medical-malpractice experiments.

In this villainous installment, our feral, adamantium-clawed mutant is about to become another laboratory rat; the setting matches the horror of a Frankenstein movie as he is captively wheeled into a workshop with electrodes, discarded human parts, and lots of blood. Lots of blood.

Dr. Rot is an old acquaintance of Logan's; the two have tangled before. But this time he's looking to unlock some of the secrets of the Weapon X program, and that means going into Wolverine's mind. Literally.

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Wolverine Crashes a Party

~Wolverine #304 (2012)

As Austin Powers would say, "Allow myself to introduce...myself".

This issue might as well be called "Party at Sabretooth's"; it's a funny tale of how Logan's nemesis invites all of his worst enemies to a bash, the goal of which is to beat him to a pulp and end him forever. Some of the attendees our Lady Deathstrike, Mystique, Jade Claw, and the new White Queen.

In a grandiose fashion, Wolverine finds the location of the gathering in Madripoor and makes his usual entrance. Without spoiling the conclusion, it turns out the entire plan was concocted on Sabretooth's birthday; just a little something he wanted to do for himself.

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Cyclops of Apocalypse

~Age of Apocalypse #2 (2012)

In an alternate reality, mutants have taken over the earth and humans have all but been extinguished. This is the lead-in to the Marvel Comics series Age of Apocalypse, where a group of homo sapiens with no powers -  only their training and skills - have banded together in resistance. These individuals: Goodnight, Horror Show, Deadeye, Fiend, and their leader Prophet,  have named themselves The Exterminated.

This week's villainous moment comes from Age of Apocalypse #2, revealing to us this reality's Cyclops. According to the historical records, he was supposed to be dead. Somehow, though, Wolverine, the current Warlord, has brought him back. And in this panel, you can see he's more so a cyclops than ever.


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