Third Wolverine Ongoing Title Announced

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Just when he thinks he's out, they're pulling him back in.

Writer Jason Aaron and artist Ron Garney, the creative team responsible for the hit "Get Mystique!" story from the pages of WOLVERINE, return to Marvel's most dangerous mutant this April with the new ongoing series WOLVERINE: WEAPON X. Less than a month before he hits the big screen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the highly-anticipated blockbuster starring Hugh Jackman that debuts in theaters on May 1, 2009, Logan will get back to his down and dirty roots while also pushing forward into the future.

"Wolverine's a great character and the kind that can fit in a lot of different situations," says editor John Barber. "This series is going to be about establishing the next group of Wolverine characters and settings. Wolverine characters and settings.

But while Wolverine, his allies and his enemies will no doubt drum up plenty of adventure and intrigue for readers, Barber credits the creative team in many ways as the real stars of the show.

"Jason is one of the real rising stars right now," he boasts of the WOLVERINE: WAPON X writer. "He really gets what makes Logan tick and has a lot of cool ideas. Jason had been wanting to get back to do more Wolverine and we wanted him back in the fold as soon as possible. He's got a great take on the character.

"And Ron—Ron was born to draw Wolverine, plain and simple. He's a fantastic comic book artist who really knows what he's doing. His Logan is nice and visceral, and Ron's storytelling is as intense as Logan is. [Jason and Ron] together, they just get along, see eye-to-eye and create great comics. Sometimes by luck or circumstance, a couple creators get thrown together and it just works."

Between his duties with the X-Men and Avengers as well as his various solo adventures, Wolverine certainly spreads himself somewhat thin across the Marvel Universe, but Barber promises WOLVERINE: WEAPON X will be like nothing else available today.

"For me, this book really makes me remember the excitement of that original WOLVERINE ongoing series," the editor explains. "It's something a little out of the ordinary from what we've seen with the character in all the other books he appears in. It's a little darker, but it's also got some genuine humor to it. It's a lot of fun and we're really working to make sure this gives you another facet of the character, different from what we're seeing in other books.

"I know some people might look at this and throw their hands up at the amount of Wolverine books…well, all I can say is, wait until you see what's going to happen in WOLVERINE after 'Old Man Logan' ends…"

So maybe they're cancelling the Wolverine ongoing? Still...this is in addition to Wolverine: Origins and his starring role in X-Force and New Avengers, not to mention his semi-regular appearances in X-Men: Legacy, Uncanny X-Men, and who knows WHERE all else (Eternals and Agents of Atlas in February...I know that much. Plus Daken on Dark Avengers and still, apparently, being a regular in Wolverine: Origins. And X-23 in X-Force..). And then there's ULTIMATE Wolverine... Marvel Adventures Wolverine...

I get WHY they're doing this...but that doesn't mean I have to remotely appreciate it. The sad thing is that he hasn't hit his saturation point. Who knows how many ADDITIONAL books he could hold.

 

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I hate this character so much.

 

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Oddly enough, I like him in X-Force, dislike him in New Avengers, and only barely tolerate him elsewhere. Was so hoping for a Skrull platoon of Wolverine impersonators. But...Marvel's forgotten how to poke fun at themselves...

 

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I keep on hoping for a storyline where it's revealed that Wolverine's amputated pieces grow and regenerate into Wolverine clones.