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All through the many years, varied writers have taken Wolverine for one journey after one other. And if there’s one author whose legacy looms massive over the X-Males character, it’d definitely be Chris Claremont, who helped launch the character into being considered one of Marvel’s key characters and a bigger model unto himself.
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Wolverine doesn’t flip 50 years outdated till subsequent yr—October/November 2024, particularly—however Marvel’s getting forward of issues with the upcoming Wolverine: Madripoor Knights miniseries. The five-part comedian will see Claremont workforce with artist Edgar Salazar (X-23: Lethal Regenesis, X-Drive) as Logan works with Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff to search out a “planet-threatening weapon” that’s being bought on Madripoor. Issues are by no means boring on the lawless island, although, and earlier than the three understand it, they’re preventing to get their fingers on the weapon earlier than different forces just like the Hand can.
Longtime followers of the character could also be happy to listen to Madripoor Knights is meant as a observe as much as Uncanny X-Males #268 by Claremont and Jim Lee, considered one of Claremont’s “most beloved” tales that noticed Wolverine’s first canonical assembly with each Steve and Natasha for the primary time again throughout WWII. In a small blurb on Marvel’s web site, Claremont teased that the comedian will “reveal hidden truths about two of my favourite characters on the journey that formed their lives.”
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If all goes proper, 2024 can be an eventful yr for Marvel’s A-list mutant. Along with the miniseries, Deadpool 3 will see Wolverine return to the massive display screen for the primary time since 2017’s Logan, and has Hugh Jackman sporting the traditional blue-and-yellow swimsuit. The revival of the outdated X-Males sequence (aka X-Males ‘97) has additionally been pushed to subsequent yr, and that will even be when Insomniac Video games pulls again the curtain on its upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine recreation for the PlayStation 5.
Till then, Wolverine: Madripoor Knights will start its five-issue run on February 7, 2024.
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