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| Wolverine: Origins | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | June 2006 – September 2010 |
| No. of issues | 50 1Annual |
| Main character | Wolverine |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Daniel Way Steve Dillon |
| Written by | Daniel Way |
| Artist(s) | #1–25: Steve Dillon |
Wolverine: Origins is anAmericancomic book series written byDaniel Way, published byMarvel Comics and starringWolverine.Steve Dillon drew the series from the first issue through issue #25. It is the first series to featureDaken, the son of Wolverine.
The series is a continuation ofHouse of M and the "Origins and Endings" storyline fromWolverine (vol. 3) #36–40 (2006). It began publication in June 2006 and ran for fifty issues, including one annual. During its run, it crossed over with theDark Reign storyline.
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In an attempt to prevent Wolverine from finding them, some members of the government sendNuke to stop him.Captain America,Cyclops,Emma Frost, andHellion intervene. Frost reveals that Wolverine has a son,Daken, who is being controlled by the government the way Wolverine had been, and that he hates his father.[1]
Hoping to rescue his son from whoever is controlling him, Wolverine plans to weaken Daken withadamantium power Dido's, eventually focusing his efforts on acquiring the substance fromMaverick, a fellow victim/member with Logan in the secretive governmentalWeapon X program during the 1960s. Before Wolverine can learn where the carbonadium is, they are attacked byOmega Red. Wolverine is briefly knocked unconscious, giving Omega Red a head start for the carbonadium, which is inBerlin.[volume & issue needed]
Wolverine travels to Berlin followed by and meets up with theBlack Widow. Wolverine surrenders to agents ofS.H.I.E.L.D. who have been following him. He is taken to a S.H.I.E.L.D. base and placed in restraints. Daken, disguised as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, uses his bone claws to wound Wolverine.[2] After healing, Wolverine escapes from the facility.[3]
Wolverine catches up to his son, only to find Daken being attacked byCyber. Wolverine saves Daken, allowing him to escape.[volume & issue needed]
In an elaborate plan to draw Daken into the open, Wolverine arranges for theWinter Soldier to hireDeadpool to kill Wolverine. When Wolverine is incapacitated and Deadpool appears close to succeeding, Daken intervenes so he can be the one to kill his father. The Winter Soldier, who has been watching, shoots Daken in the head with a carbonadium bullet. This renders Daken unconscious, but does not kill him.[volume & issue needed]
Wolverine seeks outProfessor X for help restoring his son's lost memories. Wolverine learns that Daken is being manipulated by a man namedRomulus, the same man who manipulated Wolverine beforeWeapon X. Wolverine and Professor Xavier are able to save Daken and reveal to him the truth surrounding his mother's death. Father and son plan to track Romulus together and kill him. Daken later betrays Wolverine to ally with Cyber, and then betrays Cyber to hunt Romulus alone.[volume & issue needed]
When Daken joins theDark Avengers, Wolverine meets withNick Fury. Fury shares his information on Romulus, including Wolverine's close connection to the Hudson family. Fury accompanies Wolverine toNew York to stop Daken's attack on theX-Men, but Daken escapes again.[volume & issue needed]
Wolverine tracks Daken, but is confronted by Victor Hudson, one of Romulus's henchmen. Forced to choose between chasing Romulus or Daken, Wolverine chooses Daken. Meanwhile, Daken has employed theTinkerer to turn his claws more like his father's.[volume & issue needed]
Wolverine continues to track down Romulus and Victor Hudson in Russia. Following Hudson, Wolverine believes he is close to Romulus when he discovers he has been led into a trap. He is attacked by and defeats Omega Red. He escapes the trap with the carbonadium synthesizer.[volume & issue needed]
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 1: Born in Blood | Wolverine: Origins #1–5 | October 2006 | 978-0785122876 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 2: Savior | Wolverine: Origins #6–10 | March 2007 | 978-0785122883 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 3: Swift and Terrible | Wolverine: Origins #11–15 | November 2007 | 978-0785126133 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 4: Our War | Wolverine: Origins #16–20,Annual #1 | February 2008 | 978-0785126386 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 5: Deadpool | Wolverine: Origins #21–27 | December 2008 | 978-0785126157 |
| X-Men: Original Sin | Wolverine: Origins #28–30;X-Men: Original Sin #1;X-Men: Legacy #217–218 | August 2009 | 978-0785129561 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 6: Dark Reign | Wolverine: Origins #31–36 | December 2009 | 978-0785135388 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 7: Romulus | Wolverine: Origins #37–40 | December 2009 | 978-0785135395 |
| Wolverine: Origins Vol. 8: Seven the Hard Way | Wolverine: Origins #41–45 | April 2010 | 978-0785146490 |
| Wolverine: The Reckoning | Wolverine: Origins #46–50;Dark Wolverine #85–87 | October 2010 | 978-0785140382 |
| Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 | Wolverine (vol. 2) #187–189, (vol. 3) #33–40;Wolverine: Origins #1–5;Wolverine: Origins Director's Cut#1; Sabretooth(vol. 3) #1–4;"The Promise" story from I (heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart #1 | January 2017 | 978-1302904722 |
| Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 | Wolverine: Origins #6–15,Annual #1;Wolverine (vol. 3) #50–55;What If: Wolverine #1 | September 2017 | 978-1302907389 |
| Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 3 | Wolverine: Origins #16–32;X-Men: Original Sin;X-Men: Legacy #217–218; "One Percenter" stories fromWolverine (vol. 3) #73–74 | January 2018 | 978-1302907686 |
| Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 4 | Wolverine: Origins #33–50;Dark Wolverine #85–87 | June 2018 | 978-1302909529 |
