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Discover the Life of Wolverine with a New Infinity Comic

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X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine, a pair of interlocking series will usher in The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men! Week after week, writer Benjamin Percy and artists Joshua Cassara, Federico Vicentini, and Adam Kubert will journey across Wolverine’s history and future to deliver a transformative epic packed with revelations and exciting developments not just for Logan but for all of mutantkind. Now, as a special bonus release, Marvel Unlimited subscribers can read the first issue of X Lives of Wolverine. 

As fans enjoy the weekly event series, they can catch up on Wolverine’s complete history in the all-new Life of Wolverine #1 Infinity Comic. For the first time ever, fans can explore the history of Wolverine in chronological order! The series launches on Wednesday, January 19 exclusively on Marvel Unlimited. New issues of the 10-part series will be available on the app every Thursday (starting with #2 on January 27).

X LIVES OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 5)

Writer: Benjamin Percy
Artist: Joshua Cassara
Cover by: Adam Kubert

Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past!  Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine’s saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history.  But these LIVES are only one side of the story… Be here for the start of the time-shredding saga across all of Wolverine’s history, and future yet to come!

LIFE OF WOLVERINE INFINITY COMIC #1

Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Ramon Bachs 
Colorist: Java Tartaglia 
Editor: Mark Basso 

Jean Grey scans Wolverine’s mind, bringing us along with her through the memories across the long life of the mutant known as Logan, James Howlett, Weapon X, Wolverine and more! For the first time ever, explore the history of Wolverine in chronological order! 

LIFE OF WOLVERINE INFINITY COMIC #1

Review: X Lives of Wolverine #1

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X Lives of Wolverine #1

One of my favorite parts of Wolverine as a character is that he can fit into all kinds of genres of story and different eras too because of his long life. On a surface level, Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, and Frank Martin get that too, but the execution is sorely lacking as they kick off a mini-event in X Lives of Wolverine #1. Percy has told good Logan stories in both podcasts and comics, but this isn’t one of them as he and Cassara follow an underwhelming dangling plot thread with Wolverine facing off against Omega Red in multiple timelines to rescue Professor X.

The whole premise of X Lives of Wolverine #1 screams derivative with Logan getting the multiple timelines and outcomes that Moira X did in House of X/Powers of X. Over the past couple decades, Wolverine’s past and future have been excavated, retconned, and re-contextualized so many times and even spawned two live action films. So, it’s nice to see Percy and Cassara just have him be violent and protective in different settings instead of trying to hype up yet another new mystery about his past. Poetic captions and good staging aside (For example, the horror that Charles Xavier’s father has in his face when Omega Red is threatening his newborn son.), X Lives of Wolverine can’t escape that it’s just the two months of filler before “Destiny of X”.

I think the reason that X Lives of Wolverine didn’t connect with me beyond time travel for the sake of time travel was that Omega Red and his variants are quite one-dimensional villains. As seen from his work on X-Force, Joshua Cassara has a real gift for body horror, and Omega Red has an all-time great design. But he doesn’t have that much of a personality beyond that design and even ends up playing second fiddle to the devious Mikhail Rasputin. (His manipulation of Colossus is the real plotline I’m looking forward to.) The other “Omegas” are even worse and show up in the main flashback timeline trying to kill Professor X at birth. There’s nothing interesting to unpack: just bad guys with Omega symbols on their foreheads trying to kill a baby. Omega Red’s motivation does make sense because Beast wanted him to come back with his painful carbonadium intact, but this information is confined to a data page that breaks up the visceral action from Cassara and White.

And, yes, the action is basically if Mark Millar scripted an Omega Red-centric version of the Clone Saga. There’s lingering panels where Xavier’s mother acknowledges that she miscarried Cassandra (Later Nova) as well as Wolverine cutting an umbilical cord with his claw. But, for some reason, Wolverine won’t kill these Omegas even though they’re jeopardizing the life of man, who would one day give him an opportunity to be a part of something bigger than himself. The Omegas are drawn and act like generic enemies that would be tossed off without even thinking, but Benjamin Percy does a whole moral dilemma thing with them. (I guess “Kill no mutant” does apply to alternate timelines.)

Even though Percy did seed Omega Red’s anger against Krakoa in previous issues of X-Force, the character works as a B or C-plot not the centerpiece of an event. Joshua Cassara stages the fight between Wolverine, a badass Mrs. Xavier, and the Omegas in a compelling way with gritty colors from Frank Martin, but it feels like a generic video game fight. With the appearance of Rasputin and the presence of Jean Grey, the upcoming timeline hops might have better stakes, but honestly after 40 pages of this, I’m not sticking around every week to see if they do.

Story: Benjamin Percy Art: Joshua Cassara
Colors: Frank Martin Letters: Cory Petit
Story: 4.0 Art: 6.0 Overall: 5.0 Recommendation: Pass

Marvel Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Bolero #1

Wednesdays (and now Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Almost American #4 (AfterShock) – The true story of defecting Russian agents. It’s been an amazing read to see how dysfunctional the system is.

Animal Castle #2 (Ablaze) – A new take on Animal Farm, the first issue sold out so expect this one to do so as well!

Arrowsmith #1 (Image Comics) – Kurt Busiek returns to Image with a whole bunch of series launching and this is the first. Wizards and Dragons during World War I? Yeah, we’re in for it.

Art of Sushi (NBM) – Learn all about sushi!

Batman: The Knight #1 (DC Comics) – Chip Zdarsky doing Batman, nuff said.

Bolero #1 (Image Comics) – Read our early review praising it. Everything is said there as to why it’s on the list.

Cloaked #2 (Dark Horse) – A vigilante hero was here and then gone. This is the story of the detective hired to figure out who he was.

My Date With Monsters #3 (AfterShock) – A pretty interesting series about a world where dreams can come over into the real world and the people tasked with trying to stop it, which means getting someone to fall in love.

Search for Hu #5 (AfterShock) – We really want to find out how this one ends and it the person we think is behind it all really is.

Shadowman #5 (Valiant) – The Deadside War begins here! A solid jumping on point for the series.

X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Marvel) – “Destiny of X” is coming and the next era of the X-Men begins here.

Your Turn to Die: Majority Death Game Vol. 2 (Yen Press) – This Saw-like series has been interesting so far and has us scratching our heads as to who’s behind it all.

Preview: X Lives of Wolverine #1

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X Lives of Wolverine #1

(W) Benjamin Percy (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Adam Kubert, Frank Martin
Parental Advisory
In Shops: Jan 19, 2022
SRP: $5.99

THE BIGGEST WOLVERINE STORY OF ALL TIME BEGINS HERE!
Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine’s saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. But these LIVES are only one side of the story…
Be here for the start of the time-shredding saga across all of Wolverine’s history and future yet to come!

X Lives of Wolverine #1

Protect the Present to Save the Future in the Climax of X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine

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Wolverine is about to embark on time-shredding journey across mutantkind’s past and future in X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine. Written by Wolverine mastermind Benjamin Percy with art by Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini, these interlocking series will usher in a new age of X-Men.

Taking place in the aftermath of Inferno, the fate of mutantkind is under threat and Wolverine must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. The saga begins in January and concludes in March, and fans can see the covers to the final issues now for their first glimpse at the WOLVERINE VS WOLVERINE showdown that will decide Krakoa’s future.

Check out legendary Wolverine artist Adam Kubert’s connecting covers for X Lives of Wolverine #5 and X Deaths of Wolverine #5 and be there for the game-changing finale this March!

Early Preview: X Lives of Wolverine #1

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X Lives of Wolverine #1

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Marco Checchetto (VCA) Marco Checchetto, Peach Momoko, Arthur Adams, Mark Bagley, Joshua Cassara, Mr. Garcin, Ed McGuinness, Jorge Molina, Todd Nauck, Ron Lim, Will Sliney
Parental Advisory
In Shops: Jan 19, 2022
SRP: $5.99

THE BIGGEST WOLVERINE STORY OF ALL TIME BEGINS HERE!
Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine’s saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. But these LIVES are only one side of the story…
Be here for the start of the time-shredding saga across all of Wolverine’s history and future yet to come!

X Lives of Wolverine #1

Check out the covers to X Lives of Wolverine #1, the Biggest Wolverine Story of All Time!

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X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine, a saga across the past and future that will transform not just Wolverine but the entire X-Men mythos, kicks off this January. Written by Wolverine mastermind Benjamin Percy with art by Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini and covers by the legendary Adam Kubert, these interlocking series will release on an alternate weekly schedule, ushering in The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men in the same epic fashion that Jonathan Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X did in 2019. To celebrate this latest mutant milestone, some of the industry’s top artists including Peach Momoko, Ron Lim, and Jorge Molina have delivered stunning covers for the launch issue that showcase Wolverine’s incredible legacy. Among these covers, fans can see the first of cover collections that will adorn each issue of X Lives of Wolverine such Mark Bagley’s Trading Card Variant Covers, Animation Variant covers, and the Lives of Wolverine Covers. Plus, take a look at Mr Garcin’s mesmerizing connecting collage for X Lives of Wolverine #1 and X Deaths of Wolverine #1. Other covers include ones by Ed McGuinness, Will Sliney, Todd Nauck, Joshua Cassara, and Arthur Adams.

Check out all the outstanding covers now and pick up X Lives of Wolverine #1 on January 19!

Discover Wolverines’ Dangerous Mission Across the Timestream in the X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine Trailer

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The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men is almost upon us! Releasing on a weekly schedule starting on January 19, X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine will transform the mutant mythos in the same exciting fashion as 2019’s revolutionary House of X and Powers of X. In the aftermath of Inferno, the fate of mutantkind is under threat and Wolverine must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. Along the way, key eras of Wolverine’s storied past will be explored and revelations that will impact mutantkind’s future will be brought to light. Written by X-Force and Wolverine scribe Benjamin Percy with art by Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini and covers by legendary Wolverine artist Adam Kubert, X LIVES OF WOLVERINE and X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE promises to be the most epic Wolverine story in Marvel Comics history. Get your first glimpse at this time-shredding adventure in the all-new  X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork!

Don’t miss this latest mutant milestone when X Lives of Wolverine #1 hits stands on January 19. 

Wolverine Must Learn From His Past… or the Future is Doomed. Starting January 2022

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Starting in January, X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine, a pair of interlocking series will usher in The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men! Week after week, writer Benjamin Percy and artists Joshua Cassara, Federico Vicentini, and Adam Kubert will journey across Wolverine’s history and future to deliver a transformative epic packed with revelations and exciting developments not just for Logan but for all of mutantkind.

The saga continues in February as X Lives of Wolverine #3-4 present lost missions of the man called Logan! Wolverine’s time-shredding adventure sheds new light on eras of his life you thought you knew, and ones you never knew existed! Hang on for a ride from the early 1900s to missions with Department H and beyond. A peek into the past that will define the future…but only if he can stop OMEGA RED!

While Logan fights his way through the past, who will protect the present? X Deaths of Wolverine #3 will star the “Wolverine family” as Wolverine (Laura Kinney), Daken, and Scout enter the fray as the dark side of Wolverine’s time-traveling mission comes into focus. And in X Deaths of Wolverine #4, the chase leads to the mutant nation of Krakoa, as the force of mutantkind’s ultimate destruction breaches its borders. Is this the last stand of Xavier’s dream? Readers, prepare for a major turning point in the X-Men mythos!

Check out February’s covers now and be there when X Lives of Wolverine #1 hits stands on January 19! 

X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine are a Journey into Wolverine’s Past and Mutantkind’s Future

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Past and future will collide in Benjamin Percy’s X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine, two interlocking new X-Men series debuting this January. In the same way Jonathan Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X transformed the mutant mythos in 2019, these twin series will usher in The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men, releasing on an alternate weekly schedule, starting with X Lives of Wolverine #1 on January 5. Having been the character’s chief storyteller for the past few years across media including scripted Marvel podcasts, X-FORCE, and WOLVERINE’s current ongoing series, Percy is ready to tell the next Wolverine milestone alongside Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini. With covers by legendary Wolverine artist Adam Kubert, X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine will kickstart the new year with bold revelations and exciting developments not just for Logan but for all of mutantkind.

Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as Wolverine has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine’s saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. But these lives are only one side of the story… If Wolverine’s future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present?

No one is safe. The future is at stake. The only certainty in life is DEATH and WOLVERINE.

Be here for the start of this epic tale across all of Wolverine’s history and future yet to come when X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine begin in January!

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