 Digital Comics Spotlight: Wolverine: Soultaker
Logan’s Tokyo vacation turns all-out zombie samurai slaughter-fest
Posted: 2009-04-09 Updated: 2009-04-13 10:20:15  Wolverine's the best he is at what he does and he'll be back in movie theaters on Friday, May 1 in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"!
Here on Marvel.com, we'll be celebrating the Canucklehead's return to the silver screen all month long starting today with the official kick-off of Wolverine Month!
Throughout April and leading up to the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" premiere on May 1, Marvel.com will highlight Wolverine's illustrious four-color history in addition to giving you ever-present updates on the upcoming movie with all the latest photos, videos and more!
Plus, every Friday, we'll be posting COMPLETE Wolverine stories in Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and stay tuned for WOLVERINE: HUNGER, an Exclusive Digital Comic coming Wednesday, April 22!
So sharpen your claws and dig in, True Believers—we're four weeks away from Wolvie's big screen return and Marvel.com's the place to be! Each week we highlight a classic storyline told in full inside Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the greatest collection of Marvel comics available online! This week we explore WOLVERINE: SOULTAKER! By Chris Bramante & Ben Morse
Returning to Japan, a place that has brought him much pleasure and pain over the years, Logan finds himself taking on an army of the undead in WOLVERINE: SOULTAKER.
Arriving in Tokyo to investigate mysterious voices that have been plaguing his former lover, and his daughter's caretaker, Yukio, Wolverine ends up investigating a strange talisman that has his trusted friend Kenichiro, a master of the Japanese mystic arts, terrified. Known as the Mark of Mana, the artifact, which Yukio stole, holds demonic forces beyond mortal control.
Caught in the middle of a Buddhist brawl, Logan awakens the sleeping priestess Mana and in doing so unwittingly unleashes her evil twin Hana, a powerful warrior woman under control of the demon Ryuki. Caught in a deadly sibling rivalry with Japan as the prize, Wolverine must find a way to save the Land of the Rising Sun from a demonic destruction.
Writer Akira Yoshida and artist Shin Nagasawa take us to the dimensions beyond our understanding as Logan suits up in samurai gear to battle zombies galore in WOLVERINE: SOULTAKER. For more Wolverine, check out Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. Like gaming? The official "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" video game hits stores May 1! And remember: "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" comes to a theater near you on May 1—visit the official "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" movie site!
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