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Creating new villains for Wolverine comes as no small task.
The adamantium-laced
"I was looking to create nemesis for Logan that stepped outside of the three major models of feral killer, honorable warrior or crazed assassin," Huston notes. "I told [editor] Axel Alonso that I wanted a brand new villain who was as opposite Logan as possible starting with the most basic and banal differences. So Contagion is very tall because Logan is short. He is elegant because Logan is coarse. And he is extremely physically frail because Logan is virtually immortal at this point. After I filled in a column of qualities I wanted the character to possess, I started trying to imagine who that fellow might be, and how, if he is so frail, he might survive any encounter with Wolverine."
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"A grab bag of the very weird and, highly improbable, and self consciously obscure," Huston says, describing the group. "The best known of the bunch by far is Madcap. There are two Unkillables who have appeared in no more than a single previous issue, and one who [has] not been seen since the 1950's. I have done my best to use only characters with no previous contact with Wolverine-which, as we all know, is no easy task."
With such a formidable foe crossing his path, don't expect the ol' Canucklehead to go it alone as he will be bringing in his X-pals to help out.
"The X-Men we see in this arc are the top tier-Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast-and whoever happens to be around base [like] Dazzler," Huston tease.
But, that's not all, as Wolverine and his allies will also encounter a pair of galactic bounty hunters who will play a part in the stories.
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With so many characters running around both familiar and obscure, Huston says he's having a fantastic time weaving this tale together with so many aspects of Marvel's rich history.
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i am very interested in this whole story line. plus, im always looking forward to more wolverine info!
I too am sick of all these Wolverine books. What I don't understand, is why they always end a book of his and then give him another one? If they just stuck with one book, he would have be halfway to three hundred consecutive issues by now! I understand doing that with a character like Moon Knight or Iron Fist. If the book doesn't sell well, you have to end it and try again in the future. But ...
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I too am sick of all these Wolverine books. What I don't understand, is why they always end a book of his and then give him another one? If they just stuck with one book, he would have be halfway to three hundred consecutive issues by now! I understand doing that with a character like Moon Knight or Iron Fist. If the book doesn't sell well, you have to end it and try again in the future. But what is the point of stopping a book and starting it from #1 just two months later? As far as this book goes. I will pick it up, however, it is because of the secondary characters, and villains described in this article that has me intrigued. In addition, the artwork looks amazing!
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way to go im happy to wovlerine is still going strong is i also like the deadpool orins story idea
Oh man I just looked at the pictures, that is totally The Griz!Ha, I really am going to like this.
I don't like Wolverine in his own titles. I like him making cameos in other things, never when he is a main character. But I love obscure marvel characters and I think I'm actually looking forward to this...I just hope Wolverine dosen't kill all of these obscure characters.