Acclaimed X-Men writer Chris Claremont is returning. This time, to fill in the gaps in one of Wolverine’s most iconic eras.
Per Marvel Comics, Claremont and artist Edgar Salazar are helming the upcoming Wolverine: Deep Cut, set to release on July 3. The series is set to fill in the gaps left behind in Wolverine’s personal history during the X-Men’s widely beloved Outback Era, during which the team of mutant heroes operated out of the Australian Outback. From Uncanny X-Men #246 through #251, Wolverine was absent from the series, instead having set out on a sequence of solo adventures that were largely detailed in his own series.
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Marvel editor Mark Basso explained that “Deep Cut is going to finally step back and show what there just wasn’t time or space to show of Wolverine before he returned in #251, and make good on that title in all senses of the word!” Basso added that “the story here will stand completely on its own, so if you have no idea what those plots entailed, rest assured you’ve got a complete adventure in this series.”
Wolverine: Deep Cut comes as the latest in Claremont and Salazar’s line of “retro pick” stories, which includes the current ongoing Wolverine: Madripoor Knights. The latter series follows Wolverine along with a team consisting of Captain America, Jubilee, Psylocke, and Black Widow. Wolverine: Madripoor Knights is set during the titular hero’s time operating in Madripoor under the name “Patch,” which began in the pages of 1988’s Marvel Comics Presents #1 in the story “Save the Tiger” by Claremont and artist John Buscema.
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Claremont took the reins of the X-Men beginning with 1975’s X-Men #94. He would go on to pen the series all the way up through 1991. X-Men #94 famously saw numerous members of the team take their leave, including Havok, Angel, Sunfire, Iceman, and Polaris. In the years that followed, Claremont helmed dozens of iconic storylines and created a plethora of instantly recognizable characters such as Psylocke, Cypher, and even Emma Frost.
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Wolverine
Wolverine first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #180, where he battled the Jade Giant to a standstill, before joining Marvel’s X-Men in 1975. Since then, the short-tempered berserker with unbreakable claws has proven himself as one of Marvel’s most popular characters. The mutant hero was also the backbone of the X-Men film franchise, which ran from 2000 to 2020, and critics consider his solo film, Logan, one of the best superhero movies ever made.
Known as an unstoppable tank who can cut through anything, Wolverine isn’t technically one of Marvel’s most powerful heroes but he’s one of the deadliest characters on their roster. Even villains like Magneto and the Juggernaut have learned to be wary of Wolverine’s claws.
