NYCC Wolverine News

[CongoJack]

John Barber said that Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's "Old Man Logan" arc will end with "Old Man Logan Giant Sized Specail," and that #73-74 of the series would be co-written by Daniel Way and Jason Aaron, with art by Adam Kubert and Tommy Lee Edwards.

The next announcement was "X-Force: Sex and Violence" by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost with painted art by Gabriele dell'Otto. "Domino's crossed the League of Assassins, and Wolverine helps her out. But she has a secret she hasn't told Wolverine.

Way and Marjorie Liu will be writing "Dark Wolverine" in June, which supplants the current "Wolverine" story. Logan's son Daken will take the starring role, after being chosen by Norman Osborn to be Dark Wolverine. Wearing his dad's costume "drives him insane," Way said. Giuseppe Camuncoli is illustrating.

"Wolverine Weapon X" will be "a dramatic departure in that there's a lot of stabbing," Aaron joked. He said that the story would examine what happens when a private contractor tries to use Weapon X research to create the perfect killing machine. "Wolverine has to go and remind them that they've already created the perfect killing machine."

"Mark Millar has some certain notions about what he wants to do [with the Old Man Logan universe], and we don't want to dilute that," Barber said about a possible return to this universe. He suggested Millar may be interested in telling more stories set there later.

The above came information came from Shaun Manning of CBR.

Just to confirm, WOLVERINE #73 - 74 will be written by Jason Aaron and Daniel Way, with art by Adam Kubert and Tommy Lee Edwards.

After that the title will become DARK WOLVERINE starring Daken from issue#75 onwards, being written by Marjorie Liu and Daniel Way, with art from Giuseppe Camuncoli.

There was also this note regarding Chris Claremont's new series that I'm personally very excited about to see what he has in store for Wolverine:
Claremont will be writing "X-Men Forever," picking up where his and Jim Lee's "X-Men" 1-3 left off. "We are about to embark on a world where nothing that you think you know applies any longer. The world Charles Xavier imagines does not exist, and the X-Men's place in the world has radically changed," he said. Tom Grummett will provide the art on this bi-weekly series. "I dare you to guess what's going to happen next! We're going off in a totally different direction from what's been done, and what I've been doing."

[Mark Caringer]

thanks Congo for the info, a lot good news in my opinion.

although claremont was fun with wolvie int he past, his new project sounds like a new universe kinda thing and I'm usually not on board with those type of projects(what if, Ultimate, the end, nior,ect.) but we will see.

daken seems to be replacing sabretooth, daken is wolverine but embraces evil like sabs use too.

i wonder if Millar has an exclusive on his old man Logan universe, or could marvel just start a couple new titles based on the universe with all new writers?

[CongoJack]

although claremont was fun with wolvie int he past, his new project sounds like a new universe kinda thing and I'm usually not on board with those type of projects(what if, Ultimate, the end, nior,ect.) but we will see.

Yeah it's (kinda) an alternate universe with a bit of a twist. The thing with those other ones you listed were that there was massive changes in those universes that required them to work. This series is very much our 616 Marvel universe, but from 1991 when CC was writing and Lee was on art.

daken seems to be replacing sabretooth, daken is wolverine but embraces evil like sabs use too.

The main Wolverine series becoming DARK WOLVERINE just ensures I don't have another Wolverine title to buy each month. The sooner that character fizzles out the better as far as I'm concerned.

i wonder if Millar has an exclusive on his old man Logan universe, or could marvel just start a couple new titles based on the universe with all new writers?

Marvel are releasing FANTASTIC FORCE #1 in April, Mark. Which I believe is set in the "Old Man Logan" time period. It's by Joe Ahearne and Steve Kurth.

[evolution]

The Wolverine (regular series changes to: Dark Wolverine) as of Issue #75, and will focus on Daken and tie into Dark Reign.

Wolverine #73 and #74 will be written by Jason Aaron and Daniel Way, art form by Tommy Lee Edwards and Andy Kubert.

Also, the finale of the Mark Millar/Steve McNiven Wolverine story will be in it's own special, Old Man Logan Giant-Size (One-Shot).

Wolverine's upcoming's look pretty sweet!

[Mark Caringer]

did i just hear you guys say Daken is taking over my wolverine book???, um wolverine is suppose to be...um...wolverine, what the..

<puts fist through a wall>

sorry I'm back, if they want to do dark wolverine with Daken. why don't they make a new book, why fool, trick and back stab new and old fans with an impostor in the wolverine book

will wolverine still appear in every issue of wolverine, even though the focus is on daken?

[Mark Caringer]

www.newsarama.com/comics/020907-Dark-WOlverine.html

sounds like they are giving fans what they wanted for the wolverine title finally, just with the WRONG character, how long have we wanted the brown/gold

[Megalictis]

What is it about #75? Fifteen years ago Wolverine #75 ("vol. 2") marked the loss of Wolverine's adamamtium (for the next 7 years). This June, Wolverine #75 (vol. 3) will be marked by the loss of Wolverine himself! Logan's son Daken will publicly take up the identity of "Wolverine" apparently with one intent: make his father look bad. Since the series will be re-titled "Dark Wolverine" the new title "Wolverine: Weapon X" will be pretty-much taking over the niche of Logan's Solo title. But since the whole "Dark Reign" is supposed to have a limited duration it's unclear if the title change from "Wolverine" (to "Dark Wolverine") is ment to be permanent, or if (like "X-Men" becoming "X-Men: Legacy") the change is only temporary. Perhaps only sales figures for the title will answer that question.

And the co-conspiritors plotting to subvert the title I've enjoyed for the last three decades are none other than Daken's creator, Daniel Way, and ... Marjorie Liu!

In the interview Way says: "Whether or not Daken will break out as a character, I can’t say. I don’t think there’s any possible way to know that—and if there was, I’m sure Marvel would’ve found it by now! But I can definitely say that Daken is a new type of character, a product of today’s creative culture rather than our parents’...so I think he has a good chance."

Just great. Way has drawn a generational line with that comment, and I'm clearly on the other side. He might just as well have said Daken is a product of my children's "creative culture," not mine.

Wow. This is tough. I'm really on the fence about this one.

On the one hand I've hated Daken (and maybe I'm supposed to) ever since Way introduced him:
I hate just about everything about him, starting with the "long-lost son who hates his father for something he didn't do" (but hasn't acted on his only known motivation in 50 years) concept.
I hate the mohawh (real inconspicuous for an assasin).
I hate the idea that a guy with a healing factor somehow maintains a very large tattoo.
I hate his upside-down third claw (and why are they black - are all his bones made of carbon?).
I hate the way his inclusion in "Dark Avengers" seems like a total diversion from the single-minded quest for vengeance against Romulus in "Wolverine: Origins" (a diversion that apparently has as its only motivation making his father look bad).
Most of all I hate the way Daken seems to act like a young punk when he's old enough to be a grandfather!

On the other hand ... Marjorie Liu! Don't that just figure? Marvel comes up with a Wolverine title starring a Wolverine impostor (something I ordinarily wouldn't touch on principle) then hands it to one of the few writers who would actually make me want to give this title a look! You see, before she was a best-selling author, Marjorie started the Wolverine and Jubilee Interactive Hub - a site I've posted on for years. She knows the ins and outs of Logan's previous "paternal" experience very well and may be able to provide some fresh insight or new direction for Daken that might make me change my mind about the character.

[CongoJack]

Have you read her X-Men novel, Mega? If so, how is it?

[Megalictis]

Dark Mirror? I enjoyed it! It's not an incredibly original concept (sci-fi body-switch), but Liu voices the characters and explores their reactions and personalities very well. It's particularly interesting to see the X-Men, powerless and in someone else's bodies, trying to thwart the villain who's hijacked their bodies and their powers and gave them to four psych-hospital inmates that he brainwashed. Imagine Rogue as a man and Wolverine as a young girl! And it deals with a point seldom raised in the comic books: in a world where superheroes fight supervillains there are often innocent casualties.

[Mark Caringer]