Legendary Wolverine (Vol. 1)

Line: Uncanny 
Status: Ongoing 
 
==Details==
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE
 Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
 Artists: DECLAN SHALVEY
 Tagline: A lot has happened since 1833… 
Location: Around the world.
 Concept: Stories from various periods of Wolverine’s life, from the Civil War to the Cold War and beyond.
 Cast:
 1. Wolverine
 2. Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
 Supporting: Two-Gun Kid, Phantom Rider, Kid Colt, John Wraith 
 Antagonists: Omega Red, Ogun, Bloodscream, William Stryker, Romulus, Gunhawk
 Reserve Roster: Blonde Phantom, Rawhide Kid 
Reward Characters: Snake Plissken
==Issues==
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #0 
 Written by JEFF LEMIRE 
 Plot by EXCITER
 Art by DECLAN SHALVEY 
“THE IRON WILL TO WIN”
It was in 1845 that young James and Victor fled the Howlett estate in Alberta. By the night of April 16, 1863, they were Union soldiers under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant preparing to take the city of Vicksberg and break the Confederacy’s hold on the Mississippi River. Cut off from supply lines, can even the men who would one day be known as Wolverine and Sabretooth bring the Union Army the victory it needs to turn the tide of the Civil War? On the other side of the fight, the unkillable vampire-like Bloodscream continues his desperate search for the blood of another immortal – the blood he needs to break his own curse. Has he finally found the right battlefield?
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #1
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY 
“BURIED IN GRANT’S TOMB”
In 1610, a surgeon that accompanied Sir Francis Bacon in his attempt to colonize Newfoundland was critically injured by natives. With no other choice, he sought assistance from a sorcerer who ended up cursing him, inducing a transformation into an eldritch vampire-like creature. Bloodscream was born! Learning that the only way to break the spell was to brew an elixir from the blood of another immortal, he searched for more than 200 years until he encountered such a man on the battlefield of Vicksburg, and for over twenty years since then he has tirelessly hunted for this “Sergeant James Howlett.” 
On July 23, 1885, Bloodscream secretly killed Ulysses S. Grant. The ex-President’s body would be buried in the largest mausoleum in North America. It was in that mausoleum that Bloodscream waited patiently… and soon enough, Howlett arrived to pay his respects to the man he helped win the Civil War. Now Bloodscream and Howlett square off on the most personal battlefield. Who will be buried in Grant’s tomb? 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #2
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY 
“SPECIAL FORCES TEAM X” Part 1.0 “OMEGA”
In 1965, in the midst of the Vietnam War, Victor Creed got himself and James Howlett dishonorably discharged after killing their commanding officer. Rather than languish in prison, they accepted an offer from Major William Stryker to join his CIA-sponsored Weapon X program and its black ops unit, Team X! The team’s ranks included Wade Wilson, John Wraith, and Kayla Silverfox and their first mission denied the Soviet Super Soldier Program the adamantium it needed to enhance Arkady Rossovich. Instead, the reds upgraded the mutant with carbonadium tentacles. Carbonadium, however, is an unstable alloy that is lethally poisonous. It forced Rossovich to steal the life of others just to survive! Desperate for a cure, Rossovich kidnapped Japanese scientist Kenji Oyama and demanded he craft a Carbonadium Synthesizer, which would regulate carbonadium in the immune system and render Rossovich all but invincible. Team X has orders not to let that happen. It’s August 3, 1967 in East Germany and Omega Red will fight Team X as if his life depends on it! 
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
Read “DEADPOOL & FORCE WORKS #2” for Part Two!
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #3
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY 
“SPECIAL FORCES TEAM X” Part 1.1 “ONCE UPON A TIME IN AFGHANISTAN…”
In 1980 the Soviet Union was waging a war in Afghanistan against the Islamic Mujahideen. The U.S.S.R. intended to quickly crush the rebels and reestablish a communist government. They sent in their super soldier… Omega Red! Still unstable due to Team X’s theft of the Carbonadium Synthesizer years earlier, Omega Red’s deployment was a risk - but a risk the Soviets were willing to take. At that time, the USA wanted to help [i]anyone[/i] opposing the evil empire. Operation Cyclone was the code name for the CIA’s program to arm and finance the jihadist insurgents with billions of dollars and weapons, and the most lethal weapons provided were from a project called Weapon X! It’s the team-up you absolutely never thought you’d see as Team X’s Deadpool, Sabretooth, and Wolverine fight alongside… Osama bin Laden!?!?
With orders to tag and bag any enhanced mutant deployed by the Russians, how would Team X contend with the optic blasts of Red Eye, the superhuman agility of the October Revolutionary, the teleporting of Stasi, and the sword-like blades that extend from the arms of Warsaw? 
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
Read “DEADPOOL & FORCE WORKS #3” for Part Four!
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #4
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY 
“MURAMASA: THE DEMON BLADE” Part One “THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALS”
In 1868 imperial rule was restored to Japan under Emperor Meiji. Nine years later, disaffected samurai led the Satsuma Rebellion against the new government. Fearing rumors surrounding the unstoppable sword of the rebellion’s popular leader, Saigō Takamori, Meiji hired two supposedly unkillable veterans from the American Civil War to help put him down: Victor Creed and James Howlett! But when the samurai ambush their encampment, the two gaijin find themselves unprepared for what they face – a katana that causes wounds even they cannot heal - the Muramasa Blade! Victor and the surviving imperials are forced to retreat and James is captured. While his claws prompt curiosity amongst the samurai, who believe him to be the Kamaitachi, 鎌鼬, a type of weasel-like spirit, James is introduced to their culture during his captivity and learns that the rebels believe Meiji is corrupt. Soon, he starts to believe it himself - and he also catches the eye of Takamori’a daughter, Masa…
Meanwhile, Victor has no plans to abandon his brother or the job he was hired to do. Needing some specialized local talent for support, the man who would be Sabretooth seeks out a mystical clan of ninjas lead by none other than the sorcerer Ogun - who just so happens to have plans of his own for the Muramasa Blade! 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #5
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“MURAMASA: THE DEMON BLADE” Part Two “COWBOYS VS. NINJAS”
Organized crime dominated the fledgling city of Denver in 1883, but when Governor Davis H. "Bloody Bridles” Waite took office, he made it his mission to root out corruption in Colorado – and he hired James Howlett and Victor Creed to help! Waite’s first priority was to remove Denver’s crooked mayor from power. Problem was, the mayor recruited a “special police force” to defend City Hall against the governor’s men! When James and Victor ride in with their small militia, the last thing they expect to face is a gang of outlaw gunfighters supported by the same mystical clan of ninjas they’d fought in Japan five years earlier! Donning the red demon mask, Denver’s mayor is possessed by the vile spirit of the sorcerer Ogun, who lusts after both revenge and the famed Muramasa Blade, which Howlett has carried even since his mentor Saigō Takamori used it to commit seppuku! It’s a gun and swordfight at the Denver corral, but nefarious ninjas, deadly desperados, and possessed politicians aren’t James and Victor’s only concerns! The unscrupulous defenders of City Hall have hired their own legend of the Old West – Gunhawk, who claims to be the best there is at what he does. And there’s a shocking secret to his success – he’s a mutant…. and James Howlett’s son!
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #6
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“MURAMASA: THE DEMON BLADE” Part Three “A HILL TO DIE ON”
On July 1, 1898, the Spanish-American War was in full swing and Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt led an all-volunteer regiment, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry a.k.a. The Rough Riders, in a bloodly march to take San Juan Hill. Amongst the volunteers were none other than James Howlett and Victor Creed – but they'd have more to deal with than the Spanish forces at Guantánamo! Years prior, the Muramasa Blade was taken by James' wayward and lethally gunslinging son – the Gunhawk. Wounds caused by the Blade never heal, so Gunhawk had the enchanted metal melted down and forged into something more to his liking: six bullets.... six bullets that could kill the Wolverine! After years of scouring the Old West in a quest to eliminate his father and prove that he is the best there is at what they do, Gunhawk finally finds James in Cuba. He aims to rid the world of the runt that sired him once and for all, and he's willing to kill Teddy Roosevelt to do it! 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #7
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“BOXING WITH CLAWS”
The year was 1898 and they were the Yihequan, which roughly translated means “The Righteous and Harmonious Fists” or "Boxers United in Righteousness." Members of this secret society claimed to be invulnrable to cannons, rifles, and knives. The most powerful of them actually were... and they wanted nothing more than to excise foreign imperialists from China! Diplomats, foreign civilians, and even Chinese Christians were trapped and besieged in a small section of Beijing. An Eight-Nation Alliance comprised of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States opposed the boxers – and Japan suggested employing the same unkillable veterans they used years ago – James Howlett and Victor Creed! But if they want to rescue the hostages and defeat the Boxer's incredibley powerful leader, Manchu General Rangu, they'll have to team up with America's agent – the cowboy vigilante, Two-Gun Kid! But can this unlikely alliance stay together when they discover the true source of the Boxers' power?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #8
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“HOW THE WEST WAS SNIKT”
In 1881, Tombstone, Arizona was a turbulent and vulnerable mining town that had just begun to flourish. Outlaws were only kept at bay by the famed vigilante, Two-Gun Kid. But when the infamous Gunhawk, self-proclaimed best there is at what he does, arrives in town, it becomes apparent that mere gunslinging won't be enough to take down the black-hatted bounty hunter rumored to be unkillable. The Two-Gun Kid must use both his skills as a cowboy and as a lawyer to find out who the violent stranger really is, but his investigation inadvenrtantly attracts the attention of the immortal hunter of immortals... the vampire-like Bloodscream! As the inevitable confrontation between these villains threatens to tear Tombstone apart, Two-Gun Kid calls upon the Phantom Rider and Kid Colt for support! But the only one who may truly be able to save the town is Gunhawk's absentee father... James Howlett!
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #9
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“YOUNG MAN LOGAN”
It was 1849 and it had been three years since James and Victor fled the Howlett estate in Alberta. At the height of the Gold Rush, the teenage boys found themselves making their way to the mountains of California where they would be taken in by an unexpected mentor: John C. "Grizzly" Adams - a hunter, trapper, and mutant with the power to turn into a mighty bear! Although they would learn much from Adams over the months, the greatest lesson would be in survival. The boys would survive when Adams was possessed by the malevolent Demon Bear, but could they keep their mentor alive in a kill or be killed situation? Or were their claws the only solution they knew?
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #10
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“ONE, TWO, LOGAN'S COMING FOR YOU...”
***A Nightmare on Graymalkin Lane*** 
It was 1984 and Charles Xavier's nightmare was about to come true. For years, he feared a mutant would commit an atrocity and turn humanity irreversibly against his kind. Thanks to Cerebro, Charles now knows that the infamous Springwood Slasher and current fugitive from justice, Freddy Krueger, is a mutant! The only consolation is that the public doesn't know... yet! And they can't be allowed to find out! Charles resolves to find Freddy, who is believed to be hiding somewhere in Southern Canada, before the authorities do, but he can't do it alone. Can the man calling himself Logan be convinced to leave his log cabin and help? And does Charles really want his assistance, or will Logan have a more lethal solution for dealing with the child murderer? Will Logan make a bloody choice that will literally come back to haunt him? 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #11
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“URGENT FURY”
In 1983, Operation Urgent Fury was the codename for a U.S.–led invasion of Grenada. While more than 7,600 troops prepared to land on the island intent on deposing General Austin, head of the revolutionary military council that disbanded the previous government six days earlier, Weapon X’s Team X was sent in with a much different mission – eliminate the General, then tag and bag the unusual number of mutants in Austin’s employ! But when James Howlett has his target within striking distance, the man who usurped control of Grenada reveals that he brought the mutants to his island for one reason… to protect them from Weapon X! What else doesn't James know? What the General has to tell him will change his life forever! See how the man who would be Wolverine split with Weapon X, and the unbelievable beginning of his decades-long feud with his brother, Sabretooth! 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #12
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“THE APLHA OF THE OMEGA”
Who was Arkady Rossovich? After the Iron Curtain descended on Europe, a variety of “so called” minorities from the Crimea, Caucasus, Bulgaria, Armenia and similar countries were rounded up and shipped to Siberia. The official justification for these deportations was alleged collaboration with their former Nazi oppressors and resistance to Soviet control. One of these minorities was an albino boy. In the harsh and unforgiving endless winter of Siberia, that boy would become a man and discover his true gift to the world – death. His “death spores” could weaken or kill anybody in his vicinity, drawing their strength into himself... as his family would discover. The Solviets made him a weapon. Then they made him a Super Soldier. This is his story. This is the bloody and tragic origin of Omega Red. 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #13
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“CAPTAIN CANADA AND THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN” Part One “CANUCK YOU!”
On 10 September 1939, Canada declared war on Germany, the country’s first independent declaration of war. By late 1943, the 1st Canadian Division was preparing to join the Allies in the invasion of mainland Italy. And since it worked so well for the Yanks, leading the way were none other than Captain Canada and his ever-faithful sidekick, Runt! Their mission: march into Rome and slug Facist leader Benito “Il Duce” Mussolini in the jaw! But did the canucks make a mistake when they turned the morally ambiguous Victor Creed into a maple leaf-spangled hero? Can James “Runt” Howlett keep him in line? And are any of them prepared to confront Hitler’s gift to his Italian allies… the vampiric Baron Blood and his legion of the undead? 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #14
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“CAPTAIN CANADA AND THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN” Part Two “SCONFIGGERE I FASCISTI, EH”
By September 3, 1943, the Allies were moving from a captured Sicily into mainland Italy. The Grand Council of Fascism had turned upon their leader, Benito “Il Duce” Mussolini, and appointed Pietro Badoglio to replace him. Sensing inevitable defeat, Badoglio signed an armistice with the allies. This enraged Hitler and instigated Operation Achse – the German takeover of Italy! Leading the Operation was none other than Baron Blood, who used his vampiric legionnaires to free Mussolini and place him back in power. Now, transformed into a creature of the night, Mussolini looks to crush the Italian traitors and allied invaders of his homeland once and for all... and devour their blood like it was tomato sauce! Standing in his way is the 1st Canadian Division lead by none other than Captain Canada and his trusty sidekick, Runt! But when Victor Creed's more sadistic personality traits come to light and make it evident that he should not have been the man chosen to wear the colors of the great nation of Canada, can James “Runt” Howlett fight both his brother and an army of fascist vampires? 
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LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #15
WOLVERINE travels the OREGON TRAIL!'''
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“YOUNG MAN LOGAN: TRAIL OF FEARS”
Logan has died of dysentery. Again. Fresh from fleeing their estate in Canada, in 1948 Logan and Victor embark on the most perilous journey of their young lives – the Oregon Trail! But if they try to ford the Snake River, their oxen and party might die... and they don't have a healing factor that brings them back! Despite all the other dangers, the biggest threat is the buffalo. Slaughtered mercilessly by emigrants, their animal spirts have arisen again – to make sure that no one makes it to Oregon alive!
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #16
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“NO ESCAPE” 
The Orgeon Trail. The Frontier. The Civil War. Imperial Japan. The Wild West. The Boxer Rebellion. World War I & II. East Germany. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Cuba. The Canadian wilderness. Grenada. Through it all, Logan has carved his legend across the greatest conflicts of the past two centuries, but how long can his legend last? In 2017 during his first term in office, President Kelly resinstated and expanded the Sentinel Program under the guidance of his puppetter, the half-Sentinel Bastion. By Kelly's fifth term, the United States has become a totalitarian theocratic police state run by the Purifiers. As the leader of the rebellion, Wolverine has no choice – he has to kill President Kelly and expose Bastion's control of the nation. But most of his X-Men are gone, and to commit the ultimate crime, he'll have to recruit the ultimate criminals. Enter Snake Plissken, disillusioned war hero, and Snake's partner - the one man Logan never thought he'd team up with again... his brother, Sabretooth!
 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
nov 2015
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #17
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“NO CHOICE” 
Experience Wolverine's very first dramatic brush with death... before he was even born! In 1832 the affluent aristocrat Elizabeth Howlett had become pregnant - but her husband John, long away on business, was not the father. She'd been seduced by the lowly grounds-keeper, Thomas Logan, and was carrying his bastard. Her deepest fear: that everyone in and around her lavish Canadian estate would know the truth. Dare she seek to terminate the pregnancy when Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough had criminalized the act in the commonwealth and made it a capital offense? In this very special issue, the shameful history of abortions in the first half of the 19th century is explored as Elizabeth strives to keep her efforts secret at all costs - even when challenged by the fetus' latent healing powers!
 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
dec 2015
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #18
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“BLOOD FOR BLOOD”
***Age of Avengers Tie-In***
[i]5 years later...[/i]
A man-made virus has caused the near complete extinction of the mutant race. Those who survived were driven underground. Only the healers could remain on the surface world. Only the healers could seek revenge...
Wolverine, Deadpool, X-23, and Sabretooth lead the Unmerciful X-Force, which counts among its number non-mutants like Storm Shadow and Snake Plissken, in a bloody campaign of retribution. Their ultimate target: Hank Pym. Once a hero, Pym is more machine than man now, twisted and evil, consumed by his most horrific invention - Ultron. His murderous actions were unthinkable, and although Wolverine can't bring the scores of dead mutants back, with adamantium claws... he can damn sure avenge them. But was Pym acting on someone else's orders? Who was really behind the mutant genocide?
 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
jan 2016
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #19
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“DOWN IN A COAL MINE”
In 1984, it had been only a few months since James Howlett parted ways with Weapon X and his half-brother, Victor. Victor did not take the perceived abandonment well. Without James' stabilizing influence, his bloodlust ran rampant and even Weapon X began seeing him as a liability. At this point, only one person is ruthless and cold enough to employ his services... Margaret Thatcher! The U.K. Mineworkers Union had orchestrated a massive strike and Thatch' wants those commie union leaders put down. Hard. Enter Sabretooth! But how much blood is the Conservative Party willing to wade through to get their coal? And once Sabretooth is unleashed, the union leaders will be forced to turn to an even darker protector - the vampire-like Bloodsream! They're fighting in a coal mine, and someone's going down, down, down...
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
feb 2016
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #20
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“ONCE BITTEN”
The South American Nation of San Diablo has seemingly always had a vampire problem (see THUNDERBOLTS #7, on sale now!), but this is where it all began! In 1945 Benito Mussolini was shot and his body was hung on meathooks for public display in Milan, where citizens spat upon and threw stones at him. Unbeknownst to the Italian Partisans who believed they had executed the fascist, Mussolini had already been transformed into a creature of the night by Nazi bloodsucker Baron Blood (see LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #14). He survived, and like many Axis commanders, fled to South America. He brought his curse with him. But before Benito can fill the jungles with undead, Victor "Captain Canada" Creed and his trusty sidekick James "Runt" Howlett look to bring him to justice! When that mission goes FUBAR, will the bloody consequences caused by Creed's ultra-violent tendencies ensure that he's never fit to wear the Maple Leaf again? 
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
march 2016
LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #21
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DECLAN SHALVEY
“LEGENDS NEVER DIE”
***The Heightened Sense Shattering Final Issue!***
Omega Climion 6 was one of the first planets to be colonized by America in the first half of the 21st century. But after distance and politics caused it to fall into isolated squalor, it became colloquially known as “Berserker World” - a backwards, desperate place ruled through fear by a brutal despot - Old Man Creed. At the height of his reign of terror, Creed could kill the people, but try as he might, he couldn't kill the stories... the stories that inspired revolution. The stories of Old Man Creed's greatest enemy, who never yielded in his vendetta against the tyrant. The stories of the man whose thirst for vengeance was so powerful that it forced Creed to flee the Earth. The oppressed people of Berserker World believe they can be like this man. In his name, their bones will be unbreakable. They will recover from any wound. Their blades will cut through anything. They will wade through the blood and make Creed pay. They will rise up and honor the memory... of the Legendary Wolverine!
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==Gallery==
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