Marvel's Wolverine dies this September

“The Best There Is At What He Does” faces his greatest battle this September, and it looks like comic book fans and readers will be seeing the untimely end of one of the most prevalent superheroes in recent memory.

 

After months of teasing and systematically downgrading the character’s unique abilities, Marvel is preparing to kill off the mutant Logan – who’s better known by his codename and alias  “Wolverine”. Since losing his mutant healing factor in the storyline “Killable”, the X-Men’s most ferocious member has been searching for cure, chronicled in the currently ongoing summer storyline “3 Months to Die”. With the circumstances grim and outlook worse, Wolverine has to compensate for his lost powers by adopting a new set of fighting skills and costume, which is reflected in the new ongoing series that relaunched a few months ago as part of the “Marvel NOW!” banner.

 

Now, it looks like Wolverine is about to meet his fate, as Marvel has officially announced that the entire saga will wrap up with a four-part miniseries called “The Death of Wolverine”, which is slated for release each week through the entire month of September. To be written by Charles Soule with art by Steve McNiven, readers will find out how Logan will meet his maker, hopefully going off in a manner that befits the hundred-year old mutant whose near-immortal existence has seen him become a hunter, samurai, X-Man, and Avenger.

 

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Marvel executive editor Michael Marts said: “For a long time, no mater who Wolverine was battling, he’s been the eternal victor. He almost always come out on top. Now he finally comes up against an adversary that he cannot win against, he cannot fight. What does that mean for this character who’s been around for hundred years?”

 

First appearing in October 1974 on the pages of The Incredible Hulk #180 before fully debuting as an adversary to the jade giant in the following issue, Wolverine has been around for almost 40 years, and has been a popular character and member of  Marvel’s heroic mutant superteam called the “X-Men”. The character has also been portrayed by Australian actor Hugh Jackman in six successful X-Men films by 20th Century Fox, including 2013’s The Wolverine and this year’s upcoming mutant ensemble film “X-Men: Days of Future Past”. 

 

With the issue of “death” being questioned in comics and happening on the eve of his 40th Anniversary, one has to wonder how long Wolverine will stay dead... And what Marvel will do following his demise. (Source: Popwatch and SuperheroHype) — TJD, GMA News