It’s The Beginning Of The End In Death Of Wolverine #1

They say all good things come to an end, but for years, that didn’t apply to Wolverine. Thanks to his mutant healing factor, Logan has been in some truly hairy situations and lived to tell about all of them.

That’s going to change in just a few months. No longer able to heal from any injury, Wolverine is vulnerable for perhaps the first time in his long career — and his enemies know it. Writer Charles Soule and artist Steve McNiven have been preparing to tell the story of the end of Logan’s life, and it begins in Death of Wolverine #1.

“The basic idea [of Death of Wolverine], is that both Wolverine and the reader will be reflecting on Logan’s life as the story builds to the ending,” Soule said in an interview with Marvel.com. “We’ll get a better understanding of why this guy makes the choices he makes, and the path that led him to where we end up. Each issue is built around a different part of Wolverine’s history, in a loose way, and each has a slightly different feel; we’ve seen a lot of different versions of James Howlett over the years, everything from Patch to Weapon X, and versions of many of them will appear here.”

Even though Wolverine has been a member of nearly every Marvel super team in existence (often several at once, providing fodder for numerous running gags), he’s going to be walking into this battle alone. And with Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike just the tip of a very dangerous iceberg, it’s no wonder that the plan concocted by a foe with a link to his past is going to end in the unthinkable.

Like every issue in this weekly event, Death of Wolverine #1 comes with a “Weapon Etched” foil cover to help get across the magnitude of the story inside. Get a peek at some of McNiven’s work below, and look for the whole issue at your LCS or on digital on September 3.