Death of Wolverine

"Death of Wolverine" is a 2014 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. The story has grown from both volume 5 (Marvel Now!) and volume 6 (All-New Marvel Now!) of the Wolverine main series.^[1]

Premise

The start of the storyline (Wolverine Volume 5 #5) details how a virus from the microverse caused Wolverine's mutant healing factor to burn out and stop working, allowing enemies from his past to finally attempt to kill him.

The main series is followed by a number of aftermath mini series that chronicle Wolverine's friends and family as they come to terms with the death of Logan. These series form a lead in to the weekly Wolverines title beginning in January 2015.^[2]

Plot

In September and October 2014, the "Death of Wolverine" storyline began after a virus from the microverse turned off Wolverine's healing factor, allowing his enemies to be able to kill him. Heroes such as Mister Fantastic offered to work on finding a means of reactivating his healing factor. When he learned that a bounty had been placed on his head, Logan resolved to find his foe, eventually identifying it as Doctor Abraham Cornelius, the founder of the Weapon X program. After defeating Dr. Cornelius' latest experiment, Wolverine slashed the Adamantium container before it can be infected with Dr. Cornelius' chemicals when Wolverine gets covered in it during the process. Wolverine killed Dr. Cornelius and reflected on his life before he died from suffocation from the hardening Adamantium kneeling in the sunset outside of Dr. Cornelius' base. This leaves Storm in charge of the X-Men and the team is heartbroken over what happened to Wolverine.^[3]

Titles involved

References

External links

• Death of Wolverine at Marvel Wiki