Wolverine and the X-Men (comics)
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Superhero |
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No. of issues | (vol. 1): 42 (vol. 2): 12 |
Main character(s) | X-Men |
Creative team | |
Created by | Jason Aaron Chris Bachalo |
Written by | List
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Penciller(s) | List
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Inker(s) | List
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Colorist(s) | List
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Wolverine and the X-Men is a
Publication history
During the 2011 crossover
The initial issues of Wolverine and the X-Men mainly featured the Jean Grey School and its faculty and students. The main antagonist in the book was a new
The first volume ended in February 2014 at issue #42.[2] It was relaunched as a new volume 2 one week later by Jason Latour as part of the All-New Marvel NOW! event.[3] With the death of Wolverine, the second volume ended with issue 12. It was followed by Spider-Man and the X-Men, a limited series set after Logan's death. In it, Spider-Man leads a Special Class while secretly investigating the students at Wolverine's request.
Synopsis
Volume 1
Regenesis
Angel loses his board seat on Worrthington Industries, due to a corporate coup initiated by the Hellfire Club. Wolverine then realizes he cannot financially keep the school open, so he travels to a casino planet with Quinton Quire. Kitty Pryde, who has found herself mysteriously pregnant with Brood must defend the school from a mysterious bounty hunter named Dr. Xanto Starblood. Wolverine does not make it back with the casino winnings, but it turns out Krakoa can create diamonds, so the school does not have any more financial problems.[5]
Alpha & Omega
Avengers vs X-Men
Soon the war between the Avengers and X-Men comes to the school. Wolverine initially stays neutral, but Cyclops comes to school to secretly recruit
Marvel Now
Angel has returned to his family's Worthington Industries and hires Murdock to prove the executives were planning to illegally obtain control. With the directors fired, Angel hires students from his A.P. economics class as his new board of directors. Angel is no longer interested in his business and decides to recruit new mutants for the school, he eventually travels to Brazil to enroll Iara Dos Santos, a.k.a. Shark-Girl after a scuffle with Mystique and Silver Samurai.
Kilgore then established the
Broo wakes up from his coma in a feral state. Wolverine decides to take Oya, Jia Jing, Broo, Quentin, Glob Herman, Shark Girl, and
Issue #29 flashes forward 25 years into the future. Wolverine is still headmaster of the school and opens a time capsule. He decides to change the past by sending his younger self a key to a special vault left behind by Dog Logan. Back in the present Oya decides to join the Hellfire Academy. Beast travels to S.W.O.R.D. HQ to enlist the help of Dr. Xanto Starblood in reinstating Broo's mind. Before he can help, The Philistine teleports Starblood and Broo. It turns out the Toad and Quentin have been conspiring to turn Glob and Oya.
HellFire Saga
Quentin Quire and Snot-Boy are teleported to a secret island by The Philistine and start their first day at the
Battle of the Atom
The Jean Grey School is the center of the 10 issue crossover Battle of the Atom event.
Graduation
After the battle of the Atom, Maria Hill visits the school with a flotilla. Wolverine does not respond well to her show of force. He has Quinton hack into S.H.I.E.L.D. database about a sentinel base. The Cuckoo Sisters also notice the hack and Cyclops investigates. Two new students, Joseph and Josephine Bricklemoore join the school, but it turns out that they are double agents working for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mutant liaison, Dazzler, who is actually Mystique. Joseph grows fond of the students and school, but Josephine does not want to fail S.H.I.E.L.D. because they might get sent back to the orphanage where they grew up. The other students figure out they are agents and are taking Mutant Growth Hormone. Josephine wants to fight her way out, but she is stunned by Joseph, who asks Quentin to mind wipe them both. Wolverine and Cyclops defeat the sentinels base and have a heart-to-heart.
Toad gets fired as the school janitor for helping the Hellfire Club. He then helps Baron Maximilian escape the school, but beats up Manuel. Manuel repeats a final message from Toad to Paige Guthrie, the new guidance counselor, who does not remember falling in love with Toad.
Issue 42 begins with graduation ceremony. Quentin is upset he has not become the villain he always thought he will be. The issue incorporates flashforwards to an adult Idie and geriatric Logan. Logan has decided it is time to close the school.
The 2014 Annual takes place during the Infinity Crossover event. It takes place at the Shi'ar School for Superguardians where Kubark is sent back to finish his training after being removed from the Jean Grey School. He is ostracized by other students for being different (he is the last Strontian and only member of his class, since classes are based on race). As the Builders attack the Shi'ar home planet all the sub-guardians, or students, are sent to battle, except Gladiator orders four Warbirds to guard Kubark back on the planet. Kubark breaks free from his wardens and joins the fray. He earns the respect of his fellow students after destroying a Builder battle ship and even steals a kiss from a female Smasher. His father relates to his solitude and allows him to return to the Jean Grey School.
Volume 2
Tomorrow Never Learns
Edan Younge, CEO of the mysterious Phoenix Corporation, tries to recruit Quentin Quire and sends Faithful John to the school to kill Evan in order to prevent him from becoming Apocalypse. The team travels to the future with Fantomex to find out Quentin becomes the new Phoenix Force. With the help of Cyclops and new student Nature Girl, Faithful John is defeated, Evan is saved, and Edan Younge is killed. However, Quentin becomes the new CEO of Phoenix and abandons the school.
Melita Gardner begins writing a biography on Wolverine's life and interviews the students. In a last ditch effort to turn him from an evil path, Wolverine infiltrates a Hellfire Club party and confronts Quentin with Magneto's helmet for psychic protection, but fails. Storm returns later and destroys the party pretending to be under Quentin's control, thus putting him on probation with the Hellfire Club and undermining his plans.
Characters
Jean Grey School for Higher Learning
Faculty | |||
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Headmistress | |||
Storm | |||
Senior Staff | |||
Iceman | Northstar
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Rachel Grey | |
Firestar
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Nightcrawler | ||
Junior Staff | |||
Chamber | Frenzy | Husk | |
Warbird | |||
Adjunct Staff | |||
Deathlok Prime | Doop | Toad | |
Recruiter | |||
Angel | |||
Students | |||
Benjamin Deeds | Blindfold | Bling!
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Broo
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Cipher | Crosta | |
Dust | Ernst
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Eye-Boy
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Face | Genesis | Gentle | |
Glob Herman
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Goldballs | Graymalkin | |
Hellion
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Hijack | Indra
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Kid Gladiator | Match
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Mercury | |
No-Girl
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Nature Girl
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Oya | |
Primal | Rockslide | Scorpion Boy | |
Shark-Girl | Sprite (Jia Jing) | Stepford Cuckoos (Celeste, Mindee, and Phoebe) | |
Surge | Trance | Transonic
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Triage | Velocidad
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Ziggy Karst | |
Other Characters | |||
Anole | Armor | Cecilia Reyes | |
Colossus | ForgetMeNot | Jubilee | |
Kid Omega
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Krakoa, "grandson" of the original Krakoa. | M | |
Magik | Pixie | Psylocke | |
Dr. Kavita Rao
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Collected editions
Volume 1 (2011 series)
Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 1 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #1–4 | May 2, 2012 | 978-0785156796 |
Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega | Wolverine & the X-Men: Alpha & Omega (vol. 1) #1–5 | July 2012 | 978-0785164005 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 2 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #5–8 | September 5, 2012 | 978-0785156819 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 3 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #9–13 | October 10, 2012 | 978-0785159995 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 4 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #14–18 | January 8, 2013 | 978-0785165422 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 5 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #19–24 | July 16, 2013 | 978-0785165774 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 6 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #25–29 | September 24, 2013 | 978-0785165996 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 7 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #30–35 | October 2013 | 978-0785166009 |
X-Men: Battle of the Atom | X-Men: Battle of the Atom (vol. 1) #1–2; All-New X-Men (vol. 1) 16–17; X-Men (vol. 4) #5–6; Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) #12–13; Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #36–37 | January 21, 2014 | Hardcover: 978-0785189060
Paperback: 978-1846535727 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 8 | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #38–42; Wolverine and the X-Men Annual (vol. 1) #1 | September 24, 2013 | 978-0785166016 |
Wolverine & the X-Men by Jason Aaron Omnibus | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 1) #1–35 & 38–42; Wolverine and the X-Men Annual (vol. 1) #1 | June 17, 2014 | 978-0785190240 |
Volume 2 (2014 series)
Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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Wolverine and the X-Men, Volume 1: Tomorrow Never Learns | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 2) #1–6 | November 18, 2014 | Paperback: 978-0785189923 |
Wolverine and the X-Men, Volume 2: Death of Wolverine | Wolverine and the X-Men (vol. 2) #7–12 | February 17, 2015 | Paperback: 978-0785189930 |
References
- ^ "Aaron & Bradshaw Enroll "Wolverine & the X-Men" In Marvel NOW". Comic Book Resources. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ ""Wolverine and the X-Men" Set to End in February". Comic Book Resources. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "A New Semester Begins for Wolverine and the X-Men". IGN. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 1
- ^ Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 2
- ^ Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 3 & 4
- ^ Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 5
External links
- Wolverine and the X-Men at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)