Wolverine and Hulk may be longtime enemies, but next year these two heroes will be teaming up to battle the one foe who shares all of their powers, Weapon H.
Today Marvel announced Hulkverines, a new three-issue miniseries that pits Wolverine and Hulk against the genetically engineered monster with the strength of Hulk, the unbreakable claws of Wolverine and the savage ferocity of both heroes. You can get a taste of the epic battle to come by checking out Greg Land’s cover to issue #1 below:
Art by Greg Land. (Marvel Comics)
Hulkverines will be written by Weapon H writer Greg Pak. Issue #1 will be drawn by current Weapon H artist Ario Anindito, with issue #2 handled by Guiu Villanova (Punisher: War Machine). The series will make its debut in February 2019. Marvel hasn’t confirmed whether the series will replace the current Weapon H comic, and we’ve reached out to the publisher for comment.
One interesting thing to note – while Wolverine recently gained a new costume in the Return of Wolverine miniseries, this cover suggests that he’ll soon be reverting to his traditional Astonishing X-Men costume after that story wraps up.
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\r\nSensing one final chance to rid the world of the evil posed by Weapon X, Logan defeated Cornelius\u0027 latest creation, Sharp, and destroyed his lab, accidentally covering himself in molten adamantium in the process. The dying Logan had just enough time to deliver the killing blow to Cornelius before collapsing and suffocating inside his metal prison. His own body became a monument to his life and legacy.”,”height”:656,”width”:1165,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/03-1536111978824.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/03-1536111978824_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”04″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Death of Wolverine was just the beginning of Soule\u0027s Wolverine saga. 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Even in her worst moments, the new Wolverine could rest easy knowing that she was living up to her father\u0027s example and proving that a person born and bred to be a weapon can become something more.”,”height”:710,”width”:1262,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/07-1536111978835.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/07-1536111978835_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”08″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”2017\u0027s Marvel Legacy #1 ushered in the next chapter in Wolverine\u0027s story. That book revealed that Logan was alive and well again, somehow escaping his adamantium prison. What\u0027s more, he was carrying one of the six Infinity Stones. The exact nature of his return wasn\u0027t made immediately clear, but eventually readers learned that his body had been removed from the adamantium months before by Kitty Pryde and secretly buried elsewhere. As for the Time Stone, Logan didn\u0027t hang onto that elusive prize for long before passing it along to Black Widow.”,”height”:560,”width”:997,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/08-1536111978837.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/08-1536111978837_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”09″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Marvel Legacy #1 may have revealed that Logan was again among the living, but it didn\u0027t answer questions like how he came back to life or why he continues to keep a low profile rather than returning to the X-Men. 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\r\nIn the end, none of these four groups was able to fully solve the mystery of Wolverine\u0027s return. At best, they were able to confirm that Logan is back, and that his fate is inextricably linked to a mysterious corporation known as Soteira. Soteira\u0027s leader, a mysterious villain named Persephone, has stolen a copy of Mister Sinister\u0027s genetic database and begun killing new mutants before their powers begin manifesting. Persephone is also currently holding Wolverine captive.”,”height”:699,”width”:1243,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/09-1536111978838.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/09-1536111978838_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:10,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”The next (and final) phase of the story that began with Wolverine\u0027s death will be chronicled in a miniseries called Return of Wolverine. This series, from writer Charles Soule and artists Steve McNiven and Declan Shalvey, will answer all remaining questions surrounding Logan\u0027s return and his connection to Persephone. This series will also introduce a new costume for Wolverine as well as a new power, as Logan\u0027s claws can now heat up whenever he gets especially angry.\r\n
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\r\nAs for the heroes who took up the Wolverine mantle in his absence, expect big changes on that front, too. Laura Kinney has already retired the Wolverine name and reverted to her original X-23 moniker. With Old Man Logan, Marvel will soon be relaunching his comic as \u0022Dead Man Logan.\u0022 As the title suggests, this aged hero will be confronting his own imminent demise and trying to settle all remaining scores (including taking revenge on Mysterio). It seems that one Wolverine can\u0027t return without another Wolverine being eliminated.”,”height”:719,”width”:1279,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/10-1536111978842.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/10-1536111978842_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:11,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Wolverine\u0027s return has become even more complicated thanks to The Avengers #10. This issue reveals that there are actually two different versions of Wolverine active in the Marvel Universe – the one introduced in Marvel Legacy #1 and the one featured in the Return of Wolverine miniseries. The former is currently wielding the power of the Phoenix Force and has traveled back in time to warn Loki of an impending disaster. The latter version is the one who actually died and was restored to life by Persephone. Expect these two Wolverines to establish an uneasy coexistence in the months to come, as one rejoins the X-Men and the other fights battles on a grand, cosmic scale.”,”height”:698,”width”:1241,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/11\/15\/01a2c2afad1e535f914066d7a31552fa583de193f0-1542295968514.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/11\/15\/01a2c2afad1e535f914066d7a31552fa583de193f0-1542295968514_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:12,”albumTotalCount”:12}]’
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\r\nSensing one final chance to rid the world of the evil posed by Weapon X, Logan defeated Cornelius\u0027 latest creation, Sharp, and destroyed his lab, accidentally covering himself in molten adamantium in the process. The dying Logan had just enough time to deliver the killing blow to Cornelius before collapsing and suffocating inside his metal prison. His own body became a monument to his life and legacy.”,”height”:656,”width”:1165,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/03-1536111978824.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/03-1536111978824_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”04″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Death of Wolverine was just the beginning of Soule\u0027s Wolverine saga. It was quickly followed up by a weekly series called Wolverines, which brought together X-23, Daken, Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike and Mystique in a quest to honor the memory of their fallen friend\/enemy. That put them in conflict with Mister Sinister, who stole Logan\u0027s metal-encased body in an attempt to harness its latent genetic potential. The X-Men recovered the body and placed it inside Logan\u0027s remote Canadian cabin so he could finally rest in peace.”,”height”:674,”width”:1199,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/04-1536111978826.jpeg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/04-1536111978826_{size}.jpeg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”05″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”The Wolverines comic nearly culminated in the resurrection of Wolverine himself. 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This also paved the way for a new Old Man Logan series, one which has followed his efforts to ensure that his hellish future never comes to pass.”,”height”:1159,”width”:2061,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/06-1536111978833.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/06-1536111978833_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”07″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Even as Old Man Logan started making his mark on the Marvel Universe, Laura Kinney also took it upon herself to honor her \u0022father.\u0022 She took up the mantle of Wolverine in 2015\u0027s All-New Wolverine. Over the course of several years, the series followed her journey towards accepting her new status as a superhero and her growing bond with her clone sister, Gabby. Even in her worst moments, the new Wolverine could rest easy knowing that she was living up to her father\u0027s example and proving that a person born and bred to be a weapon can become something more.”,”height”:710,”width”:1262,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/07-1536111978835.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/07-1536111978835_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”08″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”2017\u0027s Marvel Legacy #1 ushered in the next chapter in Wolverine\u0027s story. That book revealed that Logan was alive and well again, somehow escaping his adamantium prison. What\u0027s more, he was carrying one of the six Infinity Stones. The exact nature of his return wasn\u0027t made immediately clear, but eventually readers learned that his body had been removed from the adamantium months before by Kitty Pryde and secretly buried elsewhere. As for the Time Stone, Logan didn\u0027t hang onto that elusive prize for long before passing it along to Black Widow.”,”height”:560,”width”:997,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/08-1536111978837.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/08-1536111978837_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:”09″,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Marvel Legacy #1 may have revealed that Logan was again among the living, but it didn\u0027t answer questions like how he came back to life or why he continues to keep a low profile rather than returning to the X-Men. 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\r\nIn the end, none of these four groups was able to fully solve the mystery of Wolverine\u0027s return. At best, they were able to confirm that Logan is back, and that his fate is inextricably linked to a mysterious corporation known as Soteira. Soteira\u0027s leader, a mysterious villain named Persephone, has stolen a copy of Mister Sinister\u0027s genetic database and begun killing new mutants before their powers begin manifesting. Persephone is also currently holding Wolverine captive.”,”height”:699,”width”:1243,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/09-1536111978838.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/09-1536111978838_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:10,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”The next (and final) phase of the story that began with Wolverine\u0027s death will be chronicled in a miniseries called Return of Wolverine. This series, from writer Charles Soule and artists Steve McNiven and Declan Shalvey, will answer all remaining questions surrounding Logan\u0027s return and his connection to Persephone. This series will also introduce a new costume for Wolverine as well as a new power, as Logan\u0027s claws can now heat up whenever he gets especially angry.\r\n
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\r\nAs for the heroes who took up the Wolverine mantle in his absence, expect big changes on that front, too. Laura Kinney has already retired the Wolverine name and reverted to her original X-23 moniker. With Old Man Logan, Marvel will soon be relaunching his comic as \u0022Dead Man Logan.\u0022 As the title suggests, this aged hero will be confronting his own imminent demise and trying to settle all remaining scores (including taking revenge on Mysterio). It seems that one Wolverine can\u0027t return without another Wolverine being eliminated.”,”height”:719,”width”:1279,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/10-1536111978842.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/09\/05\/10-1536111978842_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:11,”albumTotalCount”:12},{“caption”:”Wolverine\u0027s return has become even more complicated thanks to The Avengers #10. This issue reveals that there are actually two different versions of Wolverine active in the Marvel Universe – the one introduced in Marvel Legacy #1 and the one featured in the Return of Wolverine miniseries. The former is currently wielding the power of the Phoenix Force and has traveled back in time to warn Loki of an impending disaster. The latter version is the one who actually died and was restored to life by Persephone. Expect these two Wolverines to establish an uneasy coexistence in the months to come, as one rejoins the X-Men and the other fights battles on a grand, cosmic scale.”,”height”:698,”width”:1241,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/11\/15\/01a2c2afad1e535f914066d7a31552fa583de193f0-1542295968514.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/11\/15\/01a2c2afad1e535f914066d7a31552fa583de193f0-1542295968514_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”The Death and Resurrection of Wolverine Recapped”,”relativePosition”:12,”albumTotalCount”:12}]’
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February appears to be the month Marvel opens the floodgates in terms of new Wolverine appearances. We recently learned that Wolverine will be the focus of a new serialized flashback story in Marvel Comics Presents. And earlier this week Marvel announced Wolverine: Infinity Watch #1, teasing that Wolverine might soon wield the power of the Infinity Gauntlet. Logan is definitely keeping busy in the new year.
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