Marvel Comics has announced Wolverine: Black, White & Blood. The new book will take an anthology approach, which each issue containing three adventures from the character’s long, storied history. Each issue will be done mostly in black and white, with red peppered in to signify the blood.
Issue #1 features stories from Gerry Duggan and Adam Kubert. They take us through an encounter and a new revelation from Wolverine’s shattered memories. Matthew Rosenberg and Joshua Cassara will take readers on an explosive deep-cover spy mission from Wolverine’s association with Nick Fury. After that, head into the wilds with writer/artist Declan Shalvey as Logan finds himself in the crossfire of a deadly trap.
“I can’t stress how exciting it is getting all of these pages from the absolutely killer level of talent assembled for this book,” series editor Mark Basso said. “It’s become a hype cliché, but you’ve really never seen anything quite like this from Marvel Comics. And you’ve only seen a fraction of the first issue…”
Some early artwork has been released, previewing the carnage. Have a look.
“Writing ‘Snikt!’ into a script is always a blast,” Duggan said. “And collaborating with the great Adam Kubert is always a joy. Adam and Logan are one of the best pairs in comics, and I’m lucky to be along on this ride. BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD is something special.”
“I’ve had a fairly long association with Wolverine, but artistically WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD eclipses them all,” Kubert said.
“Growing up, my older brother had a pile of the original MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS books and I loved the short stories about Wolverine,” Cassara said. “I feel like this book carries on in that spirit and I’m living out my childhood dream of drawing him here. But with more blood.”
“This is a real career highlight for me,” Shalvey said. “I’ve written Old Man Logan, I’ve drawn RETURN OF WOLVERINE, but getting to write and draw Wolverine in a moody, stripped down story is a real jewel in my crown, as it were. Not only that, but to showcase my work in black and white with the added tool of a stylized red really opens up interesting storytelling possibilities. I get to take a stab (pun intended) at one of my absolute favorite characters and depict him in a more definitive way.”
Vita Ayala, Chris Claremont, Saladin Ahmed, Donny Cates, Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Greg Land, Salvador Larroca, Kev Walker, Chris Bachalo, Leonard Kirk and more are set to contribute to future issues.
Wolverine: Black, White & Blood hits shelves in November.
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