Spinning directly out of X-MEN: SCHISM, the X-Men are split in two. In the oversized debut issue of the new ongoing flagship X-series, Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises up his sleeve. But when the new Hellfire Club decides they don't like what the ol' Canucklehead has started, and decide to burn the place to the ground, will the school even outlast its first day? COLLECTING: Wolverine & The X-Men 1-4
After surviving the new Hellfire Club's opening salvo, Wolverine and the X-Men face a crisis of a different kind: funding for the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Wolverine's only option to keep the school open is a trip across the universe to bet everything at an intergalactic casino. Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde's pregnant - but has no idea how. And a Brood-hunting monster has come from space to take out his target at the Jean Grey School, and he'll kill anyone who gets in his way - which is just about everyone on the Logan-less campus. Plus: the new Hellfire Club wants another shot at destroying everything Wolverine has ever loved - and they've hired Sabretooth to make that a reality! COLLECTING: Wolverine & The X-Men 5-8
He's the best there is at what he does...and Wolverine's not so bad, either. Writer Jason Aaron's (PUNISHERMAX) acclaimed and character-defining Wolverine run continues in this second volume! Joined by some of comics' top artists, Aaron puts Wolverine through his paces: fighting the bizarre "living religion" Allgod, battling his way back to sanity from within Dr. Rot's corrupt asylum, facing unstoppable Deathlok assassins from the future...not to mention getting a girlfriend and grappling with the loss of his best friend! Plus, the double threats of Norman Osborn and Mystique! COLLECTING: DARK REIGN: THE LIST - WOLVERINE 1; WOLVERINE: WEAPON X 6-16; DARK X-MEN: THE BEGINNING 3, ALL-NEW WOLVERINE SAGA
Collects Wolverine & The X-Men #30-35.Students at the Jean Grey School are missing, and a furious Wolverine and Rachel Summers intensify their search for the all-new Hellfire Club. Meanwhile, Beast goes to the S.W.O.R.D. orbital HQ to ask an X-Villain for help with Broo's sad state - but nothing ever goes as easily as the X-Men hope. The storyline that's been building for over a year is finally, explosively here! The Hellfire Saga begins now!
When a private military contractor obtains the Weapon X protocols used to craft his Adamantium-laced skeleton, Wolverine races around the globe to confront the newly created group of extremely dangerous mercenaries.
Just when he thought he was out, Chinatown pulled him back in! Wolverine's been to Hell and back - literally - and now he's ready for a fresh start. But before he can move on, he'll need to take care of some old business - as the secret kingpin of Chinatown - when an underground drug-trafficking ring threatens to tear San Francisco apart. As the bodies pile up and Wolverine stabs his way toward the truth, he and his allies - including the crass Agent of Atlas known as Gorilla-Man and the indulgent Immortal Weapon called Fat Cobra - come face-to-face with ninja commandos, super-powered maniacs ... and fire-breathing dragons?! Just how deep underground does the war really go? And what old enemies lurk in the darkness? COLLECTING: WOLVERINE 17-20
Collects Wolverine & The X-Men #14-18. AVX tie-in! The final battle begins! The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning has seen its loyalties - and its faculty - divided by the war between the Avengers and the X-Men. But now, with the Phoenix Force corrupting Cyclops' team, Wolverine's mission becomes clear! Yet even with the fate of the Earth itself on the line, Kitty Pryde still has a school to run, and fewer teachers than ever to staff it - or protect its students. With Wolverine, Beast, Iceman, Angel and more gone, can the skeleton crew of Kitty, Doop, Toad and Husk safeguard the students when one of the Phoenix Five shows up on their doorstep?
When Kitty Pryde appears to have become pregnant overnight, Beast, Iceman and Rachel Grey shrink down and enter Kitty's bloodstream to discover the truth behind her...condition! Meanwhile, Wolverine and Kid Omega travel to an intergalactic casino to win enough money to keep the Jean Grey School going! And when a billion Brood invade the school, Kitty, Broo the Broodling and an army of Bamfs must face a new, unstoppable foe! And if all that weren't enough, Sabretooth takes on Beast in the most vicious fight ever set to paper, and Angel undertakes a dangerous repair mission when Wolverine is stricken with a problem nobody ever thought he'd face. Collecting WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #5-8.
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