Wolverine

Name: Wolverine
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ISBN: 9798765138762

Weapon X

Jim Rugg (Writer and Artist, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
11 June 2026

Graphic novel & Manga artwork; Graphic novels: superheroes; Cultural studies; Game Worlds

Series: Marvel Age of Comics

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends

Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain - this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc Weapon X.

This was more than just the tale of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton and claws. Legendary creator Barry Windsor-Smith challenged fans’ expectations of super hero stories and created Marvel’s most brutal and beautiful comic.

In 1991, when Weapon X was first published, Wolverine was one of Marvel’s most popular super heroes. For Weapon X, creator Windsor-Smith reimagined the super hero origin story as a cyberpunk horror story. A shadowy organization abducts Wolverine in order to create “the ultimate killing machine,” and we are plunged into a story of basic, animalistic survival. As Wolverine endures more and more trauma, the lines between reality and consciousness disappear.

Illustrated with full-color art from this legendary storyline, Jim Rugg’s entry in the Marvel Age of Comics takes a deep-dive into one of Marvel’s most experimental and singular comics, and what many consider to be the definitive Wolverine story.

By: Jim Rugg (Writer and Artist USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9798765138762
Series: Marvel Age of Comics
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 11 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Naked + Deadly 2. Story 3. Wolverine 1991 4. Creator 5. Storytelling 6. Violence 7. Cast of Characters 8. Animals + Monsters 9. Setting 10. Color 11. Production + Process 12. Legacy

Jim Rugg is an Eisner and Ignatz Award winning cartoonist, designer, zinemaker, and illustrator. His books include Hulk Grand Design (2022), the Street Angel series, the PLAIN Janes (2020), Octobriana 1976 (2020), Supermag (2013), and Afrodisiac (2010). He is the co-creator of YouTube’s Cartoonist Kayfabe channel. His comics are part of the Smithsonian permanent collection and the National Archives and he taught visual storytelling at the School of Visual Arts and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. Rugg lives and draws in Pittsburgh.

Reviews for Wolverine: Weapon X

A passionate and insightful celebration of one Marvel’s boldest stories ever told. Jim Rugg wonderfully breaks down what made Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X such a pivotal moment in comics in a way that is rewarding to longtime fans as well as newcomers to the tale. * Capes & Tights *