X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. Directed by Gavin Hood, the film is a prequel to the X-Men film trilogy, focusing on the violent past of the mutant Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and his relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber). The plot also details Wolverine's early encounters with Major William Stryker (Danny Huston), his time with Team X, and the bonding of Wolverine's skeleton with the indestructible metal adamantium during the Weapon X program.
The film was mostly shot in Australia and New Zealand, with Canada also serving as a location. Production and post-production were troubled, with conflicts arising between director Hood and Fox's executives, and an unfinished workprint being leaked on the Internet one month before the film's debut. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was released worldwide on May 1, 2009 and their reviews were generally unfavorable, with critics considering the film and its screenplay uninspired, but praising Hugh Jackman's performance. It opened at the top of the box office, and has grossed $179 million in the United States and Canada and over $373 million worldwide.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 3.3 Effects 3.4 Music 4 Release 4.1 Leaked workprint 4.2 Marketing 4.3 Theatrical run 4.4 Home media 5 Reception 6 References 7 External links ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine ) ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/ ) ( http://www.myspace.com/x-menorigins ) YouTube Trailer:

The Wolverine

The Wolverine is an upcoming American/Australian superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine and is intended to be the sixth installment in the X-Men film series. Hugh Jackman reprises his role from previous films as the title character with James Mangold directing a screenplay written by himself, Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank, and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.
McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film in October 2010. In March 2011, the project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky in June 2011 and Bomback was hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with principal photography beginning at the end of the month in New South Wales before moving to Tokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012.
The Wolverine is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2013, in various international markets, July 25, 2013, in Australia and on July 26, 2013, in the United States.^[3]

Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Pre-production 3.3 Filming 4 Music 5 References 6 External links ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolverine_(film) ) ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430132/ ) ( http://www.thewolverinemovie.com/intlie/ ) YouTube Trailer:

Wolverine - Snikt!

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Info About Wolverine: Snikt!:

Wolverine: Snikt! is a five-issue comic book limited series written and drawn by manga artist Tsutomu Nihei, published by Marvel Comics and starring Wolverine.
The title refers to the sound effect of Wolverine's claws being extended — a metallic noise always written as "snikt".

Plot synopsis

A normal day in New York City. Wolverine is on a walk through Central Park when a girl named Fusa tells him that her people are being massacred. Without further ado, she transports Wolverine to the year 2058, where human beings have all but been rendered extinct by new creatures called Mandates. Fusa asks Wolverine to fight against the Mandates, who are creating programs to process metals, all except adamantium, the metal that coats Wolverine's bones and claws. Wolverine accepts and goes on a mission to the Mandate colony, where the Progenitor (the first and the only Mandate capable of replication) is located. During the mission, Wolverine's team is killed, leaving only Wolverine and The Colonel (an adamantium cyborg). The Colonel makes it easier for Wolverine to reach The Progenitor's weakness: its Orb Core. Once there, Wolverine destroys the Orb Core, causing all the other mandates to be destroyed. In the end, Fusa asks Wolverine to stay in the future, but Wolverine tells her that he belongs to another place and hopes not to see them again (speaking in a positive manner). Fusa then transports Wolverine to the past, where he quotes Jim Morrison: "The future is uncertain and the end is always near".

Collected editions

The series was collected in the trade paperback as Wolverine Legends Volume 5.


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Wolverine - Netsuke

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Info About George Pratt:

George Pratt (b. October 13, 1960, in Beaumont, Texas) is an American painter and illustrator known for his work in the comic book field.

Biography

In 1980, at the age of 19, George Pratt left his native Beaumont, Texas, and moved to New York to study drawing and painting at the Pratt Institute.

Comics

Pratt's first published comics work was for Marvel Comics' Epic Illustrated #20 (1983). Since then, his work has appeared in Heavy Metal, Eagle, and many other publications. He has also inked other artists' work and created painted covers for DC Comics.
In 1990, DC published Pratt's first graphic novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll, which was nominated for both the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award. Enemy Ace: War Idyll has been translated into nine languages and at one point was on the required reading list at West Point.^[1] The book won the France Info Award for Best Foreign Language Graphic Novel, and the British Speakeasy Award for Best Foreign Language Graphic Novel.
Pratt's painted graphic novel Batman: Harvest Breed (DC) was nominated for two Eisner Awards.^{[citation needed]}
The Wolverine: Netsuke limited series for Marvel won Pratt the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist.
As of the late 2000s, Pratt is working on the book See You in Hell, Blind Boy: A Tales of the Blues, based on his research of the Mississippi Delta. With Steven Budlong and James McGillion, Pratt made a documentary film about his Mississippi travels, also called See You in Hell, Blind Boy. The film won Best Feature Documentary at the 1999 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Illustrations

Pratt has done cover and interior illustrations for books published by Bantam Books, Henry Holt, Warner Books, Mojo Press, and Random House, among others.
Pratt has exhibited his work many times at the Society of Illustrators, and is featured in the Society's compendium The Illustrator In America: 1960-2000 (written by Walter Reed).IT is best described by its geat colors and effects too.
Pratt has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Fine art

Pratt's work has been exhibited at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.^{[citation needed]}

Teaching

Pratt taught for seven years at the Pratt Institute. He has also taught painting and illustration at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, the School of Visual Arts, the Savannah College of Art & Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, and currently at Ringling College of Art and Design.


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Wolverine - Arma X (Weapon X)

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Info About Weapon X (story arc):

"Weapon X" is a comic book story arc written and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith and published by Marvel Comics. The story arc appears in Marvel Comics Presents #72-84 and tells the story of Wolverine during his time in Weapon X.^[1]

Plot

Set a number of years before Logan adopted the Wolverine moniker, the series lacks many of the characteristics that the character is best known for: he never appears in costume, almost all of his trademark personality traits are absent, and none of his super-powered acquaintances are shown or even mentioned.
The series begins with Logan being captured and prepared for the adamantium bonding process. There are several mentions of his being tough, and the Professor, the director of the Weapon X program, along with his assistants Dr. Cornelius and Miss Hines, wipe his mind and bond him to adamantium, the hardest known substance on Earth, to prepare him to be a mindless, soulless killing machine. Prior to Wolverine volume 2, #75, the plot had too much adamantium bonded to his forearms, resulting in his claws, leading to the development of tubes in his flesh to keep the skin apart for claw extraction.
Throughout the program, Logan is constantly referred to not as a person but as a subject, and his humanity is almost completely disregarded in the course of the experiments. Logan frequently comes to odds with his mental programming, and eventually escapes into the wilderness after killing all of the soldiers there (except for one, future Weapon X Director Malcom Colcord) while the Professor, Cornelius, and Hines lock themselves in a secured room that Logan cannot break into.

Sequel

A sort of sequel to Weapon X, written by Larry Hama, appeared in Wolverine's first ongoing series starting with issue 48, entitled The Shiva Scenario. The 3 part storyline referenced much of what happened in the Weapon X story. It is collected in Wolverine Visionaries: Marc Silvestri, among other Wolverine stories from the era.

Collected editions

The story has been collected numerous times, first in a 1993 hardcover (ISBN 0871359464) then a 2007 hardcover (ISBN 0-7851-2667-8) which was reprinted in 2009 as a paperback (ISBN 0-7851-3726-2).
Additionally, the story is one of several others in the Best of Wolverine, Volume 1 hardcover, published in 2004 (ISBN 0-7851-1370-3).


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Wolverine - Velho Logan (Wolverine: Old Man Logan)

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Info About Old Man Logan:

Wolverine: Old Man Logan is an eight-issue storyline from the Wolverine ongoing series by writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven, published by Marvel Comics. It began in June 2008, ran through Wolverine #66-72 and ended in Wolverine Giant-Size Old Man Logan in September 2009.
Set over fifty years in the future, it uses a similar premise to another Millar book, Wanted, in which the world's supervillains band together to finally destroy all superheroes. The hardcover collected edition was published January 1, 2010.

Plot

At the onset of the story, the entire United States has been overtaken and divided amongst supervillains, with territories belonging to The Abomination (later conquered by the Hulk), Magneto (later conquered by a new Kingpin), Dr. Doom and the Red Skull, who has named himself President. Heroes have been wiped out of existence, with the few survivors in hiding and scattered throughout the country. Logan lives with his wife Maureen and young children Scotty and Jade on a barren plot of land in Sacramento, California, now part of the territory known as "Hulkland." Logan needs money to pay rent to the landlords of this territory: the hillbilly grandchildren of the Hulk, who are products of years of incestuous procreation originating with Banner and his first cousin She-Hulk. In order to pay the rent, Logan accepts a job from a now-blind Hawkeye: help him navigate east across the country, to the capital of New Babylon, and deliver a secret, illegal package which Logan initially assumes to be drugs.^[1]
Logan and Hawkeye encounter several diversions on their journey east. They rescue Hawkeye's daughter (who is the granddaughter of Peter Parker and appears to be an aspiring hero herself), from the clutches of the new Kingpin, before she murders Kingpin and reveals her intention to seize his territory.^[2] They escape a cluster of Moloids, who have gone about sinking entire cities from beneath the surface.^[3] And they are chased by a Venom symbiote-infused dinosaur (imported from the Savage Land) before being rescued and teleported by the White Queen and Black Bolt, who live in hiding.^[4]
Throughout the story it is reiterated that the "Wolverine" personality died the day the villains attacked, and Logan has steadfastly refused to use his claws ever since, even when in danger. Via flashbacks it is revealed that on the night the world's heroes came under attack by an organized coalition of villains, a group consisting of forty supervillains including Mr. Sinister, Sabretooth, Dr. Octopus, Omega Red, Bullseye apparently attacked the X-Mansion. Unable to locate his teammates, Wolverine was forced to slaughter the attackers to ensure the safety of the mutant children. As the last "attacker" was killed, Logan realized that the entire assault was an illusion created by Mysterio, and his perceived enemies were actually his fellow X-Men. This destroyed him emotionally and mentally, and he wandered from the Mansion in shock. Logan notes that while he made a subsequent suicide attempt, he could not actually destroy himself, though in effect "Wolverine" was destroyed for good.^[5]
When they finally reach the capital, Hawkeye delivers his package to an underground resistance group hoping to begin a new Avengers-esque team to fight the villains' oppression. The package is revealed to be a case of Super Soldier Serum, enough to form an army. But Hawkeye's clients reveal themselves to be undercover S.H.I.E.L.D agents. They then shoot Logan and Hawkeye multiple times, killing them.^[4] However, Logan's body heals from the gunshots and he awakens in Red Skull's trophy room amongst the armaments and costumes of the world's fallen superheroes. Without using his claws, he kills Red Skull's men and engages Red Skull himself, eventually decapitating him with Captain America's shield. He grabs a briefcase of money (their intended reward for the delivery) and uses pieces of Iron Man's armor to fly back home.
Upon arriving, Logan discovers that in his absence the Hulk's grandchildren murdered his family. Doing so, they leave the bodies unburied, seemingly as a gruesome message.^[6] This causes Logan to finally unleash his claws once again. He seeks out and slaughters the entire, massive Banner clan before encountering old Banner himself, who displays monstrous strength even in his human form. Banner reveals that while the murder of Logan's family was intended as a message to others, he really just wanted to get Logan angry so that he could fight him. In his Hulk form, Banner defeats and consumes Logan, but Logan recuperates within Banner's stomach and bursts from within him, killing him. Afterward, he discovers a baby hulk, Bruce Banner Junior.
A month later, Logan and his neighbors hold a small memorial for Logan's family. Logan then says he plans to defeat all the new world villains and thereby bring peace to the land—with he, and Bruce Banner Junior, being the first members of a new group of superheroes. Together they ride into the sunset on horseback.^[7]

Reception

The individual issues of the series were highly rated by various IGN critics. The final issue received the highest score, an "Amazing" 9.0 out of 10.^[8]

Sequel

On June 29, 2010, Mark Millar posted on his message board that he was working on a sequel to Old Man Logan. "It opens with this insane Spidey flashback which pretty much sets the tone. My God, it’s going to be fun to write.” At the time of the posting, he had yet to pitch the idea to Marvel.^{[citation needed]}


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Wolverine - Madripoor

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Info About Madripoor:

The Principality of Madripoor is a fictional island located in Southeast Asia in the Marvel Comics universe. Based on illustrations, it is in the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca, southwest of Singapore.

Publication history

Madripoor first appeared in New Mutants #32 (October 1985). It was created by Chris Claremont and Steve Leialoha.
Madripoor received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #4.

Description

Madripoor is a fictional island apparently modeled on Singapore; they are both Southeast Asian island port nations with a single major city. Its capital and single large city is Madripoor, which is divided between Hightown and Lowtown. This serves to represent the extreme social inequality in Madripoor, described as "a place for the very rich and the very poor".
Madripoor was once a haven for pirates, and that tradition is somewhat continued today with its lawless quality; the principality does not allow other nations to extradite criminals. However, it is one of the business capitals of the Pacific Rim, with its own Trade Center.^{[citation needed]}
Other locations of note in the Central Business District are the Bank of Hong Kong and the Bank of Malaysia, luxurious Sovereign Hotel, and the Prince's Palace, said to rival Versailles.^[1]
The nation was taken over by HYDRA with Madame Hydra as de facto ruler, using the nation to finance terrorist plots against the world. Side-effects of this are seen in Spider-Woman: Agent Of S.W.O.R.D.^[2] With HYDRA's terrorist operations causing deaths in the thousands, Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. took it upon themselves to overthrow the HYDRA regime and place the nation in the hands of Tyger Tiger, as she was the only person - apart from the long-absent Patch - who the natives would follow in the event of a revolt, Stark wanting someone who would run Madripoor the right way without needing someone else to monitor them and ensure that the situation did not repeat itself. ^[3]
Madripoor is now controlled by Wolverine's son Daken, after he managed to wrestle and manipulate power away from Tyger Tiger by acquiring control of various financial resources, maintaining Tyger Tiger only as a figurehead due to her pre-existing connections.

Geography

Madripoor is estimated to be 100 miles (160 km) in diameter. Its coastline is pockmarked with deep water bays and inlets. The center of the island is a large plateau with steep cliffs.

Points of Interest

The following are locations found in Madripoor:

• Buccaneer Bay - This is where Madripoor corsairs ranged far and wide for their prey.
• Hightown - A district of Madripoor for the wealthy.
• Lowtown - The crime-impoverished district of Madripoor.
  • Princess Bar - A drinking establishment in Lowtown. It was run by a man named O'Donnell and Wolverine (under the alias of patch).
• Stinger - A S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse and second generation secret base whose location is only known to Nick Fury.

Associated residents

Notable current and former residents of Madripoor include:

• Archie Corrigan (deceased) - Owner of South Seas Skyways
• Harriers - A team of mercenaries.^[4]
• Tyger Tiger (alias of Jessan Hoan) - Former revolutionary and current head of state
• Prince Baran, former ruler (murdered by General Coy)^[5]
• Scorpion - She was born in Madripoor
• Patch (alias of Wolverine) - Co-owner of the Princess Bar
• Jessica Drew - Private investigator
• Karma - Member of the New Mutants and niece to General Nguyen Ngoc Coy
• Roughouse - Enforcer to General Coy and Viper
• Bloodscream - Enforcer to General Coy and Viper
• Viper - Terrorist and recently deposed ruler of Madripoor
• Dragoness - Former MLF member and current resident of Utopia
• Seraph (deceased) - Former lover and trainer of Wolverine
• Tran Coy Manh (deceased) - Twin brother of Karma
• Nguyen Ngoc Coy (deceased) - A crime lord. Slain by Tyger Tiger.^[6]
• Lindsay McCabe - Actress
• Chang (deceased) - Agent of Landau, Luckman & Lake
• Mr. X - Champion of Madripoor
• Sapphire Styx - A psychic vampire
• Roche (deceased) - A crime lord
• O'Donnell (deceased) - The co-owner of the Princess Bar
• Rose Wu (deceased) - A friend of Patch
• Tai (deceased) - The chief of police. He was also murdered by Hoan^[7]
• Sabretooth - He once lived in Madripoor in 1959.^[8]

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Eu, Wolverine (Wolverine - Volume 1)

Info About Chris Claremont:

Christopher S. Claremont^[1][2] (born November 25, 1950, in London, England) is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year (1975–1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer,^[3] during which he is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning the once underachieving comic into one of Marvel’s most popular series.^[4][5]
During his tenure at Marvel, Claremont co-created numerous important X-Men characters, such as Rogue, Psylocke, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Mystique, Lady Mastermind, Emma Frost, Siryn, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Madelyne Pryor, Sabretooth, Strong Guy, Captain Britain, Mister Sinister, and Gambit, scripted many classic stories, including "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past",^[6] and along with collaborators such as John Byrne, developed the character of Wolverine into a popular fan favorite. X-Men #1, the 1991 spinoff series premiere that Claremont co-wrote with Jim Lee, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Comics 2.1.1 1969 - 1991 2.1.2 1992 - present 2.1.3 Writing style 2.2 Novels and acting 2.3 Charity work 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 External links 7.1 Interviews Extract & Contents Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Claremont Info About Frank Miller: Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957)[2] is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300. He also directed the film version of The Spirit, shared directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City and produced the film 300. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Daredevil and the early 1980s 2.2 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the late 1980s 2.3 The 1990s: Sin City and 300 2.4 Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again and the 2000s 3 Critical reaction 4 Cameo appearances 5 Bibliography 5.1 DC Comics 5.2 Marvel Comics 5.3 Dark Horse Comics 5.4 Other publishers 5.5 Covers only 6 Movies 7 Awards 8 References 9 External links Extract & Contents Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_(comics) Related Info to the Books Content from http://marvel.wikia.com/ : http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine_Vol_1_1 http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine_Vol_1_2 http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine_Vol_1_3 http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine_Vol_1_4 More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comic_book)#Volume_1

Wizard Special Edition: Wolverine

General Info About Wolverine:

Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born James Howlett^[1] and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing factor that allows him to recover from virtually any wound, disease or toxin, at an accelerated rate. The healing factor also slows down his aging process, enabling him to live beyond a normal human lifespan. His powerful healing factor enabled the supersoldier program Weapon X to bond the near-indestructible metal alloy adamantium to his skeleton and claws without killing him. He is most often depicted as a member of the X-Men, Alpha Flight, or later the Avengers.
The character first appeared in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 (his first full appearance is in issue #181, November 1974) and was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita, Sr., who designed the character, and was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe. Wolverine later joined the X-Men's "All New, All Different" roster in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). X-Men writer Chris Claremont played a significant role in the character's subsequent development,^[2] along with artist/writer John Byrne, who insisted on making the character older than the other X-Men. Artist Frank Miller collaborated with Claremont and helped to revise the character with a four-part eponymous limited series from September to December 1982 in which Wolverine's catchphrase, "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice," debuted.
Wolverine was typical of the many tough, anti-authority, antiheroes that emerged in American popular culture after the Vietnam War;^[3] his willingness to use deadly force and his brooding nature became standard characteristics for comic book anti-heroes by the end of the 1980s.^[4] As a result, the character became the clear favorite for fans of the increasingly popular X-Men franchise.^[5] Wolverine has been featured in his own solo comic since 1988 and has been a central character in most X-Men adaptations, including animated television series, video games, and the live-action 20th Century Fox X-Men film series, in which he is portrayed by Hugh Jackman.^[6] In May 2008, Wolverine was ranked #1 out of Wizard magazine's Top 200 Comic Book Characters of All Time^[7] and was ranked as the 4th Greatest Comic Book Character by Empire magazine in July 2008.^[8] On their list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters, Fandomania.com ranked Wolverine at #21.^[9] In May 2011, Wolverine was ranked 4th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes.^[10]

Contents 1 Publication history 1.1 Wolverine's first intended origin 1.2 Wolverine's second intended origin 2 Fictional character biography 2.1 Wolverine Goes to Hell 2.2 Schism 2.3 Regenesis 2.4 Avengers vs. X-Men 2.5 Uncanny Avengers 3 Powers and abilities 3.1 Skills and personality 4 Other versions 5 In other media 6 Collected editions 6.1 Main series 6.2 Marvel Comics Presents featuring Wolverine 6.3 Wolverine: Origins 6.4 Wolverine: First Class 6.5 Other 7 References 8 External links Extract & Contents Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics) More Related Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_(magazine) - http://www.wizardworld.com/