![]() ![]() How did the original Wolverine series come about?Īfter the San Diego Comic-Con, I had a rental car, and I was giving people a lift up to Los Angeles. ( Spoilers follow for those who haven’t seen the film.) Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, asked Claremont for his thoughts on the film (for which he had no creative input or financial remuneration), and the character’s general treatment in the Fox X-Men franchise. ![]() The new movie, The Wolverine, is based on his 1982 four-issue spinoff series that sent Logan to Japan, for which Claremont drafted then-rising-superstar artist Frank Miller. Claremont drew up a full backstory for the character, and then meted out the slow reveals over the course of a decade and a half: Wolverine’s first name was Logan his skeleton was laced with an indestructible metal he had a mutant healing power he’d fought in World War II his father was the savage assassin Sabretooth. Claremont didn’t technically create Wolverine - that credit goes to writer Len Wein and artist John Romita - but he did, with artists like Dave Cockrum and John Byrne, flesh out a stock tough guy into a contradiction-filled man of mystery. No, it’s Chris Claremont, who wrote the monthly Uncanny X-Men comic (along with many, many spinoffs) from 1975 to 1991. If there’s a prime architect responsible for the success of the X-Men franchise, it’s not Hugh Jackman, whose sixth go-round as the character opened last weekend. 1982’s Wolverine miniseries, by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller ![]()
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