Legendary X-MEN Writer Chris Claremont Returns With Another Untold Adventure In WOLVERINE: DEEP CUT

Set during the X-Men's fan-favourite "Outback Era," legendary writer Chris Claremont and artist Edgar Salazar reunite for Wolverine: Deep Cut, the latest "retro pick" X-Men series coming this July...

By JoshWilding - Apr 16, 2024 04:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Over the last few years, we've gotten to experience several all-new mutant sagas from the mastermind behind the X-Men's most influential stories, Chris Claremont. The writer has penned a host of limited series filling in the gaps in X-Men canon, answering dangling questions and adding further depth to his historic and unparalleled run on the franchise.

To celebrate Wolverine's 50th anniversary this year, Claremont is back with artist Edgar Salazar for an all-new Wolverine story set during one of the X-Men's most beloved eras in Wolverine: Deep Cut.

The comic book sees Claremont return to the period when the X-Men operated out of the Australian Outback, and Wolverine was jetting off on secret adventures around the globe in his first solo series, also penned by Claremont. Now, we'll witness Wolverine's untold hunt before the Reavers' brutal attack brought the X-Men's time in Australia to a tragic end in Uncanny X-Men #251.

Here's the official description for the series:

OUT OF THE OUTBACK ON A LIFE-AND-DEATH MISSION! Logan sets off from the outback, leaving behind what was left of the X-Men, for a mysterious mission. After decades of mystery, Claremont reveals just what Wolverine got up to before his unforgettable battle with the Reavers! Featuring sinister revelations and claw-to-claw confrontations with Sabretooth, this is an ideal entry-point Wolverine story for new and long-standing fans alike that simply cannot be missed!

"One of the amazing things about Chris Claremont’s work is how rich and multi-layered his X-Men stories have always been," Editor Mark Basso says. "In Uncanny X-Men #246, he had to move Wolverine off-stage to get to the plethora of other characters and plotlines he had going."

"Deep Cut is going to finally step back and show what there just wasn’t time or space to show of Wolverine before he returned in #251, and make good on that title in all senses of the word," he continues. "And, in true Marvel fashion, the story here will stand completely on its own, so if you have no idea what those plots entailed, rest assured you’ve got a complete adventure in this series."

Wolverine: Deep Cut will be Claremont and Salazar's latest "retro pick" adventure with Wolverine, following the Wolverine: Madripoor Knights series that launched earlier this year.

Check out Phillip Tan's Wolverine: Deep Cut #1 cover below.

WOLVERINE: DEEP CUT #1 (OF 4)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Art by EDGAR SALAZAR
Cover by PHILIP TAN
On Sale 7/3

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11 Comments

Malatrova15 - 4/16/2024, 4:58 AM

Is the Huge JackedMan in this?

ObserverIO - 4/16/2024, 5:04 AM

Tell us you're not keeping up with the current comics without telling us you're not keeping up with the current comics.

Jk, I actually like that it's set in his '80s run. I like the nostalgia. Will it be period '80s though (like X-Treme X-Men and X-Men '97?) or will it adjust for the sliding timescale?

Doomsday8888 - 4/16/2024, 5:05 AM

They barely give him stories to write anymore, bounded to a contract that grants him easy money but as a fan, it woulda been nice having him at DC as much as Byrne or the King himself.

Oh well, still grateful for everything, X-Chris still got it and was always ahead of the curve with his stories!

lazlodaytona - 4/16/2024, 5:13 AM

I like comics 🤓

Izaizaiza - 4/16/2024, 9:50 AM

Looking forward to this! The character really peaked when Claremont was writing most of his stories. Whoever bastardized the character with the absurd creation of "bone claws", and then the films smoothing out all his rough edges, have really made the character a shadow of what he once was.

The1st - 4/16/2024, 12:13 PM

@Izaizaiza - Can't be worse than the current run. Dr Sabretooth poked around in Logan's brain and no more mutant powers. Okey dokey.

Izaizaiza - 4/16/2024, 1:36 PM

@The1st - Ha! I haven't been paying attention

TheManWithoutFear - 4/16/2024, 10:04 AM

I might read it in tpb. I like Wolverine, but only really the Claremont written Wolverine or the OG animated series version. Modern Wolverine has become a bland archetype of a tough character.

Fogs - 4/16/2024, 10:11 AM

One of the greatest.
Damn, I loved his 80's / early 90's X-Men.

marvel72 - 4/16/2024, 2:00 PM

@Fogs - When the X-Men Comics were the best.

marvel72 - 4/16/2024, 1:59 PM

I really should try and complete my Uncanny X-Men Chris Claremont run.

I do have lots of it already but still quite a bit to collect.

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