Thread:Snake74/@comment-4651179-20190913191519/@comment-36038563-20190914132644

Hi ADour,

Thanks for your message :) Sure, doing an abridged version could be a good idea, I remember there was some talk about doing one some time ago on the "Talk: James Howlett (Earth-616)" page but choosing what's essential and what's not essential could be tricky though.

Maybe something like that could work:

- Early years: Quick recap of Origin, a mention of Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine mini (the dog stuff) and Origin II

- The Death of Silver Fox: Focusing only on the original story, keeping the whole Romulus retcons in the expanded version only

- Immortal Warrior: Quick recap of Logan fighting in several wars, being a samurai, an assassin, a mercenary, etc... Meeting several of his future foes and key marvel characters, teaming up with Captain Maerica and Black Widow in Madripoor (Uncanny X-Men #268) and joining Team X.

- Logan's women and the mongrels: Mention of the Red Right Hand, Daken and the Mongrels

- The Weapon X Experiment: Quick recap of the Weapon X story arc by Barry Windsor Smith only

- Facing the Hulk and joining the X-Men: Hudson finding Wolverine, Logan facing Hulk, joining the X-Men and just like previously focusing on the original stories and keeping all the Romulus retcons in the expanded version only

- Meeting and falling in love with Mariko: Meeting Mariko, facing Shingen and the failed wedding

- Meeting Amiko, training shadowcat and facing Ogun: Mostly the second mini

- Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth: Wounded Wolf and Mutant Massacre

- Wolverine vs Spider-Man: This one is optional, just keeping the same recap

- Patch and Jubilee: Mostly "Save the Tiger", the start of the ongoing, Uncanny X-Men #251 and #268

- Omega Red and the memory implants: X-Men Vol 2 #4-7 and the whole memory stuff from Wolverine 48-50 and 61-64. Quick mention of the "Silver Fox" resurrection.

- Losing the Adamantium and going feral: Fatal Attraction, Wolverine #90 and the feral stuff

- Horseman of Apocalypse: Logan getting his adamantium back

- Logan Files: Return of Weapon X, Logan meeting Rose in the afterlife and the whole weapon Plus stuff from New X-Men

- Meeting X-23: Just the same recap

- Enemy of the State: Quick recap of the saga

- Joining the Avengers and regaining his memories: New Avengers, House of M, leading X-Force, meeting Daken and the quest for revenge against Romulus

- Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine: This one is also optional

- Red Right Hand and Mongrels: Quick recap of Wolverine goes to hell/versus the X-Men/revenge

- Schism and the Jean Grey School: Quick recap of Schism and the whole new status quo with Wolverine & the X-Men

- Uncanny X-Force: Mostly a quick recap of the Dark Angel Saga and Final Execution

- AVX and the Uncanny Avengers: Optional, not sure if it's necessary to keep it in the abridged version maybe a quick mention of Xavier's death

- Death and Return: Quick recap of Logan losing his healing factor, dying, coming back from the dead and joining the X-Men once again

- House of X: Keeping the same recap

The problem with the abridged version comes from all the retcons added to some of those classic stories in recent years and most especially the whole Romulus plotline from Origins/Evolution/Sabretooth Reborn back in 2006-2012 which made Logan's backstory really convoluted.

Mentioning the retcons added to some of Logan's classic stories in the abridged version could be too confusing without all the informations present in the expanded version so maybe it would be best to just focus on the original stories for the abridged version.