Appearing in "On the Edge of Darkness"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Hulk (Bruce Banner) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Sabretooth (Victor Creed) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine ⏵ (Skrull Impostor) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- X-Men
- ⏴ Storm (Ororo Munroe) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Phoenix (Jean Grey) ⏵
- ⏴ Colossus (Peter Rasputin) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Cyclops (Scott Summers) ⏵
- ⏴ Marrow (Sarah) ⏵
- ⏴ Gambit (Remy LeBeau) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
- ⏴ Professor X (Charles Xavier) ⏵ (Appears in Flashback)
Flashback:
- Generation X (Only in recap)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Only in recap)
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (Only in recap)
- Alpha Flight (Only in recap)
- Guardian (Jimmy Hudson) (Only in recap)
- Northstar (Jean-Pual Beaubier) (Only in recap)
- Heather McNeil (Only in recap)
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lensherr) (Mentioned)
- Joseph (Mentioned)
- Galactus (Galan) (Mentioned)
- Morlocks (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Mutants
- Cyborgs
- Deviant Skrulls (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses
- X-Uniforms
- Adamantium
Vehicles:
- Hoverchair (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "On the Edge of Darkness"
The Skrulls assault the X-Men's ship in space and substitute one of their number for Wolverine. The real Wolverine is abducted on behalf of their master, and later returns to slay the Skrull imposter after the breakup of the X-Men that the Skrull had engineered.
In the present, the X-Men wonder what to make of Logan’s new persona, Death. Meanwhile, Logan, as Death, is given by his new master the mission of slaying the Hulk. As he rushes forth to obey, he reflects on his capture and transformation.
The Skrulls, who abducted him from the ship, placed him before the mysterious man, whom Wolverine with his heightened senses, recognizes as Apocalypse. Apocalypse offers him the “fulfillment of your lifelong destiny".
Logan finds the Hulk, and the two come to blows, and Logan flashes back to his capture and subsequent brainwashing by Apocalypse while the two brawl.
He is brought before Apocalypse again and forced to fight Sabretooth. After a violent fight, he emerges victorious, confident that he can overcome whatever brainwashing Apocalypse has planned. Apocalypse then strips the adamantium from Sabretooth’s body and re-bonds it to Wolverine.
In the present, Logan continues to trade blows with Hulk. They're evenly matched, and neither party claims a decisive victory, as the Hulk smashes Logan’s body to jelly and Logan nearly cuts the Hulk’s throat out. Finally the Hulk just leaves and Logan is teleported into the presence of Apocalypse, now in his usual guise, who vows that the end of the world is coming.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- There has been an ongoing feud between Hulk and Wolverine over the years, and the two have fought many times. Their battles to date, were, chronologically, in Wolverine: Origins #28, Incredible Hulk #181, Wolverine (Vol. 3) #50 Incredible Hulk #340, Marvel Comics Presents #55, Marvel Comics Presents #61, Marvel Fanfare (Vol. 2) #2, and Incredible Hulk #454 - 455, and Hulk #8. The two next meet in Wolverine/Hulk #1.
- Wolverine and Sabretooth have had a longstanding rivalry over the years. Their battles to date occurred, chronologically, in Wolverine (Vol. 2) #10, Uncanny X-Men #213, Uncanny X-Men #222, Wolverine (Vol. 2) #41-43, Wolverine (Vol. 2) #90, and Wolverine (Vol. 2) #126-Wolverine (Vol. 2) #128.
Chronology Notes[]
There is a flashback in this issue that affects the chronology of the following characters:
Flashback:
