Wolverine Vol 3 53

Part of the Evolution arc

Wolverine (Vol. 3) #53
LGY: Wolverine (Vol. 2) #242

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Art by: Simone Bianchi and Morry Hollowell

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Art by: Simone Bianchi

Release Date

April 25, 2007

Cover Date

June, 2007

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Quesada

Let's try a little drinking game. Every time I say "What the @#$%?" take a drink.

—Wolverine

Appearing in "Evolution Chapter 4: Insomnia"

Featured Characters:

⏴ Wolverine (Logan) ⏵ (Appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Lupine (Dream)
- Black Gladiator (Dream)
- Blond Gladiator (Dream) (Death)
- Emperor Romulus (Name revealed) (Dream)
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (Mentioned)
God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
Black Panther's Royal Guard
Alpha Flight (Referenced)
Omega Flight (Referenced)
The Hand (Referenced)
Weapon X Program (Mentioned)
⏴ Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) ⏵ (Cameo)
⏴ Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski) ⏵ (Cameo)
⏴ Thornn (Lucia Callasantos) ⏵ (Cameo)
⏴ Feral (Maria Callasantos) ⏵ (Cameo)

Races and Species:

Mutants (Main story and flashback)
Humans (Main story and flashback)
Lupine (Dream)

Locations:

Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Africa
  - Horn of Africa
    - Wakanda
      - Elephant Graveyard (Mentioned)
- Nevada, United States of America (Referenced)
  - Las Vegas (Referenced)
- Europe (Dream)
  - Roman Empire (Dream)
    - Italy (Dream)
      - Lazio (Dream)
        Rome (Dream)
        Colosseum (Dream)
- Asia (Only in flashback)
  - Japan (Only in flashback)
    - Honshu (Only in flashback)
      - Tokyo (Only in flashback)
- Weapon X Facility, Roanoke, Alberta, Canada (Mentioned)

Items:

Wolverine's Suit

Synopsis for "Evolution Chapter 4: Insomnia"

Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

Wolverine and Sabretooth’s stalemate is about to end. For real.
The key to victory is eons old, and one of them is about to find it. It’s gonna be bloody.

Notes

Chronology Notes[]

A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:

Trivia

Joe Quesada and Dan Buckley are presented here as Siegfried and Roy. They are two successful magicians known for their extravagant Las Vegas shows.
The Evolution story arc (Wolverine (Vol. 3) #50–55) was adapted in a motion comic mini-series comprised of 6 episodes called Wolverine versus Sabretooth. The mini-series was created by Marvel Knights Animation and released by Shout! Factory on DVD in January 14, 2014.
- Prequel to Wolverine versus Sabretooth Reborn mini-series (Wolverine (Vol. 2) #310–313). In some instances, both mini-series are available together as one.

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