Wolverine Vol 3 53

Part of the Evolution arc
Wolverine Vol 3 #53
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Art by: Simone Bianchi and Morry Hollowell
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Art by: Simone Bianchi
Art by: Simone Bianchi
Cover Date	June, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "Evolution Chapter 4: Insomnia"
Writer(s)	Jeph Loeb
Penciler(s)	Simone Bianchi
Inker(s)	Simone Bianchi Andrea Silvestri
Colorist(s)	Morry Hollowell
Letterer(s)	Comicraft
Editor(s)	Axel Alonso

 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:

•  Black Panther (T'Challa) 
•  Storm (Ororo Munroe) 

Antagonists:

•  Sabretooth (Victor Creed)  (Appears in flashback)
•  Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) 
•  Romulus  (Flashback and behind the scenes in main story)

Other Characters:

• Lupine (Dream)
  • Black Gladiator (Only apparence; dream)
  • Blond Gladiator (Only apparence; dies in dream)
  • Emperor Romulus (Real name first revealed) (Dream)
• Magneto (Erik 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)

Locations:

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

Items:

• Wolverine's Suit
• Adamantium (On Wolverine's claws)

Vehicles:

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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:

•  Logan 
•  Victor Creed 
•  Romulus 

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.

See Also

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