John Buscema

The third Claremont Wolverine omnibus covers the series' transition period as the Mutant Massacre and Fall of the Mutants events reshaped the X-Men landscape, requiring Wolverine's solo book to operate in direct response to seismic changes in the main X-Men line. Claremont used this period to deepen Logan's physical and psychological wounds from the Mutant Massacre, explore his complex feelings about the Xavier Institute's direction under Magneto, and introduce new supporting characters that would define the solo series through the Hama era that followed.

Chris Claremont's second Wolverine omnibus continues the solo series that ran throughout the late 1980s, deepening Logan's Japanese connections and the complex web of relationships established in the original Miller-era miniseries. Claremont used the ongoing format to explore Wolverine's berserker rage psychology, his regenerative healing factor as a psychological burden as much as a physical gift, and the recurring tension between his civilized surface and the animal beneath. John Buscema joins as primary artist, bringing his classical storytelling strengths to the character.