Death of Wolverine Omnibus

Background. In 2014, Marvel launched a year-long initiative stripping Wolverine of his healing factor — making him mortal, genuinely vulnerable, and facing a world that had spent decades trying to kill him with no success. Death of Wolverine, the culminating four-issue series by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven, was the conclusion of that initiative: Logan, knowing he is dying, goes on one final mission that leads him to the Weapon X facility where Abraham Cornelius still holds captive mutants for experimentation.

What's inside. This omnibus collects the Death of Wolverine four-issue core series, plus the associated event material — the three-issue Logan Legacy miniseries exploring what different characters do in the wake of his death, the Weapon X Program limited series showing the aftermath at the facility, and the Futures End one-shot offering a glimpse of a world without Logan. Steve McNiven's artwork across the main series is presented at its full painted quality.

Why it's worth it. Death of Wolverine is the best executed major character death in 21st-century Marvel — Soule gave Logan a death that was earned by his history, not manufactured for spectacle, and McNiven's art treats the subject with appropriate weight. The event material provides genuine closure rather than simply padding the page count. For Wolverine collectors, this omnibus is essential alongside Return of Wolverine to complete the death/resurrection arc.

Edition details. Hardcover omnibus. US edition published by Marvel Comics. ISBN 9781302959876.