After years in the wilderness of Marvel lore, Wolverines son James ‘Jimmy’ Hudson is finally back, plunging into a war for the fate of the entire Marvel Universe. Not to be confused with Wolverine’s other son Akihiro, aka Daken, Jimmy has been absent from Marvel lore since the 2018s. X-Men Blue #30Which left him struggling to find a balance between his own personality and that of his other half – the alien predator known as Sam.
In Cullen Bunn and Roberto Di Salvo Venom War: Deadpool #1Deadpool fights against the latest invasion of ‘zombiotes’ – a new strain of symbiotes bonded to dead bodies. Unfortunately, Deadpool and his symbiote ally Silence can’t hold the line, and Wade retreats to the underground Monster Metropolis, where New York’s various Inhuman citizens hide from the world above. There, Deadpool surprisingly comes across Poison, aka Jimmy Hudson, who joins the fight when the zombies attack Metropolis.
Jimmy’s name is not used throughout the comic, with only the final pages revealing his identity as he assumes his towering Venom form, combining his alien appearance with his father’s iconic costume. however, While Wolverine is limited to six claws, Jimmy’s shape-shifting nature means he also wields a series of razor-sharp tendrils..
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Jacob Hudson is the son of the Wolverine from Earth-1610, aka the original Ultimate Universe. Raised by Wolverine’s allies to hide his identity, James gained his mutant powers during adolescence, exhibiting his father’s bone claws as well as the ability to coat his bones in an organic metallic substance similar to his father’s adamantium. Jacob eventually found himself in Marvel’s main reality and worked alongside the X-Men, but was possessed during the invasion by the Venom Hive – a multiversal predator species that assimilates and consumes symbiotes like Venom.
While the Poison Hive was destroyed, Jimmy’s transformation continued, and when fans last saw him, he was struggling to reconcile the human and alien parts of his mind. Although it is clear that he is no better off six years later (Deadpool references him with a serious “Death Wish”) He is definitely the hero that Marvel’s poison war Event needs mostSince his poison aspect is the natural predator of the new zombies.
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James was one of Marvel’s most tragic heroes, who left his home reality and never knew his father. Starting out as a new, younger Wolverine, Jimmy lost everything and became a monster despite his heroic efforts to save the lives of innocent people. Worse, Marvel ignored the character for years, turning his tragic transformation into a cliffhanger with no end in sight. Thankfully, Jimmy is finally back, though he tragically missed the entirety of the X-Men’s Krakoan Era – a period in which he would have had a home among mutantkind and might even have found stability among his siblings.
Thankfully, Jimmy is finally back, making a reunion with his father Wolverine possible and opening up the possibility that he can make peace with his new status and even become a true hero again by joining Deadpool in the poison war.
Venom War: Deadpool #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.