Marvel officially welcomed Wolverine in your Final Universebringing with it a depressing change to its original story. Readers got their first brief glimpse into the story of the Ultimate Universe's Wolverine, revealing the drastically different direction his life took in this continuity, thanks to the Creator's tweaks to time and destiny.
Final Universe: One Year Later provokes the next Supreme Wolverine series with a prologue - written by Chris Condon, with art by Alessandro Cappuccio - which reveals that this version of Logan was captured by Directorate X, the Eurasian Republic's equivalent of Weapon X. Once captured, he would be experimented on by Directorate X, with the idea of turning him into the perfect soldier.
Directorate X was successful, transforming Logan, who they only call Specimen, into the Winter Soldier of the Ultimate Universe. enemies.
Marvel's Big Change to Wolverine Lore, Explained: The Definitive Version Never Escaped Captivity
Final Universe: One Year Later, "Ultimate Wolverine Prologue" – Written by Chris Condon, art by Alessandro Cappucio; Color by Bryan Valenza; Travis Lanham Lyrics
While this Wolverine's origin is similar to his conventional counterpart's origin, the biggest change is also the most depressing: Ultimate Logan never breaks free from his captors' control. Without your freedom. Logan is nothing more than a mindless animal being turned into a weapon against his will by Directorate X. In essence, he has become everything his conventional counterpart never wanted to be, through no fault of his own. Since Logan's escape will inevitably occur, it raises the question of how many atrocities Logan will be forced to commit. to Directorate X before obtaining freedom.
It certainly makes sense that Logan would still be an agent of Directorate X in this timeline – at least until he finally breaks free.
This change to Wolverine's origin story, while certainly noteworthy, fits in with how the second incarnation of Marvel's Ultimate Universe changed the origins of other iconic characters. Ultimate Spider-Manfor example, it takes away Peter Parker's adolescence as Spider-Man, rather than imagining the kind of hero he would become if he started out as an adult. The Creator's machinations stole his superheroes from the Ultimate Universe, so it certainly makes sense that Logan would still be an agent of Directorate X in this timeline - at least until he finally breaks free.
The Ultimate Universe's goal is to reinvent its heroes - making Wolverine's story even darker is a deliberate choice
This dark starting point will only enhance Ultimate Wolverine's character, as his inevitable rage for his freedom will accentuate one of the Ultimate Universe's major ongoing plots: the Creator's rejection of the world. Each End series features its heroes fighting against the world the Creator created, so there's no reason to Supreme Wolverine It shouldn't be about that either. Plus, the idea of a man being turned into a weapon and then rejecting what he was turned into is quintessential Wolverine.
Final Universe: One Year Later officially introduced Ultimate Wolverine, forcing him into the role of a living weapon, but never giving him the freedom of his dominant counterpart. While the change is depressing, it highlights the ways in which the Ultimate Marvel Universe takes away a fundamental aspect of an iconic hero to imagine what they would become without him. Additionally, it fits into the Ultimate Universe setting and helps further establish its main themes. Whatever the future holds, End Wolverine will certainly be a valuable addition to Supreme Universe.
Ultimate Universe: One Year In is now available from Marvel Comics.