Providing these stories are an all-star line-up of current and established Marvel talent. Firstly, issue #1 sees industry veterans Adam Kubert and Gerry Duggan go back to the Weapon X program, promising “a new revelation from Wolverine’s shattered memories.”
“”Writing ‘Snikt!’ into a script is always a blast,” Duggan says of working on the book. “And collaborating with the great Adam Kubert is always a joy. Adam and Logan are one of the best pairs in comics, and I’m lucky to be along on this ride. ‘Black, White & Blood’ is something special.” “I’ve had a fairly long association with Wolverine,” Kubert adds. “But artistically ‘Wolverine: Black, White & Blood’ eclipses them all.”
Joining them in the first issue is writer/artist Declan Shalvey, whose contribution shows us a Wolverine trapped in the wilds. “This is a real career highlight for me,” Shalvey says of the book. “I’ve written ‘Old Man Logan,’ I’ve drawn ‘Return of Wolverine,’ but getting to write and draw Wolverine in a moody, stripped down story is a real jewel in my crown, as it were. Not only that, but to showcase my work in black and white with the added tool of a stylized red really opens up interesting storytelling possibilities. I get to take a stab (pun intended) at one of my absolute favorite characters and depict him in a more definitive way.”
Finally, the team of writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Joshua Cassara are giving us a tale of espionage, co-starring Marvel’s resident spymaster, Nick Fury. “Growing up, my older brother had a pile of the original ‘Marvel Comics Presents’ books and I loved the short stories about Wolverine,” Cassara says of his longtime love of the character. “I feel like this book carries on in that spirit and I’m living out my childhood dream of drawing him here. But with more blood.”
While no release date has been announced for issue #2, Marvel teased the creators tapped for future issues include names like Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed, Donny Cates, Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Greg Land, Salvador Larroca, Kev Walker, Chris Bachalo, Leonard Kirk, and legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont. “I can’t stress how exciting it is getting all of these pages from the absolutely killer level of talent assembled for this book,” series editor Mark Basso says of the wide talent pool. “It’s become a hype cliché, but you’ve really never seen anything quite like this from Marvel Comics. And you’ve only seen a fraction of the first issue…”
