Marvel has plans to kill off one of their iconic heroes! Could it be for good this time?

Marvel's iconic hero Wolverine is in the middle of a storyline titled "3 Months to Live" and with a name like that it becomes pretty clear where the story could be leading. This new storyline has Wolverine stripped of his healing factor and it is solely because of his ability to heal so fast that he has managed to live for so long and to come out of every fight as the winner.


A new four issue series will be released starting on September 3, 2014 (last issue on September 24th) that will be titled "Death of Wolverine". The first issue's cover has a silhouette that some fans may recognize as the pose that Wolverine had in his very first appearance on the last page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (released in 1974). "Death of Wolverine" will be written by Charles Soule and drawn by artist Steve McNiven.

While talking to Entertainment Weekly executive editor at Marvel, Michael Marts, revealed that this new story will have effects felt in many other comics.

"For a long time, no matter who Wolverine was battling, he’s been the eternal victor. He almost always comes out on top. Now he finally comes up against an adversary that he cannot win against, he cannot fight. What does that mean for this character who’s been around for hundred years?"

The surprises continued,

"Marts says that Marvel approached this event “from a standpoint of finality, of closure.” The hero’s death will have ramifications throughout Marvel’s line. “You’re gonna be entering into a world without Wolverine. That affects not only his teammates, but also the Marvel Universe at large. We’ve got a lot of things in the works already."

Could Wolverine be killed for good? Will this be another death that will stand only for a short while before the character is brought back? Deaths in comics never last long but with talks of "finality and closure" it sure is interesting. Seeing Wolverine deal with his own mortality is always fascinating since he has been indestructible for so long. I'm very interested to see how this will play out.

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Source: Entertainment Weekly