X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine

"X Lives and Deaths of Wolverine" is a comic book storyline during the Krakoan Age which was published by Marvel Comics from January to March 2022. The story takes place between the Reign of X and Destiny of X relaunches and focuses on Wolverine. The storyline also ties into Volume 7 of the main Wolverine title.

X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Publication date	January – March 2022
No. of issues	X Lives: 5 X Deaths: 5
Main character(s)	Wolverine X-Men Omega Red
Creative team
Written by	Benjamin Percy
Artist(s)	X Lives: Joshua Cassara X Deaths: Federico Vicentini
Colorist(s)	Frank Martin Federico Blee
Editor(s)	Mark Basso

Conception

Being divided into two sets of five issues, the story is written by Benjamin Percy, with X Lives artwork provided by Joshua Cassara and X Deaths artwork Federico Vicentini.^[1][2][3] The color for the miniseries is being separately provided by Frank Martin and Federico Blee.

Plot

The plot marks the beginning of the Second Krakoan Age, with Wolverine traveling in time to save the life of an important figure to the mutant race, the professor Charles Xavier. In the midst of his travels, Wolverine will relive certain moments from his own long-forgotten past as well. At some point, it is revealed that Wolverine was present during the birth of Charles Xavier and indirectly Cassandra Nova, having saved his family from an invading Omega Red, when the Russian mutant possessed some of Xavier family's butlers and nurse. It is revealed that Omega Red's plan is to assassinate Xavier, which would prevent the formation of the X-Men.^[4]

Series

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
X Lives of Wolverine[5]	#1–5	Benjamin Percy	Joshua Cassara	Frank Martin	January 19, 2022	March 16, 2022
X Deaths of Wolverine[5]			Federico Vicentini	Dijjo Lima	January 26, 2022	March 23, 2022

Collected edition

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
X Lives Of Wolverine/X Deaths Of Wolverine	X Lives of Wolverine #1-5, X Deaths of Wolverine #1-5	July 2022	978-1302931223