For decades, Wolverine's shadowy past has been shrouded in mystery. But before he was the savage mainstay of the X-Men, before he was a tormented secret agent codenamed Weapon X, even before he was a barroom brawler in the wilds of Canada...he was a child. And now, in this landmark event, Marvel reveals all! The birth and childhood of young James Howlett...the secrets and intrigue of his family history...the first struggle with his subconscious savagery that culminated in tragedy...and how James' flight from everything he once knew led to the forging of the man known as Logan! COLLECTING: Origin 1-6

Welcome to the greatest story never told. The origins of wolverine.

This pulse pounding action thriller sinks razor sharp adamantium claws into the mysterious origins of Logan/Wolverine:(Hugh Jackman) his epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed/Sabretooth(Liev Schreiber), and the ominous Weapon X Program that unleashes his primal fury.

The full story of Marvel's most mystery-shrouded mutant, revealed at last! Long before he became an X-Man, before he was transformed by Weapon X, he was a boy named James Howlett. But what tragedy could strike that would set him on the path to becoming the ferocious Wolverine? Follow young James from a life of privilege and that fateful fi rst "snikt," through the devastating events that rip him from his family and ultimately drive him into the wilderness. There, in the snowy wilds of Canada, the feral young man now known as Logan will encounter another mutant very much like him, also torn between man and animal. One who could be his greatest ally - or his fiercest foe. COLLECTING: ORIGIN 1-6, ORIGIN II 1-5

Wolverine's true memories of his past are restored and, as he wrestles with the shattered fragments of his life, seeks retribution against those who formerly manipulated him, taking him from the White House to the jungles of Vietnam.

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Wolverine: origins #37-40."