Collects Wolverine (1988) #102-118, #-1, #1/2 And #102.5; Wolverine Annual '96-97; Tooth And Claw #1-3; Maverick (1997a) #1; Shadow Society; Kitty Pryde, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-3; Doombringer; Before The Fantastic Ben Grimm And Logan #1-3; Days Of Future Past #1-3; Wolverine Encyclopedia #1-2 and material from Shadows And Light #1.
Can a tortured Wolverine recover his true self? Horribly transformed from a failed attempt to regain his adamantium, a tormented and animalistic Wolverine teeters on the brink of going completely feral. Can the enigmatic assassin Elektra help him fight his way back from the edge? Mentoring Logan in the martial arts, she challenges him to re-forge his humanity - and he'll need it when Onslaught rips the X-Men apart! Jubilee returns! Wolverine teams up with Venom in a wild interdimensional adventure! Logan fights alongside a young Ben Grimm! Kitty Pryde enlists in S.H.I.E.L.D.! And Wolverine and the X-Men are marked for execution in Zero Tolerance!
Larry Hama is an American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.
During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.
He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.
This is the end of Larry Hama's run, and sadly it doesn't end with a bang. A lot of tired Wolverine-tropes (Japan, ninjas, the fight between the beast and the man, Wolverine has met everybody in the Marvel Universe just because he is old), some subplots that go nowhere (the mysterious box from Zoe Culloden, Elektra and Stick involvement with Wolverine, etc.) and others that are concluded in a lazy way (the one about Dirtnap for example, in a very confusing and not so good crossover with Venom).There are some high points like the Maverick and Logan: Shadow Society stories, and the Wolverine Annual by Ostrander and Edkin, but overall this is the worst Wolverine Omnibus so far.
Larry Hama ends his run as he started: with some touching and beautifully drawn issues, interspersed between ridiculous farce with unbelievable dialogue and mandatory crossover tie ins. The usual assortment of lazy tie-in miniseries and experimental one shots rounds out this parallel to some of the worst periods in X-history (the late 90s).
At least Hama puts all the toys back in the box and Wolvie gets his nose back!