X-Men Epic Collection, Vol. 13: Wounded Wolf

X-Men Epic Collection

by Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr. (Artist), Arthur Adams (Artist)

Change is in the air for the X-Men! Rachel Summers lays claim to the Phoenix Force, Magneto stands trial and joins the team, Professor X departs for outer space and Cyclops becomes a father - and that's just the start of the X-Men's adventures! The Beyonder erases the New Mutants from history, the futuristic Nimrod Sentinel attacks and Mojo regresses the team to childhood! In a pair of bona-fide X-Men classics, Storm duels with Cyclops for team leadership, and Lady Deathstrike hunts Wolverine. A fan-favorite X-Men saga unfolds in Asgard as Storm and the New Mutants fall under the enchantment of Loki, and the rest of the team faces a legendary struggle to rescue them! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #199-210, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #9-10, NEW MUTANTS SPECIAL EDITION #1 and MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #33.

Genres: Comics, X Men, Marvel

496 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2025

About the author

Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.

Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.

Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things get a little dark for the X-Men in this volume, which leads to compelling storytelling accompanied by art that perfectly captures the mood and the moment. I was addicted to this era of the uncanny ones when I was a kid, and the stories hold up now as I revisit them as an adult.

[Jack "THATLegoRobber" Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

9/10

First time reading Claremont era X-Men and it was pretty enjoyable, the type of recap Claremont did at the start of each issue of his Wolverine mini-series kinda put me off reading his other work but I must say I was wrong to think that way because he barely does that actually.

I enjoyed the X-Men team we were given even if it missed some of the main stays in Cyclops, Jean Grey and Beast, I found it interesting reading about Storm struggling with being without powers while being the leader of the team and I also enjoyed reading about Nightcrawlers mid-life crisis (or whatever you call it). Magneto becoming a part of the X-Men is also something I like to read about, even if it always ends the same way.

I would say I only genuinely disliked like one issue in this whole epic and that was the one where the X-Men became children and the New Mutants had to take over, just didnt find it that interesting of a read. Other than that one issue the rest were excellent, The Trial of Magneto and the Rachel Summers (Phoenix) multiple issue arc were especially good.

It does have times where its a little confusing because Claremont reference so many different runs like New Mutants, X-Factor and multiple annuals but I would still say its easy enough to follow and relatively friendly for someone looking to get into Claremont era X-Men (especially since so many of the epics are out of print at the moment).

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chris Claremont's run was running high during this period, with a team formed by the guys on the book's cover, while the original five took off to form their own team, the X-Factor. We are now deep in the eighties, with all the pages capturing that era's iconic aesthetics, with mohawk Storm leading the team through a series of conflicts against the Hellfire Club, the Asgardians, the Beyonder, Lady Deathstrike, the Freedom Force, Nimrod, and Mojo, but the volume begins with the trial of Magneto, which is such a classic, and puts a heavy focus on Rachel Summers who was going through a lot here. Plenty of good stuff, shame Magneto is barely in it.

[Matt Sautman · Rating 5 out of 5]

With Rachel Summers acquiring the Phoenix Force, the debut of Lady Deathstrike, and the Trial of Magneto, Wounded Wolf delivers on The Gift. A possibility exists that not reading both volumes back-to-back may undercut some of the book’s momentum as the Asgardian Wars crossover at the onset directly stems out from the Gift itself.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The grim and gritty era kicks into full swing in the X-books.

Rachel angsts, Nimrod hunts mutants, Cyclops leaves the team to support his wife and baby and then leaves his wife and baby for X-Factor, and Claremont sets the stage for the upcoming team-shake up and formation of Excalibur.

[Acton Northrop · Rating 4 out of 5]

I despise the X-Babies (both the literal ones and the New Mutants) and there’s a lot of them in here but there’s also Rachel saving the world from Secret Wars II and Wolverine being drawn by BWS so it balances out as a net positive.

[Aisling · Rating 3 out of 5]

'Body like cereal - goes snap-crackle-pop!'

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I forgot how much I loved this time of the X-Men, Storm was an excellent leader. The art work was great and the storyline went somewhere significant. Highly recommend.

[Noah frelin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here i come SAN FRANDISCOOOOOO!!!