Ultimate Wolverine

For the character from the original Ultimate universe, see Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character).

Ultimate Wolverine
First issue cover by Alessandro Cappuccio and Frank Martin
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited
Publication date	January 2025
No. of issues	5
Main character(s)	Wolverine Rasputin Family Opposition
Creative team
Written by	Chris Condon
Artist(s)	Alessandro Cappuccio
Colorist(s)	Bryan Valenza
Editor(s)	Wil Moss

Ultimate Wolverine is an ongoing comic book series written by Chris Condon, illustrated by Alessandro Cappuccio, and published by Marvel Comics primarily based on the character of Wolverine. This version of Wolverine serves as the Winter Soldier, utilized by the Maker's Council to maintain their control of the world. The character was debuted in the one-shot Ultimate Universe: One Year In in December 2024, before the series began in January 2025.

Premise

Set in the Ultimate Universe of Earth-6160, the titular character serves as the Winter Soldier, a mutant created and deployed in the Eurasian Republic by Colossus, Magik, and Omega Red, who serve as the "Tsars of Russia and Limbo" and members of the Maker's Council. The first issue released on January 15, 2025.

Plot

The Winter Soldier

Near the Eurasian Republic border that is close to Latveria, some soldiers are talking about Winter Soldier. They have heard rumors that he was originally a North American Union experiment gone wrong and was pieced together from the corpses of those who have died. Winter Soldier gets up and jumps out of the airplane without a parachute. He attacks a hideout of the Opposition that is run by Mystique and Nightcrawler. In flashbacks, the Winter Soldier is subjected to experiments that involve him being greviously injured and his memory wiped, with his healing factor enabling him to survive.

30 years ago, in the North American Union, Professor Thorton records his latest research on how Weapon Alpha died moments after the Adamantium-infusing procedure. The Maker comes in and hears of plans for a better world. After killing Thorton, Maker sees a picture of James Howlett and burns the building down. In the present, Winter Soldier attacks some soldiers and is opposed by Colossus, Magik, and Omega Red. After throwing Winter Soldier around, Colossus suggests testing him by sending some soldiers to fight him. The Winter Soldier slaughters the soldiers as the Rasputin family and Prostovich watch through surveillance cameras.

17 miles outside of Smolensk, Remy LeBeau / Gambit and Kitty Pryde meet with a woman who was sent by the Archangel. It is stated that Gambit and Kitty lost their prized possession Natasha Romanova, also known as Chyornaya Vdova, who they suspect has joined the Opposition. When the Winter Soldier attacks Vdova's truck and the mutant children onboard, Kitty recognizes him as Logan. After using her powers on Winter Soldier to restore his memories, Kitty kicks him off the truck.

After subduing the Winter Soldier, Prostovich surmises that something happened to him in the last mission. Prostovich enters a sphere beneath the Kremlin called the "Cerebellum" and has the Phoenix fix Logan's mind. A Directorate X log reveals that Charles Xavier's brain is kept in cryogenic stasis after his death.

In Rasputingrad, a bar owner says goodbye to his patrons at closing time. While sweeping his bar, he tells Leech and Artie Maddicks that everyone is gone and that a driver from the Opposition will be there soon. After serving the two food, the bar owner heads outside to throw out the garbage and is confronted by the Winter Soldier. A flashback reveals that the bar owner is Victor Creed as Logan has Creed promise to him that he will kill him if he becomes the Rasputin family's puppet. Back in the present, the fight is intensified as Creed rips off the mouth mask. Chyornaya Vdova shows up and hits the Winter Soldier with a dart while Creed tells Leech and Artie that their ride has arrived.

While chained up in a cell, Logan breaks free and is confronted by someone called "The One". He restrains Logan and sees how he was made a tool of the Rasputin family. After fighting through the hallucinations, Logan wakes up in the Opposition's headquarters as he is met by its members Abigail Brand, Chyornaya Vdova, Sabretooth, Beast, Leech, Artie, and Mikhail Rasputin, who was previously presumed dead. Beast discusses David Haller, who he had encountered in cyberspace. Beast placed David into his mainframe and eliminated his alternate personalities, causing him to become "The One". Without "The One", the opposition would have died off years ago. While Mikhail raises some questions, Beast thinks that David can be trusted.

Logan is visited by Kitty Pryde, who consoles him as they meet with Abigail Brand and Mikhail Rasputin. Meanwhile, Dr. Alongya Prostovich has taken notice that Winter Soldier has been gone for too long. Omega Red attacks Prostovich and drags her to join Magik in Limbo. After Kitty tells Logan about "The One" and how he scrubbed their location from the Eurasian Republic's databases, Logan has a brief argument with Sabretooth over not fulfilling his promise on what to do if the Rasputin family caught him. Kitty breaks up the fight. In Limbo, Magik scolds Prostovich for her failure and summons her demons to swarm her. Prostovich states that she has a way to destroy the Opposition if Magik spares her life. Back at the Opposition's headquarters, Mikhail welcomes the new recruits. Beast then enlists Gambit, Sprite, Widow, and Guardian to accompany him on the mission and even enlists Logan who Beast has not come up with a codename for. Sabretooth comes up with "Rosomahka", which Widow translates as "Wolverine". Meanwhile, Magik and Omega Red return to Colossus with Prostovich as Magik claims that Prostovich is sorry for her failure. As Prostovich mentions that she found a way to harness power from the Cerebellum and needs time to test it, Colossus states "Dr. Prostovich, you have my attention". A newspaper article talks about the death of Dimitri Peshkov and his claims that Mikhail Rasputin is still alive.

At Zmiiyi "Snake" Island in the Black Sea, Wolverine accompanies Abigail Brand, Beast, Black Widow, Gambit, Guardian, and Sprite into raiding a mutant prison to free some guards. As Sprite phases through the wall, Wolverine tells Black Widow that there is something off due to not running into one guard upon arrival. Sprite returns and reveals that there are bodies everywhere. Upon entering the prison, they find the dead bodies. Going further, they come across a rambling Warren Worthington III constantly quoting "I won't let you". He ends up killing Abigail Brand and Beast. The remaining Opposition members were able to subdue Warren Worthington III. Wolverine notes that this country has messed with the minds of mutants as Black Widow states that Warren has been made into a "horseman of Apocalypse". Wolverine states that they better work on Warren's brain before he kills them. Going up some stairs, Wolverine hear a scientist named Dr. Stragatsky having a transmission with Dr. Alongya Prostovich on the status of the Angel Specimen and no updates on the Kostny Mozg Specimen, the Oslepitelny Specimen, or the Mimic Specimen. It is then revealed that Dr. Stragatsky was dead and that Dr. Prostovich hasn't gotten any contact from anyone. She then sees Wolverine on the screen as he slashes the console. When Sprite asks who that was, Wolverine quotes "Someone who's gonna be dead soon". As the Daily Bugle prints out a story about an angel sighting in the skies over the North American Union, an unsent letter on Dr. Stragatsky's terminal from Eurasian Republic's General Valery Teplinsky to Dr. Prostovich about Dr. Stragatsky's incomplete comminique mentioning of the incident with the Angel Specimen where he killed two soldiers, a guard, and one of the specimens even when its feathered wings were replaced with metal wings which she claims is the cause of their death sentence. The comminque was incomplete when the Angel Specimen broke through and killed Dr. Stragatsky. General Teplinsky concludes her email by mentioning the facility being closed off pending further investigation.

Characters

Main characters

• Wolverine / Winter Soldier / Logan - A mutant with healing powers and adamantium claws who is mind-controlled to serve the Rasputin family until he is freed by "The One".

Villains

• Colossus / Piotr Rasputin - The leader of the Rasputin family and member of Maker's Council that rules the Eurasian Republic.
• Magik / Illyana Rasputin - The sister of Colossus who is a part of the Rasputin family and member of Maker's Council. She is revealed to rule Limbo on the behalf of Maker's Council.
• Omega Red / Arkady Rossovich - A mutant with carbonadium tentacles who is a part of the Rasputin family and member of Maker's Council.
• Dr. Alongya Prostovich - A scientist and member of Directorate X who worked on Logan.

Other characters

• Mystique / Raven Darkholme - A shapeshifting member of the Opposition. She was taken down by Winter Soldier.
• Nightcrawler / Kurt Wagner - A demon-like teleporting member of the Opposition. He was taken down by Winter Soldier.
• Maker - A version of Mister Fantastic from Earth-1610 who traveled to Earth-6160 and remade it into his own image.
• Professor Thorton - A top scientist in the Weapon X Project who was killed by Maker.
• Gambit / Remy LeBeau - A member of the Opposition who was responsible for the Mikhail Massacre where he supposedly killed Mikhail Rasputin.
• Sprite / Kitty Pryde - A member of the Opposition.
• Widow / Chyornaya Vdova / Natasha Romanova - A member of the Opposition.
• Phoenix Specimen / Jean Grey - She is kept in a spherical structure beneath the Kremling by Directorate X and was used to control the other subjects.
• Charles Xavier - He is mentioned to be dead. While his body is kept in stasis, Xavier's brain was removed as Directorate X plans to find a way to make use of it.
• Sabretooth / Victor Creed - A member of the Opposition who knows Logan and secretly uses his bar to help the Opposition smuggle mutant refugees.
• Leech - A mutant refugee.
• Artie Maddicks - A mutant refugee.
• Mikhail Rasputin - A member of the Rasputin family who was supposedly killed by Gambit in an event that became known as the Mikhail Massacre. In truth, he survived and sided with the Opposition using the codename "Archangel".
• The One / David Haller - A mutant with dissociative identity disorder whose consciousness was found in cyberspace and became an important member of the Opposition.
• Beast / Hank McCoy - An animalistic scientist and member of the Opposition. He was the one responsible for finding David Haller's consciousness in cyberspace and helped it overcome its personalities.
• Abigail Brand - A member of the Opposition.
• Guardian / Alexei Shostakov - A member of the Opposition.
• Angel Specimen / Warren Worthington III - A mutant whose feathered wings were replaced with metal wings that was experimented on at a facility on Snake Island.

Organizations

• Rasputin family - The ruling family of the Eurasian Republic that brought back the Tsarist autocracy. They are also responsible for the "Rasputin Purge" that exiled Kraven the Hunter's family among others.
• Directorate X - An organization that is loyal to the Rasputin family.
• The Opposition - A group of humans and mutants who oppose the Rasputin family.