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After Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, which gave the production giant the rights to Marvel’s X-Men, fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the rag-tag group of super-powered mutants. But the most anticipated appearance is that of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. The actor has played the super-mutant with the iconic adamantium claws across nine films and wrapped up his journey as Wolverine in 2017’s critically and commercially acclaimed Logan. But a recent report has raised the possibility that Jackman is going to reprise his role once again and will be soon making his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Geekosity Mag has reported that Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, which is already teeming with confirmed and rumored news of many notable Marvel characters, will also feature Wolverine. As per the report, Patrick Stewart will also be making a comeback as Professor X and it is his involvement that convinced Jackman to ditch his former resolve to never play the Marvel character again.

Reportedly, it was Sam Raimi’s idea to include both the actors in Doctor Strange 2 as he wants his films to trump the chaos that will be witnessed in Spider-Man: No Way Home. But how does Marvel plan to make both Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman’s return look seamless? After all, both Wolverine and Professor X died in Logan. Will the Marvel Cinematic Universe ditch the storyline in the prior X-Men films and give them a fresh start? Well, no and yes.

The outlet has reported that according to its sources, the MCU will not be tampering with Logan or the way it ends Professor X and Wolverine’s story. Apparently, both Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman will be playing variants of their original character in the upcoming film. This makes the X-Men films’ characters part of the Sacred Timeline and retains their deaths, thus leaving their journey from 2000’s X-Men to 2017’s Logan intact.

Although the third instalment of the Deadpool series isn't out for almost two years, Hugh Jackman is already getting his ducks in a row to prepare to don Wolverine's adamantium claws once again.

After sharing updates on his workout plan in previous interviews across the year, the 54-year-old has newly revealed his diet program in pursuit of renewed superhero swoleness, and it includes sirloin steaks, chicken burgers and fat slabs of fish. On Instagram yesterday, the actor posted a photo of his daily 8,000 calorie meal prep, consisting of six boxed-up meals — the bulkiest Uber Eats one will ever find that isn't eight twenty-piece boxes of post-night out Chicken McNuggets.

BY CHRIS CLAREMONT & FRANK MILLER
By 1982 Chris Claremont was riding high, having written the seminal “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days Of Future Past” nearly back to back in Uncanny X-Men. Frank Miller was in the final stretches of his game changing run on Daredevil, having just passed the baton on art duties for the book. They were the biggest names in comics and they were about to make Wolverine the biggest character in the industry.

In a way, Wolverine is a mini-series that is a perfect fusion of its creators. Claremont’s pathos and love for soap opera theatrics combine with Miller’s deft sense of action and passion for drawing ninjas. It’s a dense, emotional story where Wolverine battles hopelessly to not just save the woman he loves from an abusive marriage, but prove that he is more than a mindless animal. Logan has to find honor, inner peace, and a direction for his life.

He also has to fight a metric ton of ninjas.

Miller puts on a masterclass in setting up action scenes in what is arguably his best work (and yes I’m including The Dark Knight Returns so don’t even ask). Claremont takes plenty of time to write long, contemplative monologues as he is want to do, but also knows when to step back and let his artist take control.

Every Wolverine story lives in the shadow of this one, and for good reason. It is two of the best creators in the industry, at the peak of their strength, writing a tight story that utterly defines the most important character in comics since the Silver Age. It’s that good.

Wolverine (2009
The gruff, adamantium-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The story gets under way as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash forward to find the mutant siblings battling side by side through two world wars and Vietnam -- where they are sentenced to death for killing a commanding officer -- and Logan (Hugh Jackman) and his brother, Victor Creed (aka Sabretooth, played by Liev Schreiber), have joined a top-secret government task force.