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Wolverine by Jason Aaron Reading Order Guide

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Wolverine by Jason Aaron Reading Order Guide

Created by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and John Romita Sr, Wolverine is a short Canadian mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, a powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, and three retractable claws in each hand. 

But I’m pretty sure you already knew that, as Wolvie is also one of the most popular X-Men out there, helped by Hugh Jackman’s performance in the X-Men movie franchise (and he also has his own solo movies). He’s also the only X-Men character to have his own comic title consistently since his debut in 1988. There are a lot of X-Men stories (see our massive reading order!) and a lot of Wolverine comics!

Today, we explore Jason Aaron’s run on the character, written before his epic run on Thor. It’s after all thanks to Wolverine that Aaron finds his way into Marvel, after winning a contest…

Wolverine by Jason Aaron Reading Order

Wolverine before Jason Aaron: Wolvie made his debut in 1974 and lived a lot of solo adventures trying to unpack his complicated past and much more. To discover more about him, see the Complete Wolverine reading order.

The first Wolverine stories by Jason Aaron

Aaron first wrote some limited series before writing an ongoing Wolverine series. This is where it all began…

All those stories are also available in:

  • Wolverine by Jason Aaron, Vol. 1 Omnibus
    Collects Wolverine Vol. 3 #56 and #62-65; Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1-4; Wolverine: Weapon X #1-16; Dark Reign: The List – Wolverine; and material from Wolverine Vol. 3 #73-74, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3, Wolverine Vol. 2 #175.

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Wolverine: Weapon X (2009-2010)

To coincide with the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel launched the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, with Jason Aaron at the helm after having written several one-shots and limited series featuring the character. The series lasted 16 issues.

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All those stories are also available in:

  • Wolverine by Jason Aaron, Vol. 1 Omnibus
    Collects Wolverine Vol. 3 #56 and #62-65; Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1-4; Wolverine: Weapon X #1-16; Dark Reign: The List – Wolverine; and material from Wolverine Vol. 3 #73-74, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3, Wolverine Vol. 2 #175.

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Wolverine Vol. 4 (2010-2012)

After 16 issues, Wolverine: Weapon X was relaunched as simply Wolverine. This volume has ties with Schism and the X-Men: Regenesis story arcs (see our X-Men Reading Order Part 4).

First, this period was entirely collected in one big omnibus. Take a look below for the detailed reading order.

  • Wolverine Goes To Hell Omnibus
    Collects Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1-6; Wolverine (2010) #1-20, 5.1, & 300-304; X-Men: Schism #1-5; and material from Wolverine: Road To Hell.

Wolverine Vol. 4 didn’t stop directly after the end of Jason Aaron’s tenure, and issues #305-317 were written by Cullen Bunn. The title comes to its end in the wake of the Marvel NOW! initiative.

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Wolverine and The X-Men (2011-2014)

Following the recent events in X-Men: Schism, Wolverine’s philosophy changed and he became headmaster of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, in Wolverine and the X-Men, written by Aaron.

During this period, Wolverine also starred in Savage Wolverine (written by Frank Cho), but also Wolverine Vol. 5 by Paul Cornell.

First, the Wolverine & The X-Men series is now available in one big omnibus – that doesn’t collect the issues from the Battle of the Atom crossover.

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After Jason Aaron’s departure, a new volume of Wolverine and the X-Men was launched, written by Jason Latour.

The two Jason also collaborated on Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted, as part of Infinite Comics, an imprint featuring original stories made for digital.

Finally, Amazing X-Men by Jason Aaron is a continuation of a storyline in Wolverine and the X-Men and sees a team of X-Men searching for deceased member Nightcrawler in the afterlife. He only wrote the first 6-issues and was replaced by Kathryn Immonen (issue 7), then Chris Yost & Craig Kyle (issues 8-19).

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Other Collected Editions

Complete Collection

Complete Collections are large, full-color trade paperback collections of previously published Marvel comics, typically containing 300–500 pages.

Omnibus

Not surprising, Marvel Comics also collected big parts of Aaron’s run on Wolverine in their Omnibus collection:

  • Wolverine by Jason Aaron, Vol. 1 Omnibus
    Collects Wolverine Vol. 3 #56 and #62-65; Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1-4; Wolverine: Weapon X #1-16; Dark Reign: The List – Wolverine; and material from Wolverine Vol. 3 #73-74, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3, Wolverine Vol. 2 #175.
  • Wolverine Goes To Hell Omnibus
    Collects Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1-6; Wolverine (2010) #1-20, 5.1, & 300-304; X-Men: Schism #1-5; and material from Wolverine: Road To Hell.
  • Wolverine & The X-Men Omnibus
    Collects Wolverine & The X-Men (2011) 1-35, 38-42; Wolverine & The X-Men Annual (2013). The omnibus doesn’t collect the issues from the Battle of the Atom crossover.

Last Updated on July 17, 2022.

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