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So I've just listened to the Marvel podcast and it was interesting (the wolverine part of the interview start around the 38 minute mark)
General :
- Return is the third part of the trilogy (Death of Wolverine/Hunt for Wolverine/ Return of Wolverine) where Logan will be found
- There is a story centric reason for the hot claws, Soule didn't add this new power just for being "extreme"
- It's not a power, more like a curse similar to his adamantium skeleton
- Logan can use the hot Claws but it's not always the best for him
- Soule said that Wolverine has been through a lot since he died, he has a new outlook on the superhero landscape
- Soule wants to bring him back closer to his original statu quo so "the guy people feared, the fact no one know anything about him or what is going to do, the X-Men even asked themselves why Xavier brought him in"
- Soule said he wants people to be frightened of Wolverine but that doesn't mean he's just gonna turn him into a murderer
- He wants to bring back this unpredictability but in order to do that some changes had to be done to Logan
- Soule said : "If I had one mandate to my Wolverine series, other than the hot claws, it will be returning that mystery, returning that danger, returning back that sense of we don't know who this guy is"
- Soule praises the Old Man Logan and All New Wolverine books
About the Hunt of Wolverine :
- The story is called "The Hunt for Wolverine" not "finding Wolverine"
- One important thing for Soule was to make sure each mini would be great on its own and wrap up satisfactorily
- All mini has to work individually but also as part of the whole Hunt saga and also as something leading up to the return of Wolverine
- Dead Ends will recap all these discoveries and the teams will try to put all the pieces together
- Soule said : "The ending of Dead Ends will have people hyped for Wolverine number one or whatever it is"
- Hunt for Wolverine serves as a background for Return of Wolverine,
About the Return of Wolverine :
- Return of Wolverine will tell you where Wolverine had been, what he was doing and what's he doing now
- Fast paced story, it's a journey where Wolverine goes to one place to another
- Story start in Hell but it's not a litteral thing though
- Sort of feels like a Marvel metaphor of the afterlife, but the book takes place in our world
- It's like a nightmare for Logan or for any people to wake up in this place after coming back from the dead
- The question Soule asked is : What would it be like to come back from the dead?
- There is a new, major significant female vilain whose motivations will be explained during the Hunt
- Soule said : "She is phenomenal, she has a unique powerset and an unique worldview that hasn't been done before".
About Wolverine :
- Soule wanted Logan to die with dignity during Death of Wolverine
- Hunt for Wolverine is about Logan legacy within the Marvel Universe
- Return of Wolverine is not about Wolverine's past, it's about who he is going to be in the future, what is he going to bring to the Marvel Universe, what's he wants out of his new life. It's a second chance for him.
- Despite all the tragedies in his life, Logan isn't going to be weight down by all of this
- Soule wants to give him a fresh start
If you think I missed something important, feel free to add any comments