(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Adam Kubert, Various (CA) Simone Bianchi The Merc with a Mouth takes on the Mutant with the Muttonchops in their greatest battles - and occasional team-ups! Katanas and claws clash in their brutal first meeting - but when someone targets Weapon X survivors, Wolverine must ride to Deadpool's rescue! Doctor Bong tolls for our heroes, then things get hairy over a werewolf! And when a bounty is placed on Logan's head, guess who tries to collect! An assault on a Hydra base will have them at each other's throats, while Wolvie plays straight man to Wade's wisecracker in a showdown with a Shi'ar robot. But things really go off the deep end in the main event - one ultimate, over-the-top, slicing-and-dicing slobberknocker! Collecting WOLVERINE (1988) #88 and #154-155, DEADPOOL (1997) #27, CABLE & DEADPOOL #43-44, WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #21-25, WOLVERINE/DEADPOOL: THE DECOY, and material from WOLVERINE ANNUAL '95 and '99. Rated T+

(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Steven Harris, Various (CA) Terry Dodson What do you get when you merge M with Emplate? M-Plate - and the combined entity spells big trouble for Generation X! Meanwhile, a theft at the Academy exposes secrets that Husk, Jubilee and Skin would rather stay hidden! And as these problems collide, the students face an interdimensional adventure some of them might not walk away from! Penance's secrets are revealed at last, but what will that mean for Monet? Plus: The team deals with Asgardian trolls, Emma Frost suffers a loss of powers just as an old foe returns and emotions run high for Husk and Chamber! But when Dracula sets up shop in Massachusetts, will Jono end up under the dark prince's thrall? And can Generation X save Christmas? Collecting GENERATION X (1994) #33-47 and #1/2, GENERATION X/DRACULA ANNUAL '98, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #20, and GENERATION X HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1. Rated T

(W) Larry Hama & Various (A) Andrew Wildman & Various (CA) Andrew Wildman Venom stars in tales of violence and vengeance! When the video game 'Carnage Unleashed' becomes a hit, it provides the psychopathic Cletus Kasady with the opportunity to gain his freedom - and renew his sadistic reign of terror on the streets! The only way to stop a bad symbiote? A good(ish) symbiote! Blood will flow as Venom takes on Carnage! Then, when killer vigilante Sin-Eater strikes, Eddie Brock's ex-wife is caught in the crossfire. To survive, must she become the bride of Venom? Plus: Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider must stand by Eddie's side when an alien invasion threatens to turn Earth into the Planet of the Symbiotes! Collecting VENOM: CARNAGE UNLEASHED #1-4; VENOM: SINNER TAKES ALL #1-5; and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SUPER SPECIAL, SPIDER-MAN SUPER SPECIAL, VENOM SUPER SPECIAL, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN SUPER SPECIAL and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN SUPER SPECIAL. Rated T

(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Adam Kubert, Various (CA) Ian Churchill Wolverine succumbs to the beast within! With his adamantium skeleton gone and his healing factor diminished, Logan slashes his way into a dangerous new era - with claws made of bone! But deadly threats are lining up to put him in his grave - including Lady Deathstrike, Bloodscream, Cyber, Deadpool, Ogun and the Phalanx! And when Wolverine faces a savage rematch with Sabretooth, he'll cross a startling line - and only one will walk away! Logan's dark path is gradually costing him his humanity. Will his animal side take over completely when he faces the heirs of Apocalypse, Genesis and the Dark Riders? Collecting WOLVERINE (1988) #76-101 and ANNUAL '95, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #150-151, CABLE (1993) #16, WOLVERINE: EVILUTION, WOLVERINE/NICK FURY: SCORPIO RISING, GHOST RIDER/WOLVERINE/PUNISHER: THE DARK DESIGN, WOLVERINE: KNIGHT OF TERRA, WOLVERINE/GAMBIT: VICTIMS #1-4, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #332, LOGAN: PATH OF THE WARLORD and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #152-155. Rated T+

(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Adam Kubert, Various (CA) David Winn Wolverine's classic adventures continue, with one of the darkest periods in the character's history! Horribly transformed from a failed attempt to regain his adamantium, a tormented and animalistic Wolverine teeters on the brink of going completely feral. Can the enigmatic assassin Elektra help him fight his way back from the edge? Mentoring Logan in the martial arts, she challenges him to re-forge his humanity - and he'll need it when Onslaught rips the X-Men apart! Plus: Jubilee returns! Wolverine teams up with Venom in a wild interdimensional adventure! Logan fights alongside a young Ben Grimm! Kitty Pryde enlists in S.H.I.E.L.D.! And Wolverine and the X-Men are marked for execution in Operation: Zero Tolerance! COLLECTING: Wolverine (1988) 102-118, -1, 1/2, 102.5; Wolverine Annual '96-97; Logan: Shadow Society (1996) 1; Venom: Tooth and Claw (1996) 1-3; Maverick (1997A) 1; Wolverine: Doombringer (1997) 1; Kitty Pryde, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1997) 1-3; Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan (2000) 1-3; Wol

(W) Larry Hama, Various (A) Adam Kubert, Various (CA) Leinil Yu Wolverine's classic adventures continue, with one of the darkest periods in the character's history! Horribly transformed from a failed attempt to regain his adamantium, a tormented and animalistic Wolverine teeters on the brink of going completely feral. Can the enigmatic assassin Elektra help him fight his way back from the edge? Mentoring Logan in the martial arts, she challenges him to re-forge his humanity - and he'll need it when Onslaught rips the X-Men apart! Plus: Jubilee returns! Wolverine teams up with Venom in a wild interdimensional adventure! Logan fights alongside a young Ben Grimm! Kitty Pryde enlists in S.H.I.E.L.D.! And Wolverine and the X-Men are marked for execution in Operation: Zero Tolerance! COLLECTING: Wolverine (1988) 102-118, -1, 1/2, 102.5; Wolverine Annual '96-97; Logan: Shadow Society (1996) 1; Venom: Tooth and Claw (1996) 1-3; Maverick (1997A) 1; Wolverine: Doombringer (1997) 1; Kitty Pryde, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1997) 1-3; Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan (2000) 1-3; Wolv