WRITER: CULLEN BUNN PENCILER: DAVID MESSINA INKER: GARY ERSKINE WITH GAETANO CARLUCCI (#3) COLORIST: JAVIER TARTAGLIA LETTERERS: VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA & CLAYTON COWLES COVER ART: ARTHUR ADAMS & PETER STEIGERWALD (#1) AND AXEL TORVENIUS (#2-4) ASSISTANT EDITOR: EMILY SHAW SENIOR EDITOR: MARK PANICCIA SPECIAL THANKS TO JORDI TARRAGONA & GAETANO CARLUCCI COLLECTION EDITOR: CORY LEVINE ASSISTANT EDITORS: ALEX STARBUCK & NELSON RIBEIRO EDITORS, SPECIAL PROJECTS: JENNIFER GRÜNWALD & MARK D. BEAZLEY SENIOR EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS: JEFF YOUNGQUIST SVP OF PRINT & DIGITAL PUBLISHING SALES: DAVID GABRIEL BOOK DESIGNER: RODOLFO MURAGUCHI EDITOR IN CHIEF: AXEL ALONSO CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: JOE QUESADA PUBLISHER: DAN BUCKLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ALAN FINE PREVIOUSLY: Logan Howlett, known to the world as Wolverine, was trained to be a vicious killing machine by the government’s covert Weapon X program. When Logan broke free of Weapon X, he joined up with Professor Xavier and his team. He spent the rest of his days fi ghting alongside the X-Men until he was killed by the infamous mutant terrorist, Magneto. But before Logan died, he confessed a secret: he had a son. Jimmy grew up believing that he was the child of human parents, James and Renee Hudson. That is, until Kitty Pryde showed up on his doorstep. She gave him a hologram with a message from his birth father, Wolverine. And since that day, Jimmy has been searching for answers. Is Jimmy destined to follow in the footsteps of his father? Or will he carve out his own path? ULTIMATE COMICS WOLVERINE: LEGACIES. Contains material originally published in magazine form as ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #1-4. First printing 2013. ISBN# 978-0-7851-8430-0. Published by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2013 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. All characters featured in this issue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all related indicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, In c. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. ALAN FINE, EVP - Offi ce of the President, Marvel Worldwide, Inc. and EVP & CMO Marvel Characters B.V.; DAN BUCKLEY, Publisher & President - Print, Animation & Digital Divisions; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Offi cer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Operations & Procurement, Publishing; C.B. CEBULSKI, SVP of Creator & Content Development; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Print & Digital Publishing Sales; JIM O’KEEFE, VP of Operations & Logistics; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; SUSAN CRESPI, Editorial Operations Manager; ALEX MORALES, Publishing Operations Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Niza Disla, Director of Marvel Partnerships, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 800-217-9158. Manufactured between 5/8/2013 and 6/10/2013 by QUAD/GRAPHICS, VERSAILLES, KY, USA. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .