Ultimate Wolverine #13
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeUltimate Wolverine #13 marks the opening chapter of the series' 'Ultimate Endgame' story arc, pivoting Logan's personal revenge mission squarely toward the Maker's Council just as the broader Ultimate Universe begins its end-of-line event. The issue is notable for its structural duality: a stand-alone, character-driven breather embedded inside an apocalyptic crossover, using a prologue focused on a young Illyana Rasputina's first corruption by Limbo's demonic forces to draw a deliberate moral parallel between her and Logan—both shaped by traumas inflicted on them without consent. Writer Chris Condon uses this quieter issue to crystallize the series' governing theme of choice versus coercion, grounding Earth-6160's political horror in intimate, personal terms before the final confrontation. It also introduces Domenico Carbone as the series' new penciler for this arc, bringing a stylistically distinct visual language to the Eurasian action sequences and demonic flashbacks.
ComicBooks.com Value
Find on ebay
Read it digitally
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸History
Ultimate Wolverine is written by Chris Condon—previously known for the noir series That Texas Blood—with Alessandro Cappuccio as the series' primary cover and interior artist; Cappuccio stepped back from interior duties for issue #13, replaced on pencils by Domenico Carbone for this arc. The series launched in January 2025 as part of Marvel's second-generation Ultimate Universe line set on Earth-6160, with the character of this Logan having debuted slightly earlier in the one-shot Ultimate Universe: One Year In (December 2024). Issue #13, released January 7, 2026, is officially the fourth tie-in chapter within the Ultimate Endgame crossover event, which ran across all the concurrent Ultimate titles as year two of the imprint wound down.
Trivia · 8 facts
- Released January 7, 2026 (cover-dated March 2026); written by Chris Condon with interior art by Domenico Carbone (replacing regular artist Alessandro Cappuccio for this arc) and colors by Bryan Valenza.
- Officially the fourth tie-in issue of the Ultimate Endgame crossover event, branded 'Into the Maker's War,' marking the start of the series' final story stretch.
- Features a prologue depicting a young Illyana Rasputina (Earth-6160) being claimed by the shadows of Limbo in childhood—establishing her traumatic origin and her early contact with Belasco's demonic realm as the foundational backstory for her villainy.
- Logan encounters and battles a brainwashed, feral Ursa Major (Mikhail Ursus, Earth-6160) in the sewers; the issue also reveals that Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin, Earth-6160) had already died, his body consumed by Ursa Major—confirming both characters' tragic fates as victims of Directorate X experimentation.
- Sentinel One (David Haller) asks Wolverine whether they should intervene in the Eurasian civil uprising; Logan's answer—that the people must make their own choices—is the issue's stated thematic core, with Condon explicitly threading the nature of choice through every beat of the story.
- Jean Grey (operating as Phoenix, Earth-6160) appears alongside Logan and Sentinel One as a supporting character, continuing the post-Colossus-death trio dynamic established in issue #12.
- The Maker (Reed Richards, Earth-6160) and Belasco (listed as 'Inside Man') are referenced/alluded to rather than appearing in full, setting them up as looming threats for the arc's conclusion.
- The series runs 16 issues total (January 2025–April 2026), with issue #16 serving as the finale leading directly into Ultimate Endgame #5, providing context for #13's role as the pivot point of the endgame build-up.
Cast · 12 characters
Full credits
Variants (3)
Reviews
Reader reviews
No reader reviews yet.