Wolverine #4

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The 2020 Wolverine solo series (Vol. 7) was launched as part of Marvel's Dawn of X publishing initiative, with writer Benjamin Percy chosen to anchor it because he was already writing X-Force for the same line. Percy was paired with two artists: Adam Kubert handled the earlier issues and covers, while Viktor Bogdanovic took interior pencil duties for issues #4 and #5, with colorist Matthew Wilson completing the team. The dual-artist arrangement meant the series had a slightly different texture issue-to-issue during its opening arc, though Kubert remained on covers, providing visual continuity for readers. Percy has noted in interviews that his simultaneous work on X-Force was by design — the two series functioned as companion books, sharing characters and plot threads across Krakoa's interconnected Dawn of X tapestry.

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• Issue title: 'The Red Tavern' — Wolverine (Vol. 7) #4; written by Benjamin Percy, interior art by Viktor Bogdanovic, colors by Matthew Wilson, cover by Adam Kubert; released August 19, 2020 with an October 2020 cover date.
• First appearance of the Mutant Trauma Support Group (also identified individually: Fred, Jack Peterson, and three unnamed members), a vigilante collective whose shared identity is that each member has been traumatized by Wolverine's past violent actions.
• The issue establishes that Logan has secretly installed an unauthorized personal Krakoa gate — separate from the island's official network — leading to a remote Canadian dive bar called the Red Tavern, underscoring his defiance of the Quiet Council's authority.
• Issue opens with Logan being reprimanded by the Quiet Council for rogue activity off Krakoa; both Professor X (Charles Xavier) and Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) appear in that scene, with Magneto referencing Logan stealing his psychic-shielding helmet in the prior issue.
• Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich) appears in an antagonist role: he rescues a drugged, near-drowning Logan from the lake — not out of mercy, but to deliver him to Dracula, his new master, setting up the vampire-threat arc that continues into subsequent issues.
• The issue contains a Krakoan 'data page' formatted in Percy's Chronicler style, offering an interior prose passage that critics noted blurred the line between this solo title and Percy's concurrent X-Force book.
• Bogdanovic's art replaces Adam Kubert's interiors from the first three issues; Kubert remained on cover duties, maintaining the visual identity of the series even as the interiors shifted to a second penciller.
• The story is set firmly within Marvel's Krakoan Age (Dawn of X publishing phase), making it part of the sprawling Jonathan Hickman-initiated X-Men line relaunch and one of several interlocking 2020 solo and team titles featuring overlapping characters and plots.

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