Weapon X No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint]

Larry Hama and Adam Kubert craft a stark, visceral origin story for Wolverine in this 2005 Marvel Legends reprint of Weapon X No. 1. First published in the early 1990s, this single issue stands as the definitive, brutal account of the government program that bonded adamantium to Logan's skeleton and erased his memories. It remains a cornerstone of Wolverine's mythos, largely because of Kubert's raw, kinetic art and Hama's unflinching, almost clinical scripting.