Wolverine: Origin

In 2002, Marvel Comics and Panini Deutschland teamed up for a six-issue miniseries that finally answered a decades-old mystery: the untold early years of Wolverine. Written by Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada with art by Andy Kubert, Origin strips away the adamantium and claws to reveal a frail, feral boy named James Howlett in 19th-century Canada. A tragic family secret triggers his first bone claws and healing factor, setting him on a brutal path that redefined the character’s mythos. This series matters for grounding one of comics’ most popular antiheroes in a poignant, human story before he became the legendary X-Man.