Origin II #1-5

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Origin II #1-5

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ORIGIN II #1 (February, 2014)
By Kieron Gillen & Adam Kubert

APPEARANCES:
Wolverine, Mr. Sinister (-BTS)

SYNOPSIS:
1907: Wolverine lives in the wilderness with a pack of wolves until a polar bear slaughters his adoptive family. Wolverine kills the bear, not noticing or comprehending the bear has been tagged as an experiment by Nathaniel Essex.

ORIGIN II #2 (March, 2014)
By Kieron Gillen & Adam Kubert

APPEARANCES:
Wolverine, Mr. Sinister& his Marauders, Clara Creed, Saul Creed, Hugo

FLASHBACK:
Trackers find the dead polar bear.
SYNOPSIS:
Circus ringmaster Hugo learns from a tracker that a wild man killed a polar bear. Before he can learn more, Nathaniel Essex arrives, gathers his employees, kills the tracker with the loose tongue and searches for the wild man using poison gas. Wolverine kills several of Essex’s Marauders and escapes. Soon after, Hugo and his people (including Creed the tracker and Clara the animal handler) find Wolverine’s camp and capture him. Later, Hugo unveils his new circus attraction: the clawed man of the woods.

ORIGIN II #3 (April, 2014)
By Kieron Gillen & Adam Kubert

APPEARANCES:
Wolverine (also in -FB), Mr. Sinister & his Marauders, Clara Creed, Saul Creed, Hugo

FLASHBACKS:
Logan kills Rose (Origin #6). Logan kills the polar bear (Origin II #1). Logan tries several times to kill himself (after Origin #6).
SYNOPSIS:
At the circus, Clara tries to get Wolverine to talk but Creed has fun torturing Wolverine. Wolverine refuses to perform in the circus and the newspapers claim he’s a fake. Essex offers to buy Wolverine from the circus, but Hugo refuses. Essex offers to examine Wolverine to prove he’s real and Hugo agrees. At Essex’s lab, Essex kills Hugo and his men. He vivisects Wolverine and is impressed at how quickly Wolverine heals. Realizing that Wolverine’s suicidal, Essex offers Wolverine “medicine” that will render him emotionless. Clara and Creed sneak into Essex’s lab and free Wolverine.

ORIGIN II #4 (May, 2014)
By Kieron Gillen & Adam Kubert

APPEARANCES:
Wolverine, Mr. Sinister (-BTS) & his Marauders, Clara Creed, Saul Creed

FLASHBACKS:
Logan kills Rose (Origin #6). Logan kills the polar bear (Origin II #1).
SYNOPSIS:
A month later in New York, Clara tries to teach Wolverine how to act in society, but Wolverine’s having trouble assimilating and they have to keep moving around. Wolverine and Clara fool around and Creed gets jealous. Suddenly, Essex’s Marauders attack and Wolverine accidentally stabs Clara during the fight. Wolverine flies into a rage and slaughters the Marauders. Creed arrives and suggests they pay Essex back for the attack. After Wolverine and Creed leave, Clara wakes up and Creed tells Wolverine Clara’s his sister.

ORIGIN II #5 (June, 2014)
By Kieron Gillen & Adam Kubert

APPEARANCES:
Wolverine, Mr. Sinister & his Marauders, Sabretooth, Clara Creed, Saul Creed

FLASHBACK:
Wolverine stabs Clara (Origin II #4).
SYNOPSIS:
Clara follows Wolverine and Creed to Essex’s lab. Wolverine and Creed fight through Essex’s Marauders. Once they’re inside they split up to find Essex; Wolverine finds him first. Essex reveals that Creed told him where to send the Marauders. Wolverine stabs Essex in the chest and tosses him out of a window. Wolverine confronts Creed but Clara arrives and tries to calm them down. She explains that all of the Creed family have healing powers. Wolverine, realizing that Creed won’t leave them alone and will only continue to hurt Clara, drowns Creed in Essex’s “medicine.” Clara curses Wolverine and tells him she won’t rest until he pays for killing her brother. Wolverine leaves. Four months later, Victor Creed arrives at the circus to give Saul Creed his birthday present. Clara Creed tells Victor that his brother is dead. Victor isn’t happy to hear that.

NOTE:
It’s pretty straightforward for placement. The mini takes place after the first Origin mini, and happens in 1907.

Placement suggestions:

CREED, CLARA
O2 2
O2 3
O3 4
O2 5

CREED, SAUL
O2 2
O2 3
O2 4
O2 5

MR. SINISTER/NATHANIEL ESSEX/"MIKE MILBURY"/"ROBERT WINDSOR"

GAM3 24-FB (1891)
C2 '99-FB (1899 - 1900)
*O2 1-BTS (1907)
*O2 2
*O2 3
*O2 4-BTS
*O2 5
X:COLB 3 (7&8:6 - 7&8:7)-FB
X:HC 3-FB (1915)


SABRETOOTH/VICTOR CREED
XO:SABRE (1 - 8)
*O2 5
W3 52-FB


WOLVERINE/"LOGAN"/JAMES HOWLETT

O 6 (12 - 25)
*O2 3-FB
[ASTONSM&W 3-FB]
[ASTONSM&W 4-FB]
*O2 1
*O2 2
*O2 3
*O2 4
*O2 5
W:WX 10-FB
-Daron Jensen
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Re: Origin II #1-5

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Great review Daron!!!
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