Welcome to another creepy edition of X-Men on Monday at X-Fans, AIPT!
X-Men: Are you catching up with the coverage of Age of Revelation? So far, we’ve spoken with Jed Mackay, Erica Schultz, David Marquez and Tom Breboat. I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, I have to say, As someone who has been leading Monday interviews with countless creators, an event like this is a great opportunity to talk to them and more. In this edition, writer Saladin Ahmed has not stopped on X-Men on Monday despite writing 13 issues in the current Wolverine series.
Read Saladin’s thoughts about his Wolverine run and the final Wolverine, the story of a very different kind of Wolverine where our path comes in the age of revelation.
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AIPT: Welcome to X-Men Monday and Saladin! This is my first stop in a column, so can I share my first X-Men experience with us?
Saladin Ahmed: Well, I’m old as an filthy so the first time I came across X-Men was in the fourth grade, where my companions lend me God’s love. I don’t know how many times I’ll reread the book. The rest was a kind of history.
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AIPT: Before we talk about the final Wolverine, we need to discuss what your Wolverine is running a bit. Over the course of 13 issues, we see the hero leader Leonard the Wendigo, fighting some of his biggest enemies, revealing the mystery of Adamantine, reuniting with his heart-departed mother (of some sort), and most recently became Don Logan. When you have a versatile character like Wolverine, how do you narrow down the story you want to explore with him?
Saladin: Well, that helps me think about Logan and his world for decades! It was creating a story of a stupid kid, literally holding a Wolverine action figure. So the stories I’ve told so far tried to combine everything I thought was cool about the character – perhaps a short Kick Ass guy who will definitely protect his people by the means necessary – everything I’ve learned about being a writer and being a person. Of course, as I’m older, I’ve started meditating more on aging, pain, trauma and healing. And Logan is the perfect character to explore these things.
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AIPT: Speaking of some of those plots, X-Fan Ben says your Wolverine run seems to pull a lot from the Wolverine run of the 2000s. How about talking to you in this era of Wolverine comics? Or is this just a coincidence?
Saladin: I’m a writer who delves into the history that I’m constantly lacking for characters. For example, I didn’t see Cyber in my long butt time, so I threw him into the first problem. Romulus also sat on the shelf for a long time. But Elizabeth was much more personal. I lost my mother when I was a child too. It’s a very deep and formative thing. It surprised people didn’t mention much about how they affected Logan. So we created a story around the pain of motherless growth. This is a very special kind of pain. And the question of how the story continues is open. Because those feelings don’t even resolve to a tough guy like Logan.
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AIPT: When we led to the final Wolverine, why did you want to introduce and explore the heroic Wendigo in the first Wolverine Ark?
Saladin: I knew that as soon as I wrote Wolverine and got a job, I would get a Wendigo story. The design is very cool! But again, I always think about the human angle with something like this. The Wendigo curse strikes someone as a punishment for popular cannibalism, but it is usually a very sad story when you consider the situation that drives people to eat out for survival. Leonard then began to grow. Plus, it’s cool to have Wendigo who can talk to.
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AIPT: What can you share about the amazing Wolverines we met X years later in the Last Wolverine? “Wonderful” is certainly a new adjective for Wolverine.
Saladin: That’s certainly true! Another title could be “Friendly Neighborhood Wolverine.” Essentially, the idea that Leonard, a teenager who suffers from Wendigo’s curse in our main Wolverine timeline, has come to control it in his younger adulthood and has become a patterned hero with his idol. But he has an incredibly sunny view of Logan. Logan is the man who saved him from the forest and saved him from being a monster. He looks at Logan like Spider-Man. And he’s a much sunny version when he goes to imitate him as the new Wolverine. He enjoys it.
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AIPT: And what about Logan in the Age of Revelation? He appears to appear in several series during the event, but do you wonder if the X-Fan Snikt Bub can learn how he changed over the X years in the final Wolverine?
Saladin: Yes, this is the main focus of the book, and those looking for their regular Logan fixes still get it here – he’s just changing.
AIPT: X-Fan civilians notice the Vindicator on the cover of Wolverine #2 last and ask if they can expect to see other Alpha Flight members in your story. They are always welcomed with civilian books (or yours) that they are concerned about.
Saladin: I don’t want to ruin it much here, but Heather is really the focus. It was a lot of fun turning her into an older, stiffer, Sarah Connor type Vindicator, and Edgar Salazar’s design is a killer.
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AIPT: Speaking of Edgar, he certainly isn’t a stranger to portray Logan. What can readers expect from the visuals of this series?
Saladin: Edgar’s page is amazing. It is the perfect blend of Y2K Extreme Vibes in modern Marvel storytelling. You guys are going to dig it!
AIPT: Finally, as a writer, what creative opportunities do events like Age of Revelation offer in terms of exploring Logan and his supporting cast as characters?
Saladin: I’m not the type of person who generally likes to live in the darkest timeline. After all, real life is enough – but this was really fun as I was given a rather broad license to get hooked on drawing a new order of the Age of Revelation, but we need to read to see what we did with that license!
aipt: Sounds like a plan, Saladin. But on that note – thank you for stopping by the X-Men on Monday!
The final Wolverine #1, X-Fans, will be released on October 22, 2024. Take a look at the pages of several artists Edgar Salazar and color artist Carlos Lopez exclusively and scroll thanks to friends at Marvel.
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But wait, there’s more! This is the last unreleased variant cover of Wolverine #1 by artist Puppeteer Lee.
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One more thing from artist Ricky Yagawa!
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Next X-Men Monday – September 22, 2025
In the next edition of X-Men Monday, author Justina Ireland makes her X-Men Mondey debut, discussing the upcoming X-Men: Age of Revelation Tie-In series, Cloak or Dagger!
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Until next time, X-Fans will remain exceptional!
