. "Sumerak"@en . . "Tom Brevoort"@en . "Dan Buckley"@en . . "Paul Jenkins"@en . . "I haven't been James since you guys opened me up like a sardine tin an' put metal in my skeleton. You can call me Logan... but I wouldn't get used to it."@en . "Claudio Castellini"@en . "Paul Jenkins"@en . "Schmidt"@en . "Claudio Castellini"@en . "[[W:C:marvel:James Howlett"@en . . "Claudio Castellini"@en . "Featured Characters:\n* \nSupporting Characters:\n* \nVillains:\n*\nOther Characters:\n* \n* \n* \n* \n* \n* \n* Weapon X scientists \n* Scientists and monks working for the White Ghost\nLocations:\n* \n** Hiragana-San Mountain, \nItems:\n* The adamantium chamber from the Weapon X Project\n* A painting of Howlett Manor\nVehicles:\n* Futuristic jetskis"@en . "Claudio Castellini"@en . . . . . "Nicole Wiley"@en . . . "Marvel Comics"@en . "Paul Mounts"@en . . . . . "Paul Mounts"@en . "Claudio Castellini"@en . . "Dave Sharpe"@en . "June"@en . . "Sumerak"@en . "Dave Sharpe"@en . "Tom Brevoort"@en . "2004"^^ . "Nicole Wiley"@en . . "Hagana San Mountain\u2026\n\nA heavily injured and almost dying Wolverine stumbles through a heavy blizzard. He\u2019s almost frozen, but doesn\u2019t give up. Wolverine talks in his other voice again. The voice tells Logan that he should have gone home. Logan refuses to do that until he has found out who did this to him. The voice asks Logan what he\u2019s going to do if the Weapon X Program doesn\u2019t exist anymore. What if they never existed? \n\nLogan tells the voice to shut up. He slips and falls off a cliff. He lands badly, and Logan\u2019s wounds go even more open. Blood comes out of his body. The voice tells Logan that he doesn\u2019t have to be afraid. It tells Logan that it wasn\u2019t his fault that this happened to him. That there is no shame in dying. Logan promises that he won\u2019t die until he has found them. The voice corrects that Logan won\u2019t find them; they\u2019ll find him! \n\nMysterious men approach Logan. Logan sees them and panics, but faints. \n\nWolverine dreams and remembers how he was first created in the Weapon X Program. The voice explains to Logan what\u2019s happening. It claims that the dream assailant Logan has been chasing all these years, referring to the mythical Weapon X, is nothing more than a ghost. \n\nThe voice says that Logan let those people haunt him and hound him to his death. And for what reason, the voice wonders? Nothing good ever came of the obsession. The voice tells Logan that just because they tore his body apart doesn\u2019t mean that he should let them do the same to his soul. They were never that powerful. The voice knows that Logan still has a few fragments of who he once was and warns Wolverine that he shouldn\u2019t sacrifice the man he would have been. Logan sees flashes of his birth house and parents. \n\nLogan, while still lying into the snow, sees a female redheaded ghost. He thinks that he remembers her, but isn\u2019t certain. The ghost laughs. The voice tells Logan that she forgives him and asks Logan if he hears her laughing. The voice promises that he can take Logan to her, if he would just close his eyes. Logan asks the voice who he is. \n\nThe ghost calls out to James and says that she knows that he has been searching for her. She reaches out her hand and promises Logan that he doesn\u2019t have to be afraid. Masked men pick up the unconscious Wolverine. They lay him down on their snowmobile and head to their base. They enter the infirmary, where they desperately try to heal him. \n\nWolverine recalls his creation in Weapon X. After undergoing the Adamantium feed, he overhears the Professor comparing notes with his scientists. The scientists complained about Logan\u2019s body temperature and realize that he must have been trying to reject the implant and fighting his body defenses at the same time. They ask the Professor if he wants them to increase the voltage. The Professor wants to do that himself. One of the scientists feels sorry for Logan, but the Professor remembers him how much they have invested into this animal. But not to worry, the Professor comforts: When the project is finished, Logan won\u2019t remember a thing. \n\nThe Professor tells Dr. Hines to continue. She does, but\u2026 something weird happens. Claws come out of Logan\u2019s arms! Cornelius panics, but the Professor tells them to calm down and asks for a status report. The scientists call it just a reflex and find out that Logan is holding steady. Everything is within tolerable limits. \n\nScreaming, Wolverine wakes up\u2026 in a room?! He looks around and quickly sees that he\u2019s not alone. In front of him stands a smiling, old monk. The monk walks away without saying a word. Wolverine realizes that he was dreaming and follows the monk, who still says nothing, though Logan calls out to him. Wolverine follows the monk through a computer room. \n\nLogan has had enough. He tells the quiet monk that he\u2019s got some questions and wants answers now. Questions like, who the monk is and what the place is. The monk asks Logan to be patient. He opens a door and tells Logan that his presence has been required by the man inside. The monk promises Logan that he is only a guest there. Wolverine doesn\u2019t believe that, and asks the monk if he\u2019s always so polite to his prisoners. The monk denies that, and claims that he\u2019s only polite to the special ones. He invites Logan in, since his master waits for him. \n\nLogan enters a big room. He looks around and finds a man standing in front of fire. Logan takes a look at the weird man, who at first doesn\u2019t say anything. Eventually he greets Logan, but refers to him as James. The old man tells James that he has no idea how long he has been waiting to meet him. Angrily, Logan tells the man that he hasn\u2019t been James from the moment he had his Adamantium body. He tells the man to call him Logan, but not to get used to it. \n\nWolverine stares angrily at the man, who doesn\u2019t do anything for a while. He smiles and tosses Logan a sword. The old man agrees to a battle. Logan realizes that his enemy is Kitsunebi, the White Ghost. He compliments that it\u2019s a neat trick to scare the locals. He asks Kitsunebi how many he had to kill to keep them away. Kitsunebi claims just enough to suit his purposes: simply as many as were necessary. \n\nWolverine doesn\u2019t believe that. He remembers a saying: \u201Cthe bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.\u201D And the man who said that was Adolf Hitler. Logan met the guy once and thought of him as a weasel. Kitsunebi tells James that there are a lot of things that he doesn\u2019t understand. At least, not until he gives him a chance to explain. Kitsunebi says tells James that he is old and has become set in his ways. But Kitsunebi had his reasons to do the things he has done. \u201CYour kind always does,\u201D Logan says as he snikts out his claws. \n\nKitsunebi and Wolverine walk around each other in circles. Kitsunebi tells James that he\u2019s got him all wrong. Kitsunebi says that this is going to turn out much differently from the way he thinks it will. Sure, Wolverine says when he asks Kitsunebi if he\u2019s Weapon X\u2019 new improved version. \n\nWolverine attacks Kitsunebi with his claws, but the foe quickly ducks the move. Instead, Kitsunebi kicks Logan into his face and corrects that he is his predecessor. Logan gets up and jokes that he would say that they did a pretty good job, but tells Kitsunebi that he only got him by surprise on the mountain. He won\u2019t be so lucky a second time. Wolverine quickly jumps forward and punches Kitsunebi into his stomach! \n\nAs Kitsunebi falls down, Wolverine angrily stands on him with his claws open. Wolverine asks the old man to explain everything, or does it have to go the hard way? Kitsunebi isn\u2019t impressed and tosses Logan off of him. Logan asks the old man if he is a mutant. Kitsunebi says that depends on one\u2019s definition. He prefers the term \u201Chomo superior.\u201D He reveals to James that they are a different class, he and him. Kitsunebi expects that maybe he is a little more superior than Logan but he has had a few more years of practice. \n\nWolverine has heard enough and slices Kitsunebi through his stomach! \n\nKitsunebi screams out from the pain as he starts to bleed. Kitsunebi gets angry and tells James that wasn\u2019t a wise thing to do! Logan panics when he witnesses Kitsunebi changing into the White Ghost! The White Ghost is so fast that Wolverine can hardly see him when the Ghost strikes him several times. Wolverine still stands and proudly tells the Ghost to come get him. \n\n\u201CAs you wish,\u201D the White Ghost says. The White Ghost stands still for a while and\u2026 three bone claws sheathe out of both of his arms! Wolverine is astonished. The White Ghost slashes through Logan\u2019s neck. The Ghost asks James if he wants to know everything. If he wants to know why he didn\u2019t kill him on the mountain, for one thing. The White Ghost grabs Logan by his throat and throws him against a wall. \n\nBut what about the rest of it, the White Ghost wonders. Is that why Logan came looking for in the first place? Doesn\u2019t James want to know why his father died so unexpectedly? Doesn\u2019t he want to know why his mother died on the same day by the same gun? The Ghost slams Logan against another wall and suspects that James would probably like to know what became of his grandfather. Or Smitty. Or Rose. \n\nThe White Ghost grabs Logan up. He tells James that he really has waited a long time for this moment. A hundred and eighty-five years to be exact. He knows everything there is to know about James. It\u2019s all right up into his brain. Kitsunebi throws Wolverine against a statue. Logan remains on the ground. \n\nLogan tries to get up, but hardly can. With the little breath he\u2019s got left, Logan asks Kitsunebi why he doesn\u2019t tell him about his past. The White Ghost transforms back into his human form and answers that he simply has to do it this way. He unsheathes his claws and tells James that he wants him to understand the pecking order because it\u2019s vitally important that he sees the things the way they really are. Kitsunebi promises James that he\u2019s got great things in store for him. And Kitsunebi needs James to understand what\u2019s going on. \n\nThis whole affair, he reveals, this isn\u2019t about some long-defunct secret military operation. Kitsunebi won\u2019t stick James full of holes. Kitsunebi wanted him here because of who you are. Wolverine doesn\u2019t get it\u2026 who is he? \n\n\u201CMy little brother,\u201D Kitsunebi answers a bleeding Logan while hugging him\u2026 \n\n:Issue Summary written by: [mailto:goodhomerjay@yahoo.com Homer Jay] \n:And originally posted at uncannyxmen.net"@en . "Schmidt"@en . "Joe Quesada"@en . . "USA"@en . "Wolverine: The End Vol 1 3"@en .