It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Wolverine omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.
For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.
2025 brought us a pair of big gap-filling omnibuses for Wolverine’s most-popular mutant! Wolverine Vol. 6 gets us within maybe two volumes of completing Wolverine (1988) in omnibus. And, Wolverine: Return of Wolverine Omnibus collected just about all of Wolverine there is to collect from 2015 to the start of Krakoa.
If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.
Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!
Some of the mapping and research in this post was conducted by JM21, a major CK supporter and a massive, massive X-Men fan! JM21 is also a supporter of the UK charity Men Walking & Talking, which helps to create safe space for men to discuss their mental health and wellness. If you love this post and have a bit of extra comics cash you can spare consider donating the Men Walking & Talking today!
This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:
- Wolverine (1998) in Omnibus
- Wolverine by Jeph Loeb (1995 – 2011)
- Wolverine Vol. 7 (1997 – 2001)
- Wolverine Vol. 8 (2001 – 2003)
- Wolverine in the 2000s
- Wolverine: Marvel Knights (2002 & on) [collects Rucka, maybe also Millar]
- Wolverine Origins by Daniel Way (2005 – 2010)
- Wolverine & The X-Men: First Class (2008 – 2010) [retcon YA comics]
- Wolverine from 2012 to Present
- Wolverine: Savage Wolverine (2013 – 2014) [Marvel Now anthology series]
- X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Wolverine by Benjamin Percy (2020 – 2023)
- Daken & Old Man Logan
- Wolverine: Daken, The Dark Wolverine (2008 – 2012)
- Wolverine: Old Man Logan – Origin & Return by Millar, Bendis, & Lemire (2008 – 2017) [original, Secret Wars mini, Lemire ongoing]
- Wolverine: Old Man Logan – Dead Man Logan by Ed Brisson (2017 – 2019)
Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to help you decide on your votes on the Tigereyes poll. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific map. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.
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Wolverine Omnibus Mapping: Wolverine (1998) in Omnibus
Wolverine by Jeph Loeb (1995 – 2011)
I don’t see the point of recollecting these three disparate Wolverine runs into one book when we’ve had two of them collected repeatedly on their own AND they will all appear in other omnibus lines. Some people just enjoy Jeph Loeb and want a complete shelf of his work.
This would collect Wolverine (1988) Annual 1996, Wolverine/Gambit: Victims (1995) #1-4, Wolverine (2003) #50-55 & material from 900, and Wolverine (2010) #310-313.
Wolverine Vol. 7 (1997 – 2001)
Wolverine Vol. 8 (2001 – 2003)
We could possibly have just two more volumes to collect all of the remaining content from Wolverine (1998) and its accompanying OGNs and mini-series, as almost fulled mapped by the Epic Collection Line. Volumes 2-6 have ranged from 35-42 issues, though some of those issues have been extra-length.
It’s more accurate to look at the page counts, which tend to be in the 1,200-page range. Right now, both of these volumes are just past that range into the 1,300-1,400 issue range. That makes it hard to justify a third volume, given how briskly has moved through these volumes already.
Since these last two runs include far few Annuals and OGNs, it’s entirely possible they could be knocked out in two omnibuses. Since our mapping policy is that we will tackle two omnibus to wrap up a run if they have a clear map, we’ve included these both on the poll.
Volume 7 could collect Wolverine (1988) #119-158, Wolverine: Black Rio (1998) OGN, Wolverine Annual ’99, Hulk (1999) #8, Wolverine/Cable: Guts & Glory (1999) OGN, Wolverine/Punisher: Revelations (1999) #1-4, and Iron Fist/Wolverine: The Return of K’un Lun (2000) #1-4.
Wolverine Vol. 8 could collect Wolverine (1988) #159-189 & Wolverine Annual 2000-2001, which is the exa and possibly Wolverine: The Origin (2001) #1-6 (which is in the Epic Collection line).
While there were other mini-series in this period, they were not collected with the Epic Collection line and more likely to appear in a future omnibus. They include Wolverine: Netsuke (2002) #1-4, Hulk/Wolverine: Six Hours (2003) #1-4, Wolverine/Doop (2003) #1-2, Wolverine: Snikt! (2003) #1-5, Wolverine: Xisle (2003) #1-5.
Wolverine Omnibus Mapping: Wolverine in the 2000s
Wolverine: Marvel Knights (2002 & on) [collects Rucka, maybe also Millar]
We left this title open-ended so it can be whatever you need it to be to complete your Wolverine shelf. That’s partly because this topic is so complex that we had a whole Map My X show about it… and came out with several different omnibus maps!
If this collection stuck strictly to the “Marvel Knights” banner, it could collect Greg Rucka’s whole run, as well as a number of miniseries printed around that time. The Marvel Knights banner ran until #39, but Mark Millar’s issues (#20-32) are in their own Omnibus, and the remaining issues (#0-39) are likely to start the Wolverine: Origins Omnibus (see separate entry).
Or, would this be an ongoing line collect of Wolverine’s 2003 title, which would need 2-3 omnibuses to complete depending on how much side material it stopped for along the way.
This would collect Wolverine (2003) #1-19, Wolverine/Hulk (2002) #1-4, Spider-Man & Wolverine (2003) #1-4, Wolverine/Punisher (2004) #1-5, and later material including Logan (2008) #1-3, Claws (2006) #1-3, Claws II (2011) #1-3.
However, this could also reasonably extend to include Mark Millar & John Romita Jr’s blockbuster “Wolverine: Enemy of the State” from Wolverine (2003) #20-32.
Or, it could potentially skip both Millar and the subsequent Daniel Way arc setting up Wolverine: Origins (2005) and then continue to collect Wolverine (2003) #41-61 (and material from #73-76) to meet the Wolverine by Jason Aaron Omnibus on the other side.
Or, it could be an omnibus line that collects all of Wolverine (2003) #1-65, 73-76, 900, & 1000!
Or… something else of your choosing.
Wolverine Origins by Daniel Way (2005 – 2010)
In the aftermath of House of M, Wolverine has a restored memory and Daniel Way takes us on a journey of discovery for his untold past… including meeting his estranged son Daken. (It doesn’t go very well for Logan.)
This would likely need two omnibuses to contain all of its material, but we have only listed one on the poll since that’s ambiguous.
This would begin to collect Wolverine (2003) #33-40; Wolverine Origins (2006) #1-25, Annual 1, & #1 Director’s Cut; What If: Wolverine (2005) #1; the Origin Sin crossover (X-Men: Original Sin (2008) #1 & X-Men: Legacy (2008) #217-218), and material from I (Heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart (2006).
Daniel Way trade paperback collections have also included Sabretooth (2004) #1-4.
In total, this line would also need to collect Wolverine Origins (2006) #26-50, a crossover with Dark Wolverine (2009) #85-96; and material from Wolverine (2003) #73-74.
Wolverine & The X-Men: First Class (2008 – 2010) [retcon YA comics]
Alongside the original run of X-Men first class, Marvel ran a similar series called Wolverine: First Class (2008). However, this wasn’t the adventures of a youthful Wolverine – it was more like a “Wolverine & Kitty Pryde: The Early Years” series to insert more stories about Kitty’s life at the X-Mansion into Claremont’s run.
Also, after the conclusion of X-Men: First Class Finals (2009), Marvel continued the YA approach to early X-Men with Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009), meant to insert stories into Claremont’s X-Men. These stories are a little harder to reconcile with continuity, since early Claremont is plotted so tightly – especially with the addition of stories from Classic X-Men (1986).
A vote for this book is a vote to collect all of these kid-friendly Claremont-era retcon tales into the same place for the first time.
This would collect Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009) Giant-Size Special & #1-8, Wolverine: First Class (2008) #1-21, and Weapon X: First Class #1-3.
This could potentially also collect X-Men / Power Pack (2006) #1-4 and Wolverine / Power Pack (2008) #1-4, which have a similar vibe but exist outside of continuity.
Wolverine Omnibus Mapping: Wolverine from 2012 to Present
There’s not much left of Wolverine to collect from the beginning of Marvel Now to the present day, thanks to a pair of mid-00s omnibuses from Marvel in 2024 and 2025.
Wolverine: Savage Wolverine (2013 – 2014) [Marvel Now anthology series]
This collection would primarily be Savage Wolverine (2013) #1-23, and maybe a few miniseries and one-shots from around this period, like Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega (2011) #1-5 or Wolverine: In the Flesh (2013) #1.
It could also collect material from prior to Marvel Now, including some or all of Wolverine: Best There Is (2010) #1-12, Wolverine #900 & 1000, Wolverine: Debt of Death (2011) #1, Wolverine & Jubilee (2011) #1-4, Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy (2010) #1, and/or Wolverine/Hercules: Myths, Monsters & Mutants (2011) #1-4.
Here you would read Death of Wolverine Omnibus and Wolverine: Return of Wolverine Omnibus.
X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Wolverine by Benjamin Percy (2020 – 2023)
The big question for this book is if it would recollect Wolverine (2020) #41-50, all of which are in the Wolverine: Sabretooth War Omnibus.
I think they would be omitted here. While they stand alone just fine divorced from the two Sabretooth series collected there, this book already has another 10+ issues of additional material to incorporate in place of that final run.
This would collect Wolverine (2020) #1-40, X Lives of Wolverine (2022) #1-5, X Deaths of Wolverine (2022) #1-5, Ghost Rider/Wolverine Alpha (2023) #1, Ghost Rider (2022) #17, and Ghost Rider/Wolverine Omega (2023) #1
Wolverine Omnibus Mapping: Daken & Old Man Logan
Wolverine: Daken, The Dark Wolverine (2008 – 2012)
Of course we’ve mapped an omnibus of my favorite pansexual murder son! This would collect all of his solo material through the beginning of Marvel Now.
This would collect Wolverine (2003) #73-74 (back-ups) & Dark Wolverine (2009) #75-90 (and crossovers with Wolverine: Origins (2006) #47-48 and Franken-Castle (2010) #19-20), Dark Reign: The List – Punisher, Dark Wolverine Saga (2009), Daken: Dark Wolverine (2010) #1-23 & 9.1 (and a crossover with X-23 (2010) #7-9), What If? Wolverine Father (2010) #1, and material from Wolverine: Road to Hell (2010) #1.
Wolverine: Old Man Logan – Origin & Return by Millar, Bendis, & Lemire (2008 – 2017) [original, Secret Wars mini, Lemire ongoing]
This would collect the original Old Man Logan by Mark Millar from Wolverine (2003) #66-72 & Wolverine Giant-Size: Old Man Logan. Then, it would add Bendis’s Secret Wars mini-series Old Man Logan (2016) #1-5. And, we’d finish this off with Jeff Lemire’s run on the ongoing Old Man Logan (2016) #1-24
Wolverine: Old Man Logan – Dead Man Logan by Ed Brisson (2017 – 2019)
This would collect Old Man Logan (2016) #25-50 & Annual 1 and Dead Man Logan (2019) #1-12, plus Declan Shalvey’s Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan (2017) #1-5 (which occurs near the beginning of this run).
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