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Wolverine by Claremont & Miller: Deluxe Edition

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Inspired The Wolverine: Logan goes to Japan for Mariko and lands in a clan war; collects the 4-issue miniseries plus 2 issues of Uncanny X-Men

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Quick recap

Logan travels to Japan because the letters from Mariko Yashida, the woman he loves, have stopped coming. He finds that her father, Shingen, has returned, taken over the clan and married her to a brutal man to seal a criminal deal. Shingen humiliates Logan in a duel, and Logan meets Yukio, an assassin who falls for him. To save Mariko and his own honor, he takes on the Hand and the whole clan, all the way to a final duel with Shingen. Now free, Mariko agrees to marry Logan. The two extra issues show the wedding, which is cut short in a way that leaves the couple's future open.

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  1. ReferenceJackman's favorite story

    Hugh Jackman has said the Claremont-Miller miniseries is his favorite Wolverine story. The 2013 film took Logan to Japan because of it.

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  2. Behind the scenesHis first solo book

    This 1982 miniseries was Wolverine's first solo story. Frank Miller drew it right after his breakout run on Daredevil.

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  3. ReferenceMariko, Shingen and Yukio

    Mariko Yashida, her father Shingen and the warrior Yukio come from these pages and show up in the film, with changes.

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