The following contains spoilers for Wolverine #31 from Marvel Comics.
Beast, a former X-Men hero who's recently gone rogue, begins assembling his own sinister army of Logan clones in Marvel's Wolverine #31.
Wolverine #31 comes from writer Benjamin Percy, artist Juan José Ryp, color artist Frank D'Armata and letterer VC's Cory Petit. In recent issues of Wolverine, the titular X-Men hero has found himself being held hostage with a depleted memory by Beast. Beast, who has secretly become one of Krakoa's most sinister villains despite his longtime allegiances with various X-Men teams, previously killed Wolverine at an auction house and then kept a partially resurrected version of the character as his own personal assassin. Wolverine eventually fully healed, regained his memories and then started leading a charge to stop the former X-Man, which ultimately resulted in Logan stabbing Beast in the head in Wolverine #30.
Beast’s Resurrection Is Bad News for Krakoa
Beast, however, secretly had plans in place so that he would resurrect into a new body in the event of his death. Beast wakes up in this body in Wolverine #31 and decides it's time to leave Krakoa as he knows he's likely no longer in good standing with the rest of the mutants. He activates a section of the island called the Pointe and transports it to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. There, Beast awakens a number of his own clones and tells them it's time to "get to work," though the character's exact plans remain a mystery at this point in time.
After sending a message to Black Tom Cassidy warning the mutants not to stand in his way, the end of the issue reveals Beast has begun growing Wolverine clones. "X-Force is no more," the character states. "I will call this new program...Weapons of X." Solicitation information for Wolverine #32, which releases April 5, 2023, further promises Logan is about to be thrown into his very own clone saga. The synopsis for the issue reads, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! WOLVERINE may be the best there is at what he does…but which Wolverine is the best? BEAST'S last-ditch effort to save mutantdom involves a veritable CLONE SAGA for LOGAN! Which Wolverine will be left standing?"
Wolverine #31 features cover art by Leinil Francis Yu and Romulo Fajardo Jr. and variant cover art by Stefano Caselli, Edgar Delgado, Alex Ross and Pete Woods. The issue is on sale now from Marvel.
Source: Marvel