Wolverine: Origins #2 – Plot Summary

Main Story (Present Day):

Logan queries U.S. authorities following the White House assault, triggering a national manhunt. The President orders Nuke to capture Wolverine.

Nuke is dispatched to Vietnam, where Wolverine soon tracks him down. Flashbacks reveal Logan’s violent confrontation in 1968 Southeast Asia, ring-fencing his deep military past. In present day, their paths cross ominously.

Flashbacks & Setup:

The issue revisits flashback scenes from Logan’s time in warzones (Vietnam and potentially Japan), interwoven to illustrate his high-level training and brutal conditioning.

A muramasa-blade-wielding Wolverine, accompanied by his new sword, repeatedly engages deadly foes — including a reactivated SHIV­A robot beneath the White House — revealing layers of the conspiracy behind his memory-lapse and Weapon X indoctrination.

Key Moments:

Political tensions mount in Washington, with advisors debating the threat Wolverine poses and the morality of using Nuke as bait.

Logan arrives in Vietnam to confront Nuke, seeking answers — or vengeance — while unraveling the government’s deeper involvement in his past.