In the Infinity Watch crossover (which has been running through Marvel’s Summer Annuals), Thanos has decided that he wants to put together the Infinity Gauntlet again, but the problem is that the Infinity Stones have now all merged with people, giving the people superpowers in the process, and Thanos will have to kill them to get their stones. He has no problem with that, and so the Infinity Stone-bearers are trying to team up to protect themselves from Thanos, and that requires searching out OTHER Infinity Stone-bearers, and that leads them to Wolverine, who was once the bearer of the Space Stone, and their meeting does not go well, as seen in this CBR exclusive preview of next week’s Wolverine Annual #1.

Wolverine Annual #1 is from Ezra Claytan Daniels, artist Yıldıray Çınar, colorist Frank D’Armata, and letterer Cory Petit, and it sees two of the Stone-bearers, Apex (the Power Stone-bearer) and Multitude (the Soul Stone-bearer) chasing down Wolverine in the middle of remote Canada to see if he can join them against Thanos, and if not, then they have to keep him from getting in their way.

EZRA CLAYTAN DANIELS (W) • YILDIRAY ÇINAR and SARA PICHELLI • SALVADOR LARROCA (C) INFINITY WATCH VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE • VARIANT COVER BY JEREMY WILSON “INFINITY WATCH” PART FIVE! WOLVERINE vs. INFINITY WATCH, and the whole world hangs in the balance! Logan’s efforts to rescue a community from destruction are upended when the new Infinity Watch crashes into town! The claws come out to protect the innocents, but can even adamantium withstand the raw power of the INFINITY STONES? The best there is must summon the best he’s got to survive! PLUS: Derek Landy and Sara Pichelli bring NICK FURY’s investigation to a head as he closes in on the Death Stone bearer! 32 PGS./ one-shot/Rated T+ …$4.99

Multitude, also known as Ward, is a synthezoid, like Vision of the Avengers, while Apex (also known as Otherone), was a weakling who accidentally destroyed his own world when he received the Power Stone.

In the preview pages, we see Wolverine visiting an old friend in a remote part of Canada, to pick up a motorcycle that was being worked on. Wolverine famously loves to take it easy in the remotest areas of Canada, as it one of the only places he can go to get away from the world of superheroes and supervillains he is so routinely stuck in (in his upcoming Wolverine ongoing series, we see Wolverine pull back from society even MORE).

He doesn’t know that he is being tracked by Apex and Multitude, however, who can sense his past connection with the Space Stone, and they stop him to talk to him. Wolverine, of course, is not interested in this conversation, especially since he hasn’t has the Space Stone in quite some time, and the hotheaded Apex doesn’t take that well, punching Wolverine hard, and you’ll have to pick up Wolverine Annual #1 next week to see how Wolverine responds.

Source: Marvel