Deadpool & Wolverine Concept Art Reveals Surprising Comics Crossover

Deadpool & Wolverine has been an absolute juggernaut at the box office, delighting and surprising fans with its wide-ranging approach to the Marvel universe. As those who have seen the film know, those surprises include multiple takes on Logan Howlett / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), as Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) searches across the multiverse to find one to team up with. In a recent post to Instagram, Deadpool & Wolverine concept artist Wesley Burt revealed his interpretation of several of the alternate Wolverines in the film — Patch, Age of Apocalypse Wolverine, and the Wolverine in the classic brown-and-yellow suit. His designs also included an interpretation of the Wolverine from the 1997 Marvel and Image Comics crossover WildC.A.T.s/X-Men. 

“In early concept phases on the movie a bunch of us did dozens of variant ideas- so I went straight to some of my personal fav versions of Wolverine from the comics & made concept illustrations of Hugh in those roles,” Burt’s caption for the post reads. “A few from my larger batch include Patch 🖤, Logan from the WildC.A.T.S/X-Men crossover by Travis Charest(whose art was a game changer for me), Age of Apocalypse Weapon X- my favorite mega event as a teenager, and also a quick take on the classic brown & yellow. Much more in the upcoming art book! Oh and a Wolverine poster I drew for my room back when I was a kid in ’92, have loved drawing him for a very long time.”

What Is Deadpool & Wolverine About?

In Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) will change the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). The film also stars Matthew Macfadyen as Paradox, and Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova, with the return of Deadpool alums Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Stefan Kapičić as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Rob Delaney as Peter, and Lewis Tan as Shatterstar. Aaron Stanford is returning as Pyro from the X-Men film series, with Jennifer Garner rumored to return as Elektra Natchios. 

Kevin Feige, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey and Simon Kinberg serving as executive producers. Deadpool & Wolverine is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy. Deadpool & Wolverine was released exclusively in theaters on July 26th.