Wolverine Finally Meets Marvel’s Strongest Hero & Their Relationship Is Already Perfect

Warning: Contains preview images for Wolverine Annual #1!The list of people that Wolverinehates is not a short one, and now a new name has just been added to the roster. Unluckily, he’s one of the strongest heroes in Marvel Comics currently, and he’s taken it upon himself to fight Wolverine to the death. It’s none other than Apex, the cosmic wielder of an Infinity Stone, and that Power Stone within him is drawn to Logan.

The heroes fused with the Infinity Stones have returned in Marvel’s ongoing The Infinity Watch storyline, with the latest installment appearing in Wolverine Annual #1 by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Yildiray Çinar. Wolverine is just on his way home on his bike, when Apex crashes into his way, angling for a fight.

Apparently, the Power Stone-infused Apex sees Wolverine as a worthy opponent, and even though Wolverine has a notably no-nonsense attitude, he just can’t help attracting the talkers begging for a fight.

Wolverine Meets Marvel’s Strongest Hero

Wolverine Annual #1 Variant Cover by Jeremy Wilson

It’s hard out there for heroes with healing factors. Someone always wants to challenge Wolverine to see if they’ve got the endurance to make him stay down. Apex is just the latest in a long line of challengers, but he might be the strongest hero out of them. After all, Apex has infinite power. Wolverine, on the other hand, has zero patience.

In truth, Wolverine is antagonistic towards pretty much everyone he’s ever teamed up with or fought against. He’s been a thorn in Cyclops’ side for as long as the X-Men have been around, he’s been worse to Professor X, and Deadpool is the bane of his existence. Apex aka Prince Otherone is just the latest to tap-dance on Logan’s last and only nerve. Really, all it takes is a single punch to get on Wolverine’s bad side, and ten seconds in, it looks like Apex has already accomplished this.

Wolverine’s Infinite Healing vs Apex’s Infinite Power

Apex is the Living Embodiment of the Power Stone

A new complicated hero dynamic is in the works with the likes of Wolverine and Apex. One’s an animal-hero with a rage problem who just got punched without warning, and the other is a prissy space prince who doesn’t like his subjects speaking out of turn. While Wolverine has had to deal with idiots before, dealing with cosmic princes is new for the rough and rumble X-Man. Their strengths might be a match for each other, but they could not be more characteristically different – which makes them perfect for each other.

While fans will have to wait for the comic to drop to find out just how this new dynamic shakes out and who will end up stronger, poor Logan finds himself in another fight he didn’t ask for. Even if Apex has the Power Stone, he doesn’t have Wolverine’s healing factor – which means that Wolverine just might end up being a match for an Infinity Stone.