History ComicBook / AllNewWolverine

This title doesn't star Logan — the original ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} — but rather, his young clone daughter Laura Kinney, formerly known as ComicBook/{{X 23}}. Set sometime after ''Secret Wars'', ''All-New Wolverine'' follows Laura as she [[TakingUpTheMantle takes up her progenitor's mantle]] and figures out what it means to ''be'' Wolverine while still being true to herself.

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} apparently wound up on Doom's side, as he can be seen attacking the Hawkeyes ([[Characters/HawkeyeClintBarton Clint Barton]] and [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]]) with a large piece of metal debris, while ComicBook/IronMan blasts it.

** Laura delivers one to Marvel's recent string of GoodVersusGood conflicts (''ComicBook/CivilWar'', ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', and now ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'') in issue 12, with many readers finding her KirkSummation mirroring their own thoughts on such events.

In her first venture under the cowl, she meets The Sisters: a trio of young women (Gabby, Zelda, and Bellona) [[EvilInc Alchemax Genetics]], a division of [[MegaCorp Alchemax]], produced as clones of Laura herself. Though wary of them at first, Laura soon grows protective over her genetic sisters, working to give them, especially the youngest, ''some'' semblance of a normal life. She later gets embroiled with the satellite events of the [[Comicbook/CivilWarII Second Superhero Civil War]], faces an enemy from her past bent on using her for bid to gain control of Madripoor, and an alien plague ravaging New York.

** It's revealed in "Old Woman Laura's" alternate future that AmbiguouslyBi Gabby has succeeded Laura (straight) as Wolverine in turn. Additionally, [[spoiler:Danielle Cage, a biracial woman, is now Comicbook/CaptainAmerica.]]

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Played for laughs in issue 7, when Comicbook/SquirrelGirl drops by her apartment carting a ''live wolverine'' with her under the mistaken believe that since Laura is the Wolverine, she can actually ''communicate'' with the animal.

* BaitAndSwitch: Issue 10 opens on [[Comicbook/CivilWarII Ulysses]] having a vision [[spoiler: later revealed to be of Old Man Logan murdering Gabby]], and Captain Marvel contacting Maria Hill. A few pages later, Laura and Logan hear men approaching from the fire escape, suggesting S.H.I.E.L.D. may have sent men to the apartment...only for it to just turn out to be a couple hapless burglars. And then it's subverted when Captain America ''does'' arrive with a S.H.I.E.L.D. team to take Logan into custody after all.

** ''All-New Wolverine'' #7 is this between the end of ''Four Sisters'' and the lead-up to ''Civil War II''. Comicbook/SquirrelGirl ropes Laura into locating a squirrel that is now missing after [[CallBack her actions in issue 3]]. It's silly and lighthearted, and far more focused on character development than action.

** Although not an extended absence, issue 21 marks Comicbook/{{Daken}}'s first post-Secret Wars appearance. Up until then, his fate after Mystique's betrayal in the final issue of ''Wolverines'' was unknown, and many fans were curious as to his fate in the rebuilt main universe.

** Issue 21: Logan returns. Gabby mentions to Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} how he killed her, and is sort of like her grandpa, while Logan and Laura begin the process of mending the relationship after the events of Civil War II.

* CoolShades: The cover to the first annual has Laura, Gabby, Comicbook/SpiderGwen and even ''[[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal Jonathan the wolverine]]'' all wearing sunglasses while strutting towards the viewer. Laura also wears a nice pair of aviators while on her road trip with Gabby in issue 13.

** Comicbook/DoctorDoom, who had a HeelFaceTurn after ''Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'', returned to his villainous ways and launched an all-out attack on the heroes called the Doom World War.
** Comicbook/{{Magneto}} apparently wound up on Doom's side, as he can be seen attacking Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} and Comicbook/KateBishop with a large piece of metal debris, while Comicbook/IronMan blasts it.
* FakeAssassination: * An odd variation during the "Enemy of the State II" arc. The assassination attempt ''itself'' is very much real, with Kimura using a trigger scent-induced Laura to murder Tyger Tiger for control of Madripoor. However Gabby, Gambit, Comicbook/JeanGrey, and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]] are wise to the plan, and swap out a [[ActuallyADoombot Life Model Decoy]] for the real Jessán, both to make it look to Kimura like the attack was successful, and as a trap to recapture Laura so Jean could deprogram her.

* FastballSpecial: Subverted in issue 23: The Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy are retreating from a Brood horde, with Drax carrying Laura. Laura, however, is trying to get free because the Brood have taken Gabby. To save her from being overwhelmed, (and out of annoyance when she ''snikts'' his arm in her attempts to make him let her go) Drax throws her ''away'' from the fight.

** And in context of the larger Marvel universe, it breaks the string of BadFuture settings of stories like ''Comicbook/Marvel2099'', ''Comicbook/DaysOfFuturePast'', and ''Comicbook/OldManLogan'' by presenting a future in which the heroes ''won'', and [[TheFutureWillBeBetter created a utopia]].

* FreakyFridayFlip: The plot of the first annual centers around Laura and [[Comicbook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] having their bodies swapped.

* HeroicRROD: In issue 21 Laura, Gabby, Comicbook/{{Daken}}, Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, and Logan go out into Roosevelt Island to help cure the people ravaged by ThePlague. However even with their healing factors, the disease can eventually overwhelm them. [[spoiler: one by one, Gabby, Daken, Wade, and Logan have to drop out as they push themselves to the point their healing abilities are compromised. Laura pushes herself ''beyond'' those limits because of her drive to save as many people as she can. She begins RapidAging as her healing factor breaks down, and she eventually collapses into a desiccated husk.]]

** Early in issue 10, Laura and Old Man Logan hear someone incredibly nervous coming up the fire escape. The preceding scene between Captain Marvel and Ulysses implies it's going to be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents coming to stop one of his visions, but [[BaitAndSwitch it turns out to just be a couple burglars]]. Later in the issue it happens ''again'', [[spoiler: only ''this'' time it turns out to be Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and a veritable ''army'' of S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers]].

* ItsAllMyFault: When an alien virus begins ravaging Roosevelt Island after a sick alien child crash-lands there looking for her, Laura shoulders the responsibility despite [[Comicbook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and Comicbook/{{Ironheart}} telling her she's not to blame. The fact someone decided to name the virus in her "honor" adds salt to the wound.

* KilledOffScreen: The only casualty of the Doom World War explicitly shown in "Old Woman Laura" is Hellion during a flashback battle scene. However if Doom's SuperheroTrophyRoom is any indication, [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Cap|tainAmerica}}, [[Comicbook/IronMan Stark]], and [[Comicbook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] were killed as well]].
* KirkSummation: Laura delivers a withering one to Comicbook/CaptainAmerica after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attempt to apprehend Old Man Logan before he could kill Gabby only ended up nearly ''causing'' the tragedy in the first place. When Steve tries to object to her decision to let Logan go anyway, she utterly rips apart the circumstances of Comicbook/CivilWarII and warns Cap ''exactly'' what will happen if everyone keeps going down the road they're currently on before storming away.

* TheLastDance: "Old Woman Laura" finds [[spoiler:a dying Laura]] undertaking one last mission: Kill Comicbook/DoctorDoom. [[spoiler:Subverted: While she completes her mission, Laura ''doesn't'' die, and in fact Gabby browbeats her into continuing to find a way to fix her CloneDegeneration.]]

* LatexSpaceSuit: Issue 5 features a FantasticVoyagePlot, in which Laura and The Wasp must enter Zelda's blood to destroy nanomachines that are slowly killing her. Laura's suit, a variation on the Comicbook/AntMan suit, is supposed to both protect her from the environment ''and'' make it possible for her to shrink down in the first place. It's also skin-tight with the classic bubble helmet. Ditto for Jan's, which is basically her regular (also skin-tight) costume. Somehow, the fact Laura using her claws causes tears in the gloves and boots does nothing to compromise the suit.
* LayeredWorld: The location of Laura's apartment is a nightclub in Comicbook/SpiderGwen's home dimension, where Gwen happens to be performing at a gig. Their body swap is caused by Laura and Gwen inhabiting the same spot in their respective universes when [[spoiler: Red Hornet attempts to use her portal gun to forcibly send Laura to the other universe]].

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Spectacularly averted in issue 5: Strange teleports Laura, Gabby, Zelda, and Bellona to one of Hank Pym's labs to steal an Ant-Man suit. Comicbook/TheWasp is there keeping tabs on the installation, but rather than attack, she only takes measures to prevent Bellona from shooting the place up, and ''actually'' takes the time to check out the facts first.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: A masked and hooded figure watches Laura depart earth aboard ''[[Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Milano]]'' in issue 22, before reporting in to someone that the Wolverine has left earth, and to switch their target to Daken.

* MyBelovedSmother: Gabby essentially accuses Laura of being this when she's ordered to stay aboard ''[[Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Milano]]'' in issue 22, only to have her argument completely demolished when Laura immediately points out that she let her ''travel into outer space''.

** After Ulysses has a vision that [[spoiler: Old Man Logan would kill Gabby]], Hill sends Comicbook/CaptainAmerica to Laura's apartment to take them into custody. A fight breaks out, [[spoiler: leading to Gabby and Logan fleeing on the rocket packs used during the adventure with Fin Fang Foom. Hill has Logan's destroyed, causing him to crash into Central Park, and driving him feral with rage. Gabby tries to calm him down, but in his current state he confuses her with the Gabby of ''his'' universe, and lashes out, impaling her on his claws.]] S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efforts to prevent Ulysses' vision only led to its coming to pass.

* PersonAsVerb: After Laura throws her Muramasa Shield to stop a fleeing {{Mook}} and catches it after in rebounds back to her, Gabby squees that she "Comicbook/CaptainAmerica'ed."

* ThePlague: During the "Immune" arc, an alien child crash-lands on Roosevelt Island seeking Laura's help. The child dies upon contact with Comicbook/{{Ironheart}}, in the process unleashing a lethal alien virus on the island. The virus itself is random and indiscriminate in what bodily systems it attacks but is invariably lethal.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: "Old Woman Laura" is this. [[spoiler:After learning she's dying from CloneDegeneration, Laura determines to undertake one more mission: Kill Comicbook/DoctorDoom before her time runs out.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Laura and her group's response to ''Comicbook/CivilWarII''.

* SuperheroTrophyShelf: Doom decorates his throne room with Comicbook/IronMan's mask, [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Mjolnir]], Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's shield, and Comicbook/SpiderMan's torn costume in issue 34.

** Laura delivers one to Marvel's recent string of GoodVersusGood conflicts (''Comicbook/CivilWar'', ''Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen'', ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'', and now ''Comicbook/CivilWarII'') in issue 12, with many readers finding her KirkSummation mirroring their own thoughts on such events.

* TakeThatCritics: In issue 3, Comicbook/DoctorStrange says Laura is the right person to replace Logan. She says that there's a lot of people who would disapprove. [[RealitySubtext Mostly guys on the internet.]]

** Throughout issues 8 and 9, whenever Gabby asks if Old Man Logan is Laura's father, Laura adamantly insists that he's ''not'' Logan, and uses the [[Comicbook/SecretWars2015 temporal and universe-crossing shenanigans that led to his arrival in the main universe]] to brush it off. However when Gabby brings him back to their apartment to recuperate after Fin Fang Foom mostly digested his legs, Logan wakes up enough to recognize it as ''the place where he raised her''. Laura is struck speechless.

* YoureNotMyFather: Upon learning that Comicbook/OldManLogan has gone missing while on a mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. in issue 8, Laura has this reaction by adamantly insisting that he is ''not'' her Logan. She does warm up to him more in issue 10, but by the end of issue 12 any chance of an amicable relationship is pretty much dashed.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Gabby, quite frequently, but she gets a particularly lame one in issue 8 when she learns that the mysterious substance S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers is [[spoiler: actually a pheromone that attracts the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom]].
--> '''Gabby''': A [[spoiler: Fin Fang Pheromone]]?

* InsistentTerminology: In issue 8, Gabby calls the substance controlling Fin Fang Foom a "[[IncrediblyLamePun Fin Fang Pheromone]]." The next issue when Hill simply calls it a "pheromone," Gabby ''immediately'' corrects her with the pun.

* ThePlague: During the "Immune" arc, an alien child crash-lands on Roosevelt Island seeking Laura's help. The child dies upon contact with Comicbook/{{Ironheart}}, in the process unleashing a lethal alien virus on the island. The virus itself is random and indiscriminate in what bodily systems it attacks, but is invariably lethal.

* PrecisionFStrike: The comics may be softer than, say, Old Man Logan, but you can expect if not Laura herself then some character to use one per story arc. [[spoiler: Memorably when she scream that "I am not your fucking property!" while killing Kimura.]]

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Logan, Deadpool, and Daken spend issue 21 topless. Justified in that they're working on curing a disease that they can draw from its victims by physical contact because of their healing factors. Hilariously, while Wade and Logan don't strip down until being [[IncrediblyLamePun briefed]], Daken turned up shirtless ''without'' knowing the details.

* UndressingTheUnconscious: In issue #22, Laura spends two weeks unconscious in a hospital bed, and when she awakens, she's wearing only a hospital gown. She doesn't notice it, and when she gets up she ends up giving Gabby an eyeful, since the gown has a big opening in the back and Gabby snarks that Laura should [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn put on some clothes]] before meeting anyone.

* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:Henry Sutter]], leader of the Ophans of X. [[spoiler:He hates Laura for killing his father, Martin, ignoring the fact that Martin was the one who created Laura to be an assassin for hire (information he neglected to share with the rest of the Orphans, including Amber, whom he was romantically involved with). He also ignores the fact that Laura spared his life (and her acknowledging that this encounter was what spurred her to reject the Facility's orders), and her telling him that she was just as much a victim as him, shooting her repeatedly with Muramasa bullets and calling her an "animal". Amber, whose father was killed by Laura, is noticeably disturbed by his actions.]]

** The Orphan of X acting as a TortureTechnician to Daken. Irritated by the fact that Daken hasn't made a sound in three straight days of torture, the Orphan released Daken's remaining hand from the restraints and holds it down by the wrist, intent on cutting off his arm. Daken takes the opportunity to pop his wrist claw throw the Orphan's hand, then impale him through the skull. Daken then steals the Orphan's masks and uses it to escape.