Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1

This is Volume 1 of the Ultimate Marvel Team-Up series, the opening of a spin-off short-story series from Ultimate Spider-Man, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art and cover coloring by Matt Wagner. The story is titled "Spider-Man and Wolverine": Wolverine (James Howlett) appears in the New York subway, is recognized by readers, and is immediately pursued by agents sent by Weapon X and by Sabretooth (Victor Creed), with the conflict spilling all the way to Times Square. High school student Peter Parker, who has only recently begun fighting crime as Spider-Man, happens upon the fight, is at first unsure who the good guys are, and ultimately helps Wolverine and swings him away from the police perimeter. Before they part, a single answer from Wolverine leaves Peter confused about whether he, as a helper, is a mutant. The next day at school, Peter consciously or unconsciously imitates Wolverine's manner and ends up embarrassing himself, yielding some adolescent humor. As the series' first issue, it uses Spider-Man's perspective to introduce readers to other protagonists of the Ultimate Universe, laying groundwork for later encounters with the Hulk, Iron Man, the Punisher, Daredevil, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, and others.