[1] Cullen Bunn opted to explore Jimmy Hudson's past; he enjoyed the idea of a Wolverine that was raised in a positive environment, and aspects of the character's situation resonated with him to his own adopted son who was abandoned at birth.
[2] Following the Secret Wars storyline, Hudson was among the characters moved to the mainstream Marvel Universe, which resulted in his joining the time-displaced members of the X-Men.
[3][4] In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, James Howlett was assigned to a SHIELD covert team to get the Mothervine formula, an uncompromising enhancement serum developed to prompt mutant childbirth.
However, they were beaten to the punch by Magda Lensherr, a freelance spy and ex-wife of mutant terrorist Magneto, who was hired by an unknown party to steal the formula and operated as Witch.
Afterward, he meets former X-Man Kitty Pryde when she arrives at his house and hands him a box of personal items belonging to his real father Wolverine, along with a final message from Logan informing his son that he loves him and never regretted having him.
The two of them together begin recruiting mutants Derek Morgan and Liz Allan, and later the Hulk, forming Ultimate-X, under the covert supervision of Nick Fury.
[6] However he gets captured by the Purifiers, a faction of Right-wing, mutant-hating, armed paramilitaries, led by William Stryker Jr. who believed it was his "mission from God" to wipe out mutant kind.
With his last breath, Stryker transfers his final command to a fleet of Nimrod Sentinels whose primary objective is to hunt down and kill every mutant in the United States.
Jimmy, along with Kitty, Iceman, and Rogue go on a road trip to create a mutant resistance group to protect themselves from the threat of both the Nimrod Sentinels and anti-mutant activist factions.
To investigate this mystery, Jimmy and Black Box leave Utopia, following a trial from Logan's message to a maternity health center in Florida.
Upon arriving at their destination, the two of them discover the truth of Project Mothervine before being attacked by Black Ops agents led by a mutant called Wild Child.
He was last seen in the last issue of X-Men Blue, where he secretly returns and stops Sebastian Shaw from launching a sneak attacking on Cyclops and Jean Grey.
[15] In order to defeat Enigma, Jean Grey unleashes the Phoenix's full power, connecting to every mutant from X-Men's past, present, and future.
Amongst the mutant she comes in contact was Jimmy Hudson Jr., who remains missing and absent from the establishment of the nation of Krakoa, Wolverine's return to life, and the rest of the major events of the Marvel universe.
When by an army of Zombiotes created by Meridius begin spreading across the city of Manhattan taking over both the living and the dead, Deadpool travels to Monster Metropolis, seeking Jimmy's help against the horde of symbiotes.
In the heat of battle, Jimmy's own hatred for himself as a monster made him go on a berserk rampage against friend and foe alike, needing to be restrained by his allies before he could attack civilians.