Jackman plans comic book

Hugh Jackman, who plays the mutant Wolverine in the “X-Men” action movies, is pairing with Virgin Comics to create a comic book series called “Nowhere Man,” Virgin said Tuesday.

The series, a futuristic science-fiction odyssey set in an era when men have traded their privacy for safety and security, will be written by Jackman and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote Marvel comics’ “Wolverine” series and “Amazing Spider-Man.”

Jackman said the hope is that “Nowhere Man” will be popular enough to later become a movie.