Lindelof: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk scripts almost done

Talking yesterday with "Lost" exec producer Damon Lindelof for Variety's upcoming Comic-Con special about his next project, he revealed that progress is being made on the long-delayed Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk.

"They have scripts all the way through issue four and I’m about to turn in issue five in about a week," says Lindelof. "Leinil (Francis Yu, the artist) has been drawing New Avengers for (Brian Michael) Bendis, so as soon as he is done with that, and I think he has one more issue and then he’s done with that, he’s going to finish up Hulk vs. Wolverine."

That's good news for fans of the six-issue series, which was a smash hit when it hit in late 2005. A second issue followed a few months later before the series went MIA.

Lindelof says his "Lost" duties derailed the comic, and that he has a new admiration for comics writers.

"It’s hard, though, comic-book writing. It really is," he says. "I think because I’m slightly a control freak, that when it comics to comicbook writing I take the approach of wanting to describe what every single panel looks like." That differs from writing for TV, where actors, directors and the crew all contribute to the final result. "In comicbooks, there are no actors, there’s only the writer and the artist and you want to give the artist as much info as possible in order to get the idea across the point that you’re making in a specific panel," he says.

"This is in no way an excuse for my slowness," he continues. "I still should have finished a lot faster. I never thought it was going to be easy, but it’s really tough."