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Creation & Design

Wolverine was created by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and John Romita Sr. He was initially conceived as a Canadian superhero with animalistic traits.

Early Years

Wolverine first appeared as a foe to the Hulk before becoming a member of the X-Men, where he gained popularity and depth as a character.

Character Development

Over the years, Wolverine has evolved from a lone wolf to a key member of the X-Men, grappling with his violent nature and seeking redemption.

Cultural Reception

Wolverine is one of Marvel's most popular characters, known for his complex personality and moral ambiguity.

Cultural Legacy

Wolverine has left a lasting legacy in the comic book world and popular culture. Beyond his critical role in the X-Men narratives, his stories have influenced numerous other media, including animated series, video games, and a successful spin-off solo film series. His blend of rugged toughness and vulnerability has set a standard for anti-heroes in modern storytelling.

Character Details

Real Name:
James Howlett / Logan
Aliases:
Weapon X, Logan, The Best There Is at What He Does
Species:
Mutant
Gender:
Male
Affiliations:
X-Men, Alpha Flight, X-Force
Abilities:
Regenerative Healing Factor, Enhanced Senses, Superhuman Strength, Adamantium Claws
Equipment:
Adamantium Skeleton, Various Weaponry
Weight:
300lbs
Height:
5' 3"
Eye Color:
blue
Hair Color:
black
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Uncanny X-Men #273

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Uncanny X-Men #273
 
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First battle of Wolverine and Gambit

Marvel Comics Presents #73

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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1st appearance of Dr. Abraham Cornelius, a senior scientist working for the Weapon X program

Origin of Wolverine, the process of binding adamantium to his skeleton begins

Marvel Comics Presents #72

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Ongoing Weapon X stories begin

Origin of Wolverine and Weapon X begins and continues thru issue #84

Marvel Comics Presents #74

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Origin of Wolverine, Experiment X, the process of binding adamantium to Logan's skeleton concludes

Marvel Comics Presents #77

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Origin of Wolverine, specifically the first time he is referred to as Weapon X in the chronological order of the story

Though the character introduced in Incredible Hulk #180 (1974) was named The Wolverine aka Weapon X, an origin story hadn't been developed yet

One enduring rumor was that he was initially meant to be the actual animal, evolved with the assistance from the High Evolutionary but this was dispelled by Len Wein, the writer who is credited for creating the character

Marvel Comics Presents #78

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Debut of Wolverine's Weapon X design (partial), technology developed by the Weapon X program to control the feral mutant

Marvel Comics Presents #79

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Debut of Wolverine's Weapon X design in full, with helmet

Marvel Comics Presents #85

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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First interior art by Jae Lee, also illustrated the back cover

1st cameo appearance of Cyber aka Silas Burr in shadows, later becomes Hornet - Cyber is the villain who gouged out Wolverine's eye leading to the 'Patch' identity

X-Men #1

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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X-Men #1
 
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1st team appearance of the X-Men Gold (team): Storm, Archangel, Colossus, Iceman and Jean Grey

1st team appearance of the X-Men Blue (team): Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Psylocke and Beast

1st team appearance of The Acolytes: Fabian Cortez, Annie-Marie Cortez, Chrome, Nance Winters, Delgado

Best-selling comic of all-time with sales of 8.1 million copies

Interior pin-up by Jim Lee, 'A Villains Gallery'

Marvel Comics Presents #86

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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1st full appearance of Cyber, an invulnerable mutant fused with adamantium responsible for Wolverine’s missing eye that led to his Patch persona

Marvel Comics Presents #95

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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Origin of Wolverine's yellow and blue suit that was first seen in The Incredible Hulk #180

Marvel Comics Presents #98

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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Origin of the name 'Wolverine' given to Logan by Native Americans of the Blackfoot tribe and when translated means 'Skunk-Bear'

What If...? #50

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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What If...? #50
 
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What if…"The Hulk Had Killed Wolverine?"

X-Men #25

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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X-Men #25
 
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Magneto rips the Adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton revealing Logan's claws are made of bone

Wolverine #88

Marvel ⋅ 1994

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Wolverine #88
 
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First battle of Wolverine vs Deadpool

JLA #1

DC ⋅ 1996

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JLA #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Hyperclan, led by Protex: A-Mortal, Primaid, Tronix, Armek, Fluxus, Zenturion, Zum

Cameo appearances of Wolverine and Doctor Doom tied to posts, awaiting death

Wolverine Unleashed #16

Marvel UK ⋅ 1997

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Wolverine Unleashed #16
 
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Stories featuring Wolverine, published and distributed in the United Kingdom reprinting:

The Incredible Hulk #181 (1974), 1st appearance of Wolverine

Wolverine #51 (1992)

Factor-X #2 (1995)

Astonishing X-Men #1

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Astonishing X-Men #1
 
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1st appearance of Wolverine as the Horseman Death

Wolverine/ Cable: Guts and Glory #1

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Wolverine/ Cable: Guts and Glory #1
 
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Origin of the first meeting and battle of Wolverine and Cable

Wolverine and Cable first battle in New Mutants #93 but the dialogue infers they have already met

Hulk #8

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Hulk #8
 
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Battle of Wolverine vs the Hulk

Wolverine #145

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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In X-Men #25 (1993) Magneto stripped the adamantium that was fused to Logan's bones by the Weapon X Project, returning the mutant to his natural form

Six years later, in this anniversary issue celebrating 25 years of Wolverine, the adamantium is re-laced to his skeleton by Apocalypse, extracting it from Sabretooth and transferring it to Logan to serve as the Horseman of Death

Wolverine #145

Silver ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Wolverine's skeleton is bonded with Adamantium once again after it was extracted by Magneto in X-Men #25 (1993)

25th anniversary of Wolverine's first appearance

Silver foil cover

Wolverine #145

Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Extremely scarce "Bone Claw" error variant, printed without foil, some are reported to have flecks of silver foil

In X-Men #25 (1993) Magneto stripped the adamantium that was fused to Logan's bones by the Weapon X Project, returning the mutant to his natural form

Six years later, in this anniversary issue celebrating 25 years of Wolverine, the adamantium is re-laced to his skeleton by Apocalypse, extracting it from Sabretooth and transferring it to Logan to serve as the Horseman of Death

There is a silver foil and gold foil second printing edition to mark this historic return to Wolverine's most iconic feature which makes the irony of the error that much more intriguing

Wolverine / Shi: Dark Night of Judgment #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Variant sketch cover art by Billy Tucci, creator of Shi

Antiquities edition, limited to 499 signed and numbered copies

Crusade/Marvel publisher crossover

Uncanny X-Men #381

Dynamic Forces ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Uncanny X-Men #381
 
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Variant cover art by Adam Kubert, limited to 6,000 copies

Dynamic Forces edition

X-Men trading cards included

Wolverine (Panini) #59

International ⋅ Panini Deutschland ⋅ 2001

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Variant cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

German edition

Wolverine (Panini) #50

International ⋅ Panini Deutschland ⋅ 2001

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Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

German edition of Wolverine #148 and #149 (1988 series)

Wolverine: The Origin #1

Marvel ⋅ 2001

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Origin of Logan, his childhood and emergence of mutant powers

1st full appearance of Rose O'Hara, the first love of Wolverine

Premiere issue a six-issue limited series

Wolverine: The Origin #3

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Wolverine: The Origin #3
 
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Origin of Wolverine, specifically how he came to be called Logan

Wolverine: The Origin #1

International ⋅ Panini Deutschland ⋅ 2002

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Museum variant

limited to 499 copies

Wolverine (Panini) #35

International ⋅ Panini Deutschland ⋅ 2003

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Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

German edition, initially available to collectors who subscribed to the series

Reprint of Wolverine #124 (1998) and Cable #54

NYX #3

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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NYX #3
 
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1st appearance of X-23, Laura Kinney

Laura Kinney debuted in the animated series X-Men: Evolution (2003)

Uncanny X-Men #450

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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Uncanny X-Men #450
 
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First meeting and battle of X-23 and Wolverine

Wolverine #20

1:65 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2004

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Variant cover art by John Romita Jr.

Brown suit edition

New Avengers #8

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Wolverine joins the Avengers - fought alongside the team in previous issues but accepted Stark's invite in this issue

Civil War #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006

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Civil War #1
 
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Variant cover art by Michael Turner

Aspen Comics exclusive

Wolverine: Origins #3

Secret Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006

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Wolverine: Origins #3
 
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Variant cover art by Simone Bianchi

Hidden message variant with Bianchi's name written into the tiles of the background wall

Another name hidden in the tiles is Loeb and above Wolverine's knee is W 50

The message was a hint of the yet unannounced news that beginning with Wolverine #50 of the main series, Loeb and Bianchi would take over writing and illustrating the title

X-23: Target X #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2007

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X-23: Target X #1
 
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Variant cover art by Mike Choi available exclusively through the Top Cow website

Wolverine: Origins #10

Marvel ⋅ 2007

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1st appearance of Daken, the son of Wolverine and Itsu

Daken is featured in half of this issue but is mostly disguised although his claws are shown and he is revealed to be the son of Logan

[April 2021 - Marvel launched a travel website at exploremadripoor.com. There are certain numbers that were found in scenes of The Falcon and Winter Soldier that could be entered into different interactive parts of the site. Two names that were viewable on the site were Daken and Mystique]

New Avengers #27

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2007

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New Avengers #27
 
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Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

New Avengers #35

Marvel ⋅ 2007

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Venomized cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

Uncanny X-Men #493

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Uncanny X-Men #493
 
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1st team appearance of new X-Force roster: Wolverine, X-23, Warpath, Caliban, Hepzibah, Wolfsbane

Wolverine #66

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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1st appearance of Old Man Logan

1st appearance of Old Man Hawkeye

Fantastic Four #558

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Fantastic Four #558
 
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1st cameo appearance of the New Defenders, later becomes the Fantastic Force: The Hooded Man(later revealed to be Old Man Logan), Lightwave (a Herald of Galactus), Psionics (daughter of Lightwave), Natalie X, Alex Ultron (version 16.0) and Hulk Jr.

Wolverine: Origins #28

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Variant second printing by Mike Deodato Jr

Wolverine #70

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Wolverine #70
 
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Variant second printing cover art by Steve McNiven

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #2

1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Niko Henrichon

Uncanny X-Men #510

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Uncanny X-Men #510
 
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Variant second printing cover art by Greg Land

Cover is a reproduction of a panel inside of the issue

Ultimatum #5

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Ultimatum #5
 
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Variant cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Wolverine: Weapon X #4

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Wolverine: Weapon X #4
 
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Variant cover art by David Finch

70th anniversary of Marvel Comics character frame

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