All Wolverine costumes. The complete forty-year history. Everything you need to know about "Logan" Wolverine comic book character biography

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In the Wolverine Origins series, Wolverine learns the whole truth about his past. In one of the main events of Marvel comics - “Civil War” - he initially remained neutral during the pursuit of Nitro, but then sided with the “underground” along with the “Secret Avengers”.

In the Marvel-616 universe, there are other characters bearing the name Wolverine, there were 7 of them: the original Wolverine (James Howlett), the new Wolverine (Laura Kinney), Ultimate Wolverine (Jimmy Hudson), Dark Wolverine (Daken Akihiro), old man Logan (Wolverine from comic book universe Old Man Logan who ended up in the 616 universe), Gebi (a clone of Laura Kinney), Weapon N (a hybrid of Wolverine and the Hulk named Clayton).

Publication history

In 1974, then-Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas approached screenwriter Len Wayne with the idea of a character specifically called Wolverine, who was Canadian by birth and had a tough temperament to match his name. Artist John Romita Sr. designed Wolverine's first costume and introduced the idea of retractable claws, as he [Romita Sr.] recalls:

When I come up with a design, I need it to be practical and functional. I thought: if a person has such claws, how does he pick his nose or lace his shoes?
Original text (English)
When I make a design, I want it to be practical and functional. I thought, "If a man has claws like that, how does he scratch his nose or tie his shoelaces?

Wolverine's first appearance was in the last panel of the comic. The Incredible Hulk No. 180 (October 1974), produced by Wayne with the artist Herb Trimpe. The character then made several appearances in promotional material for Marvel publications before making his full-length comic book debut. The Incredible Hulk#181 (November 1974), which, like the previous one, was produced by the duo of Wayne and Trimple. In a 2009 interview, Trimple said he "clearly remembers" Romita's sketches and that he said Wayne and Romita "stitched the monster together and it shocked [him]." Trimple goes on to say that it was originally going to be a supporting or third character that appeared in a specific issue with no future prospects. At the same time, Trimple denies any involvement in the creation of the image of Wolverine.

The character's introduction was initially received with great ambiguity, as it revealed very little information about him beyond his work for the Canadian government. In the shot, Wolverine does not retract his claws, although Wayne originally considered them retracting. He later appears briefly at the end of the comic. The Incredible Hulk #182.

Wolverine's next appearance was in the 1975 comic book Giant-Size X-Men#1, prepared by Wayne together with the artist Dave Cockrum, in which Wolverine, among others, was recruited into the new X-Men team. Artist Gil Kane, who prepared the cover, incorrectly drew Wolverine's mask, giving it noticeably larger characteristic ear attachments, which, however, pleased Cockrum, who believed in the similarity with Batman's mask and introduced this image into his work. Cockrum portrayed Wolverine without a mask for the first time, and as a result, his characteristic hairstyle became an attribute of the character.

This was followed by a restart of the series X-Men, starting with issue 94, written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Cockrum. At first, Wolverine's figure is overshadowed by the other members of the team, although he creates some tension due to his feelings for Jean Gray and related clashes with her lover Scott Summers. As the series continued, Claremont and Cockrum (who preferred Nightcrawler to Wolverine) considered eliminating the character from the series, but John Byrne, who replaced Cockrum, defended the character, explaining, being a Canadian himself, that he did not want a Canadian character to be excluded from the team. The basis for Burn's portrayal of Wolverine was the image of Paul D'Amato's hero from the film " Shot on goal"1977. Byrne also created Alpha Flight, a group of Canadian superheroes sent to capture Wolverine due to the cost the Canadian government put into training him. In subsequent stories, it gradually became known about Wolverine's dark past and his unstable character, which he tries to keep to himself. Burn also designed Wolverine's brown and gold suit, but retained the distinctive hood introduced by Cockrum.

The last series of comics about Wolverine was published in 2014 and was called “The Death of Wolverine”.

In 2015, the comic book series “Old Man Logan” was published, connected to the “Secret Wars” series, which tells how Wolverine was replaced by his counterpart from a parallel reality.

In 2015, the New Wolverine series was released, where Logan's clone Laura Kinney took his place after his death.

In 2015, two comic book series dedicated to Wolverine were released - Logan's Legacy and The Wolverines.

In 2017, the comic book “X-Men: Blue” was released, where Wolverine is replaced by his son from a parallel universe, James Hudson.

In 2017, the first issue of the Marvel: Legacy comic was released, in which three years later Wolverine rose from the dead.

Powers and abilities

Wolverine is a mutant with several both natural and man-made changes to his physiology. His innate ability is an accelerated “healing factor” (regeneration), allowing him to restore damaged areas of the body much faster than an ordinary person. This ability facilitated the changes to his body as part of the Weapon X program, during which his skeleton was reinforced with an indestructible alloy of adamantium.

In the comics, it was long believed that Wolverine received his claws along with his adamantium skeleton, but during the "Deadly Attractions" storyline, Magneto stripped Wolverine of his adamantium, revealing a truth, unexpected even to Logan himself, about the bony nature of his claws.

Descriptions of Wolverine's ability to regenerate vary. At first it was shown as an accelerated healing of minor wounds, but over time the authors increased the strength of this ability. Some writers have shown Wolverine's regeneration as capable of healing severe wounds in a matter of days or even hours. Other writers continued to increase the power of this ability to the point where he could completely regenerate his entire body from virtually nothing. One of Wolverine's more extreme examples of this ability shows the complete restoration of the body's soft tissue in a matter of minutes after being completely burned (remaining only the skeleton). In "The Xavier Protocols", a series of profiles created by Professor Charles Xavier, the strengths and weaknesses of the X-Men were described, noting that Wolverine's healing factor had increased to "unbelievable levels", and that the only way to kill him was to behead him.

In addition to accelerating the healing of physical injuries, Wolverine's healing factor makes him exceptionally resistant to disease, drugs, and poisons. However, he still experiences the immediate effects of these substances; it was shown that he was poisoned by alcoholic drinks, and he was also incapacitated more than once with the help of drugs and poisons. Although his body heals, the healing factor does not suppress the pain he experiences when injured. However, frequent exposure to severe injuries has significantly increased his pain threshold, which allows him to remain conscious when receiving injuries that would cause painful shock in an ordinary person.

Wolverine's healing factor also affects certain physical abilities, enhancing them to superhuman levels. James is able to maintain his body in full tension even after being injected with powerful tranquilizers. Wolverine's mobility and reflexes are also enhanced to levels beyond the limit of athletes. Thanks to the constant work of the healing factor, he can overexert his muscles without harming himself (which in reality would lead to a reduction in muscle mass, but this fact is omitted by the comic book writers). This, combined with bone strength, provides a high level of physical ability. Because the presence of adamantium enhances the natural strength of his bone structure, he can move or lift weights that would otherwise damage the human skeleton. He was shown breaking steel chains, lifting several people with one hand and throwing them through a wall, breaking through it, and lifting a Big Bear (a huge bear-like creature) over his head before throwing it across a room.

Wolverine's mutation also consists of animal-like abilities, including prominent fangs and three retractable claws inside each forearm. While they were initially described as bionic implants created by the Weapon X program, the claws were soon described as a natural part of his body. The claws, made not from keratins like the usual claws of most animals, but from especially dense bone, can cut most metals, wood and some types of stones. At the same time, there are no holes in Logan's hands for the advancement of the claws - they cut straight through his flesh with each use.

Wolverine's senses of sight, hearing and smell are superhumanly acute. He sees a clearer picture at greater distances than an ordinary person, even in almost complete darkness. His hearing is also sharper than that of a human, allowing him to hear high- and low-frequency sounds, as well as sounds that are far away from him. Wolverine is able to use his sense of smell to track a target's scent, even if that scent weakens due to natural reasons. This sense also allows him to distinguish werewolf mutants, despite the different appearance they have adopted.

Thanks to high-level psionic shields installed by Professor Charles Xavier, Wolverine's mind is extremely resistant to telepathic attacks and infiltration. Wolverine's mind also has what he calls "psychic scar tissue" due to so many traumatic events in his life. This serves as a kind of natural defense even against such powerful telepaths as Emma Frost. Wolverine was one of two mutants whose memory the Scarlet Witch could not change on M-Day.

Wolverine's entire skeleton, including his claws, was filled with adamantium at the molecular level. Thanks to him, his claws can cut almost any hard material. The only known exceptions are adamantium itself, Muramasa's magic blade, capable of piercing any material, as well as temporarily suppressing Wolverine's healing factor (its location is known only to Logan) and Captain America's shield, made of vibranium, slightly less durable, but with the property of absorbing vibration waves . Wolverine's ability to penetrate a substance depends on both the force with which he can apply pressure and the density of the substance. Adamantium also makes his strikes more powerful, increasing his offensive capabilities. But since adamantium is a metal alloy, this makes Wolverine exceptionally vulnerable to electrical and magnetic attacks and significantly increases his weight.

Skills and personality

Although he is a skilled fighter, Wolverine is often seen getting himself into combat situations in which he willfully allows himself to suffer injuries that could permanently cripple or kill someone without regeneration. In such situations, he relies on his healing factor and adamantium skeleton to cope with bodily harm. He also sometimes intentionally injures himself or allows himself to be injured to achieve various goals, such as to free himself from captivity, for intimidation, to gain a strategic advantage, or simply to follow his savage nature. Despite possessing an almost superhuman tolerance for pain (due to being frequently injured), he does not enjoy it and will sometimes try to avoid situations where extreme pain is imminent.

Wolverine possesses superhuman speed, agility and reflexes, superior to many superheroes, but these abilities do not compare to those of Spider-Man and Daredevil.

In the X-Men movie, Logan, as in the comics, has no memory of his past. He makes his living by fighting without rules, using his adamantium skeleton as an advantage. After another battle, he meets Rogue, who recently ran away from home, afraid of her abilities. Logan soon develops paternal feelings for the girl, so he takes her with him on his further journey. They are then attacked by Sabretooth, but are saved by Storm and Cyclops, sent by Professor X. Once at the Xavier Institute, Logan realizes that the Professor can help him regain his memory; He also develops feelings for Jean Gray and a slight dislike for Scott. In addition, everyone has the impression that Magneto sent Sabretooth specifically for Logan. When Rogue escapes due to Mystique's deception, Logan goes after her, but Magneto suddenly appears, who was really after Rogue. He neutralizes Logan and takes the girl. After this, Logan joins the X-Men and participates in the battle at the Statue of Liberty. In the finale, Charles gives him the location of the complex on Lake Alkali, where Logan goes to regain at least part of his memory. As a farewell, he leaves Rogue his tokens.
In X-Men 2, Logan makes it to Lake Alkali, but the base is abandoned. After this, Logan returns back to the Xavier Institute, where everyone happily greets him except Scott. At night, Logan wakes up from another nightmare, after which he has a friendly conversation with Bobby Drake (Rogue's boyfriend) until the school is attacked by William Stryker's soldiers. Logan vaguely recognizes him, but still runs away with Rogue, Bobby and John Allerdyce. They first go to Bobby's family, but his brother Ronnie angrily calls the police and they have to flee. They are soon joined by Magneto and Mystic, who decide to team up with them against a common enemy. Logan admits to Jean that he loves her, but she makes it clear that she chose Scott. Afterwards, Wolverine, along with the rest of the X-Men, Magneto and Mystique, participate in the attack on Stryker's compound, defeating Lady Deathstrike and remembering the day of his transformation. He leaves Stryker (who soon dies) his token, and then, along with everyone else, mourns Jean's sacrifice. He tells Scott that she chose him.
In X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan began working at the Xavier Institute as a new teacher. He tries to make peace with Scott, but he misses Jean so much that he does not want to listen to him. When Jean is revealed to have survived, Logan rejoices until Charles informs him that Jean is incredibly powerful, but now the psychic barriers have been destroyed and Jean is now dominated by an unstable individual named Phoenix. When Jean awakens and nearly kills Logan, he realizes that she destroyed Scott. He goes into the forest to the lair of the Brotherhood of Mutants to return Jean, believing that she can still become the same, but Magneto discovers him and drives him away. Logan returns back, informs Storm and the Beast about Magneto's plans to attack Alcatraz, after which the renewed team of X-Men, led by Wolverine, flies to the aid of the special forces soldiers. They manage to neutralize Magneto with the help of a cure for the mutation, but Jean-Phoenix, suddenly enraged, begins to destroy everyone. Having made a difficult decision, Wolverine approaches Jean, overcoming her telekinesis with the help of his regeneration, and, at her request, pierces her with his claws, having previously confessed his love to her.
In the prequel film X-Men: Origins. Wolverine" details Wolverine's past. As in the comics, his name is James Howlett and he is from Canada, but he was born in the early 19th century rather than the late. When he was young, his father was killed by a family friend, the father of James's best friend, Victor Creed. And at this moment, James accidentally releases his claws for the first time in his life. He is overcome with bestial rage and impales Mr. Creed, pinning him to the wall. And at the last moment before his death, he admits to James that he is his real father. James, along with his brother, who also turned out to be a mutant, runs away from home. Even after growing up, they never part and participate together in many wars over two centuries, and then become members of the mutant team of William Stryker, who pulled them out of the guardhouse in Vietnam. However, in the end, Logan’s conscience begins to awaken, and he leaves the squad. Some time passes, Logan is married to Kayla Silverfox and works as a lumberjack. However, he has to return to the game when Victor, who hated his brother for leaving, kills Kayla. Then Logan agrees to be implanted with adamantium, which, according to the film, is a metal of alien origin obtained from a meteorite. Logan successfully undergoes the operation, but then hears that Stryker has decided to erase his memory and escapes. He understands that Victor and Stryker are at the same time, and the murder of Kayla was done in order to involve Logan in the Weapon X project. On the advice of another former colleague, Bubble, Logan finds Gambit, who was also Stryker's prisoner and knows how to get to him. After a short fight, due to a misunderstanding, Remy takes Logan to Stryker's Island, where Logan is horrified to learn that Kayla is alive and is also a mutant. She was forced to fake death in exchange for her little sister's life, but her love for Logan was very real. Wolverine forgives Kayla, and together they save not only her sister, but also other young mutants (among whom was Cyclops). However, then Logan has to be distracted by a duel with Deadpool, whom Victor helps him defeat, although this does not end their enmity. Logan rushes to the wounded Kayla, but Stryker appears and shoots Logan's skull twice with an adamantium bullet, erasing his memory. Kayla dies, but before her death she takes revenge on Stryker, telling him to walk until his legs are bleeding. Waking up, Logan does not remember anything about himself, but the returning Gambit reminds him of his nickname.

In the prequel X-Men: First Class, Logan makes a cameo appearance. Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr come to him to ask to join the team, but he sends them away without even looking at them. This moment takes place before the events of the previous film.
In the film "Wolverine: Immortal", which is a continuation of the main trilogy, Logan again serves as the main character. Strongly repenting for the murder of Jean, he left the X-Men and settled in a remote Canadian province, where he leads the life of an alcoholic hermit. He is haunted by Jean, whom he constantly sees as a hallucination or dream. However, then Logan, through the fighter girl Yukio, is called to Japan by the millionaire Ichiro Yashida, who in his youth was saved by him from an atomic explosion. He asks Logan to give him his regeneration abilities in order to be cured of cancer, and at the same time give Wolverine a chance at a normal life. But Logan refuses because he understands that immortality is more of a curse than a gift. However, then fate brings Logan together with his granddaughter Mariko, with whom he falls in love. After Yashida's death, the Yakuza begin to hunt Mariko, and Logan begins to protect her, but during the battle he suddenly discovers that he has lost the gift of regeneration. In the end, it turned out that a special implant was introduced into him by the Viper, which deprived him of his abilities. After spending the night with Mariko, Logan loses her. He contacts Yukio, who helps him get to Yashida's laboratory and remove the Viper implant. With his powers back, Logan defeats Yashida's fighters and then rushes alone to Yashida's laboratory to save Mariko. However, this turns out to be a trap: Viper catches him and chains him to a chair, blocking his claws. However, Wolverine then manages to escape and begins to fight the huge adamantium robot Silver Samurai while Yukio and Mariko fight Viper. And then it turns out that the Silver Samurai is Yashida, who, after meeting Logan, became obsessed with his abilities and decided to take them for himself. He cuts off Logan's claws and begins to pump out the bone marrow from them, restoring his youth. Mariko, seeing what is happening, kills her grandfather with Wolverine's severed claws. After his victory, Logan decides to leave Japan; Yukio volunteers to accompany him. 2 years later, Logan returns to America, where he is suddenly greeted by Magneto and the resurrected Professor, who inform him of the impending chaos.
In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Logan volunteers to travel to 1973 to change the future and prevent the creation of the Guardians. He comes to young Charles and the Beast to persuade them to help him. At first, Charles categorically refuses to help him (to which Hank metaphorically remarks: “There is no Professor here”), but then he nevertheless agrees. They rescue Eric and search for Mystique to stop her from killing Bolivar Trask. They find her, but she accidentally ends up on the street in her true form, scaring people and convincing politicians that mutants must be destroyed. Moreover, Mystique soon wanted to kill Trask even more after seeing photos of the dead friends whom Trask killed for the sake of research. While chasing her, Logan notices a young Stryker and briefly loses concentration, causing his consciousness to temporarily return to the future, injuring Kitty who helps him, causing confusion in his past self, but he soon manages to return back. At the presentation of the Guardians, Wolverine and the Beast come to the defense of Trask, whom Magneto decided to destroy with the help of the Guardians he converted. He subdues Logan by stabbing him with multiple bent steel rods and throwing him into the river, and then prepares to declare war on humanity, but is stopped by Mystique. She was about to set her sights on Trask, but Charles managed to convince Raven to stop, and she leaves after removing Eric's helmet, allowing Charles to take control of him. After this, the past changes for the better, and Logan, waking up in an updated future, sees that he is now a history teacher at the Xavier Institute, and all the X-Men are alive, including Scott and Jean. In the last frames, it is shown that Logan was pulled out of the water in the past by Mystique, who took the form of Stryker.
In X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine makes a cameo appearance in the escape scene from the Weapon X laboratory, but here he is closest to the original comics. Wolverine, after an adamantium coating operation under the Weapon X program, which involved turning him into a living killing machine through hypnotherapy, brainwashing and pumping him with psychotropic drugs, is kept under lock and key at Stryker's base on Lake Alkali. As a result of the experiments carried out on him, Logan lost his memory and turned into the likeness of an animal. Having arrived at the base in search of kidnapped friends, Jean Gray, Cyclops and Nightcrawler free him from the adamantium chamber, and Logan, with the rage of a wild beast, begins to kill the base personnel who meet him on the way. Before he ran away from the base into the forest, Gina managed to scan his brain and free a certain memory of Logan.
In the third solo film, “Logan” (2017), Hugh Jackman played his character for the last time. The film is based on the comic book series Old Man Logan. 2029 Mutants are almost extinct. Aged due to the weakening of his healing factor and suffering from adamantium poisoning, Logan works as a limousine driver, supplies medicine to Professor Xavier, suffering from dementia, and dreams of saving up for a yacht and living the rest of his life on the high seas. Suddenly, a new mutant is discovered: a girl named Laura, with abilities like Wolverine. Logan, Professor Xavier and Laura travel to North Dakota to find other surviving mutant children and smuggle them across the Canadian border. Xavier, and by the end of the film, Logan himself, die at the hands of X-24, a perfect clone of Wolverine. After his funeral, Laura places an X on his grave.

Cartoons

"Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" (1981-1983). He appears with the other X-Men in "The Birth of a Star of Fire", voiced by Neil Ross.
"Brave X-Men" (1989). He was also voiced by Neil Ross in this cartoon.
"X-Men" (1992-1997). Wolverine is voiced by Kezel Jay Dodd, who also voiced him in the Spider-Man animated series. Here he is one of the main characters, appears in most episodes, and takes an active part in the life of the team. Several episodes from his past are also shown.
"X-Men: Evolution" (2000-2003). In this animated series, Wolverine is a man whose past is shrouded in mystery. He teaches combat training to teenage X-Men and creates conflict between his younger teammate. In this animated series, he is voiced by Scott McNeil. In this version, he is not in love with Jean Gray, since she is still a schoolgirl. In this version, Wolverine, along with Storm and Beast, is an old friend of Xavier's and takes on the role of surrogate father to the students, much like Xavier himself. He saves all the X-Men when he encounters X-23, his clone, who is released in Season 3. He also became involved with Magneto, rescuing him as a child from concentration camps (Magneto is Jewish) in World War II, although he is his sworn enemy. Magneto turns down the opportunity to kill Wolverine, Rogue, and Nightcrawler in Operation Rebirth out of a sense of duty. In the first two seasons, he wears an orange dress suit. In the third, he puts on a suit that is very similar to the suit from the ULTIMATE series.
"Wolverine and the X-Men" (2008). Here, Wolverine became the leader of the X-Men after Professor X fell into a coma.
"Hulk vs. Wolverine" (2009). Wolverine was sent to stop the Hulk, but they both ended up being captured by Weapon X.
Animated comics "Astonishing X-Men", "Black Panther", "Spider-Woman: Agent V.O.I.N.A", "Wolverine", "Wolverine vs. Hulk", "Wolverine vs. Sabretooth", "Wolverine. Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today" (under the general title "Marvel Knights").
"Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" (2010-2012). This animated series features James Howlett (the future Wolverine) fighting in World War II alongside Captain America and the War Commandos. In the second season, Wolverine teams up with Spider-Man, War Machine, the Thing, Luke Cage and Iron Fist to form the New Avengers to battle Kang the Conqueror while the Avengers are temporarily inactive due to the villain. In the final scene, Wolverine and other heroes fought against Galactus and his heralds.
"Marvel Anime" (2011). Wolverine, voiced by Rikiya Koyama, is the only character who has appeared in all anime based on Marvel comics (two as the main character, two more as a cameo).
Appears in several episodes of the animated series "Ultimate Spider-Man".
In the animated series “Hulk and the Agents of U.D.A.R. "appears in one episode, where he hunts the Wendigo monster together with agents.
In the animated series LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Ultimate Reboot, Wolverine appears in several episodes throughout the first season.
In several episodes of the anime Avengers: Disc Wars, where he is voiced by Kenji Nomura.

Video games

One of the characters in the games X-Men (1993) and X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995) for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis gaming platform.
The main character of the game Wolverine: Adamantium Rage.
One of the characters from X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse.
One of the characters in X-Men Legends (English) Russian and X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse.
One of the characters in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, as well as an exclusive playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 for Nintendo DS.
The main character of the game X2: Wolverine's Revenge (English) Russian.
One of the three main characters of X-Men: The Official Game (English) Russian, along with Iceman and Nightcrawler.
The main character of the game X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Featured in the Spider-Man games: Ultimate Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
One of the characters in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes.
Appeared in the game Deadpool.
One of the characters in the game Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
One of the characters in the game X-Men: Destiny (English) Russian.
X-Men: Children of the Atom (English) Russian.
One of the selectable fighters in the games X-Men: Mutant Academy and X-Men: Mutant Academy 2.
One of the selectable fighters in the game

Over the more than 40-year journey traversed by Wolverine and his legacy, the hero has had many adventures and misadventures. He was a member of many teams and received different incarnations on film or television screens. As the hero changed, so did his costumes. So sit back and read the story about all of Wolverine's costumes.

The first version of the black and yellow suit

First appearance:Incredible Hulk #181 (1974)

Appearance: Already during its first appearance, Wolverine's costume resembled the one that many would love in the future. It had all the basics: yellow spandex, black tiger stripes marked on it, a pointy mask, gloves, and seemingly useless coat hangers.

The main difference between this version of the costume was the mask with a mustache. Apparently wolverines are similar to cats. But it was still a good suit that needed a little work.

Black skin

First appearance: New X-Men #114 (2001)

Appearance: As with most comic book movies, the X-Men monthly series began taking cues from the movie. So the mutants have finally traded the flashy spandex for slightly less ostentatious black leather.

The team began wearing leather suits with a bright yellow "X" logo. Was the goal to make the logo as recognizable? How .

For several years, Wolverine wore a T-shirt and leather jacket. And this costume even appeared in the game X2: Wolverine's Revenge.

Source: New X-Men (2001) #114, published July 1, 2001.

Ultimate Wolverine

First appearance: Ultimate X-Men #1 (2001)

Appearance: At the dawn of the new millennium, Marvel realized they needed to try something different to attract new readers. Which will not require them to understand the long and complicated history of the characters. Thus, the Ultimate universe was born. The plots in this universe were modern and accessible to a reader unfamiliar with the universe.

Naturally, the X-Men were one of the first comics in the updated universe. And, of course, Wolverine was among them. This version of Wolverine was angrier and more bloodthirsty than before.

The costume was visually reminiscent of the cinematic version. He was taller, less hairy and generally more attractive. He even wore a goatee for a while. His costume was also a bit like the classic red and brown, but with a muted color scheme and without the pointy mask.

Source: Ultimate X-Men (2001) #1, published February 10, 2001.

Amazing Wolverine

First appearance: Astonishing X-Men #1 (2004)

Appearance: In 2004, black skin fell out of favor with X-Men editors. So with the debut of Astonishing X-Men, the popular mutants received yet another visual makeover. Spandex is back.

Wolverine's new uniform was based on his striped clothing, but with a change in the flashy aspects. So Wolverine became one of the last heroes who stopped wearing underpants over his pants. This costume immediately became very popular due to its mixing of old with new. The suit was present in the main X-line for many years until the death of Wolverine. It has also appeared as an alternate costume in several games and as Wolverine's main costume in the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.

Source: Astonishing X-Men (2004) #1, published May 26, 2004.

Dom-M

First appearance: House of M #2 (2005)

Appearance: After the Scarlet Witch changed reality, the world began to be ruled by the House of Magneto. The Red Guard squad was created on the orders of Magneto, and in order to quietly enter his palace, Wolverine and other heroes dressed in the uniform of this special unit. A dark military uniform with shoulder straps and the emblem of the House of M, made in the red signature color of Magneto.

Source: House of M (2006) #2, published June 22, 2005.

Zombie Wolverine

First appearance: Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 (2005)

Appearance: In 2005, comics related to zombies began to gain incredible popularity in the comics industry. And Marvel, following the trend, decided to combine zombies and their characters.

In the Marvel Zombies universe, all heroes and villains have been infected by the zombie virus. And when they ate all the people on the planet, they were forced to resort to desperate measures to feed themselves.

Despite his healing factor, Wolverine was vulnerable to the zombie virus just like everyone else. Worst of all, his healing factor was no longer fully functional.

Today, Marvel Comics publishes about a hundred comics a month, either regular or mini-series, and Wolverine appears in 80% of them. It doesn't matter whether he plays the main role or is content with a cameo for a couple of pages, his appearance is always accompanied by an increase in sales of the comic he visits and a stir among readers.

Considering that most Marvel series take place in the same universe and in more or less the same period of time, there is often reason to wonder how Wolverine can be in several places at once (not to mention participating in two or three teams at the same time). This quality makes James Howlett a unique character, whose popularity goes beyond all reasonable limits, irritates many, but continues to grow. The first solo film in the X-Men universe was dedicated to him, and in the previous trilogy, for that matter, he was always at the center of the plot.

In May 2008, the authoritative American magazine Wizard ranked him first in the list of the two hundred best comic book characters of all time. Why did this particular character become one of the leading heroes of the world's largest comic book publishing house? What is the secret of his popularity?

James Howlett, known by his nicknames Logan and Wolverine, has superpowers obtained naturally and artificially. The genetic mutation gave him powerful vision, hearing and smell, claws popping out of his hands and a healing factor that allowed him to endure the most severe injuries (he was once able to recover from a naked skeleton), as well as granting immunity to alcohol, drugs and toxins. And, no less important, it slows down the aging process. So the real age of the hero was a big question until a certain time. Dramatic changes in genes also affected Wolverine’s consciousness, bringing his bestial nature to the fore. Over time, Logan learned to suppress it, but he still has attacks of aggression, during which he goes into berserker mode, mindlessly destroying everything in his path. The Weapon X program covered James's skeleton with the strongest metal on Earth - adamantium, turning his bone claws into the sharpest blades and enhancing his natural abilities and physical endurance several times. Thus, Logan became a perfect killing machine, but with a kind and sensitive heart.

Wolverine's first appearance was on the last page of issue 180 of the series. Incredible Hulk, released in October 1974, and in 181 he acted as a full-fledged hero. It was created by screenwriter Len Wein and legendary artist John Romita Sr. The latter's participation, however, was limited only to the design of the yellow and blue suit (it was this suit that actually became the main symbol of the hero), and the comic book itself was drawn by Herb Trimpe. Logan was introduced as an agent of the Canadian government, sent to deal with the giant Hulk who had invaded his country. Since then, these two have met repeatedly for a rematch, with one or the other emerging victorious, but it was never possible to find out who was stronger in the end. Recently, the story of their acquaintance was reproduced in a cartoon.

At first, some writers planned to explain Logan's origins in a very wild way - as if he had mutated into a humanoid creature from a real wolverine cub. Even the famous claws were intended to be nothing more than blades attached to gloves. But both ideas, fortunately, were abandoned, otherwise anyone who put on these gloves could become Wolverine.

New heroes appeared in comics almost every month, and after his high-profile debut, Logan was forgotten for some time. Only when the original X-Men team (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Jean Gray) decided to add new members did the writers remember the existence of the clawed hero. They decided to make him a mutant, and starting in 1975, Wolverine began to appear regularly in X-Men comics.

It must be said that for all his natural quarrelsomeness, the Canadian fit perfectly into the team and became one of its irreplaceable members. At that early period, he had not yet gone beyond the scope of a hero of the second or third plan, but even then, in his relationships with other mutants, Logan’s character began to manifest itself. He has shown himself to be rude, tough and uncompromising, but at the same time follows a code of honor, has extensive knowledge of the languages and cultures of the world (which he owes to his age) and is a reliable partner. It is not surprising that such a contrast immediately gave Wolverine many fans.

(Wolverine) his real name James Howlett- a fictional character and superhero from the universe. He is usually called by his nickname Logan. He is a member of many teams, the main ones being the X-Men and the New Avengers. The character debuted in issue 180 of the comic. Incredible Hulk, released in October 1974, created by writer Len Wayne and artist John Romita Sr. in collaboration with Herb Trimple.

Publication history

Wolverine's first appearance was in the last panel of the comic. The Incredible Hulk#180 (October 1974), produced by Wayne with artist Herb Trimple. The character then made several appearances in promotional material for Marvel publications before making his full-length comic book debut. The Incredible Hulk#181 (November 1974), which, like the previous one, was produced by the duo of Wayne and Trimple. In a 2009 interview, Trimple said he "clearly remembers" Romita's sketches and that he said Wayne and Romita "stitched the monster together and it shocked [him]." Trimple goes on to say that this was originally going to be a supporting or third character that appeared in a specific issue with no future prospects. At the same time, Trimple denies any involvement in the creation of the image of Wolverine.

Wolverine's next appearance was in the 1975 comic book Giant-Size X-Men#1, produced by Wayne with artist Dave Cockrum, in which Wolverine, among others, was recruited into the new X-Men team. Artist Gil Kane, who prepared the cover, incorrectly drew Wolverine's mask, giving it noticeably larger characteristic ear attachments, which, however, pleased Cockrum, who believed in the similarity with Batman's mask and introduced this image into his work. Cockrum portrayed Wolverine without a mask for the first time, and as a result, his characteristic hairstyle became an attribute of the character.

This was followed by a reboot of the X-Men series, starting with issue 94, written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Cockrum. At first, Wolverine's figure is overshadowed by the other members of the team, although he creates some tension due to his feelings for Jean Gray and the resulting run-ins with her lover Scott Summers. As the series continued, Claremont and Cockrum (who preferred Nightcrawler to Wolverine) considered eliminating the character from the series, but Cockrum's successor, John Byrne, defended the character, explaining, being a Canadian himself, that he did not want a Canadian character to be excluded from the team. Burn's portrayal of Wolverine was based on the image of Paul D'Amato's character from the 1977 film Shot. Burn also created Alpha Squad, a group of Canadian superheroes sent to capture Wolverine due to the cost of the Canadian government's training for him. In subsequent stories Wolverine's dark past and the unstable nature he struggles to keep in. Burn also designed Wolverine's brown and gold costume, but retained the signature hood introduced by Cockrum.

Biography

Wolverine is a mutant with superhuman abilities. He has regeneration that allows him to survive severe wounds that would be fatal to a normal person. Most poisons and diseases also cannot kill or cause serious harm to Wolverine's health. His ability also increases endurance and agility, sharpens his senses, and slows down the aging of the body. Wolverine's skeleton differs from that of a human by the presence of six claws (that is, three per hand), similar to daggers and razor-sharp. After participating in the Weapon X experiment, Wolverine's skeleton was coated with the indestructible alloy adamantium. Wolverine is an expert in many types of hand-to-hand combat, has combat training, and has worked as an intelligence officer, mercenary and CIA agent. Participated in the First and Second World Wars, fought in Spain and Vietnam, an excellent tactician and strategist.

Most often depicted with a very sharp character, fearless and indomitable, with great willpower.

Since 1982 he has his own comic book.

Much of Wolverine's storyline involved him searching for his own forgotten past, until his memory was fully restored in 2005 (real time), due to a massive Marvel Comics event called M-Day.

In the series Wolverine Origins, Wolverine learns the whole truth about his past. In one of the most important events in Marvel comics - “ Civil War" - at first he remained neutral during the pursuit of Nitro, but then he sided with the "underground" along with " Secret Avengers».

Capabilities

Descriptions of Wolverine's ability to regenerate vary. At first it was shown as an accelerated healing of minor wounds, but over time the authors increased the strength of this ability. Some writers have shown Wolverine's regeneration as capable of healing severe wounds in a matter of days or even hours. Other writers continued to increase the power of this ability to the point where he could completely regenerate his entire body from virtually nothing. One of Wolverine's more extreme examples of this ability shows the complete restoration of the body's soft tissue in a matter of minutes after being completely burned (remaining only the skeleton). The Xavier Protocols, a series of profiles created by Professor Charles Xavier, outlined the strengths and weaknesses of the X-Men, noting that Wolverine's healing factor had increased to "unbelievable heights" and that the only way to stop him was to decapitate him.

Wolverine's healing factor also affects certain physical attributes, enhancing them to superhuman levels. He is able to maintain his body in full tension even after being injected with strong tranquilizers. Wolverine's agility and reflexes are also enhanced to levels beyond those of the very best human athletes. Thanks to the constant work of the healing factor, he can overexert his muscles without harming himself. This, plus the strength of his bones, gives him some level of superhuman strength. Because the presence of adamantium enhances the natural strength of his bone structure, he can move or lift weights that would otherwise damage the human skeleton. He was shown breaking steel chains, lifting several people with one hand and throwing them through a wall, breaking through it, and lifting a Big Bear (a huge bear-like creature) over his head before throwing it across a room.

Wolverine's mutation also consists of animal-like additions, which includes prominent fangs and three retractable/retractable claws on the inside of each forearm. While they were initially described as bionic implants created by the Weapon X program, the claws were soon identified as a natural part of his body. The claws, made not from keratins like the usual claws of most animals, but from especially dense bone, can cut most metals, wood and some types of stones. Wolverine's hands do not have holes for the claws to advance through - they rip through his flesh with each use.

Wolverine's senses of sight, hearing and smell are superhumanly acute. He sees a completely clear picture at greater distances than an ordinary person is capable of, even in almost complete darkness. In a similar manner, his sense of hearing is enhanced, allowing him to hear sounds that ordinary people cannot hear, and at great distances. Wolverine is able to use his sense of smell to track a target's scent, even if that scent is slightly weakened due to natural reasons. This sense also allows him to distinguish werewolf mutants, despite the different appearance they have adopted.

Wolverine's entire skeleton, including his claws, was filled with adamantium at the molecular level. Thanks to him, his claws can cut almost any hard material. The only known exceptions are adamantium itself, Muramasa's magical blade, capable of piercing any material, as well as temporarily suppressing Wolverine's healing factor (its location is known only to Logan) and Captain America's shield, made of vibranium, a little less durable, but with the property of absorbing vibration waves . Wolverine's ability to penetrate a substance depends on both the force with which he can apply pressure and the density of the substance. Adamantium also makes his strikes more powerful, increasing his offensive capabilities. But since adamantium is a metal alloy, this makes Wolverine exceptionally vulnerable to electrical and magnetic attacks.

In the media
Cartoon series

Wolverine appears with other members of the X-Men in " Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", in the episode "A Fire Star Is Born". He is portrayed with an Australian accent.

He also appears in the 1989 animated series " Brave X-Men". He was voiced by Pat Pinney and this version also has an Australian accent.

Wolverine in the 1990s appears in the animated series " X-Men

Spider-Man", voiced by Cathal J. Dodd.

In 2000 - 2003, he appears in the animated series " X-Men: Evolution", voiced by actor Scott McNeil.

Stephen Bloom voices Wolverine in the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men".

Wolverine appears in the animated series " Superhero Squad", voiced by Steve Bloom. Logan appears as a member of the team.

Wolverine appears in animated comics" Black Panther", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Wolverine appears in " Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes He appears in the episode "New Avengers" as part of the New Avengers, a team created by Tony Stark in case the main Avengers were defeated. Wolverine joins Spider-Man and other characters to fight Kang the Conqueror. He and the rest of the New Avengers The Avengers appear again in the final episode, "Avengers Assemble".

He appears in the anime animated series " Marvel Anime: Wolverine", Wolverine starred in a twelve-episode animated series that premiered in Japan.

Wolverine appears in the Spider-Woman animated comics, voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.

Wolverine appears in the animated series " Marvel Anime: X-Men", voiced by Steven Bloom in the English version.

Wolverine appears in the animated series " Ultimate Spider-Man", voiced by Steven Bloom.

Wolverine appears in " Hulk and the Agents of SMASH", in the episode "The Collector" as one of the heroes captured by the villain. He also appears in the episode "Wendigo Apocalypse", where he teams up with the Hulk to fight the Wendigo.

Wolverine makes a cameo appearance in " Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Super Heroes", voiced by Steve Bloom.

X-Men: The Last Stand

Wolverine appears in the film " X-Men: Origins. Wolverine", the role of the character was played by Hugh Jackman.

Wolverine appears in the film " X-Men: First Class", the role of the character was played by Hugh Jackman. In this film, he appears only with a cameo.

Wolverine appears in the film " Wolverine: Immortal", the role of the character was played by Hugh Jackman.

Wolverine appears in the 2014 film " X-Men: Days of Future Past", the role of the character was played by Hugh Jackman.

Wolverine appears in the film Logan, played by Hugh Jackman.

Logan is the latest X-Men movie for Hugh Jackman, who is retiring from the character after eight on-screen incarnations of Logan. Life cultural observer Ivan Talachev answers all the questions that an unprepared viewer may have. Will Wolverine appear on screen again? Do I need to prepare for viewing? Why does Wolverine age? What will happen next?

Is this film really Jackman's last?

Do you need to watch the previous X-Men films or read any comics to understand what's going on in the film and not miss the references?

No, watching the previous ones is scary to imagine! - Eight films about the “X-Men” are not at all necessary. They are connected very weakly with “Logan”, as, by the way, with each other: the action of the films has long been taking place in parallel realities and different time periods, overlapping each other. Even seasoned fans are often confused about them, not to mention unprepared viewers.

The events of "Logan" also take place in a parallel reality, so there are no references to any events from previous films. To be sure, the authors of the film moved the events forward 50 years in order to in every sense distance this story from the rest of the films in the series.

You don't have to read comics either. The script for "Logan" is based on one of the best comic series about Wolverine called "Old Man Logan". Plot-wise, it has almost nothing to do with the new film, so you can read it at any time: before the film, after it, and even during it, if the darkness in the cinema does not stop you.

What kind of girl walks hand in hand with Wolverine?

Still from the movie "Logan" / kinopoisk.ru

Her name is Laura, and she is a major character in the plot of Logan. She is played by Dafne Keen, an 11-year-old actress for whom this is her first film role.

In order not to spoil the plot twists and turns of "Logan", it remains only to say that in Marvel comics there is a character named Laura Kinney, who is called X-23. She is unsociable, silent, has two pop-up blades on each arm and can regenerate damage. Just like one of her close relatives. That's it, not another word.

Who are the enemies this time?

Rivera. Cybernetically modified mutant hunters who wear enhancing prosthetics and improvements in their bodies in order to compete on equal terms with carriers of special abilities.

The Rivers are led by a mercenary named Pierce. He is played by Boyd Holbrook, star of the TV series Narcos and the future leader of a gang of soldiers from the new part of Predator.

In the story, the Rivers are hired by the evil Transigen company to find and, if possible, destroy children gifted with superpowers who escaped from their laboratory. There they were subjected to not the most pleasant experiments to create super-soldiers.

Why is Wolverine old and bleeding? He's immortal and regenerates?

Still from the movie "Logan" / kinopoisk.ru

It's not that simple. The healing factor that allows Logan to heal wounds weakens with age. In turn, the adamantium metal from which the mutant’s skeleton is made is dangerous for the wearer: it is, according to various versions, either toxic or radioactive.

The skeleton has "worn out" Wolverine's abilities, which were working all the time, to such an extent that healing his wounds now takes him much longer, and the mutant's body shows signs of aging.

If I didn't like the previous films in the series, why go to this one?

Because he's good.

Firstly, this is the first X-Men film released in America with a censorship rating of R (in Russia, viewers over 18 years old are allowed to watch Logan). An adult rating, among other things, allows swearing in the script. However, it will only be in the original version, which is prohibited by law. There's also real blood in the film (and a lot of it), which, as studios noted with Deadpool, translates into very big box office returns. Apparently, plastic heroes fighting absolutely bloodlessly are boring to the point of nausea for the viewer, who wants to see Logan tearing people apart with his claws. “Logan” satisfies this whim in full.

Secondly, in the case of Logan, comic book cinema finally paid attention to adult themes. This is not a story about heroes, saving the world and fate. And not even about society’s rejection of minorities - the first two parts of “X-Men,” telling about the confrontation between people and warring groups of mutants, are still considered a manifesto by gay director Bryan Singer against the oppression of members of the LGBT community. This is a story about old age, parenthood and, of course, the nature of death.

Well, thirdly, if you like numbers and estimates, then here is some important information for you. According to ratings aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of reviews for “Logan” are positive. It shares this record among film adaptations of Marvel comics with Spider-Man 2.

Still from the movie "Logan" / kinopoisk.ru

I wouldn't like to say more about the ending of the film than I should, but in the end the creators hint at a new group of superhumans that will replace the X-Men. They are not given names, but the creators in interviews often recall a special group of mutants called “Weapon X.”

If the "X-Men" were, in both comics and films, more of a peacekeeping organization advocating world peace than a military detachment, then "Weapon X" is exactly the same group of combat mutants that was sent to do the dirty work of eliminating enemies of order and tranquility. At different times, it included Wolverine himself, Deadpool, his main enemy Cable, and the mutants Sylock and Caliban, whom you could see in Apocalypse a year ago.

In any case, the studio's future plans are related to Deadpool 2, which will be released exactly a year later, at the beginning of March 2018, and several series based on the X-Men. The first of them is already on air and is receiving excellent criticism. It's called Legion, and it's been hailed as one of the best and most original comic book series ever. It’s worth starting with the fact that his main character is being treated in a psychiatric hospital, because he has difficulty distinguishing reality from his embodied hallucinations.

I really want to show off as a Wolverine fan to my friends, but I haven't read any of the comics. How to do it?

It's easy. Tell us that the character's real name is James Howlett, and Logan is his nickname. This question often screens out newcomers to comics who have seen enough film adaptations and do not understand paper material. Say that they originally planned to cast Russell Crowe for the role of Wolverine in 2000 and that Jackman is too tall for the role - 187 centimeters versus 160 for the hero in the comics. Yes, Wolverine is not very tall.

If that doesn't help, remember that the Marvel comics writers were originally going to name the character Badger.

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