Wolverine (English)

Marvel Collector's Edition [Charleston Chew Giveaway] (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 1992

Disambiguation: Logan / James Howlett First Published in: 1974 Keywords: adamantium; Canadian superheroes; healing factor; mutants Creator List Creator Name List Issue List Issue List, including generalisations Cover List Series List Feature List Characters Appeared With Group List Sequences List External Links: Wikipedia Name: Wolverine Additional Names: The Wolverine

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Wolverine was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita. Romita designed Wolverine's costume, but the character was first drawn in a comic story by Herb Trimpe. Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas has also claimed co-creator credit.

• First appearance of The Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #180 (October 1974); also named Weapon X in this issue.
• It was established in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #181 (November 1974) that Wolverine is a mutant and has adamantium claws.
• He joined the X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 ([May] 1975).
• Wolverine's claws were revealed to be part of his body, not his costume, in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #98 (April 1976); his face was also first shown in this issue.
• His enhanced senses were first mentioned in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #100 (August 1976).
• His secret identity was revealed to be Mr. Logan in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #103 (February 1977).
• His rapid healing and unbreakable bones were first mentioned in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #116 (December 1978).
• Wolverine's first solo story was in Marvel Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #335 (March 28, 1979).
• He was revealed to have an adamantium skeleton in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #126 (October 1979).
• He first used the alias Patch in Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #10 (Early January 1989).
• The origin of his adamantium bones was revealed in Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #72 ([Early March] 1991) - #84 ([Mid August] 1991).
• Magneto pulled the adamantium from Wolverine's bones in X-Men (Marvel, 1991 series) #25 (October 1993).
• It was revealed that Wolverine's claws were a natural part of his body in Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #75 (November 1993).
• Apocalypse restored the adamantium to Wolverine's bones in Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #145 (December 1999).
• Wolverine's secret origin was revealed in Wolverine: The Origin (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (November 2001) - #6 (July 2002).
• His true name, James Howlett, was revealed in Wolverine: The Origin (Marvel, 2001 series) #1, however he was not revealed to be the future Wolverine until issue #2; his name was changed to Logan in issue #3.
• Wolverine's origin story was continued in Origin II (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (February 2014) - #5 (June 2014).
• Wolverine died when he was entombed in molten adamantium, as shown in Death of Wolverine (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 (December 2014).
• It was discovered that his body was missing from its grave in Hunt for Wolverine (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (June 2018).
• It was revealed in Return of Wolverine (Marvel, 2018 series) #5 (April 2019) that Persephone had resurrected him from the dead.
• Wolverine sacrificed his life to save mutantkind in House of X (Marvel, 2019 series) #4 (November 2019).
• A clone of Wolverine was grown using a sample of the original's DNA, and his mind was implanted in the clone using memories stored in Cerebro, as shown in House of X (Marvel, 2019 series) #5 (November 2019).
• Wolverine was killed and cloned multiple times in Inferno (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (November 2021).