Wolverine (Marvel)

Logan (born James Howlett), better known as is one of the main protagonists of the , specifically serving as the titular main protagonist of the franchise of the same name, one of the main protagonists of the X-Men franchise, and a supporting character in other comics. He is one of the well-known mutant superheroes, who also served as a member of the X-Men, X-Force, and the Avengers. 
Born in the nineteenth century, he is a mutant with an accelerated healing factor and the ability to extend bone-like claws from his hands. Abandoning his family after a tragic accident, the man that would be known as Wolverine was originally shrouded in mystery with his past being covered in blood and loss. Subjected to an experiment by Weapon X that coated his bones in adamantium, he later escaped and became an asset until he was invited to join the X-Men. Though guilt-ridden due to his past actions after regaining his memories, Wolverine found support with his allies in the superhero community. Despite his lone-wolf and abrasive personality, he is willing to protect his loved ones and the innocent from dangerous threats.
Wolverine is well known anti-hero due to his reputation as a superhero willing to protect both mutant and mankind, but also appearing as lethal killer known for his berserker fury. Since his character debut, he has appeared in numerous media, such as in films, television and video games.
He was created by , the late , and , and first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #180 in October of 1974.
==Personality==
Wolverine is a gruff loner who had a strong sense of personal honor. He also had a wild, animal-like nature to him and a savage, or "berserker," rage which he tried to control. He is also perfectly at home in the wilderness. He is known as one of the most fearless, brave, and dangerous men in the world, as stated by Steve Rogers due to his abilities. Wolverine had established himself quickly as the X-Men most willing to permanently deal with their adversaries, as has eliminated numerous threats with ease.
After regaining his memories of the past, Wolverine showed great remorse for his actions, but was able to cope with the support of his allies. He is in a constant battle with his berserker rage, fearing that he will hurt innocent people or lose control during a fight. Despite his abrasive personality, Logan is selfless and caring towards those whom he deemed friends, and has went out of his way on numerous occasions to protect others. This is shown with his friendship with Nightcrawler, and he was deeply saddened by his death in one comic issue. He also became good friends with Spider-Man, and tolerates the superhero even at his most snarky moments, and has acted as a father figure to other mutants such as Shadowcat and Jubilee.
Though known for being a lone wolf, he has shown himself to be wise, empathic and caring for others. He showed sympathy for the Punisher, noting how similar they were due to walking the line and being dangerously lethal. He has given lessons to his fellow teammates such as Rogue, reminding her that though she made mistakes, she should never be ashamed since she redeemed herself. His romantic relationship also show an emotional side, as he told Mariko Yashida that he missed her.
He developed close friendships with his teammates Nightcrawler, whose personality diametrically opposed Wolverine's, and Colossus, who often performed the "fastball special" with him. He was something of a father figure to Natasha Romanoff in her youth, Shadowcat, Rogue, his daughter/"clone" X-23, and Jubilee.
He loved many women, including Rose, Itsu, Viper, Silver Fox, Phoenix, and Mariko. There are only a few people that Wolverine truly trusted, which are Captain America, Nick Fury, Jean Grey, and Spider-Man. One of the people he really cannot stand is Deadpool, but has worked with the mercenary on several occasions.
==Powers & Abilities==
===Powers===
*Enhanced Mutant Physiology: Wolverine is a mutant who had been given an unbreakable skeleton by the Weapon X Program and augmented by Apocalypse. Nick Fury's intel classified him as Power Level 9, while the O*N*E classified him as a Severe Threat. 
**Regenerative Healing Factor: Wolverine's primary mutant power is an accelerated healing process that enables him to regenerate damaged or destroyed tissue with far greater efficiency than an ordinary human. He can regenerate greatly damaged or destroyed tissue with few seconds. Wolverine's accelerated healing powers have been commonly referred to as his mutant healing factor. The full extent and speed of Wolverine's healing factor isn't known. He has been shown to fully heal from numerous gunshot wounds, severe burns covering most of his body, and regenerate missing eyes within a matter of seconds. Among the more extreme depictions of his accelerated healing factor involves him having his skin, muscles, and internal organs incinerated from his skeleton only to fully regenerate the tissues within a matter of moments. Adamantium plays a crucial role in the speed of Wolverine's healing as well because of the fact that it produces a poison that his immune system fights off regularly. It is said that without the Adamantium, his healing rate increases dramatically. This power even amends psychological wounds inflicted as a result of traumatic experiences. However, Wolverine's healing powers force his mind to suppress the memories, sometimes resulting in amnesia. Wolverine sometimes calls this his mental scar tissue. Wolverine's healing factor has cured him from the mystical curse of the Werewolf after he had been bitten and turned into a werewolf and into a vampire, though it should be noted that the time it took to cure the Werewolf curse was longer than the time it took to cure him from turning into a vampire.
**Foreign Chemical Immunity: Wolverine's natural healing also affords him the virtual immunity all poisons and most drugs. 
**Alcohol Immunity: It's extremely difficult for him to become intoxicated from alcohol.
**Disease Immunity: Wolverine's highly efficient immune system, which is part of his accelerated healing factor, renders him immune against all known diseases and infections.
**Decelerated Aging: In addition, Wolverine's healing factor provides him with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process. Wolverine was born sometime during the late 19th Century. Although, well over 100 years of age, Wolverine retains the health, appearance, and physical vitality of a man in the physical prime of his life.
**Insulated Weather Adaptation: Wolverine's body is highly resistant to certain elemental extremes, particularly cold, to the extent that he can sleep nude in subarctic conditions with no apparent injury.
*Superhuman Acute Senses: Wolverine possesses superhumanly acute senses that are comparable to those of certain animals. These senses stem from, at least partially, his constant cellular regeneration, as are his enhanced physical capabilities.
**Enhanced Vision: He can see at far greater distances, with perfect clarity, than an ordinary human.
***Night Vision: He retains this same level of clarity even in near total darkness.
**Enhanced Hearing: His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to detect sounds ordinary humans couldn't hear at a greater distances, enough to hear a teardrop in another room that have thick walls with enough focus.
**Enhanced Smell: He is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if they are well hidden.
***Enhanced Tracking: He can track a target by scent, even if the scent has been greatly eroded by time and weather factors, with an extraordinary degree of success.
***Lie Detection: Wolverine can also detect lies due to chemical changes within a person's scent.
*Superhuman Strength: Wolverine's mutant healing factor enables him to push his muscles beyond the natural limits of the human body without injury, granting him some degree of superhuman strength. His natural strength is augmented by the demand placed on his musculature due to the presence of over 100 pounds of Adamantium bonded to his skeleton, which also removes the natural limitations of the human skeletal structure by allowing him to lift weights that would damage a human skeleton. Wolverine has been depicted with sufficient strength to break steel chains, support the weight of a dozen men with one arm and lift the 955 lb Ursa Major over his head before tossing him across a room. Wolverine's strength is enough to allow him to press somewhere in excess of 800 lbs but no more than 2 tons.
*Superhuman Speed: Wolverine is able to move at low level superhuman speeds. He has attacked faster than the eye could follow and even Peter Parker (Spider-Man) briefly thought Wolverine was faster than he was in their first fight. His combat speed seems to have been more enhanced than anything else, as he has frequently kept up with Spider-Man in combat, and blitzed people before they pull their trigger fingers.
*Superhuman Stamina: Wolverine's mutant healing factor grants him high immunity against lactic acid and other fatigue toxins generated by his muscles during physical activity. Wolverine can exert himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue toxins in his blood begin to impair him. He has shown himself capable of fighting Arkady Rossovich (Omega Red) for at least 24 hours without any rest, despite he was exposed to Omega Red's death spores. His lung capacity is at the superhuman level enabling him to hold breath for hours underwater.
*Superhuman Agility: Wolverine's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels far beyond the natural physical limits and capabilities of the finest human specimen. Wolverine's agility is sufficient to allow him to dodge multiple bullets. Other times, able to jump extremely high and evade several yards.
*Superhuman Reflexes: Wolverine's reflexes are similarly enhanced, they are also superior to those possessed by the finest human specimen and are equal to the likes of Steve Rogers' (Captain America) due to his superhumanly acute senses, although most of the time he relies highly on his regenerative healing factor.
*Animal Empathy: Wolverine has the ability to sense the emotional state of animals on a basic level such as fear, anger, happiness or pain.
**Animal Communication: He can even communicate with them to make the animal aware of his actions and or his intent.
*Bone Claws: Wolverine's skeleton includes six retractable 12-inch long bone claws, three in each arm, that are housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms. Wolverine can, at will, release these slightly curved claws through his skin beneath the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but the blood loss is quickly halted by his healing factor. Wolverine can unsheathe any number of his claws at once, although he must keep his wrists straight at the moment his claws pass from his forearms into his hands. When unsheathed, the claws are entirely within his hands, allowing him to bend his wrists when they are extended. The claws are made of bone, unlike the claws of normal mammals which are made of keratin, and were originally believed to be bionic adamantium implants. Like his son Daken, the bone claws are sharp and dense enough to slice through substances as durable as most metals, wood, and stone.
*Telepathic Resistance: Wolverine reveals that his mind is highly resistant to telepathic probing and assault due to the high level psionic shields implanted in his mind by Professor Charles Xavier.
===Abilities===
*Master Tactician: Though seemingly brutish, Wolverine is highly intelligent. When Forge monitored Wolverine's vitals during a Danger Room training session, he reported Logan's physical and mental state as "equivalent to an Olympic-level gymnast performing a Gold-medal-winning routine whilst simultaneously beating four chess computers in his head", which gives something of an idea of the level of sophistication and tactical processing Logan is capable of utilizing while in combat. He remembers Ogun teaching him Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
*Master Martial Artist: Due to his extensive training as a soldier, a CIA operative, a samurai, a member of the X-Men, Logan is an exceptional martial artist and has mastered virtually every fighting style on the planet. His extraordinary hand-to-hand combat ability makes him one of the finest combatants on Earth.
*Expert Marksman: He is an expert marksman skilled in throwing weapons and firearms, but operates more efficiently without them.
*Expert Swordsman: Logan is proficient in Japanese sword fighting having studied under Ogun.
*Skilled Acrobat: He is skilled in gymnastics, acrobatics and aerials, but is not on the same scale as other fighters such as Captain America and Daredevil.
*Advanced Covert Ops Expert: Due to his experience traveling the world and working for various government agencies, Wolverine is also a trained expert in multiple types of weapons, vehicles, computer systems, explosives, and assassination techniques.
*Skilled Mechanic: Along with Kurt Wagner, Wolverine has also been the mechanic of the X-Men's Blackbird jet for a long time.
*Multilingualism: A polyglot; Wolverine is fluent in many languages including English, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Spanish; he has some knowledge of French, German, Thai, Vietnamese, Farsi and Portuguese. Ogun taught him Japanese ideograms.
==Love-Interests==
*Rose O'Hara
*Mariko Yashida
*Jean Grey
*Storm
*Mystique
*Rogue
*Elektra
*Black Cat
*Squirrel Girl
*Viper
*Dazzler
*Domino
*Atsuko
*Itsu Akihiro
*Silverfox
*Rose O'Hara
*Gahck
*Tyger Tiger
*Metila Garner
*Seraph
*Native
*Yukio
*Jean Grey (Earth-295)
==Portrayals==
===Films===
*In the X-Men films, he was portrayed by Hugh Jackman, who also played Gabriel Van Helsing in Van Helsing, Charlie Kenton in Real Steel, Keller Dover in Prisoners, and also voiced Roddy St. James in Flushed Away and Sir Lionel Frost in Missing Link.
**Jackman reprised his voice for the character in X-Men: The Official Game and X-Men Origins: Wolverine tie-in video game and the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Deadpool and Wolverine.
===Television===
*In Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, he was voiced by William Callaway, who also voiced Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs.
*In X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, he was he was voiced by Patrick Pinney, who also voiced Mainframe in G.I. Joe, and He-Man and The Terminator in Robot Chicken.
*In the 1990s X-Men animated series, he was voiced by Cathal J. Dodd.
**Dodd reprised his voice for the character in the 1994 Spider-Man animated series, Street Fighter vs. X-Men, X-Men Cartoon Maker, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, X-Men: Mutant Academy, and X-Men '97.
*In X-Men: Evolution, he was voiced by Scott McNeil, who also voiced Android 16 in the English Ocean Group dub of Dragon Ball Z, Ace the Bat-Hound in Krypto the Superdog, King Kong in Kong: The Animated Series, Grumpy Bear in Care Bears: Adventures, and Rattrap, Silverbolt and Dinobot in Beast Wars.
*In Wolverine and the X-Men, he was voiced by Steve Blum, who also voiced Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Vincent Valentine in the Final Fantasy series Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat series, Tank Dempsey in Treyarch's Call of Duty Zombies, and Grayson Hunt in Bulletstorm.
**Blum reprised his voice for the character in The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men: Legends, X-Men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Marvel Heroes, Marvel Anime: X-Men, Hulk Vs, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men: Destiny, Deadpool, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, Marvel Powers United VR, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
*In Marvel Anime: Wolverine, he was voiced by Rikiya Koyama (who also voiced Batman in Batman & Robin, Jack Bauer in 24, John Creasy in Man on Fire, Neo in The Matrix series, Frank West in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Project X Zone) in the Japanese version and Milo Ventimiglia (who also portrayed Peter Petrelli in Heroes) in English.
*In Black Panther, he was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, who also voiced Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Demolition, Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show, Principal Lewis in American Dad!, and Gantu in Lilo & Stitch.
===Video Games===
*In X-Men: Mutant Academy 2, he was voiced by Tony Daniels.
**Daniels reprised his voice for the character in X-Men: Next Dimension.
*In X2: Wolverine's Revenge, he was voiced by Mark Hamill, who portrays/voices Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise.
*In Ultimate Spider-Man, he was voiced by Keith Szarabajka, who also voiced Russman in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
*In Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, he was voiced by David Kaye, who also voiced James Gordon in Batman: Arkham City and Optimus in Transformers: Animated, and Clank in Ratchet & Clank.
===Motion Comics===
*In Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D., he was voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.
*In Wolverine: Origin, he was voiced by Alessandro Juliani, who also voiced Prince Carlos in Barbie: Mariposa series, Prince Julian from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, L in Death Note, Prince Antonio in Barbie as The Island Princess, Prince Nalu in Barbie: Fairytopia series, and also played Jacapo Sinclair in The 100.
*In Astonishing X-Men, he was voiced by Marc Thompson (who also voiced Casey Jones in 2003s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kyurem in the Pokémon film, Duke Devlin in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Mao in Shadow Hearts) and Brian Drummond (who also voiced Spike in My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade, Ian in Open Season, Floyd Minton in Baby Looney Tunes, and Garu in Pucca).
**Drummond reprised his voice for the character in Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk, Wolverine versus Sabretooth, and Wolverine: Weapon X.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*He is ranked 4th on IGN's top 100 Comic Books Heroes.
**He is also ranked 5th in The Top 50 Avengers.
*Logan's main attitude of solitude and fierceness comes from the animal wolverines.
*According to his brother Dog, Wolverine had two uncles on his father's side. This may indicate that the Logan bloodline has continued well on to the modern day aside from Wolverine and his children.
*David Cockrum and Chris Claremont originally intended to have the character actually be a wolverine that was evolved by the High Evolutionary until Stan Lee nixed the idea.
*Wolverine fought Raiden in an episode of season 2 of DEATH BATTLE! and lost
*Wolverine first appears in "The Incredible Hulk" comics as an enemy of the Hulk.
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