Wolverine (James Howlett)

James Howlett, also known as Wolverine, Logan and Savage Wolverine, is one of the major characters from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Wolverine is a long-lived mutant with the rage of a beast and the soul of a Samurai, James "Logan" Howlett's once mysterious past is filled with blood, war and betrayal. Possessing an accelerated healing factor, keenly enhanced senses and bone claws in each hand (along with his skeleton) that are coated in adamantium; Wolverine is, without question, the ultimate weapon.
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, stated by Steve Rogers. Wolverine had established himself quickly as the X-Man most willing to permanently deal with their adversaries.
Wolverine 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, Shadowcat, Rogue, 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 (Steve Rogers), Nick Fury, Jean Grey, and Spider-Man (Peter Parker). 
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Age of Apocalypse
* Age of Ultron
* All-New Wolverine
* All-New X-Men
* Alpha Flight
* Amazing X-Men
* Arma X
* Astonishing X-Men
* Avengers
* Avengers Assemble
* Avengers Unconquered
* Avengers Vs. X-Men
* Avengers/Invaders
* Avengers: The Children's Crusade
* Black Panther
* Cable
* Classic X-Men
* Daredevil
* Dark Wolverine
* Dawn of X
* Dead Man Logan
* Deadpool
* Excalibur
* Essential X-Men
* Exiles
* Extraordinary X-Men
* Fantastic Four
* Generation Hope
* House of M
* Hulk
* Inferno
* Legion
* Marvel Adventures: Avengers
* Marvel Age
* Marvel Comics Presents
* Marvel Fanfare
* Marvel Heroes
* Marvel Holiday Special
* Marvel Icons
* Marvel Knights Spider-Man
* Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men
* Marvel Mega
* Marvel Mix
* Marvel Now! All New X-Men
* Marvel Pocketbook
* Marvel Premiere
* Marvel Previews
* Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
* Marvel Tales
* Marvel Team-Up
* MAX
* Mega Marvel
* Modern Masters
* Moon Knight
* Mutant X
* New Avengers
* New Mutants
* New X-Men
* Nightcrawler
* Old Man Logan
* Original Sin
* Overkill
* Reign of X
* Savage Avengers
* Savage Wolverine
* Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
* Superior Spider-Man
* The Adventures of the X-Men
* The Amazing Spider-Man
* The Astonishing Spider-Man
* The Astonishing X-Men
* The Avengers United
* The Incredible Hulk
* The Mighty World of Marvel
* The New Mutants
* The Uncanny X-Men
* The X-Men
* Titans
* Ultimate Spider-Man
* Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men
* Ultimate X-Men
* Ultimate X-Men Collection
* Uncanny Avengers
* Uncanny X-Force
* Uncanny X-Men
* Venom
* Weapon X
* Wolverine
* Wolverine & Deadpool
* Wolverine & the X-Men
* Wolverine and Deadpool
* Wolverine and Gambit
* Wolverine Collection
* Wolverine MAX
* Wolverine Unleashed
* Wolverine Weapon X
* Wolverine/Deadpool
* Wolverine: First Class
* Wolverine: Origins
* Wolverine: The Best There Is
* X-Factor
* X-Force
* X-Marvel
* X-Men
* X-Men '92
* X-Men Adventures
* X-Men Annual
* X-Men Classic
* X-Men Deluxe
* X-Men Extra
* X-Men Forever
* X-Men Resurrxion
* X-Men Universe
* X-Men Unlimited
* X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic
* X-Men: Genesis Mortal
* X-Men: Gold
* X-Men: Legacy
* X-Treme X-Men
== Trivia ==
* While Wolverine has slain many henchmen, and even a few of his own super powered rogues, he has only ever killed two super heroes: Northstar and the Hornet. Both killing happened while being brainwashed by The Hand.
* In the 90s, the comics era which saw the peak of Wolverine's popularity, Marvel had the character guest-star in so many books, that from mid-1990 to mid-1993 (for 33 consecutive months), there was not a single month in which at least one non-X-Men-related book featured Logan.
* Wolverine's record number of appearances in a single month is twenty-four, which occurred in January 2009.
* Wolverine was ranked as 4th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011.
* Wolverine was also ranked as 5th in "The Top 50 Avengers."
* During the earliest stages of Wolverine's creation, Roy Thomas debated whether to call him that or "the Badger." He eventually opted for "Wolverine" since the other name had connotations that included pestering, bothering being annoying.
* Chris Claremont intended for Apocalypse to be behind the original adamantium injection in Logan's body. When Barry Windsor-Smith explored Wolverine's past as Weapon X, for no reason other than courtesy towards Claremont, he introduced the idea of Professor Truett Hudson taking orders from an unrevealed higher-up, with the intention of allowing Claremont to reveal said superior was Apocalypse.
* In 1996's DC vs. Marvel, Wolverine defeated Lobo, who was able to overpower Superman.
* Wolverine made a cameo appearance in the pages of DC's JLA Vol 1 1 (January, 1997). In the scene, Wolverine and Doctor Doom are executed by a super villain team known as the Hyperclan. The scene was written by Grant Morrison.
* Wolverine carries a medical card stating that he is a war veteran who has a metal plate in the head, to help him bypass metal detectors in airports.
* Wolverine's blood is type O, Rhesus negative, or is the sole individual on Earth with the Blood Type E.
* Wolverine told Jean Grey that he once survived for six months under a glacier by eating strips of his own arm (with the healing factor re-growing it back).
* Wolverine was once captured by S.H.I.E.L.D and imprisoned in "The Cage." His prisoner number was 412075.
* Wolverine and Spider-Man became blood brothers during a time travel adventure.
* During the time-travel adventure, Wolverine invented the Beer, his greatest love.
* Being the Weapon X of the Program Weapon Plus, Wolverine considered himself as a Sentinel.
* Nick Fury stated that in a perfect world, Wolverine would be a level ten S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
* Deadpool has claimed to have hacked Wolverine's Tumblr account.
* Wolverine might suffer of post-traumatic stress disorder.
* In Alpha Flight (Vol. 2) #1 (August, 1997), when part of Department H, Wolverine was given a codename based on the Greek alphabet as Weapon X or "Chi." The letter "X" in the Greek alphabet is called "chi" and is written exactly like the "X" (ex) of the English alphabet. The use of the Greek Alphabet makes sense for Department H-related codenames. The Department has connections to teams named after letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Omega.
* According to Vindicator, it is not Wolverine's powers or fighting skills that make him dangerous, but his mind.
* In the 2007 Transformers movie, Wolverine is explicitly referenced by Glen Whitmann (Anthony Anderson). Observing scratch marks left by AX9-8946-09SU-1, Sergeant Epps (Tyrese Gibson) compares them to Freddy Krueger. Whitman reminds him Krueger had four blades, whereas Wolverine has three, which served better for the comparison.
* For April Fools' Day 2016, Library and Archives Canada posted a fake article announcing the acquisition of the declassified journals and military records of Wolverine. The article was accompanied by scans of an attestation paper under his name.
* Once a year Wolverine ventures into the woods on Native American land to remind himself that he is more of a man than an animal after a Native man helped to remind him of that fact during a period when he was more feral, in part by imparting the 'wise tale' of the 'two dogs' "Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog, all of the time." When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied "The one I feed the most." During one of these yearly excursions he met Maya Lopez who was on a vision quest and told the story to her and how he felt it related to him, the man who told Wolverine the story heard it from Maya's father a few weeks before her father died.
* Due to the character's popularity, Wolverine has been part of several teams concurrently. In the early 2010s, he was part of the X-Men, X-Force, the Avengers, and the New Avengers. In New Avengers (Vol. 2) #1, he quips that multitasking is his mutant power.
** Wolverine has so many stories written about him that his shelf towers above everyone else's in Now and Then's House of Ideas.
* Wolverine has used the email address 'snikt1@xaviers.com'
* Wolverine's Dawn of X modernized brown costume came about because of X-Men editor Jordan D. White being tired of seeing the character in the yellow and blue costume. When Declan Shalvey was drawing Return of Wolverine #3, the issue featured a scene inside Logan's psyche of him talking with a version of himself wearing his X-Force costume. When White saw the uncolored artwork, it occurred to him to use it as the base for a modern version of the brown costume. Jordan did a rough coloring of Declan's lineart and sent it to House of X creators Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz, who liked the idea and implemented it into the book.
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== External Links ==
* James Howlett (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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