19 Things You Didn't Know About Wolverine

Wolverine got his claws when adamantium laced his bones during the Weapon X Project. When Magneto ripped the adamantium from him, Wolverine learned he had bone claws.

Marvel and DC once shared a friendship, or at least shared financial trouble. In the mid-90s, fanboys worldwide cheered a Marvel vs. DC crossover event. Marvel and DC named their characters and let fans vote for the winner.

Merging Marvel and DC into Amalgam was shocking. The Amalgam universe showed Captain America and Superman merging, Storm and Wonder Woman merging, and Wolverine and Batman merging as Dark Claw.

People want a universe with a hero possessing Wolverine's claws and Batman's brains.

In comics, Wolverine mentors young X-Men girls like Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Jubilee, and Armor. Though over a hundred years old, the girls see him as a father figure.

Professor X disliked that Wolverine drank and smoked heavily. His healing factor meant Wolverine ignored long-term effects from alcohol and tobacco.

Wolverine did not know his past, just like others. Everything before the Weapon X Program was a blur.The Weapon X Program remains a blur.The events of the "House of M" crossover event changed everything.The crossover event revealed things.Wolverine regained his memories after that event.

Wolverine gets jobs done any way needed. He has slain hundreds of characters, even ending Jean Grey, whom some consider his love.

Propelling toward the sun on Asteroid M, Xorn, a traitor, asks Wolverine to kill Jean so she avoids burning up. Wolverine does it against his will. Seconds before they reach the sun, the Phoenix Force appears in Jean and saves them both.The Phoenix Force manifests.The Phoenix Force enters Jean and saves both characters.

Artist John Byrne sketched Wolverine's face under his mask. He did not know Dave Cockrum had already shown Wolverine's face in an earlier issue. Byrne used that face for his future arch-nemesis, Sabretooth.Sabretooth..

Wolverine is a main member of the X-Men.Wolverine is also on X-Force.Wolverine joins the Avengers and X-Force.Wolverine joins the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Storm is the only other character on those four teams.Storm is the only other character on the Avengers and Fantastic Four teams.

Wolverine has been around for over 40 years. Marvel finally showed Wolverine's origin in a six-issue comic book mini-series in 2001.Origin.

Hugh Jackman wants to play Wolverine in an Avengers film. If Fox keeps making X-Men movies, we will never see a crossover with Wolverine and the Avengers.

Wolverine is known as a member of the X-Men.X-Men.Did you know Wolverine's first appearance was in Incredible Hulk?Incredible Hulk.Wolverine and the Green Goliath's relationship dates back to October 1974, which is #180.

After regaining memories, Wolverine found a son named Daken. They disagreed, and Wolverine killed him in the Uncanny X-Force comic.Uncanny X-Force.This is a comic.

Wolverine hunts the Red Right Hand, people wronged by him who sent him to Hell for revenge. He must pass through their team, the Mongrels, and easily kills them all. The Red Right Hand members killed themselves, leaving a message showing the Mongrels were Wolverine's offspring. Twist!

Wolverine has a son named Erista, the leader of the Tribe of Fire in the Savage Land named Gahck. Wolverine never knew about Erista.

In the "Old Man Logan" story, villains took over the X-Men mansion. With no other X-Men present and children needing defense, Wolverine slaughtered all the villains.all the villains.Wolverine soon saw the attack was an illusion made by Mysertio; the enemies were his fellow X-Men. Then he swore never to use his claws again.

This story happens in an alternate reality (Earth-807128).

The rivalry between Wolverine and Sabretooth.Sabretooth.Stems from Wolverine killing Sabretooth's brother, shown in the comic book miniseries Origin II.Origin II..

Writer Chris Claremont wanted Sabretooth and Wolverine to be father and son. Other writers always contradicted this plan while building it up. Sabretooth always found Wolverine on his birthday, no matter where he was. Sabretooth would almost kill Wolverine just to remind him he could.

Sabretooth killed some of Wolverine's past lovers.Wolverine's past lovers.Includes Silver Fox and involvement in killing Itsu, the mother of Wolverine's son, Daken.

Wolverine finally used the Muramasa sword, which stops healing, to end Sabretooth by taking his head. Later, Wolverine actually killed one of Sabretooth's clones grown by Romulus.

John Romita Sr. first sketched Wolverine and helped create the character. His design showed whiskers on Wolverine's mask. This look debuted in The Incredible Hulk.The Incredible Hulk.When Wolverine was reintroduced in #180.Giant Size X-Men.Artist Dave Cockrum changed the mask by removing the whiskers and adding longer ears in Giant Size X-Men #1.

Wolverine appears in many cartoons and video games. Many talented voice actors voice him. Hugh Jackman also voiced the character in theX-Men Origins: WolverineSteve Blum voices Wolverine the most.

When the newX-Men team joined, readers saw Thunderbird and Wolverine as too similar due to their short tempers. Writers removed Thunderbird.Writers eliminated Thunderbird because readers found the characters Thunderbird and Wolverine too similar due to their short tempers. This decision ended up removing Thunderbird.

Rumors suggested Marvel planned to end Wolverine. Marvel could not remove him because of his healing factor. Marvel removed his healing factor, starting the comic book miniseriesDeath of Wolverine

In the story, he saved dozens of test subjects at a Weapon X facility. Wolverine broke open a large container of adamantium in its liquid form. The adamantium covered him entirely. As the adamantium cooled, it hardened, trapping Wolverine and stopping him from moving or breathing, causing suffocation.

Many things inspire Wolverine. Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry and Jack Nicholson are influences. Legendary artist John Byrne might have shown the most interesting one. "My Wolverine is an actor whose name I don't even know, who's on camera for all of five minutes in a Paul Newman hockey movie calledSlap Shot, Byrne said.