Wolverine (Logan)

Wolverine
Biographical Information
Real Name	Logan
Aliases	The Wolverine Weapon X
Home country	Dominion of Canada
Homeworld	Earth
Physical Information
Species	Mutant
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Chronological / Political Information
Affiliation(s)	X-Men
Citizenship	Canadian American
Fictional Information
Created by	Len Wein Herbe Trimpe
First Appearance	And the Wind Howls... Wendigo!

Captain Logan (codenamed "Weapon X" and "the Wolverine") was a Canadian mutant government operative and superhero who abandoned his country to fight on behalf of the X-Men.

Biography

Military service

Logan served in the Canadian military, earning six medals. (COMIC: Rogue Storm)

Operations on behalf of the Canadian Government

Encounter with the Hulk

After the Hulk travelled back across the border from the United States to Quebec, the intrusion was detected and noted by officers at a top secret Royal Canadian Air Force Tracking Installation. In remembrance of the damage caused by the Hulk's last visit, an RCAF Captain opted to deploy Weapon X to the battlefield. (COMIC: And the Wind Howls... Wendigo!)

Intelligence work

Wolverine then performed intelligence work for the Canadian government. While working in Japan Logan met and came to count on Asano Kimura as a friend, one of his oldest and closest. On several different missions, including a botched one in Maracaibo, Logan encountered Eugene Judd, working on the same side as often as not.

X-Men activities

Recruitment

Charles Xavier, who had heard of Wolverine's battle with the Hulk, travelled to the Department H base in Quebec to recruit him. Wolverine, frustrated with his line of work and desiring more freedom, accepted Xavier's offer against the angered remonstrations of his superior, Major Chasen. (COMIC: Second Genesis)

Weapons and Abilities

Inherent Abilities

Mutation-related

• Healing Factor: Wolverine possessed the ability to heal from various forms of attacks and damage in short order.

Assets

• Languages: Wolverine could speak English, as well as fluent Japanese.

Skills

• Body Disposition: Wolverine could dispose of bodies on short notice.
  • He was once forced to dispose of his close friend Asano Kimura's body. (COMIC: Honor)
• Reflexes: Wolverine possessed superhuman reflexes.
  • He once dodged a 200-mile-per-hour Shinkansen train at close range while he was close to passing out from drunkenness. (COMIC: Loss)

Victims

Killed

• Shingen Harada

Notes

Behind the Scenes

• Wolverine was created by Lein Wein and Herb Trimpe.

Trivia

Continuity

• Wolverine's first encounter with James and Heather Hudson is shown in Alpha Flight Volume 1 #33; the same issue also establishes Wolverine as having served in the Devil's Brigade. However, since it falls heavily into the sliding time scale and retcons his history with the secret service as being after he left the X-Men (when, as mentioned and depicted in prior issues, it occurred prior to his meeting Charles Xavier) it will not be included in this wiki.

References & Connections

• Wolverine has been featured on the web series "DEATH BATTLE!".

Links

• Wolverine on Wikipedia
• Wolverine on Encyclopædia Britannica
• Wolverine on the Marvel Database