wolverine

 

Super Name: Wolverine
Real Name: James Howlett
Publisher: Marvel
Creators: Herb Trimpe , Len Wein
Gender: Male
Character Type: Mutant
First Appearance: The Incredible Hulk #180 - And the Wind Howls... Wendigo!
Appears in: 11512 issues
Birthday: n/a
Died: The Uncanny X-Men #227 - The Belly Of The Beast!
The Infinity Gauntlet #4 - Cosmic Battle on the Edge of the Universe
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #11 - ...And Dust to Dust!Wolverine #20 - Enemy Of The State, Part 1
Origin:

The man who would be known as the superhero named Wolverine was born as James Howlett Hudson in the mid 1880s in Alberta, Canada. He was the second and sickly child to Elizabeth and John Howlett Sr. His mother was ill and, in the early 1900s, a young Irish girl named Rose O'Hara was brought to the Howlett estate to be a friend and a caretaker to young James. Together they befriended a young boy named Dog, son of the grounds keeper, Thomas Logan. Dog tried to form a normal bond between the two, but due to his father’s drunken abuse, he grew to resent the pair and plotted with his father against them. After a botched robbery turns into a successful murder, young James’ powers suddenly manifest and he stabs Thomas with his newly drawn claws, also slashing Dog across the face before fainting. He and Rose flee the house and make their way through the harsh Canadian wilderness with James near-catatonic and Rose having to facilitate their transportation.

They arrive at a mine where Rose gives false names, calling James incorrectly as “Logan.” The other workers dub the revived Logan “the wolverine” because of his penchant for tenaciously digging and begin to accept him as one of their own due to his incredible work ethic. What they don’t know is that by night, he runs in the wild with a pack of wolves that he is cowed the alpha of. Dog arrives one day, having survived his encounter years ago, still holding a massive grudge against Logan. Logan recognizes his erstwhile friend and accepts his challenge to a brawl to the death. Before Logan can kill Dog, however, Rose tries to pull him away and is inadvertently stabbed through the chest, killing her and leaving Logan to mourn alone.

Creation:

At the time of his creation comics were becoming increasingly popular in Canada and Roy Thomas, Marvel's then Editor-in-Chief, suggested to Len Wein to create a Canadian character to put in the Hulk comic he was working on. The two of them ironed out details such as the name (which came down to two options--1. The Badger and 2. The Wolverine) and based details of their new character around the characteristics of the Wolverine. John Romita, Sr. was then brought on to design the character, once again using the animal as the basis for the character, making him short and stocky and introducing claws to both the character and in the motif of his costume. Wolverine was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe. Wolverine's mask was drawn incorrectly by Gil Kane for the cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1, but Dave Cockrum, who penciled the comic, liked it so much that he incorporated it into his own artwork for the actual story.

Character Evolution:

Early Years of Wolverine
World War I
Post-World War I
World War II
After the War
Team X

Major Stories:

Weapon X
Department H
Wolverine in the X-Men
Phoenix Saga
Further Adventures and a Marriage
Mutant Massacre
Wolverine in Australia
Patch
Return of the Team
Losing the Adamantium
Phalanx Covenant
Wolverine as Death, Horseman of Apocalypse
Weapon X Programm and the Director
New X-Men and the Weapon Plus Program
Agent of Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Joining the New Avengers
House of M
Civil War and Skrull Invasion
Wolverine Origins
Messiah CompleX
X-Force
Schism - Wolverine and the X-Men
Avengers vs X-Men
Back in School
All New X-Men
Savage Wolverine

Personality:

The most savage member of the X-Men known as Wolverine is a gruff loner with a immense sense of honor. Even though Wolverine is very honorable, brave and noble, he is also one of the most dangerous men in the world, mostly because he always tries to control his berserker and more savage side and most of the times doesn't even mind dealing with his adversaries permanently for the greater good. Wolverine is seen as a father figure by Black Widow, Jubilee, X-23, Armor and Shadowcat. Furthermore, Wolverine's love life has not been very successful, he has loved many woman but most of them died, his love interest includes Rose, Itsu, Viper, Silver Fox, Phoenix, and Mariko. Wolverine doesn't trust many people, but he completely trusts Captain America, Nick Fury,Spider-man,and Jean Grey.

Powers:

Agility
Attractive Male
Berserker Strength
Claws
Escape Artist
Feral
Healing
Immortal
Implants
Leadership
Longevity
Stamina
Stealth
Super Hearing
Super Sight
Super Smell
Super Strength
Swordsmanship
Tracking
Unarmed Combat
Weapon Master