Wolverine was born James Howlett in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, during the late 1880s, purportedly to rich farm owners John and Elizabeth Howlett[30] though he is actually the illegitimate son of the Howletts' groundskeeper, Thomas Logan.[31] After Thomas is thrown off the Howletts' property for an attempted rape perpetrated by his other son, named simply Dog, he returns to the Howlett manor and kills John Howlett. In retaliation, young James kills Thomas with bone claws that emerge from the back of his hands, as his mutation manifests.[32] He flees with his childhood companion, Rose, and grows into manhood on a mining colony in the Yukon Territory, adopting the name "Logan."[33] Logan accidentally kills Rose with his claws, causing him to leave the colony and live in the wilderness among wolves[34] until he is captured and placed in a circus.[35] Saul Creed, brother of Victor Creed, frees Logan, but after he betrays Logan and Clara Creed to Nathaniel Essex, Logan drowns Creed in Essex's potion.[36] Logan returns to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot people. Following the death of his Blackfoot lover, Silver Fox, at the hands of Victor Creed, now known as Sabretooth,[37] he is ushered into the Canadian military during World War I. Logan spends time in Madripoor before settling in Japan, where he marries Itsu and has a son, Daken, of whom Logan for many years is unaware.
During World War II, Logan teams up with Captain America[38] and continues a career as a soldier of fortune. He serves with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion[39] during D-Day, and later with the CIA before being recruited by Team X, a black ops unit.
As a member of Team X, Logan is given false memory implants. Eventually breaking free of this mental control, he joins the Canadian Defence Ministry. Logan is subsequently kidnapped by the Weapon X program, where he remains captive and experimented on, until he escapes.[40] It is during his imprisonment by Weapon X that he has adamantium forcibly fused onto his bones. James and Heather Hudson help him recover his humanity, and Logan begins work as an intelligence operative for the Canadian government's Department H. He becomes Wolverine, one of Canada's first superheroes. In his first mission, he is dispatched to stop the destruction caused by a brawl between the Hulk and the Wendigo.[41]
Later, Professor Charles Xavier recruits Wolverine to a new iteration of his superhero-mutant team, the X-Men.[42] It was later revealed that Wolverine had been sent to assassinate Xavier, who wiped Logan's memories and forced him to join the X-Men.[43]
In X-Men #25 (1993), at the culmination of the "Fatal Attractions" crossover, the supervillain Magneto forcibly removes the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton. This massive trauma causes his healing factor to burn out and also leads to the discovery that his claws are actually bone. Wolverine leaves the X-Men for a time, embarking on a series of adventures during which his healing factor returns. Feral by nature, Wolverine's mutation process will eventually cause him to degenerate physically into a more primitive, bestial state.[44]
After his return to the X-Men, Cable's son Genesis kidnaps Wolverine and attempts to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton.[45] This is unsuccessful and causes Wolverine's mutation to accelerate out of control. He is temporarily changed into a semi-sentient beast-like form. Eventually, the villain Apocalypse captures Wolverine, brainwashes him into becoming the Horseman Death, and successfully re-bonds adamantium to his skeleton. Wolverine overcomes Apocalypse's programming and returns to the X-Men.
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I don't read Avengers comics. The only Avengers comics I read were linked to the X-men (the reboot after Onslaught) and the Avengers vs. X-men, which as reviewed above did not depict any of the Avengers, except possibly T'Challa, Nova, Iron Man, and maybe Beast in a good light. The rest, I despised at the end of that arc.
Rogers comes across well in the Marvel films however.
Don't see myself picking them up either...too little time, too much money. ;-)
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Date: 2015-12-01 12:45 am (UTC)Wolverine was born James Howlett in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, during the late 1880s, purportedly to rich farm owners John and Elizabeth Howlett[30] though he is actually the illegitimate son of the Howletts' groundskeeper, Thomas Logan.[31] After Thomas is thrown off the Howletts' property for an attempted rape perpetrated by his other son, named simply Dog, he returns to the Howlett manor and kills John Howlett. In retaliation, young James kills Thomas with bone claws that emerge from the back of his hands, as his mutation manifests.[32] He flees with his childhood companion, Rose, and grows into manhood on a mining colony in the Yukon Territory, adopting the name "Logan."[33] Logan accidentally kills Rose with his claws, causing him to leave the colony and live in the wilderness among wolves[34] until he is captured and placed in a circus.[35] Saul Creed, brother of Victor Creed, frees Logan, but after he betrays Logan and Clara Creed to Nathaniel Essex, Logan drowns Creed in Essex's potion.[36] Logan returns to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot people. Following the death of his Blackfoot lover, Silver Fox, at the hands of Victor Creed, now known as Sabretooth,[37] he is ushered into the Canadian military during World War I. Logan spends time in Madripoor before settling in Japan, where he marries Itsu and has a son, Daken, of whom Logan for many years is unaware.
During World War II, Logan teams up with Captain America[38] and continues a career as a soldier of fortune. He serves with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion[39] during D-Day, and later with the CIA before being recruited by Team X, a black ops unit.
As a member of Team X, Logan is given false memory implants. Eventually breaking free of this mental control, he joins the Canadian Defence Ministry. Logan is subsequently kidnapped by the Weapon X program, where he remains captive and experimented on, until he escapes.[40] It is during his imprisonment by Weapon X that he has adamantium forcibly fused onto his bones. James and Heather Hudson help him recover his humanity, and Logan begins work as an intelligence operative for the Canadian government's Department H. He becomes Wolverine, one of Canada's first superheroes. In his first mission, he is dispatched to stop the destruction caused by a brawl between the Hulk and the Wendigo.[41]
Later, Professor Charles Xavier recruits Wolverine to a new iteration of his superhero-mutant team, the X-Men.[42] It was later revealed that Wolverine had been sent to assassinate Xavier, who wiped Logan's memories and forced him to join the X-Men.[43]
In X-Men #25 (1993), at the culmination of the "Fatal Attractions" crossover, the supervillain Magneto forcibly removes the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton. This massive trauma causes his healing factor to burn out and also leads to the discovery that his claws are actually bone. Wolverine leaves the X-Men for a time, embarking on a series of adventures during which his healing factor returns. Feral by nature, Wolverine's mutation process will eventually cause him to degenerate physically into a more primitive, bestial state.[44]
After his return to the X-Men, Cable's son Genesis kidnaps Wolverine and attempts to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton.[45] This is unsuccessful and causes Wolverine's mutation to accelerate out of control. He is temporarily changed into a semi-sentient beast-like form. Eventually, the villain Apocalypse captures Wolverine, brainwashes him into becoming the Horseman Death, and successfully re-bonds adamantium to his skeleton. Wolverine overcomes Apocalypse's programming and returns to the X-Men.
From Wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_%28character%29
I don't read Avengers comics. The only Avengers comics I read were linked to the X-men (the reboot after Onslaught) and the Avengers vs. X-men, which as reviewed above did not depict any of the Avengers, except possibly T'Challa, Nova, Iron Man, and maybe Beast in a good light. The rest, I despised at the end of that arc.
Rogers comes across well in the Marvel films however.
Don't see myself picking them up either...too little time, too much money. ;-)