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76-610: The line initially began in 2002 as a spin-off of Spider-Man Classics , both produced by Toy Biz. It copied the clam-shell packaging and the included comic book that had shipped with the Spider-Man Classics line. The first wave featured the heroes of Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk, with Toad as the villain. Beginning January 1, 2007, Hasbro became the new license holder to the rights to produce toys and games based upon

152-467: A Japanese American , Hama argued that his depiction was somewhat more authentic than previous American superhero stories told in Japan. In 1991, Wolverine also appeared in a one-shot story written by Howard Mackie and penciled by John Romita Jr. , co-starring with Punisher and Ghost Rider . John Romita Jr. acknowledged primarily commercial motivations, because, as he said at the time, these three "are

228-663: A career as a mercenary . He serves with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during D-Day , and later with the CIA before being recruited by Team X , a black ops unit. Sometime after WWII and before joining Team X, Logan spends time in Madripoor before settling in Japan , where he marries Itsu . While Logan is away from home, Romulus sends the Winter Soldier to kill the pregnant Itsu and has her baby taken from her womb;

304-422: A character specifically named Wolverine, who was a Canadian of small stature and with a wolverine 's fierce temper. John Romita Sr. designed the first Wolverine costume, and believes he introduced the retractable claws, saying, "When I make a design, I want it to be practical and functional. I thought, 'If a man has claws like that, how does he scratch his nose or tie his shoelaces?'" Wolverine first appeared in

380-460: A comic book copy or poster significant to the figure. The line then changed no longer using the purple 'Spider-Man Classics' logo and appealed more towards kids with similarly scaled and articulated figures for the adult collector but usually including a gimmick of some sort with smaller packaging less the comic book. ToyBiz then continued the concept of clamshell packaging with inclusive comic book for their Marvel Legends line in 2002. Previous to

456-492: A comic writer and commentator, argues that this series was particularly significant in establishing the character's popularity: "Before Claremont and Miller created the Wolverine series, Logan wasn't a key figure, but the creation of this series is when Wolverine became Marvel's Batman ." In this period, Wolverine's appearance and characterization were particularly influenced by the film roles of Clint Eastwood , particularly

532-543: A crossover graphic novel with Nick Fury , written by Archie Goodwin with art by Howard Chaykin . He appeared in a second self-contained story taking place in the Savage Land written by Walter Simonson and illustrated by Mike Mignola the following year. Larry Hama took over the ongoing series and had a seven-year run, from 1990 to 1997. In the first years of the 1990s, the series was usually illustrated by Marc Silvestri . Following Silvestri's departure in 1992,

608-502: A distance as if he were a projectile weapon. This tactic recurs in many future battles. In The Dark Phoenix Saga , Jean Grey apparently sacrifices herself after transforming into the Phoenix Force , thereby temporarily ending the love triangle among herself, Wolverine, and Cyclops. While his teammates often distrust him, Wolverine is invaluable in rescuing the others and defeating their enemies, particularly in their conflict with

684-844: A father figure. She eventually learns that he is actually her biological father. In the Enemy of the State story line, Wolverine is brainwashed by the Hand . He battles Elektra, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Fantastic Four . He also attacks the X-Mansion and kills Northstar . Wolverine is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and submitted to VR reprogramming. He turns against the Hand. In the House of M story line, Scarlet Witch drastically transforms reality. As

760-439: A few issues, Wolverine remains in a bestial state in which he is less articulate and shrewd. In this period, Val Semeiks is usually the penciller. Sales for X-Men comics declined somewhat at the turn of the 21st century, and Grant Morrison was hired to revive interest in the characters, including Wolverine, by means of the more experimental New X-Men . Frank Quitely and Chris Bachalo drew many of these issues, as well as

836-441: A gruff loner , susceptible to animalistic " berserker rages" despite his best efforts, while simultaneously being an incredibly knowledgeable and intelligent polyglot, strategist, and martial artist, partially due to his extended lifespan and expansive lived experiences. He has been featured in comic books, films, animation, and video games. The character first appeared in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 before having

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912-507: A healing factor, a skeleton reinforced with the unbreakable fictional metal adamantium , significantly delayed aging and a prolonged lifespan and three retractable claws in each hand. In addition to the X-Men, Wolverine has been depicted as a member of X-Force , Alpha Flight , the Fantastic Four and the Avengers . The common depiction of Wolverine is multifaceted; he is portrayed at once as

988-465: A history and statistics of the character as well as artwork. In 2016, 12-inch Legends returned effectively reviving the concept of the Icons line in all but name. The figures are more expensive and are therefore aimed at a more adult collector market. In 2016, Hasbro announced a line of high end role play accessories. After the release of the first two items, a poll was held to determine future entries in

1064-467: A larger role in #181 ( cover-dated November 1974), in the Bronze Age of Comic Books . He was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita Sr. Romita designed the character's costume, but the character was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe . Since 2017, Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas has also claimed co-creator credit. Wolverine then joined a revamped version of

1140-472: A longer, monthly run and afterwards Paul Smith , John Romita Jr. , Marc Silvestri and Jim Lee were frequent artists on this series. He remained a significant protagonist in this series until Chris Claremont left the title to write the new X-Men (vol. 2) and Wolverine transitioned to this new series. The character's growing popularity led to a solo, four-issue series, Wolverine (September–December 1982), by Claremont and Frank Miller. Elliott Serrano,

1216-522: A metallic or repainted design and features new characters. Wolverine (character) Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett ; alias : Logan and Weapon X ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , often in association with the X-Men . He is a mutant with animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, a powerful regenerative ability known as

1292-626: A more psychedelic aesthetic and storytelling style. In 1993, the Wolverine ongoing series was often drawn by Dwayne Turner . Other writers who wrote for the Wolverine ongoing series include Peter David , Archie Goodwin , Erik Larsen , Frank Tieri, Greg Rucka , Mark Millar , and Gregg Hurwitz . Many artists have also worked on the series, including John Byrne, Gene Colan, Marc Silvestri, Mark Texeira , Adam Kubert , Leinil Francis Yu , Rob Liefeld , Sean Chen , Darick Robertson , John Romita Jr. , Joe Madureira , and Humberto Ramos . In

1368-498: A mutated wolverine cub, and that this rekindled Wein's frustration. He again stated that he had "always known that Wolverine was a mutant." In an article about the evolution of Wolverine included in a 1986 reprint of The Incredible Hulk #180–181, titled Incredible Hulk and Wolverine , Cockrum said he considered having the High Evolutionary play a vital role in making Wolverine a human. Writer Wein wanted Wolverine to be

1444-486: A mysterious masked mutant Wildlife, who is actually an amnesiac Beast , the former X-Men member, until the arrival of former Secret Empire agent, Linda Donaldson recovers Beast's memories. Wolverine kills Living Diamond for killing both Beast and Linda. Before taking Mesmero away, as Wolverine's old mask was heavily damaged, Wolverine takes Beast's Wildlife mask, which then becomes his iconic mask he uses through years. Later, Professor Charles Xavier recruits Wolverine to

1520-590: A new costume for Wolverine (taken from his adversary Fang ) in the final issue of his run, but it was dropped one issue into Byrne's run because he and Cockrum alike found it painfully difficult to draw. In 1979, Wolverine featured in his first solo story, "At the Sign of a Lion", published in Marvel Comic #335 (UK). Written by Mary Jo Duffy , with pencils by Ken Landgraf and inks by George Pérez —marking Pérez's debut as an inker—the story centers on Wolverine as

1596-440: A new iteration of his superhero-mutant team, the X-Men , along with Banshee , Storm , Nightcrawler , and Colossus . He competes with Cyclops for the affection of Jean Grey . 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. X-Men #100 introduces the fastball special, a combat maneuver in which the super-strong Colossus throws Wolverine at

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1672-694: A returning Mark Silvestri. Subsequently, he featured in the Astonishing X-Men series initially written by Joss Whedon and illustrated by John Cassaday . At the turn of the century, in addition to the Wolverine series and appearances in the various X-Men series, another publication expanded upon the character's past: Origin , a six-issue limited series by co-writers Joe Quesada , Paul Jenkins , and Bill Jemas and artist Andy Kubert (Nov. 2001 – July 2002). A second solo series, Wolverine: Origins , written by Daniel Way with art by Steve Dillon , spun off of , and ran concurrently with,

1748-465: A similar origin for Wolverine in the Marvel continuity, having feral mutants be an evolved lifeform. John Byrne said, both in interviews and on his website, that he drew a possible face for Wolverine, but then learned that Dave Cockrum had already drawn him unmasked in X-Men #98 (April 1976), long before Byrne's run on the series. Later, Byrne used the drawing for the face of Sabretooth , an enemy of

1824-517: A stand-alone variant gift set. NOTE: All figures were exclusive to this gift pack, and each had a display stand. Each set includes a base with a background and flight stands. After Hasbro gained the rights to produce Marvel toys, the company continued with the theme of Build-A-Figure pieces. Also, Hasbro's new molds mostly eliminated finger joints, a mainstay of the Toy Biz era, and the comic book pack-ins. Marvel released multiple exclusive toys in

1900-443: A trademark of the character. Chris Claremont took the name Logan from Canada's Mount Logan , stating that "the idea was the tallest mountain being the name of the shortest character". A revival of X-Men followed, beginning with X-Men #94 (August 1975), drawn by Cockrum and written by Chris Claremont. In X-Men and Uncanny X-Men , Wolverine is initially overshadowed by the other characters, although he does create tension in

1976-419: Is a term used by collectors most commonly to refer to several action figure lines produced by Toy Biz focusing on Spider-Man and his allies and enemies. The lines have over 17 series, with dozens of Spider-Man incarnations and many of his famous enemies. The toyline lasted 5 years starting from 2001 to 2005. A year later, ToyBiz released a new series titled "The Amazing Spider-Man". That same year, by changing

2052-680: Is captured and placed in a circus. 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. 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 , he is ushered into the Canadian military during World War I . During World War II, Logan teams up with Captain America and continues

2128-416: Is generally referred to by this code name rather than as Wolverine. In this reality, Logan still has his adamantium, and Magneto, now the leader of the X-Men, helps him to control his feral rages. Weapon X is also missing a hand. He and Jean Grey are lovers in this reality. The series lasted four issues, before concluding and the return to the original name and numbering of the Wolverine series. Following

2204-412: Is recruited for a new squad. Gil Kane illustrated the cover artwork but incorrectly drew Wolverine's mask with larger headpieces. Dave Cockrum liked Kane's accidental alteration (he thought the original was too similar to Batman 's mask) and incorporated it into his own artwork for the actual story. Cockrum was also the first artist to draw Wolverine without his mask, and the distinctive hairstyle became

2280-412: Is ripped out by Magneto in X-Men (Vol 2) #25. Writers were inspired by a passing joke of Peter David's. It is revealed that Wolverine has natural bone claws, in contrast to previously established narrative continuity that his claws were entirely bionic. Wolverine himself is confused by this realization, and his healing factor is also greatly weakened by recovery from this extraordinary injury. He leaves

2356-536: 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. Jean Grey becomes again possessed by

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2432-713: The Hellfire Club . In this decade his new X-Men teammates included Longshot , Dazzler , and Rogue . He becomes engaged to Mariko Yashida and battles The Hand . However, the engagement is broken because of the intervention of a member of the Hellfire Club. He becomes a close defender and mentor for Kitty Pryde . He battles Sabretooth during the Mutant Massacre story line, though he later discovers that he had many previous interactions with Sabretooth that his traumatic amnesia concealed. Separate from

2508-555: The High Evolutionary , Wein denies this: While I readily admit that my original idea was for Wolvie's claws to extend from the backs of his gloves ... I absolutely did not ever intend to make Logan a mutated wolverine. I write stories about human beings, not evolved animals (with apologies for any story I may have written that involved the High Evolutionary). The mutated wolverine thing came about long after I

2584-765: The Revisionist Western antihero films featuring the Man with No Name . Dialogue and scenes also present a direct homage to Eastwood's neo-noir detective film Dirty Harry . This inspiration continued to be significant throughout the development of the character and his adaptations. The mini-series was followed by the six-issue Kitty Pryde and Wolverine by Claremont and Al Milgrom (Nov. 1984 – April 1985). Marvel launched an ongoing solo book written by Claremont with art by John Buscema in November 1988. It ran for 189 issues. In 1989, Wolverine also featured in

2660-583: The Vietnam War ; his willingness to use deadly force and his brooding loner nature became standard characteristics for comic book antiheroes by the end of the 1980s. As a result, the character became a fan favorite of the increasingly popular X-Men franchise, and has been featured in his own solo Wolverine comic book series since 1988. Wolverine has appeared in most X-Men media adaptations, including animated television series , video games and film . In live action, Hugh Jackman portrayed

2736-418: The "Build-A-Figure" (referred to as a "BAF" in the collector community) starting with series 9. Each figure in the series was packaged with a piece of a larger figure. A consumer who bought each figure in the assortment would then have all the complete components to assemble a character unavailable in individual packaging. NOTE: The translucent variants of both Human Torch and Invisible Woman were available in

2812-434: The 1977 sports film Slap Shot . Byrne also created Alpha Flight, a group of Canadian superheroes who try to recapture Wolverine due to the expense their government incurred training him. Later stories gradually establish Wolverine's murky past and unstable nature, which he battles to keep in check. Byrne also designed a new brown-and-tan costume for Wolverine, but retained the distinctive Cockrum cowl. Cockrum had introduced

2888-551: The 2010–2013 Avengers series and the 2010–2013 New Avengers series. Wolverine was born as James Howlett in northern Alberta , Canada (approximately near Cold Lake ), during the late 19th century, purportedly to rich farm owners John and Elizabeth Howlett, though he is actually the illegitimate son of the Howletts' groundskeeper, Thomas Logan . After Thomas is thrown off the Howletts' property for an attempted rape perpetrated by his other son, named simply Dog , he returns to

2964-437: The 6" line released in 2001 with clamshell packaging, Toybiz had used the 'Spider-Man Classics' logo for 5" scale figures with less articulation for a series of 2 packs as well as a series titled 'Spider-Man Classics Water Wars'. With the series' success, it was spun-off into Marvel Legends . At that point, the toyline ended and was replaced by a new one simply called Spider-Man on the packaging but "Spider-Man Classic" (notice

3040-511: 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 . After the Canadian government failed to capture Hulk, Wolverine is forced to team-up with Living Diamond to infiltrate Brand Corporation, where they are briefly caught by Mesmero and

3116-528: 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. He flees with his childhood companion, Rose, and grows into manhood on a mining colony in the Yukon , adopting the name "Logan" . When Logan accidentally kills Rose with his claws, he flees the colony and lives in the wilderness among wolves, until he

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3192-771: The Marvel Legends Sandman Series Spider-Man Reprint of the Spider-Man 2 super-poseable Spider-Man Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man 1 wrestler Spider-Man Brand new 6 inch sculpt based on the 5 inch black suit Spider-Man figure Reprint of the Spider-Man 3 basic series sand attack Spider-Man Reprint of the Marvel Legends Sandman Series black suit Spider-Man Repaint of the Marvel Legends Sandman Series black suit Spider-Man Reprint of

3268-581: The Marvel Universe. The new Hasbro packaging did not include a comic book and the new molds eliminated finger joints, which were a mainstay during the Toy Biz era, but the company did continue with the theme of Build-A-Figure pieces. During the late 2000s, production on the Marvel Legends line slowed down to the point where it was rumored that it may be cancelled, but Hasbro revealed (at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con ) that due to fan requests and

3344-584: The Phoenix Force, and Wolverine has no other choice but to kill her with his claws. Wolverine learns about the existence of X-23 . He initially believes her to be a clone, raised to be a perfect assassin. X-23 later goes by the name Laura. She is eventually enrolled at the Xavier Institute , with her true origin being kept secret as Logan's way of protecting her. Despite being introduced as Wolverine's "sister", she quickly accepts Wolverine as

3420-989: The Toy Biz Spider-Man 1 super poseable Green Goblin Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man 2 bendable tentacle Doc Ock Reprint of the Marvel Legends Sandman Series Sandman Reprint of the Marvel Legends Sandman Series Venom Reprint of the Marvel Legends Sandman Series New Goblin Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man Classics series 9 Rhino Reprint of the Toy Biz Amazing Spider-Man Shocker Hasbro re-released figures from ToyBiz in

3496-602: The Weapon X program, although his memories remain unreliable. He meets Maverick , another former participant in the Weapon X project, and discovers that he had previously worked together with Sabretooth in a covert team subsequent to the project. In X-Men #25 (1993), at the culmination of the " Fatal Attractions " storyline, 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

3572-433: The X-Men temporarily as a result. In 1994, the Wolverine ongoing series was usually drawn by Adam Kubert , the brother of the artist for X-Men . In 1995, all of the X-Men related comic books were temporarily replaced by a storyline in an alternate reality, named Age of Apocalypse . The Wolverine series was replaced by a series called Weapon X (not to be confused with the origin story published in 1991), in which Logan

3648-438: The X-Men, he has adventures in Madripoor disguised as his alter ego "Patch." He is a mentor for Jubilee . When the X-Men split into two different subgroups, he participates in the "Blue Team" along with Cyclops, Rogue, Beast , Gambit , and Psylocke . Jean Grey had been resurrected by this point, leading to resumption of his rivalry with Cyclops. He also discovers some aspects of the trauma and brainwashing he received from

3724-472: The age of a young adult, with superhuman strength and agility similar to Spider-Man . This changed when Wein saw Cockrum's drawing of the unmasked Wolverine as a hairy 40-year-old. Wein originally intended the claws to be retractable and part of Wolverine's gloves, and both gloves and claws would be made of adamantium . Chris Claremont eventually revealed that they were an integrated part of Wolverine's anatomy in X-Men #98 (April 1976). Writer Jeph Loeb used

3800-528: The best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice." The subsequent 1991 Weapon X storyline by Barry Windsor-Smith established that Wolverine had received the adamantium grafted to his skeleton in a torturous process conducted by a secret government project intended to create a super soldier, and that this experience led to post-traumatic amnesia . Wolverine is typical of the many tough antiheroes that emerged in American popular culture after

3876-677: The boy would later become Daken . Logan believes his son to be dead for many years. As a member of Team X , Logan is given false memory implants. Eventually breaking free of this mental control, he joins the Canadian Defense Ministry. Logan is subsequently kidnapped by the Weapon X program, where he remains captive and experimented on, until he escapes. 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 following his escape, and Logan begins work as an intelligence operative for

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3952-696: The character across ten installments of the X-Men film series produced by 20th Century Fox between 2000 and 2017, and reprised the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Henry Cavill portrayed an alternate version of Wolverine dubbed "Cavillrine" in Deadpool & Wolverine . Troye Sivan portrayed a young version of Logan in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine . Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas asked writer Len Wein to devise

4028-542: The character's 60th anniversary in 2022. A premium line celebrating the 60th anniversary of the X-Men franchise in 2023. A premium line celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Avengers. A series of box sets commemorating the first appearance of Wolverine . An anniversary line celebrating Marvel's publishing history. Free with the purchase of a new Marvel Unlimited Plus digital comics subscription at Marvel.com. Spider-Man Classics Spider-Man Classics

4104-478: 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. Elektra helps him to recover his humanity. After his return to the X-Men, Cable 's son Genesis kidnaps Wolverine and attempts to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton. This

4180-415: The early 1990s, Wolverine featured as a prominent character in X-Men vol. 2, initially written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Jim Lee . The first issue of this comic book series is the highest selling comic book in history. Following the departure of Claremont and Lee, Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza usually wrote the title while Andy Kubert illustrated it. In 1993, Wolverine's adamantium

4256-588: The final "teaser" panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 ( cover-dated October 1974), written by Wein and penciled by Herb Trimpe . The character then appeared in a number of advertisements in various Marvel Comics publications before making his first major appearance in The Incredible Hulk #181 (November 1974), again by the Wein–Trimpe team. In 2009, Trimpe said he "distinctly remembers" Romita's sketch and that, "The way I see it, [Romita and Wein] sewed

4332-400: The first Black Panther movie to coincide with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Rereleases of older figures from the Marvel Cinematic Universe . A special premium line dedicated to updating the characters featured in the very first wave of ToyBiz Marvel Legends from 2002, complete with retro-style packaging. A special Spider-Man-themed promotion designed to coincide with

4408-539: The license from Marvel at the hands of Hasbro, they released Spider-Man Origins. In 2008, Hasbro released a reboot of Spider-Man Classics simply called "Spider-Man". The Spider-Man Classics line was released in 2001, and was the first 6" scale line of its kind to be produced by ToyBiz with highly detailed and articulated figures. Toybiz's ambitions for the line were intended to aim figures towards adult collectors as well as kids. The line consisted of two series plus several exclusives and had clamshell packaging inclusive of

4484-481: The line. Smaller figures done in the style of the superhero toys made by Kenner and Mattel during the 1980s. Each figure features five points of articulation and retro-inspired packaging. Oversized figures and vehicles in the 3.75" scale. A special series of figures beginning in 2021, featuring characters from the Infinity Saga that had not been released in prior movie waves. Reissues of figures from

4560-478: The logo design on the packaging was changed to "Amazing Spider-Man," but Toy Biz kept the series numbering and "Spider-Man Classic" identification on their website. ToyBiz rereleased figures from the Spider-Man line. Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man 1 super-poseable figure Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man 2 twist n shoot Spider-Man Reprint of the Toy Biz Spider-Man 2 spin and kick Spider-Man Reprint of

4636-554: The martial artist superhero Iron Fist , whose stories Chris Claremont was writing. Byrne then conceived of the idea of Sabretooth being Wolverine's father. Together, Byrne and Claremont came up with Wolverine being about 60 years old and having served in World War II after escaping from Sabretooth, who was about 120 years old. Following Byrne's departure, Wolverine remained as a prominent character in X-Men , which later changed its name to Uncanny X-Men . Cockrum returned for

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4712-509: The monster together and I shocked it to life! ... It was just one of those secondary or tertiary characters, actually, that we were using in that particular book with no particular notion of it going anywhere. We did characters in The [Incredible] Hulk all the time that were in [particular] issues and that was the end of them." Though often credited as co-creator, Trimpe denied having had any role in Wolverine's creation. The character's introduction

4788-465: The protagonist. The narrative unfolds in a bar, where Wolverine, sitting alone, becomes embroiled in a fight with Hercules after the latter attempts to intimidate him. This story is notable for being Wolverine's first appearance as a standalone character, separate from the X-Men. Despite suggestions that co-creator Len Wein originally intended for Logan to be a mutated wolverine cub, evolved to humanoid form by an already established Marvel geneticist,

4864-612: The rest of the figures, thus causing collectors to chase after them. Eventually, rather than entirely new figures, the chase concept evolved into variants (such as an alternate head or a different colour scheme) of a figure released in that same series. These figures retained being sought-after by collectors. A Marvel Legends Flatman "figure" was included as a joke cut-out in the GLX-Mas Special (2005). It featured "infinite" points of articulation and three action phrases (to be said with one's own voice). In 2005, Toy Biz introduced

4940-443: The return to the original timeline, a follower of Apocalypse captures Wolverine and attempts to bond adamantium to his skeleton a second time, with the goal of making him one of Apocalypse's warriors. However, Wolverine's healing factor and willpower reject the process; the ensuing stress leads him to regress into a bestial state. Stick , the former mentor of Daredevil , sends Elektra to re-train Wolverine, and heal his psyche. For

5016-400: The second Wolverine solo series. Following Larry Hama's exit from the Wolverine solo title, Mark Millar became a particularly influential writer for the character. In 2008, he and artist Steve McNiven explored a possible future for Wolverine in an eight-issue story arc entitled " Old Man Logan " that debuted with Wolverine #66. Wolverine appears as a regular character throughout both

5092-470: The series was often illustrated by Mark Texeira . Hama's run included a storyline inspired by Ernest Hemingway 's For Whom the Bell Tolls . The series was bimonthly from July 1991 to September 1992. Hama also introduced "Albert," a cyborg copy of Wolverine, and often featured Jubilee as Wolverine's sidekick. Hama also frequently delved into Wolverine's mysterious past in the Weapon X program, which

5168-496: The series. Marvel Legends Showdown is a collectible tabletop game in which the primary component is 4-inch (100 mm) action figures and cards. It was a collaboration between Upper Deck Entertainment and Toy Biz. Originally known as Marvel Superhero Showdown. Figures are 8-inch (200 mm). The figures were produced by Hasbro and feature multiple points of articulation. The series is 12-inch (300 mm). Figures come with an "Evolution of an Icon" comic sized book including

5244-445: The singular form) on ToyBiz's website. The new line has blister card packaging, and no comics are included. Many of these Spider-Man costumes have not been worn in the comic books. Many of the Spider-Man figures contain many points of articulation, including lateral slides and pull outs, torso hinges (or in the case of Snap-Shot and Black Costume Spider-Man, ball joint and hinges), and individualized fingers. Beginning with Series 16,

5320-489: The superhero team the X-Men; writer Chris Claremont , artist Dave Cockrum and artist-writer John Byrne would play significant roles in the character's development. In 1979, Wolverine featured in his first solo story, published in Marvel Comic #335 (UK). His position as a standalone character further advanced when artist Frank Miller collaborated with Claremont to revise Wolverine with a four-part eponymous limited series in 1982, which debuted Wolverine's catchphrase , "I'm

5396-447: The team as he is attracted to Cyclops' girlfriend, Jean Grey . As the series progressed, Claremont and Cockrum (who preferred Nightcrawler ) considered dropping Wolverine from the series; Cockrum's successor, artist John Byrne , championed the character, later explaining, as a Canadian himself, he did not want to see a Canadian character dropped. Byrne modeled his rendition of Wolverine on actor Paul D'Amato , who played Dr. Hook in

5472-553: The top characters, right now." During this period, Wolverine also regularly appeared in cover stories for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents . Among these stories was "Weapon X", by writer-artist Barry Windsor-Smith , serialized in Marvel Comics Presents #72–84 (1991), which was an essential depiction of Wolverine's past and the event of adamantium grafted to his skeleton. Subsequent stories in this publication were often illustrated by Sam Kieth and had

5548-727: The upcoming movies based on Marvel characters, the line would be making a comeback in 2012, and in January 2012, Marvel Legends returned to store shelves. At the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, Hasbro announced that Marvel Legends would be given a new start as the Marvel Legends Infinite Series starting with the Mandroid series. Initially, the Marvel Legends line has used the "chase" concept to introduce figures based on less popular or recognisable characters. These got their nickname by being shipped in fewer quantities than

5624-434: Was ambiguous, revealing little beyond his being a superhuman agent of the Canadian government. In these appearances, he does not retract his claws, although Wein stated they had always been envisioned as retractable. He appears briefly in the finale to this story in The Incredible Hulk #182. Wolverine's next appearance was in 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1, written by Wein and penciled by Dave Cockrum , in which Wolverine

5700-512: Was no longer involved with the book. I'm not certain if the idea was first suggested by Chris Claremont, the late, much-missed Dave Cockrum, or John Byrne when he came aboard as artist, but it most certainly did not start with me. Wein said on the X-Men Origins: Wolverine Blu-ray special features that he has read "Ten things you did not know about Wolverine", which says the character was originally intended to be

5776-481: Was often highly convoluted and unreliable because of the false memories implanted by the program's designers. In 1992, Hama revisited the Japanese setting and characters of Claremont's and Miller's earlier limited series, ending the story with the poisoning of Mariko Yashida and her mercy killing at the hands of Wolverine. Hama credited the influence of Yakuza films as well as Ridley Scott's Black Rain . Himself

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