10 Wendigo The Wendigo is not only one of Wolverine’s
scariest foes in the comics, but also one of his most important ones; it’s the creature
that introduced him into the world of Marvel, and began his life long ‘friendship’ with
the Hulk.
The Wendigo is a product of the curse of the wendigo, which is based off of the real life
legend.
It occurs in Northern parts of Canadian wilderness when, under the right conditions, a person
feeds on human flesh, and then is transformed into this immensely strong fur covered beast.
The Wendigo first appeared in The Incredible Hulk issue 162 in 1973.
While Wolverine wouldn’t show up until The Incredible Hulk issue 180, Logan’s first
appearance, and primarily the issue that followed it, had him fighting the Wendigo alongside
the Hulk, after Wolverine tried to attack the Hulk, that is.
Since, the Wendigo has been a constant foe of his.
9 Bloodscream Bloodscream literally has the word SCREAM
in his name.
How is that not scary?
Bloodscream is a vampiric creature who first appeared in Wolverine Vol 2 issue 4.
Back when he was first introduced, his name was Bloodsport, and the character had similar
traits and abilities as a vampire, except wasn’t a vampire.
Born in the 16th century, he worked as a doctor and surgeon, and is fatally injured in 1580,
only to be rescued by a Native American shaman.
Turns out the shaman is actually a necromancer, which is how Bloodscream got his abilities.
In order to reverse the effects, he needs to find the blood of a man who doesn’t age.
Flash forward to 1944.
Bloodscream encounters Logan long before his Wolverine days during the Battle of Normandy,
when Logan was fighting for the Canadian Forces.
They fight, and Bloodscream is left for dead.
But he eventually runs into Wolverine decades later, and sees that Wolverine hasn’t aged
a bit.
This prompts him to hunt him down and try to use Logan’s blood to turn himself back
into a human.
Aside from being vampiric, Bloodscream possess some really unique abilities.
He can shape shift into a more horrific looking monster by expanding his jaw several feet
deep, with his teeth growing to around a foot in length.
His limbs and finger nails also elongate.
When he’s in this state, he becomes more of an animal and less of a man, dominated
by his hunger for blood.
8 Gorgon Gorgon, not to be mistaken for the Inhuman
character of the same name, first appeared in Wolverine issue 20, vol 3, in 2004.
He’s a powerful mutant capable of turning humans to stone just by looking at them, similar
to Medusa.
In addition to that, he has a huge variety of abilities, from super strength, regenerative
heal, telepathy, a genius level intellect, expertise in hand to hand combat, the list
goes on.
His real name is Tomi Shishido, who was born with an incredibly high level of intelligence.
By the time he was six, he had composed a whole opera, and had attempted suicide twice.
By 13, he had created a mathematical formula to prove the existence of the one-above-all,
and had manifested the ability to turn people into stone when he looked at them, which is
what got him his nickname.
He turned to crime, leading a Japanese terrorist group called the Dawn of the White Light,
and by 18, he sought out the Hand, killing his whole family in order to prove his worth
to them.
He would later become affiliated with HYDRA.
So how does Wolverine fit into his story?
When Wolverine’s dead fiances’ cousins’ son (yup) is kidnapped, he goes to Japan to
rescue the boy, only to into contact with the Gorgon.
Wolverine ends up in a coma, with the whole thing being revealed as a trap in order to
get Wolverine under the control of HYDRA.
By the time issue 31 rolls around, the Gorgon is killed, but would later be resurrected.
7 Romulus Romulus is a villain that orchestrated many
of the major events in Wolverine’s life.
He’s manipulated the hero many a time, first appeared in Wolverine Origins issue 39 in
2009, despite appearing obscured behind a shadow in Wolverine vol 3 issue 50 two years
prior.
So who is he?
Romulus is the leader of the Lupines, which are a species of humans who have evolved from
canines via convergent evolution.
And if you think he looks a whole lot like Logan himself, you’re not wrong.
He’s got adamantium laced skeleton and claws, a regenerative healing ability, telepathy,
and superhuman senses, strength, speed, all that jazz.
Romulus tells Wolverine that he is what Logan will become, hence all of his work in the
shadows.
Despite that, a lot about the character is shrouded in mystery, but he did plan on having
Wolverine replaced altogether with the next villain on our list-
6 Daken In Wolverine Origins issue 5, readers were
introduced to Wolverines long lost son, Daken.
Daken was raised by Romulus, who had fed the boy lies about how Wolverine had killed his
mother.
Nothing like a surprise kid you didn’t know you had attempting to murder you to scare
the crap out of you, amiright?
Anywho, Daken has fought his father many a time, and even took over his mantel when he
joined Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers.
5 Lady Deathstrike Lady Deathstrike is a warrior who blames Wolverine
for the theft of her father’s scientific breakthrough; the process of bonding adamantium
to a living being’s skeleton.
First appearing in Daredevil issue 197 in 1983, she would set out to kill Wolverine
and retrieve his bones in order to study the adamantium in them.
She’s considered to be one of Wolverine’s fiercest enemies, and throughout the years
has gotten some upgrades via adamantium bonding and cybernetic adjustments, which also include
razor sharp talons that extend from her fingers.
Those razor sharp talons are what make her particularly frightening, earning her a spot
on this list.
4 Ogun Ogun, a character who was first introduced
in Kitty Pryde and Wolverine issue 1, has a particularly unnerving aesthetic.
He wears a red horned devil mask, and he’s capable of possessing and controlling minds.
Ogun, a telepath and master of ninjutsu, was once Wolverine’s mentor; the two had met
during WW2 when Logan was fighting for the Canadian Forces, and Ogun was part of the
Japanese army.
Ogun would eventually join the Yakuza, and then mess with Wolverine’s protégé, Kitty
Pryde, by possessing her mind.
Kitty’s isn’t the only mind he’s taken over either.
He likes to screw with Logan by possessing the minds of his allies and loved ones, including
Viper, who went from being Logan’s enemy to his wife.
It wasn’t even Logan who put an end to this villain either; it was Kitty Pryde, who drove
him into the Astral Plane.
3 Abraham Cornelius Cornelius was one of the senior scientists
running the Weapon X program.
First introduced in 1991 in Marvel Comics Presents issue 73, the character has long
been an adversary of Wolverine’s.
Abraham Cornelius may just have an insane twinkle in his eye in the 616 continuity,
but on alternate earths, he’s something significantly more heinous and terrifying;
specifically the Ultimate Marvel universe, on Earth 1610.
Take a look at his mutated self.
After a failed coup with his Weapon X pals, along with being sent into prison and having
to go into hiding, Cornelius decided to get revenge on Wolverine by transforming and mutating
a paralyzed teenager into a cyborg assassin named Deathstrike to kill the mutant.
See, mutating is sort of this versions schtick; he ends up testing stolen DNA of Wolverine’s
on his own body, severely deforming himself, and also driving him more insane in the process.
Wolverine later kills him by decapitating him.
2 Sabretooth Sabretooth has long been Wolverine’s nemesis.
And let’s be honest; he’s pretty horrifying upon a glance, but also in his motives.
The character first appeared in Iron fist issue 14 back in 1977, and that was before
he was a mutant; he was a non-powered serial killer.
He then became a mutant who possessed bestial superpowered abilities, which include razor
sharp claws and fangs.
Originally, Chris Claremont had planned for Sabretooth to be Wolverine’s father, and
the intention between their constant conflict was to be that Sabretooth just wanted to beat
Logan up, just to remind him that he easily could.
Talk about a psychopath.
While that relationship didn’t end up becoming a reality, the sentiment behind their constant
fighting did, all of which makes Sabretooth pretty darn scary.
1 Doctor Rot Doctor Rot first appeared in 2009’s Wolverine
Weapon X issue 6, whose cover in itself looks like it was pulled straight out of a horror
film.
Dr Rot, aka Bentley Newton, also goes under the name of Doctor Rottwell.
Wolverine is locked up in a place called Dunwich Sanatorium, where Doctor Rot, who was once
a patient of the hospital, had caused a riot after he was diagnosed as incurable.
He has an affinity for killing people and taking their brains and using them in his
god brain machine, along with conducting other crazy surgeries.
The God Brain machine is a product of his insanity and his genius; he plans on using
it and the brains of his innocent victims to spread his insanity world wide via its
psychic abilities.
Essentially, it could be used as a brainwashing tool.
Logan doesn’t remember how he got to the sanatorium, and Rotwell sets his sights on
taking out his brain and experimenting with it.
Eventually, the X-Men come to Wolverine’s aid and rescue him, but unfortunately, the
Doctor got away in the process.
There we have it friends!
Which foe of Wolverine’s do you find to be the scariest?
Give us a shout in those comments below and let us know your pick!
Speaking of comments, let’s dive into some of the comments from our video Top 10 Red
She-Hulk Shocking Facts: From Kirby March Barcena, “I thought Kelly
looked like she was applying for a position in Star Fleet Command.”
Yeah….my application didn’t go over too well…not really in the mood to talk about
it…
From Androgynous Anxiety, “we really need a red-she hulk comic, such a cool character
with enough history to hold her own series” I totally agree!
There was a Red She-Hulk solo comic that begun with issue 58 (and had transferred over from
Hulk issue 57, in its 2nd volume of the comic).
That one lasted up until issue 67, which came out back in 2013.
Since, she’s been present in the Marvel Universe, but primarily in brief cameos, like
in Civil War 2 when she attended Bruce Banner’s funeral.
But, that’s more so Betty than her angrier other half.
So all in all, the character could definitely benefit from a new team of creators and a
brand new solo series.
From trex advent, “She looks like a female version of hell boy.”
I sure hope you mean Red She Hulk and not me.
Although that wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard that….
From Jurassic Park is my life, “I need you and Roya Destroya to do a video together.”
If Roya ever comes back from school, you bet we will!
But I think there’s a collab we did kicking around from months and months ago that you
might be able to find if you dig deep enough!
And if it’s not on Top 10 Nerd, it’s likely on our sister channel, Top 10 gaming!
And last but not least, from Austin Parker, “last time I was this early, Stan Lee was
still above ground” Ooooooo.
I’ll just let that one sit here for a sec.
Damn.
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