welcome back nerd squad Wolverine may be one of the most popular x-men out there
his character is undergone an evolution since his first appearance in the comics
an Incredible Hulk in 1974 he went from being a grumpy beast like mutant to a
grumpy more handsome and refined mutant some of his change even being influenced
by his film version as Hugh Jackman took on the role thereby making Logan more of
a ladies man less of the unlikable grump though I think Logan will pretty much
always be grumpy today we're going to be following the evolution of Wolverine not
just as a character but as a mutant and superhero as we count down the top 10
super powers you didn't know Wolverine hat be sure to stick around till the end
of this video where I will have some comments also coming your way all right
let's get counting number 10 symbiosis we learn in the series web of venom V
nom that Wolverine was actually one of the first mutants to ever merge with a
symbiote he ends up linking his mind with the symbiote who recalls memories
of Nick Fury torturing it causing them to attack Fury eventually the symbiote
would be separated from Wolverine though even later speak its first words
seemingly as a result of their time together and would save Logan's life
while merged with another being in the older spider-man game from 2008
spider-man web of Shadows it was also revealed that Wolverine was able to
achieve symbiosis inciting a fight between the player as spider-man and
this version of Wolverine merged with one of the symbiotes venom Wolverine
number 9 Alec Anthropy that's right at one point Wolverine was an actual wolf
well a werewolf he was transformed by a woman named Nyssa who saw in him her
soul mate and wanted to turn him so that he would always be with her Logan had
all kinds of interesting and conflicting feelings for her as he was with Mariko
at the time but still found himself attracted to Nyssa who appealed more to
his animalistic side Nyssa bit him and Logan found himself joining the pack
which was led by her brother Malick the Alpha this version of Logan
literally caused him to transform into a wolf which he described as like being in
a state where you could see yourself but were unable to control yourself
certainly watching TV fortunately or unfortunately depending on your thoughts
on where Vereen his healing factor eventually healed
him of his liqu Anthropy number eight memory suppression if you know
Wolverines history you're probably astonished to discover just how much he
seems to have survived he's been tortured countless times suffered an
insane amount of loss and almost every event from his backstory is filled with
a dramatic amount of tragedy yet he manages to persevere sure human minds
are capable of dealing with great amounts of mental trauma and stress but
the amount of sorrow and loss that Wolverine as for us to deal with is
definitely on a super level how does he stay sane his healing factor yep in the
comics this is why he also suffers from memory loss his healing factor causes
mental scar tissue to literally cover up painful memories by building up around
his trauma center in his brain this is even referred to in the x-men film Days
of Future past which walked out Wolverine for Kitty Pryde when it came
to who would be doing the time-traveling using the mental capacity of his healing
factor as the excuse for why Wolverine would be sent back as time travel is
apparently very hard on your mind in the comics we discover that this is also why
Logan does not remember his life as James Howlett or his childhood friend
which he accidentally killed rose number 7 vampirism
Wolverine becomes transformed by the vampire army after being bitten while
being a werewolf seems to be something his healing factor was capable of curing
vampirism isn't his vampire side warps his mind turning him against his fellow
x-men and seemingly making him power-hungry not too surprising to be
honest as being a vampire basically grants Wolverine even stronger
superpowers than before and armed do this healing factor makes him almost
undefeatable still he only remains a vampire for a short while Cyclops had
his blood tested for immunity against the vampire virus but while he did this
he also had Logan secretly injected with nanites that would disable his healing
factor boom Scott Summers activates those nanites
when he goes up against Logan in order to cure him of said vampirism while
appearing to be pleased at regaining control of his free will and free of his
vampiric nature Logan also seems severely displeased the
fact that Scott did all of this without his permission come on Scott you should
know don't inject people with nanites before you ask them gotta get some
permission first number 6 Phoenix force during the series
Estelle spider-man and Wolverine Logan finds
himself teamed up with Peter Parker as the two are forced to involuntarily
ping-pong around time together one of their adventures sees them go up against
a planet that appears to be dr. doom Wolverine gets his hands on the Phoenix
gun and sacrifices himself to use it to blast apart planet doom he is later
resurrected and ends up attracting the attention of the Phoenix force which
possesses him though he succumbs to the power of momentarily
Logan's mind appears strong enough to keep the force at bay and he even
manages later too resistant giving gene a run for her money somewhat like jeez
apparently inside easy to just be like no not today Phoenix force but only if
you're Wolverine you've like a scar tissue brain it's actually surprising
that his brain isn't huge when you think about it with all that scar tissue
number five lie detection the combination of Logan's heightened senses
allow him to operate as a fantastic lie detector he is able to recognize
superheroes secret identities by matching their scent no matter how much
Peter Parker wants to try and insist that Logan has it all wrong
here Parker's like no I'm not spider-man oh no and he can also detect the
slightest changes in someone when they are sharing information a change in
heartbeat tone of voice or the fact that you could start to slightly sweat could
be picked up by Wolverine and help him determine if you were lying or not
probably another reason he is considered an expert spy in other words when
confronted by Logan you probably just want to be honest with him lest you risk
him going into a rage as a result of your perceived dishonesty
number four hot claws sounds a ridiculous when I say it like that
after being resurrected Logan found that he had access to a new ability as a
result of going into his berserker rage when Logan goes berserk he becomes more
animalistic and impulsive less in control of himself and his emotions this
can be seen in the comics when Wolverine feels an intense sense of betrayal or
loss which sometimes sets him off into a rage think of the barbarian class and
Dungeons & Dragons sort of like that when he was resurrected he found that
going berserk would also cause his claws to go hot they've been revealed to be
hot enough to light fuel in the comics and I imagine would be like fighting
someone with a set of hot pokers attached to their arms pretty terrifying
but at least any wounds you received fighting berserk Wolverine would be
instantly cauterized so that's a plus you're not gonna bleed out probably
still don't wanna fight recirc Wolverine that seems crazy don't do it
number three Hulk Wolverine even had the Hulk's powers for a time I know though
he's sort of had to sacrifice his smarts for them and kind of received them
against his will but still he had them after the leader in doctor alley Anna
Alba get ahold of Wolverine of Bruce Banner they transform them to take on
Weapon H clay Cortez known as Hulk furry they become Hulk Marines and their own
rights but their mental capacity is reduced turning them into rage-filled
smashing and slashing machines snick snick Wolverine also has his hawk
claws in this form and as such is a frightening folk to come up against
while hulked out his no idea what's going on is god hot claws he's big and
green scary number two feral state the 90s was an admittedly weird time for the
comics because during this time we were introduced to a side of Wolverine that
we had not seen yet and it was revealed that his claws were in fact simply made
out of bone we learned this after magneto stripped his skeleton of
adamantium this also triggered a mutation in wolverine when he began to
resort to a more feral and beast feel state as time progressed even losing the
appearance of his nose in some panels looking more like the animal he gets his
code name from a wolverine he would eventually regain his adamantium
skeleton and return to the wolverine we knew before
not necessarily calm but more logical than that of his feral state self it
would appear that this ability was only accessible when the adamantium is
removed from his skeleton and yet we also see Logan as James when his claws
are merely bone and yet this doesn't seem to be as great of an issue in other
words this seemed to be a power state that writers would rather we forget
about like probably like spider-man's Clone Saga just kidding that was a cheap
blow also terrible thing in the 90s though number 1 telepathic resistance
similar to how his mental suppression works
Wolverine also is a wall of armor in his mind when it comes to psychic attacks
originally in the comics this was explained as him having level 9 sigh
fields installed by Professor Xavier but over time he
ability to shield himself from psychic damage began to become even greater as
seen in the 2003 Wolverine volume issue 46 Emma is even ready to disregard the
shields that xavier put inside Logan's mind declaring that she could more than
handle them as a level 10 telepath however later she seems unable to
prevent Wolverine from charging Scott in x-men original sin and Logan shares that
a psychic scar tissue is to thank for that
his healing factor has helped him to build up a resistance after previous
attacks on his mind so the more you try to psychically attack him the stronger
he will become against psychic attacks apparently pretty powerful considering
that he's mostly a strength-based mutant thank you so much for watching
nerd squad I hope through exploring some of Wolverines long comic-book history
with me he also found out about some powers you didn't know he had or in some
cases that he once had Wolverine truly has almost done
everything are there any superpowers of Wolverines that you feel are often not
talked about that we missed if you could add any of Wolverine superpowers which
would you want what is your favorite of his super powers or your favorite of
Wolverines moments in the comics let us know in the comments below and speaking
of comments it's time to turn to some from one of my latest videos top ten
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wish I could forget that moment when Batman and Batgirl hooked up don't we
all my friend I didn't even want to include it on my list but Batman is
oftentimes much more busy building romantic relationships with criminals
than he is with superheroes unfortunately even him and bat woman
actually seems pretty odd to me ignoring her later retcon as his cousin in her
original form it would be kind of like hooking up with yourself but as a
different gender with the way that they originally wrote her JC b84 comments
that anna has an on-again / off-again relationship with John Constantine I
think she can handle one with Batman when it comes to darkness right that's
what I was thinking when Batman rejected her saying that he wanted to like
protect her like dudes that Anna can handle herself as her good friend you
should know that maybe one day in rebirth they'll finally end up together
I think they would be some kind of power couple let me tell you that and that's
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