Wolverine is one of the most popular X-Men there is, best known for his brash attitude
and adamantium claws.
For over forty years, he’s worn his yellow suit in hundreds of comics, including his
own solo series.
As for the movies, Wolverine was given a new look and was excellently portrayed by Hugh
Jackman.
Speaking of looks, there have been dozens of crazy variations of Wolverine in the comics,
whether it’s a new outfit, or a completely different alternate universe version of the
character.
In this video, we will explore 10 of these crazy variations…
so let’s begin…
10.
The Hooded Man This version of Wolverine comes from hundreds
of years into the future.
He is part of a group called "The Last Defenders", who, led by a future version of Sue Storm,
have come back in time to save the last of humanity.
This future Logan later briefly encounters his younger self at future Sue's funeral,
and tells him, "Don't even ask.”
During the Fantastic Force mini-series, Logan briefly leads the team when they find themselves
under attack from various enemies summoned by Gaea, the living spirit of the Fantastic
Force's now barren Earth.
Due to the abandonment of all life she has been driven insane, and attempts to force
them back in to their timeline.
After several confrontations and fights, Logan elects to stay behind in the future, and to
aid Gaea in restoring herself by sharing his healing factor.
The two are last seen tending to a garden with Gaea pregnant.
9.
JIM LOGAN In this universe, many characters we know
from the X-Men were re-created in the 1930’s.
We get to see a goggle wearing Spider-Man, Tony Stark fighting Nazis, and the X-Men reimagined
as delusional teenage sociopaths.
As for Wolverine, he has two seemingly different personas within this universe.
The first is a heavily scarred bootlegger known as Captain Jim, who is a drunk and was
previously entangled with the grifter and con artist known as Jean Grey.
In his other incarnation, Logan is a private detective who is working a dangerous case
that opens the floodgates to his own dark past.
The comic was met with tepid reviews, but it’s an interesting re-imagining none-the-less.
8.
X-Men Forever Wolverine In this reality Wolverine and Jean Grey have
begun a secret psychic affair, though Jean remains with Scott for the time being.
After Nick Fury decrees that The X-Men must work closer with the government, an incensed
Logan goes AWOL, but keeps in touch with Jean.
Logan is later killed by Storm, who appears to have become evil and turned against the
X-Men.
His death sends Jean into a temporary coma.
When she awakens, an enraged Jean is no longer able to hide her true feelings for Wolverine.
Following the revelation of Storm's involvement in Wolverine's death, Storm is attacked by
Shadowcat.
Storm escapes and is revealed to be working for a shadowy, previously unknown group called
"The Consortium".
In this universe Sabretooth implies that Logan was his son, and that he wanted revenge on
Storm for having killed him.
7.
ZOMBIE WOLVERINE
This reality’s Wolverine is identical to his main continuity version, only he is turned
into a zombie after trying to stop the spread of the undead infection brought to his world
by Ash Williams, the main character from the Evil Dead series.
Surprisingly, Wolverine’s healing factor is unable to keep the zombie virus at bay,
and he becomes a zombie.
The zombie virus in this reality acts in a different manner to the usual zombie infections
we are used to, as it doesn’t destroy its victims mental faculties, although they need
to eat human flesh.
As a result, Wolverine is just as funny as he was when he was still one of the living.
6.
JAMES HOWLETT James Howlett was the Governor-General of
the Dominion of Canada, and Viceroy of Her Majesty's Expedition to Shangri-La.
He had several adventures with Hercules, the pair becoming their world's greatest heroes.
They eventually began a romantic relationship, but were forced to keep it secret because
her majesty forbid homosexual relationships, and Zeus forbid any god but himself from consorting
with mortals.
Hercules gave Howlett the mystical Adamantine metal, which was later bonded to his skeleton.
On the day Howlett and Hercules defeated a large dragon-like monster attacking Canada,
they revealed their love.
As punishment, Zeus banished the couple to the pits of Tartarus where together they fought
damned souls for years, until Howlett was abducted by Savior.
This story is interesting to say the least…
5.
CLASSIC WOLVERINE In 1992, the X-Men animated series premiered
on Fox, with some great story-lines lifted from the X-Men’s (then) 30-year history.
One of the most iconic portrayals of Wolverine was performed by Cathal J. Dodd.
Employing a raspy, gruff vocalization, Dodd helped to flesh out the character and has
influenced virtually every depiction of Wolverine since.
The story is familiar; he is a member of the X-Men whose past in shrouded in mystery, and
he is very old having been around before WWII.
Over the course of the series his origin is elaborated on.
However, near the end of the series, it is revealed that many of his memories are fake.
He is in love with Jean Grey who is dating and later married to Cyclops.
This and Cyclops' decision to leave Morph behind makes Logan hostile towards him.
Basically the classic story.
4.
WEAPON X The mutant known as Legion travels back in
time in to assassinate Erik Lehnsherr before he becomes to super-villain known as Magneto.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t go as planned, and Legion accidentally kills Professor X
instead.
This results in the mutant known as Apocalypse coming out of his hibernation 10 years earlier
than in the main continuity, enabling him to quickly take control of the United States.
Magneto pledges to fight Apocalypse and becomes the founder of the X-Men, of which Logan is
a member.
Logan takes on the codename ‘Weapon X’, and he is much more violent than usual.
In this universe, he manages to develop a relationship with Jean Grey.
When Jean is captured by Sinister, Weapon X refuses Magneto’s orders and sets off
on his own to rescue her.
Weapon X is successful, but loses a hand in the process due to an optic blast from Sinister’s
henchman, Cyclops.
Despite a heroic fight, Logan and Jean are torn apart, and to make matters even worse,
Weapon X becomes the new Apocalypse to prevent aliens from destroying all life on Earth.
3.
X-23 The Weapon X project is generally considered
to be a success, despite the fact that the subject went on a rampage that killed dozens
of people… but whatever…yet another shady organisation attempts to re-create him using
cloning…
During this effort, the final Y chromosome from the sample was damaged, preventing a
male clone from being produced, but they proceed anyway.
Designated X-23 (as she was the 23rd cloning attempt), she possessed all of the same abilities
as her technically “father”, but her adamantium claws have a slightly different placement.
2 on each hand and a spike on each foot….
The character was originally created for the TV show X-Men: Evolution, and was so popular
that she got an official Earth-616 incarnation…and now…a movie.
2.
Marvel Mangaverse WOLVERINE In the Marvel Mangaverse reality Wolverine,
not Charles Xavier, formed the X-Men.
Wolverine has one set of long metal claws on his left hand, most likely adamantium and
shaped like katanas, and another set, on his right hand, composed of red energy (like Cyclops's
optic beams).
He has white hair (well sometimes black) and a strange tattoo on his face, possibly meant
to be the Greek symbol Omega.
In this reality, he and Cyclops are brothers.
Wolverine had cost Cyclops one of his eyes, while it’s hinted that Cyclops cost Wolverine
one of his hands.
1.
OLD MAN LOGAN
In the Old Man Logan storyline, the world's greatest villains all decided to team up to
take over the world.
Well, sounds familiar.
But how could they get rid of a powerful mutant like Wolverine?
Well, a large group of bad guys attacked the mansion, and Wolverine sprung into action,
brutally taking them all down, similar to the movie X2.
Shockingly, the whole thing was revealed to be an illusion created by Mysterio; and the
bad guys Wolverine had killed were actually the rest of the X-Men.
This destroyed Wolverine emotionally and mentally, and he fled the mansion and wandered away
to a train track in shock.
Logan made a suicide attempt by allowing a freight train to run him over, but the attempt
failed.
Logan lives with his wife Maureen and young children Scotty and Jade on a barren plot
of land in Sacramento, California, now part of the territory known as "Hulkland."
Throughout the story, it is said that Logan as "Wolverine" died the day the villains attacked
and has refused to pop his claws since, even in a fight.
So there you have it, 10 alternate versions of Wolverine.
Which one is your favourite?
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