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Logan (original)

Wolverine (original)

  • Wolverine · the Fox films, 2000 – 2017 (also Logan (variant), Deadpool & Wolverine, 2024)
DeadPlayed by Hugh Jackman

Who they arebeyond the guide

Wolverine: a healing factor that has kept him alive for over a century, senses to match, and adamantium bonded to his skeleton and claws by a programme he cannot remember. He dies in Logan, aged and poisoned by the metal itself.

Dead in 2029, and his death is what started Earth-10005 dying

Premiered in
X-Men
(2000)
Appearances
4

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A life, in order

Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.

4 entries
  1. The film establishes the shape of everything that follows: Xavier and Magneto as friends who agree entirely about the danger and completely about nothing else, and Wolverine as the outsider who has no memory of his own past and therefore no stake in either argument until he chooses one.
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  2. X2: X-Men United (2003) — Colonel William Stryker, the man who put the adamantium on Wolverine, attacks the school and attempts to use a captive Xavier to kill every mutant alive.
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  3. Jean returns as the Phoenix, kills Cyclops and Xavier, and is stopped by Wolverine. Wolverine kills her at her own request.
    Open X-Men: The Last Stand →
  4. Introduces Wolverine (Logan) — regenerative healing, adamantium-laced skeleton, retractable claws, no memory of his past; Rogue, who absorbs life force through skin contact; Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, and Magneto's Brotherhood including Mystique and Toad. Logan (2017) — 2029. Logan is dying of adamantium poisoning.
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