Wolverine is commonly known as Logan. His real name is James Howlett.He is a mutant. His mutant powers are:-a healing factor that cures any wound, and heals any disease. That healing factor also slows his aging, making him look a lot younger than he is.-bone claws-heightened senses including an enhanced sense of smell, that enables him to sense the specific scent of any person.Also, a corrupt government program known as Weapon X bonded his bones with unbreakable adamantium (the strongest known metal in the Marvel Universe.) Adamantium originally composed 100% of his claw structure and served as a very potent weapon, though more recently following Marvel's finally revealing Logan/Wolverine's true origin, the adamantium was actually bonded to claws also composed of bone which extended from each forearm through the spaces between each knuckle in each hand. His claws, when laced with adamantium, can cut through anything on earth, and virtually anything from beyond. Without the adamantium, the bone structures that make up the claws though bone are far stronger than regular bone. They are very sharp as well. As far as metal based substances in the Marvel Universe, adamantium takes the top spot for it's strength, ability to hold it's edge (never dulls), and it's ability to cut through anything. Many times over Wolverine would have been crushed to dust particles had it not been for his adamantium laced skeleton. It (the skeleton itself) first appears in the second half of the Days of Future Past storyline after having his flesh essentially burned and flayed from his adamantium-bonded skeleton by a Sentinel leaving only the unbreakable skeleton in a comic panel.The complete story is found in Uncanny X-Men #141-142 with the bare adamantium skeleton appearing in issue #142. The storyline is also the basis for the upcoming X-Men Movie. As a point of reference, adamantium isn't necessarily stronger than vibranium (when mixed with iron ore, vibranium makes up Captain America's shield), it's properties make it a totally different substance. Whereas adamantium was essentially invented in a laboratory, Vibranium is rumored to have both extraterrestrial origins as well as being discovered to be on the earth naturally. The two cousins carry very different, almost opposite properties. Wakandan vibranium absorbs and Anti-metal (natural vibranium found in the Savage Land in Antarctica) vibrates and liquefies all other metals surrounding it.After spending time working for Department H in Canada helming Alpha Flight, Charles Xavier through the use of Cerebro located Logan, now known officially as The Wolverine (as he introduces himself to Hulk and Wendigo in the final panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 where he makes a cameo first appearance. He later drops the The in front of Wolverine. Dr. Xavier recruited him to join Cyclops, Warpath, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus to save the remaining original X-Men (Jean Grey - Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast) from the mutant living island of Krakoa. After their success, only Cyclops remained with the new team members, while Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, and Angel parted ways. Cyclops/Scott Summers, though the original leader of the team (and as Logan saw, the one obstacle standing between him and Jean Grey), became virtual adversaries right off the bat with Cyclops' by the book strict attitude vs Wolverine's I'm the best at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice. Wolverine was way too dangerous in Cyclops' eyes from the beginning, but over the years, the two gained a mutual respect or one another.Wolverine's cool personality, funny one-liners and bad ass attitude made him one of the most popular Marvel characters.Real Name: James Howlett, now goes by Logan Identity: Secret Occupation: (current) Adventurer, member of the X-Men, (possible former) Samurai, (former) CIA operative, member of Canada's Weapon X program, leader of Alpha Flight, bartender on Madripoor Other Aliases: Weapon X, Patch Place of Birth: Unknown, presumably in Canada. Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: John Howlett (father, deceased), Elizabeth Howlett (mother, presumed deceased) The Old Man (unnamed grandfather, presumed deceased) Windsong (wife, deceased) Base of Operations: (current) Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, (former) the Clan Yashida compound in Japan, Department H in Canada. Group Affiliation: (current) X-Men, (former) Clan Yashida, the Weapon X Program, Alpha Flight First Appearance: THE INCREDIBLE HULK #181History: In the late 1880's a child by the name of James Howlett was born. As a child James was a frail and sick boy. His allergies didn't allow him to go out and play much. His father had requested that a twelve year old girl be brought to their estate. That girl was named Rose and she was to be a friend and play mate to James. She read to him and looked after him. Along with the grounds keeper's son, Dog, James and Rose were the only children on the hill where the estate was. They had become close friends and played together as much as possible but Dog slowly grew away from them. Dog's father, the grounds keeper was named Thomas Logan, he was an alcoholic and abuse his son.Over the next few years Dog started to follow in his father footsteps, becoming cruel and heartless. James was given more responsibilities by his father and grandfather. After a big fight, Dog killed James's K-9 companion which resulted in the Logans getting kicked off the Howlett estate.In a fit of rage and anger Thomas Logan and his son entered the estate armed. They then took Rose hostage and demanded that she take them to the masters' bedroom. There the elder Logan tried to persuade James's mother, Elizabeth, to leave with them. Before they could leave John entered the room and discovered them together. In a rage of hate and dislike Thomas shot John as James walked into the room. Seeing his father shot and killed shocked him so much that it triggered his latent mutant abilities. His claws extended and continued through Thomas.After his mother shunned him for his unusual abilities he fled the house. Rose followed to see what she could do. She found James outside the house on the ground and cold. She brought him to the barn in order to try and warm him up. Not knowing what to do Rose brought James to his grandfather house. He ended up giving them cash and told them never to come back again.Rose took James and went to British Columbia looking for a place that they could live in peace. Rose remembered her father talking of quarries in the Northern frontiers and she figured that would be a good place for them to start looking. Making it to a quarry, they met a man named Smitty who was the foreman. That is when Rose gave James the name Logan to hide his true identity.By the second summer there Logan was providing for both Rose and himself. He had trained himself to be a fine hunter and he also worked hard at the quarry. Smitty even gave him a new job in demolitions. Shortly after that Smitty asked Rose to marry him. The proposal upset Logan but he finally realized that Smitty did indeed love Rose. Logan then helped Smitty get money for tickets away from the quarry.Before Smitty and Rose could leave Dog showed up. At the request of Logans grandfather he was to kill Logan and Rose for what he believed they did. In the fight that followed Rose tried to break it up but was struck by Logans claws and died. After that, not being able to live among people for what he did he left the camp and went off into the wilderness to live alone.It wasn't until his first recorded encounter with the Hulk, as an agent of Canada's Department H, that anyone had heard of him or knew that he was interacting with people again.Logan possesses memories of being a Samurai in Japan, a mercenary operative for the Central Intelligence Agency, and a wild man in the Canadian wilderness. Due to the extensive memory implants given to Logan through the Weapon X program, any and all of these memories are suspect. Logan has at least one memory of meeting Captain America in World War II which was verified as true. It is possible that Logan's healing factor grants him an extended life span and has granted him the physical condition of a man in his prime, despite his age.Sometime after World War II, Logan was taken by a group of scientists led by Dr. Cornelius as part of the Weapon X program. Cornelius was hired to perfect and use a technique that would bond the indestructible element adamantium to human bone cells. Logan's skeleton was bonded to the adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program.After his encounter with the Hulk, Wolverine was conscripted by Department H to join and lead Alpha Flight, Canada's government-run super team. During his leadership of Alpha Flight, Wolverine was approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa, which had captured them. Wolverine left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, Wolverine decided to stay with the X-Men, for reasons which included that he had fallen for the X-Man known as Marvel Girl.Logan remained with the X-Men for quite some time, at one time being their field commander, and encountering adversaries such as Proteus, Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Brood, the Reavers, demons from the dimension of Limbo, the Marauders, the Morlocks, and even Dracula on one occasion.After his encounter with the mutant assassin Omega Red, Logan began to question the memories he possessed, but his searches to find his true identity and memories proved fruitless.During an encounter with the mutant Magneto on his space station called Avalon, Wolverine attempted to defeat Magneto using the claws presumably given to him by the Weapon X project. Magneto retaliated, using his powers of the magnetic field to tear the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton, causing extensive injuries. These injuries shorted out Wolverine's healing factor for a time, and Logan also discovered that the claws that he believed a result of the Weapon X project were in fact a natural mutation. The claws he now possesses are bone, and a natural part of his skeletal structure.As a result of his injuries, Logan left the X-Men for a time, returning after he was asked by Xavier, who also asked the mutant Cable, to rescue the X-Men in Tibet, where they were captured during the Phalanx invasion.Recently, Logan was kidnapped by Tyler Dayspring, calling himself Genesis, who wanted to make Wolverine one of his new Horsemen. Genesis had acquired adamantium by destroying the body of the mercenary known as Cyber, and had planned to recreate the bonding process used on Logan years ago. This time, however, Logan's body rejected the adamantium, and he regressed for a time to a feral-like state.Logan regained his lucidity, rejoined the X-Men, and is now supervising the team while Cyclops and Jean Grey are on leave. Still without his Adamantium, Logan was kidnapped by the would-be conqueror Apocalypse, perhaps the world's first mutant, and forced to fight the savage assassin Sabretooth for the mantle of the Horseman Death. Viewing himself as a more merciful candidate than his fellow mutant, Logan fought hard to win the battle. As a result, his skeleton again was laced with Adamantium. Under the control of Apocalypse, Wolverine fought the X-Men ferociously in his Death persona. But with the help of his teammates, he eventually broke free from Apocalypse's control.Height:5 ft. 3 (Although in the in the X Men and Wolverine X Men Origins movies his height is 6' 2 Show less «