History Characters / Wolverine

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan James "Logan" Howlett]]

* [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett James "Logan" Howlett]]

* [[Characters/X23LauraKinney Laura Kinney]]

* [[CharactersX23LauraKinney Laura Kinney]]

* Film/XMenFilmSeries
** Characters/XMenFilmSeriesWolverine

* [[Characters/WolverineRelatives Relatives]]

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The character sheet for the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series incarnation of Wolverine can be found [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesWolverine here]].
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[[folder: Wolverine]]
!!James Howlett / Logan / Wolverine
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[[caption-width-right:350:The best there is at what he does.]]
!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' #180
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''The'' BreakoutCharacter when talking about the X-Men, Wolverine, alias Logan, Weapon X, and James Howlett is a Canadian superhero with an impaired memory, a gruff personality, and claws coming out of his wrists. Long-lived, bad-tempered, and boasting of being "the best there is at what he does", Logan is the single most popular member of the X-Men, and has starred in numerous comic, film, and television spin-offs.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Those pointy things sticking out of his hands. In the first issue of his first solo series, Logan's inner dialogue describes them as "honed so keen they'll cut through anything" and in ''X-Men'' #1, Cyclops jumps all over him for popping his claws in Prof. X's face to "tag" him at the end of the Danger Room exercise which starts the issue, saying "[a] wave of [his] hand could pass them through solid steel".
* TheAce: He would like to remind you that he's the best at what he does, and what he does isn't very nice.
* TheAlcoholic: {{Subverted|Trope}}; he definitely fits the "drinks a lot" part, but due to his healing factor, [[NeverGetsDrunk he can't actually get wasted or develop an addiction or dependence]], although DependingOnTheWriter. Wolverine has gotten drunk; he just needs a ''lot'' of alcohol to do so.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Wolverine has enough similarities to Franchise/{{Batman}} that one could make this argument. When Marvel and DC collaborated to produce the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse, combining their characters for fun, Wolverine and Batman fused to become "Dark Claw".
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: He might seem like he is based off actual wolverines at first glance since he has enhanced senses and claws, but those are very generic animal traits. His claws pop out of the back of his knuckles, which does not happen in the animal kingdom. Then, you get into his metal skeleton, HealingFactor, and the fact that his blue and yellow striped costume does not resemble a wolverine at all. Some later made attempts to change this a bit to various degrees of success. Wolverine is more "animal symbolism" than anything; his power-set invokes the wolverine's reputation as an extremely tough and aggressive creature that can basically shred whatever it's going after.
* AnimeHair[=/=]HotbloodedSideburns: Logan's standard look since his introduction has been a swept-back mane-like hairstyle that comes to prominent points on the sides of his head, combined with muttonchop sideburns. During Adam Kubert's run as artist of the self-titled comic in TheNineties, the combination was so long that he almost did have an actual mane; in newer works his hair tends to be a more realistic length while keeping the same style. ''Living Between Wednesdays'' actually did an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090507145542/http://www.livingbetweenwednesdays.com/?p=1409 analysis]] of the various aspects of Wolverine's hair.
* AntiHero: A TropeCodifier for superhero comics, although very inconsistently. He's run the gamut from PragmaticHero to UnscrupulousHero to NominalHero in the comics, while the cartoons and movies consistently portray him as a PragmaticHero, except for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'', where he is a pure hero. Claremont remarked that he disliked the attempts to make Wolverine darker. The following bit of internal dialogue from the first issue of Logan's self-titled series, in the middle of a huge battle with cutthroat slavers who have butchered the crew and passengers of a captured boat, sums things up nicely.
-->I'm an X-Man. Mutants like me. Good people, idealists, dreamers. With them, killing is a last resort. With me, it's second nature. I take the world as it is, and give better than I get. Come at me with a sword. I'll meet you with a sword. You want mercy. Show a little first. [...] Some of those folks died fighting... some praying... some accepted their fate... some cursed it... some begged for their lives... most were terrified. Details don't matter. What's important is that they ''died''. And those scales have to be balanced. In kind.
* AntiVillain: Every once in a while, circumstances make him this, usually a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II or III]].
* ArtEvolution:
** From Logan's first appearance through the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s]], the following were pretty consistent:
*** He was short, homely, and very hirsute.
*** His claws came out of the backs of his hands behind his knuckles (see the page pic).
*** The claws were either thin blades or roughly cylindrical and tapering to ''really'' sharp tips, more like true animal claws. The former was more prevalent in the '90s but really depended on the artist, while the latter was especially prevalent in the '70s and '80s, as well as in ''Weapon X'' and ''sans'' adamantium.
*** He had chutes for his claws installed in his hands during the late 80s/early 90s.
** Ever since the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', the following have been pretty consistent:
*** He's more handsome, less hairy and generally more of an average height.
*** The claws come out directly between his knuckles and tend to look like the heavier, more knife-like movie claws.
*** The claws have no openings of their own and have to tear through his flesh to be extended.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:After his legacy was succeeded thanks to X-23 inheriting the Wolverine codename and his alternate counterpart Old Man Logan migrating to the 616 universe, the original Wolverine is back in action after ''ComicBook/ReturnOfWolverine''. It seemed liked this was much earlier in the original ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'' one-shot, stopping a Frost Giant from stealing the Mind Gem, but that Wolverine was really Old Man Phoenix from Jason Aaron's ''Thor'' run]].
* BadassAndChildDuo: So much it's a RunningGag. "Child" is sometimes overstating it, but all of his well-known sidekicks are adolescent girls who he can both trade snark with and act [[PapaWolf violently protective of]]. If it ain't broke... How much of a running gag is it? Well when his time displaced [[ComicBook/OldManLogan future version]] ends up in the present, he immediately forms this relationship with the time displaced teen [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen Jean Grey]].
* BadassBeard: If it goes beyond his usual PermaStubble, it's likely to become this.
* BadassBiker: Logan is this in general. It becomes a plot point in one issue of the first self-titled series when a paranoid, drugged-up murderer stops by Logan at a traffic signal. He starts eyeballing Logan, and freaks out because he can see that Logan isn't one to be messed with.
* BadassTeacher: Became this lately, especially as of the ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' title, wherein he himself rebuilt the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters into the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, with himself as the headmaster.
* BashBrothers: With ComicBook/{{Colossus}} originally, but putting him on a team together with any bruiser in the Marvel Universe results in this.
* BattleCouple: His alternate self is this with [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] in ''X-Treme X-Men'' volume 2.
* TheBear: A heterosexual example in the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Played straight (or not) in ''X-Treme X-Men'' volume 2.
* BeardOfSorrow: Grows one after he is tricked into killing his children.
* BerserkButton: And not a hard one to press, either. Just getting him wound up seems to suffice, although he has some specific triggers:
** Hurting people that he cares about.
** [[WifeBasherBasher Hitting a woman in front of Logan]], even if he does not know her or care about her. He made this very clear to Steven Lang in one of the early issues when he belted ComicBook/JeanGrey:
--->Oh that '''TEARS''' it Bub!! You may beat into me all you want, but if you hit the lady you're gonna have to answer to THE WOLVERINE!! (''rips free of his restraints and goes to clawing'')
** Harming a little girl when he's around.
* TheBerserker: His default fighting style is wading into battle, hacking and slashing with his claws. The more straight application is when he gets angered enough to slip into a "[[UnstoppableRage berserker rage]]", where he lapses into an animalistic mental state and will lash out at anyone nearby with aggression far beyond what he's normally capable of. He hates the latter, but has acknowledged that it's saved his life more than once.
* BettyAndVeronica: Logan was the Veronica to Scott's Betty in relation to Jean. Originally this was just to give fans a reason to care about the then-new character, who'd yet to achieve his now-legendary popularity. It's since taken a life of its own, and some fans act like it's the defining aspect of both Scott and Logan's characters, and in the films, it ''is''. Oddly enough, the whole Jean/Scott/Wolverine triangle pretty much started as a retcon. It was at most hinted at back in the day, but in the late '80s it was retconned up in a big way.
* BigBrotherMentor: Despite his gruff exterior, Logan is actually pretty good with kids, and has a particular soft spot for troubled girls. He serves as a mentor to ComicBook/{{Rogue}} (in the films), ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Jubilee}}, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Armor, and even helps set [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] in the right direction.
* TheBigGuy: Defied. Despite having all the characteristics, being [[HeroicBuild muscle-bound]], [[CarpetOfVirility hairy]], badass and everything, he is actually shorter than most of his friends and foes, the latter (especially Sabretooth) often calling him ''"runt"'' to insult him.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Possessing the genes of Wolverine is a one-way ticket to Hell. His older brother scarred their mother with his bone claws, before dying suspiciously at the age of twelve. His true father murdered his cuckolded "father" in front of him, which led to him killing his father with his bone claws. As a result, his mother banished him from the Howlett estate, and then killed herself. Afterwards, Logan's half-brother (by his abusive biological father) attempted to kill him and instead caused him to inadvertently kill his childhood friend. Over the course of his long life, Wolverine has unknowingly abandoned several children, all of whom (that we know of) grew into crazed, soulless killers, five of whom he killed (not knowing who they were), [[ComicBook/{{Daken}} one of whom murdered his own adopted baby brother out of jealousy]]. His only true legacy are a line of physically and psychologically tormented girls, fashioned from his X chromosomes and shaped to become perfect assassins. Of those that survived to adulthood, [[ComicBook/{{X23}} two appear to have overcome their trauma]], while one has followed her destined role.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Those claws.
* BlessedWithSuck: His powers come with a number of drawbacks.
** The combination of the healing factor and his claws not having natural sheaths to move through means that they cut through his arms and hands every time he uses them. Depending on the depiction, this can be anywhere from just poking through the skin to slicing through muscle, tendons, and joints. This is quite painful in any case, but fortunately, the healing factor means the pain is brief, and he has a very high pain tolerance.
*** One issue of ''ComicBook/XForce'' graphically highlighted this fact, with Wolverine repeatedly popping and retracting one claw while stewing over something... and a small spurt of blood with each SNIKT!
*** In the ''Weapon X'' standalone story, the metal chutes his claws extend through are surgically implanted in his hands because of the damage the claws did the first time he extended them.
*** In ''Wolverine'' #75, his first time popping his claws after ComicBook/{{Magneto}} [[ComicBook/FatalAttractions pulled out the adamantium]] was a gory mess, and was ''excruciatingly'' painful. Afterwards, he had to keep his hands constantly bandaged to deal with bleeding from the holes made by the claws, and the pain, while not as bad as that first time, was still a ''lot'' worse because the HealingFactor wasn't working (see its entry below). He still kept it up, though...
---->[''Logan pops his right claws while he and Jubilee are talking'']\\
'''Logan:''' I pop 'em out a few times a day. Keeps the channels open...like pierced ears.\\
'''Jubilee:''' Did it stop hurting?\\
'''Logan:''' Nope.
** His enhanced senses may seem like a cool thing to have, but most people would probably crack up from having to process that level of constant sensory input 24/7.
* BreakoutCharacter: More popular than the entire team he is a part of.
* CainAndAbel: While not siblings, he and Sabretooth share a closely connected past, were previously friends (to an extent) and were both "reborn" in the Weapon X program. He also has this with his actual half-brother Dog. Ironically, in the ''Origin'' story, Dog was strongly implied to be a young Sabretooth, but they are later shown to not be the same person. Dog is still alive and well after almost 133 years and ''really'' knows how to hold a grudge. Another version is this with his other half-brother John Howlett III.
* CanadaEh: Though whether the writers do anything with it tends to vary.
* CanadianEqualsHockeyFan: Some comic series, like "''Wolverine: First Class''" show him having a love for hockey as a source of a couple of quick jokes (and people trying to kill him while he's trying to see a game? [[BerserkButton They end up]] ''even worse'' than usual).
* CartwrightCurse: One of the most egregious illustrations of the saying "Being paired up with a badass never ends well for a woman". Wives, fiances, girlfriends, girlfriends he hadn't been dating for years but happened to hook up with again. Dating Logan 9 times out of 10 will result in your horrible death... except for Yukio [[spoiler:and she's now a paraplegic]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "Yer choice, bub. Yer funeral."
** And of course who can forget: "I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I do isn't very nice."
* CigarChomper: Until smoking became ''unbelievably'' uncool around the '90s, Wolverine was rarely without a cigar. Even now he still flaunts one in the movies.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: These days, you can pretty much tell what team he's working with at the moment by the color of his uniform. Blue and yellow means he's acting heroic and working with the X-Men and/or the Avengers. Dull gray and black means that he's doing X-Force work (and you should probably get out of the way).
* ConflictingLoyalty: Averted most of the time. While Logan's both an X-Man and Avenger, he makes it clear that he considers the Avengers 'work' and the X-Men as 'family'.
* ConspicuousGloves: In his early appearances, Wolverine had his claws attached to his gloves. Once they were said to come out of his hand, his gloves had slits to accommodate their extension.
* CoolOldGuy: Arguably one of the coolest (and oldest) guys around, but "cool" doesn't necessarily mean [[GoodIsNotNice "nice"...]]
* TheCowl: Subverted. Wolverine has been called "Franchise/{{Batman}}, sans the subtlety".
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Wolverine is killed off in ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine'' by being covered from head to toe in molten adamantium. So not only is it cooking him alive until it hardens, which his HealingFactor keeps him alive through, but it ultimately kills him by hardening solid and suffocating him in an air-tight cocoon. That's a very, ''very'' nasty way to die.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: While it took many, many years to be unveiled, and certain details are forever changing, Wolverine's past is long and tragic, involving the murder of his legal father and his mother by his biological father, whom he then killed, decades of aimlessly roaming the world, fighting in multiple wars, and being abducted for a black-book SuperSoldier project where he was tortured to the brink of insanity before he killed his captors and escaped, by which time his HealingFactor had blocked off his memories in order to protect him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Wolverine invariably retorts with dry, cutting mockery whenever somebody threatens him or just says something he thinks is stupid.
* DeathIsCheap: He's been killed a few times but keeps coming back. [[spoiler:In fact, the one-shot kicking off ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'' undoes... well, ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine''... sort-of. Wolverine really returned in ''ComicBook/HuntForWolverine'' whereas the Logan in the ''Legacy'' one-shot was revealed to be Old Man Phoenix.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: How big a jerk he is and how powerful his healing factor is.
* {{Determinator}}: Logan is one ''stubborn'' son of a bitch. Even when badly hurt, he'll shrug it off and just keep coming at you until one of you drops. Unfortunately for whoever he's fighting, this will inevitably give Logan the time he needs to heal.
* DisappearedDad: All over the place. His biological father killed the man who raised him, and in turn he killed his biological father. Then on his end, he didn't even know Daken existed until Daken was over 60. On top of that the "Wolverine Goes to Hell" arc confirmed he has sired many, many more children during his lifetime whose lives he has been completely absent from; "I see the faces of the children I was never there for. Daken and others I don't even recognize". Among them were The Mongrels, whom were pitted against him by The Red Right Hand, were killed by him, and then he found out they were his offspring. Wow.
* EnemyWithin: He constantly struggles to keep his natural animalistic rage from taking over his humanity. The best he can generally manage is to reconcile the parts of his humanity with his beastlike nature.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's not exactly a nice guy, and he admits it, and certainly doesn't shy from killing his foes, but he is generally assumed to have a deep hatred for ComicBook/ThePunisher, because the latter is even more of a kill-happy maniac than Wolverine himself. The fact that Creator/GarthEnnis wrote a crossover that involved Punisher blasting Wolvie's face off with a shotgun, then [[GroinAttack shooting him in the balls with the same shotgun]], and then ''running him over with a steamroller'', a series of actions that caused Wolverine to swear vengeance on Frank Castle, certainly adds credibility to this theory. This is generally [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the modern continuity so far. Several stories after the infamous Ennis story about how Frank shot Wolverine's balls off (Ennis absolutely loathes Wolverine so it was less Frank and Logan not liking each other and more like a brutal TakeThat by the writer) show Logan being on, at the least, neutral terms with Frank while even agreeing with him on his stance that some people need to die. Logan even warned Frank when the Avengers were coming to apprehend Castle in the recent Punisher: War Zone. Lately, Logan's standards are against people who go way too far in their causes to the point where they don't care if people unrelated are hurt or injured by a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* ExpositionOfImmortality: Wolverine's HealingFactor means his age is hard to pin down. The films of the 2010s have placed his childhood in 1845, and the ''Wolverine: Origins'' comic also put his early years in the 19th century, though 35 years later, in 1880. Both spend time exploring his earlier life, firmly placing the character in a time period at least 120 years earlier than the one he currently lives in.
* {{Flanderization}}: His Healing Factor sometimes gets pushed up to ridiculous levels, like regenerating instantly {{from a single cell}}. Normally, it is indeed powerful enough to restore his health from such things as gunshots or stab wounds, but it can take a very long time, and it's nowhere near as good as those from Hulk, Deadpool or Lobo. It has also been implied that if he has a part of him with bones in it removed, he may not be able to regrow it properly due to the adamantium lacing rest of his skeleton.
* FriendToAllChildren: Wolverine gets a new teenage sidekick about once every decade or so, like Kitty Pryde, Jubilee, and Hisako "Armor" Ichaki. They usually go on to be badasses. He also gets along famously with [[ComicBook/PowerPack Katie Power]] for some reason, and once in a great while a writer remembers he has a foster daughter, Amiko. In fact, his big blowup with Cyclops in ''Schism'' came because he absolutely did not want the kid X-Men to lose their innocence by being soldiers for the mutant cause, even if said kids were willing to help with the fight. He went on to reopen Xavier's old school after the event in order to give them a safe haven. Occasionally subverted: [[WouldHurtAChild he sometimes considers and actively tries to kill children]] if he's scared enough of them, like ComicBook/HopeSummers, ComicBook/{{Wiccan}}, a Teenager Cyclops or a clone infant version of ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}.
* GeniusBruiser: One of Logan's biggest strengths is his mind. He's been around for well over a century and has spent quite a bit of that time taking in information.
* GoodIsNotNice: Yes, he's more-or-less a heroic guy, but unless you're his daughter or some other kid he's taken under his wing, it's better he ignores you.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: His adamantium helps mitigate the damage, but still....
* GoToAlias: Wolverine uses the identity of "Patch" (wearing an eyepatch), a mercenary, when he acts undercover in the Far East.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'', the Hulk [[http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/667/667856/ultimate-wolverine-vs-hulk-20051117010529051-000.jpg rips Logan in two at the waist]]. Not only does Logan survive, he crawls up the mountain he's on to find his legs.
* HasAType: Sleeps with women of all kinds, but if there's a redhead around, expect him to develop feelings for her.
* HatesBaths: Mostly depends on the writer, bur it has been said that he does not bathe often and Wolverine himself went on a diatribe about how much he dislikes being in water due to how he can easily drown.
* HealingFactor: Logan is arguably the TropeCodifier for the fictional type. It kept him alive in conjunction with his [[MadeofIndestructium adamantium-laced skeleton]], and was, in fact, the entire reason why he got the adamantium to start with, as it would take superhuman healing powers to deal with having that much metal in your body in that fashion. Its speed and effectiveness have varied '''wildly''' between writers, being anywhere to "injuries heal faster but scar normally" all the way to perfectly healing way-past-3rd-degree burns, massive tissue loss, and other extreme injuries, and taking hours to minutes (or even seconds) to heal from severe trauma.
** Averted during the "no adamantium" arc; having the metal ripped out of his body over-stressed the healing factor and killed it for a few months of story time. When it finally came back, without the adamantium to slow it down, it essentially overclocked, allowing Logan to at one point completely recover from being ''run over'' in a matter of seconds but slowly causing him to revert to a more bestial state. This was taken to an extreme when ComicBook/{{Cable}}'s evil son Genesis tried to re-implant the adamantium. Logan's body explosively rejected the adamantium, and when he was fully healed he was a monstrous subhuman.
** Creator/ChrisClaremont, in particular, was ''very'' careful to avert, invert, subvert and otherwise keep this trope from giving Wolverine the effective immortality that he often seemed to have. In one issue, Wolverine is poisoned and badly stabbed by the Silver Samurai, and it's implied that he's risking his life to [[HeroicSacrifice let Rogue absorb his healing powers]] because he is so badly hurt. In another issue, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} demonstrates that a slit throat will kill Wolverine before his healing factor has a chance to kick in [[spoiler:(it's being played with there, though, because it is one of Arcade's replicas being killed, and Arcade may not know the full extent of Wolverine's powers)]].
** Arguably an UnbuiltTrope. His HealingFactor has several drawbacks (as stated above under BlessedWithSuck), one of the most harrowing of which is the fact that anesthesia of any kind will not work on him except at ridiculously high dosages. Thus there is an element of {{deconstruct|ed trope}}ion present before the trope was fully codified.
** The one thing the healing factor can't prevent is death by asphyxiation. This is alluded to in one issue of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' when Sabretooth tries to drown him. Years later, it's proven when [[spoiler:Wolverine kills his son Daken by drowning him]], and then even later when [[spoiler:Logan finally dies from suffocation after being buried in molten adamantium]].
** The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' version actually crosses over with AdaptiveAbility; not only can Ultimate Wolvie regenerate, he can actually reconfigure his body to survive until he heals over. Best displayed in ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'', which proves the asphyxiation weakness doesn't work in the Ultimateverse: [[spoiler:when Logan is reduced to just a head, he mutates to be able to absorb oxygen and expel carbon dioxide directly through his skin. When Nick Fury puts his decapitated head into a vacuum for shits 'n' giggles, he goes into a life-sustaining stasis. Ultimate Wolverine's mutant power is theorized to be less "HealingFactor" and more "survive anything"]].
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:While he did come back, the ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine'' arc ended like the title said, with Wolverine dying (suffocated by molten Adamantium)]].
* HeroesWantRedHeads: One of Logan's defining personality traits, first with Rose from ''Origin'', then [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Heather Hudson]], and especially Jean Grey. In ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Mystique (who he is in a relationship with in this reality) says he has a fetish for redheads.
* HeroicSacrifice: The eponymous ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine'' happens because [[spoiler:Logan cuts open a pipeline of liquid adamantium that was going to be pumped into another unfortunate victim, saving them from ending up like him. The pain of the heated metal is insane, and, after [[KarmicDeath killing Abraham Cornelius]], he suffocates in the adamantium shell, satisfied with what he had done in his life]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} and Colossus, [[OddFriendship of all people]]. For a time, had a mix of this and LikeAnOldMarriedCouple with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} before tensions flared up again. Oddly enough, he is this less frequently with Comicbook/{{Gambit}}, the X-Man with whom he has the most in common with. A good example of how close he and Nightcrawler are is that that Kurt can crash in the notoriously anti-social Wolverine's apartment uninvited, and Logan will come home and not bat an eye. And of course there is Logan's emotional [[TearJerker reaction to Kurt's death]].
* HotBlade: After his resurrection his claws occasionally heat up when he extends them. The mechanism for this is currently unknown.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Mostly because of bad writing, his character has taken this turn in certain comics. He thinks that he should be the only one allowed to do the dirty work, selectively chooses to forgive or scorn people who caused harm while being possessed (even though he was in this very situation himself) and claims that nobody should ever put children in danger, when he has done things like dumping his students in the Savage Land and even repeatedly tried to murder teenagers (Wiccan or Hope for example) when he saw it fitting.
* IHaveManyNames: James Howlett, Logan, Weapon X, Wolverine, [[PaperThinDisguise Patch]]... He has used "Jim Logan" as an alias in the past, when working as a private detective. Ironically, that ''is'' his true name, unbeknownst to him at the time, James being his given name at birth, and Logan being his biological father's last name.
* IconicOutfit: The distinctive brow extensions of his costumes' cowls; even in silhouette they're instantly recognizable.
* IdenticalGrandson: Grows up to look exactly like his biological father Thomas Logan. This was used as a RedHerring in the ''Origin'' story, with readers initially being lead to believe that Thomas' other son Dog was the young Wolverine.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of Logan's signature moves, when he's not slicing you to ribbons. He's also on the receiving end occasionally.
* ImmortalityPromiscuity: Logan has been around since the 19th Century, and by "been around" we ''mean'' "been around". The hirsute little berserker got more tail than [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] combined.
* ImmuneToBullets: Subverted; he can be ''hurt'' by getting shot, but the adamantium and healing factor make being ''killed'' by getting shot pretty much impossible. From the first issue of his first solo series, after taking several bullets to the torso from an AK-47:
-->The bullets burn like fire. Would've killed anyone else. They just make me mad...which is when things get out of hand. *''cue berserker rage''*
* ImplacableMan: Together with his HealingFactor, [[TheNoseKnows sense of smell]], and sheer determination, nothing short of Galactus is going to stop him from tracking someone... and even then only for a little while.
* InformedAbility: His martial arts prowess has become this in modern continuity. 9 times out of 10 we only see him wildly flailing his claws around, something which requires no skill. Wolverine can't seem to make it out of a fight unscathed and is very dependent on his healing factor. Back when he was first introduced--and could be killed by slitting his throat or stabbing him in the heart--this was less of the case, and he appeared far more competent.
* IronicName: Creator/ChrisClaremont conceived of the name Logan as an ironic reference to Wolverine's height. The name Logan was inspired by Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America. "The idea was the tallest mountain being the name of the shortest character."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Wolverine is a Jerk with an abrasive personality, a serious anti-authoritarian attitude, and nasty personal habits. At the same time he is a devoted friend with a soft spot for teenagers (particularly girls) and women. He will go out of his way to help the people that need him.
* KavorkaMan: He's a really short, hairy guy with cigar breath and weird hair. He's never without some hot woman or another after him. It's also been repeatedly stated or implied that he smells bad and rarely bathes. Easily explained by two words: [[RefugeInAudacity Animal Magnetism.]]
* KickTheDog: Whenever (since he's done it a few times) he tries to kill a teenager, or anyone for that matter, under the excuse that its for the "greater good", tend to come off as this. Especially in ''All New X-Men'' when he decides to take out his anger and hatred of Cyclops and bullies the Past!Cyclops, vocally blames him for [[spoiler:Xavier's recent death]], and publicly humiliates him by threatening to kill him and encouraging someone to give him reason not to and, given how the X-Men still hate him for [[spoiler: killing Xavier]], ''no one'' steps up to stop him, at most looking on disapprovingly (making it a major KTD moment for all the X-Men too), so it continues until Kid!Cyclops tearfully calls him out until finally he's told off by ComicBook/{{Storm}} and ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}.
* TheLancer: Usually takes this role in whatever team he happens to be on at the moment. Attempts to break him out of this into taking the role of TheLeader full-on have been made in the last few years. See both ''Wolverine and the X-Men's'' TV show and comic book for example. Reception isn't stellar, to say the least.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Very much averted; his costumes (and more often than not, his street clothes) are constantly being destroyed. Interestingly, when he was BroughtDownToNormal, he received an armored outfit.
* NameAmnesia: Wolverine's backstory is packed with memory loss and super-secret military conditioning. While he is occasionally called Logan, he was usually certain it wasn't his name. [[spoiler: It isn't; his given name is James Howlett.]]
* NighInvulnerability: He has an extremely effective HealingFactor and a [[MadeofIndestructium virtually indestructible skeleton that is laced with adamantium]]. That said, the healing factor's effectiveness really varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Well, he really came in the '70s, but went on to fit just fine in the '90s, and beyond.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Rogueish Male to Colossus, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, and Nightcrawler's Noble Males.
* TheNoseKnows: His sense of smell is especially enhanced, and gets the most use and mention. He is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if they are well hidden. He can track a target by scent, even if the scent has been greatly eroded by time and weather factors, with an extraordinary degree of success. Wolverine can also use his keen sense of smell to detect lies due to chemical changes within a person's scent. In one issue where he's strongly implied to have slept with Mystique, he knew it was her from the moment she walked up to him just by her smell.
* NotSoDifferent: With Sabretooth. Along with Sabretooth's constant torment of him, this is an important reason of Wolverine's own hatred of him. Sabretooth represents the person that Wolverine used to be, before years and years of working hard to become a better person, and the person he is working hard to not become (again).
* OddFriendship:
** One of his best friends is Puck, a Canadian midget whose power is to throw himself at things.
** He's also best friends with Nightcrawler, who is about as different from Wolverine as Superman is from Lobo, aside from their mutual love of beer. To wit: Early in his tenure with the X-Men, Nightcrawler was just about the only one of his teammates he admitted to actively ''liking'' and any time he was forced to pair off with someone on a mission he almost always requested him.
** His relationship with ComicBook/{{Storm}}, back when it was platonic, has always been this.
** Is slowly becoming this with both [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and ComicBook/TheMightyThor, due to all three's shared long life spans, love of battle and love of drinking. Amusingly, he really wishes it wasn't happening with Herc, who remains blithely convinced that it's inevitable.
** After working together for so long in ComicBook/TheAvengers, Franchise/SpiderMan has become one with him. Peter Parker normally has nothing but contempt for anti-heroes who kill even mooks but he's come to see Logan as often not having a choice. Meanwhile Logan, for all his short-temperedness, is surprisingly tolerant of Peter even when he's in one of his goofier moods. One of the reasons why Logan likes Peter is because [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Peter believes Logan to be a better man than Logan sees himself.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: Wolverine has been shown to be at least conversant in about a dozen languages, including one extraterrestrial and two Native American.
* OneManArmy: He's always been this, but it was most pronounced in the 1990's cartoon and ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen''.
* OriginalMan: Wolverine is revealed to be one of the last living specimens in both ''Comicbook/{{Marville}}'' and ''Comicbook/EarthX''. Comic books are weird.
* PapaWolf: Regarding Jubilee and Kitty Pride, most notably, but young girls in general bring this out in him...''God help you'' if you do anything to harm them. It's been suggested this is one of the reasons why Logan makes no effort to conceal his identity as Wolverine. Most heroes, like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] have close family they need to protect, so concealing their identity is necessary. Others, like [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]] have no need, because their loved ones are just as powerful. In Logan's case? Given his typical stance on killing, it's just [[BerserkButton not good]] [[CurbStompBattle for your health]] [[FateWorseThanDeath to try and harm]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch his loved ones]], so in his case, people knowing he's Wolverine ''is'' the best protection he can provide.
* ParentalSubstitute: Has been a caring father figure to Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Armor, and other young X-Men. Ironically, he was a DisappearedDad to every single one of his actual children.
* PaperThinDisguise: His "Patch" alter ego; his disguise was basically just an eyepatch over one eye. In the '80s, [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] called him out on how blatant the Patch disguise was, and that no-one wanted to be the first to point it out lest they get stabbed in the face.
* PermaStubble
* PetTheDog: Logan gets this from Lady Deathstrike in one issue during the "no adamantium" arc, when she learns the metal's gone.
-->[''Logan retracts his claws, letting Deathstrike see him bleed from the holes in his hands'']\\
'''Deathstrike:''' You're...still bleeding. But your healing factor--\\
'''Logan:''' It's pretty much used up. As good as gone.\\
[''Deathstrike hesitantly brushes Logan's forehead with one finger'']\\
'''Logan:''' [''internal''] For the first time in years, she reaches out to touch me... and the touch is gentle.
* ThePigPen: He rarely bathes and he smells bad.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Logan's 5'3". This contrasts him more with his enemy Sabretooth who is 6"6".
* PlatonicLifePartners: With ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}. Formerly with ComicBook/{{Storm}} as well, before their RelationshipUpgrade in 2013.
* PopularityPower: Uh, well, [[ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC he beat Lobo]]. LOBO. THE GUY WHO FIGHTS ON EVEN FOOTING WITH SUPERMAN. The IRL reason he lost is because the winners were determined by readers' votes, and Wolverine got more.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: He's got a body count to rival that of ComicBook/ThePunisher, yet unlike Frank is very rarely depicted as a villain.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Subverted. Whilst he is indeed very manly by traditional definitions, and a killer, Logan himself has significant ethical reservations about killing ''per se'' and he strongly condemns the killing of innocents. Indeed, his CatchPhrase of "I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't very nice" was originally meant to express his own self-doubt about the morality of his actions. In short, Logan ''rejects'' the trope even if he technically fulfills its requirements.
* Really700YearsOld: Wolverine's healing factor ''drastically'' slows his aging. He was born in the late 1800s.
* RebelliousSpirit: In most continuities he's clearly an anti-authoritarian loner. Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' owing to Logan and Scott's exchange of roles. Averted in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', where Logan's a DrillSergeantNasty combat instructor. Even in the mainstream canon these days, he's now school headmaster.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Early on, the writers (correctly) realized that storing metal blades under your skin and having a metal-plated skeleton would require superhuman healing powers to prevent a slow, painful death from infection and/or blood poisoning... which is the only reason Wolvie got his HealingFactor in the first place. As explained in his backstory, Weapon X's scientists decided to line Logan's skeleton with adamantium because they knew that, with his healing factor, he was one of the few people on Earth that could actually survive the process and put the add-ons to practical use.
* RetCon: Wolverine's claws were originally bionic implants... until Magneto pulled the adamantium off his skeleton, revealing that he had been born with bone claws that were infused with adamantium like the rest of his skeleton. This led to part of the ArtShift above regarding the claws' appearance. The original ''Weapon X'' storyline hinted at this, noting during the adamantium lacing procedure that an unusual amount of the metal was being drawn into his hands and wrists.
* RetractableWeapon: His claws popping in and out of his hands.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his biological father for killing the man who he thought was his father. It was his first kill and happened right after his claws appeared for the first time.
* SlapSlapKiss: With any and all of his love interests. The sheer amount of BelligerentSexualTension makes you wonder how he actually feels about Cyclops, Northstar and Gambit.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite having the appearance and demeanor of a thuggish biker, he's fluent in multiple languages, mastered several fighting styles, trained many heroes, and is an proficient in many weapons besides his claws due to having been a soldier, mercenary, samurai, and best of all, hero. [[TheAce He's truly the best there is.]]
* SociopathicHero: Averted, but more implied in his post-Claremont 1990s->early 2000s appearances than today. The last few years he has turned much more sympathetic since joining the Avengers and caring for the well-being of his students.
* SoldierVsWarrior:
** He had this relationship with ComicBook/{{Cable}} back in the nineties, with Cable being the Soldier and him being the Warrior.
** Also with Cyclops, who amusingly enough is Cable's dad. Must be InTheBlood.
* SourSupporter: Of both Cyclops and Professor X.
* SpiderSense: Not of the active variety but James SuperSenses and the fact that he is in constant life or death situations against all manner of danger means that he's instantly aware when things aren't right based on what his senses are telling him passively. Often it's his sense of smell to direct him to danger first and his habit of sniffing the air before something dangerous happens is something of a trademark for him. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Spider-Man.]]
-->'''Spider-Man:''' (after seeing Logan suddenly sniff the air) Oh no. I know that sniff. I fear that sniff. That sniff is the less attractive cousin to my spider-sense.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Wolverine has become a signature example of the trope. This is part of the reason the trope WolverinePublicity is named after him, since he's given a spotlight even when he's barely there.
* StubbornHair: His... ''unique'' hairstyle may be the fault of his healing factor. "Marauders"#1 reveals that Logan uses "Dapper Dude" pomade on his hair, as it is on his shopping list for Kitty Pryde.
* SuperDrowningSkills: A LogicalWeakness of his metallic bones is that he's too dense to float (despite which he's been shown floating on numerous occasions, and is frequently depicted as being a strong swimmer). Drowning is said to be one of the few things that could kill him.
* SuperSenses: A side effect of the healing factor is that all of Logan's senses are superhumanly keen, although his sense of smell gets emphasized more than the others (See TheNoseKnows). He can see at far greater distances, with perfect clarity, than an ordinary human and retains this same level of clarity even in near total darkness. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to detect sounds ordinary humans couldn't hear at a greater distances, enough to hear a teardrop in another room that have thick walls with enough focus.
* SuperStrength: Not touched on directly and more subtly alluded to but some of the things James does physically should not be possible for a normal well trained man. His adamantium skeleton means that he doesn't have to worry about structural failure when he tries to lift things (his bones won't break from too much weight), His healing ability means that muscle tearing heals almost as fast as it's inflicted (the human body only uses 60-70% of it's full power to prevent it from destroying itself but James can ignore this and the fast regeneration mean he can recover from training instantly and stay on peak physical condition with ease), and something many don't know but people can't sustain adrenaline naturally for very long as it harms them so after using the fight or flight response it goes away quickly and the body needs time to recover but James continuously recovers so he can stay in an elevated fight or flight adrenaline state for extended periods of time.
* TameHisAnger: He tries to do this a lot, but it doesn't last. Notable examples include ''Origins'' where Wolverine and Rose work at a mine in British Colombia and Wolverine finds peace and tranquility. That peace is interrupted when Dog kills Rose. Wolverine later meets a Native American woman called Silver Fox and they fall in love. Sabretooth, jealous of the peace Wolverine found, kills Silver Fox.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Subverted; his views are [[PragmaticHero more along the lines of "Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Kill"]]. Wolverine is against using lethal force in a situation where it's not necessary, but has no problem doing so [[IDidWhatIHadToDo if he has to]]. He tends to be a bit more loose with this rule in the comics than in the cartoons and movies.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Pretty much all his relationships involve this trope because he's so short.
* [[TokenEvilTeammate Token Anti-Heroic Teammate]]: On the more traditionally-heroic Avengers, he serves this role.
* ToThePain: He's more than capable of this if he feels someone is deserving of it. A prominent example is his treatment of the crimelord Matsu'o Tsurayaba, who dishonorably poisoned his rival and Wolverine's lover Mariko. As punishment, Wolverine lifted a page out of ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}'s playbook, visiting Matsu'o once a year and cutting off a piece of him. He kept this up for ''several years'', leaving Matsu'o a [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/8/8e/Matsu%27o_Tsurayaba_%28Earth-616%29_003.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100116024535 horrifically scarred]] and psychologically broken shell of a man. Even after this, Wolverine was outraged when Psylocke wanted to give him a MercyKill, and fought her over his fate, a grim testimony to how vindictive he can be.
* TranquilFury: Despite his usual way of expressing his anger, he will enter this when someone pisses him off so much he regains control, and God help you if you are the one to make him enter this state.
* TrulySingleParent: His daughter X-23 was cloned from him without his permission.
* {{Ubermensch}}: He lives by his own morals and does not care what others think about his morality... which [[WhatTheHellHero has no restraints against killing in certain situations]]. Thus he fits the trope's requirements of rigidly sticking to a morality that many others often consider at least debatable. See the quote under AntiHero above. On the other hand, he is ''loaded'' with self-doubt and plagued by intense guilt about his past, and if he wasn't effectively {{immortal|ity}} he might be suicidal. He sticks rigidly to his morality not because he believes it is the best or most ethical, but because it's an anchor to his humanity, knowing that there are still lines he hasn't crossed yet and that he has some traces of goodness in him. He ''agrees'' with the people who question his morality; he follows it anyway because it's a compromise between [[BloodKnight the man he is]] and [[MartialPacifist the man he wants to be.]]
* UnbreakableBones: The iconic comic book example with his metal-laced skeleton.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Wolverine's gone through several costume changes, although most of them have been based on the costume in the page pic or his iconic brown/tan costume from the '80s and '90s.
* UnskilledButStrong: Although he's an expert martial artist, he doesn't strategize and his attacks are more focused on rage than anything else, while also using his healing factor as an advantage, obviously.
* UnstoppableRage: Whenever he goes into Berserker mode... which tends to happen a lot.
* TheVietnamVet: Wolverine served in Vietnam, during which he was responsible for torturing Nuke and also brainwashed him into becoming a ManchurianAgent.
* VillainProtagonist: In the flashbacks of ''Wolverine Origins''.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Whenever he's with Gambit.
** Does this a bit with Spidey too.
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} thinks of himself as this by way of being listed (even on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]]) in Logan's RoguesGallery.
** He used to be like that with Cyclops too, but then Schism and AVX happened and now Wolverine HATES him.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Whenever he's not in costume (and sometimes when he is!), his clothes will be removed or destroyed in some fashion, nine times out of ten.
* WallCrawl: By poking his claws into surfaces and climbing.
* WhatTheHellHero: After Wolverine nearly fatally stabs Rachel "Phoenix" Summers in "X-Men" #207, to prevent her from murdering the psychic vampire Selene, Kitty very justifiably chews him out big time, not only for valuing the life of a ruthless enemy over a teammate, on top of playing judge, jury and executioner when it comes to supposedly preserving the X-Men's "conscience", but the sheer ridiculous, hypocrisy of a born killer like Wolverine ''trying to kill a teammate to keep them from killing''.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He has a fear of water, as it's ''very'' difficult for him to stay afloat due to his adamantium, and drowning can kill him.
* WolverineClaws: The {{Trope Namer|s}}. A lot of people forget that an early plan for Wolverine was that his gloves contained the claws. The writers eventually decided that then, anyone could be Wolverine by putting on the gloves, and made it so that they were inside his body.
* WorldsBestWarrior: He's one of the greatest fighters in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Wolverine isn't the best soldier (that would be ComicBook/CaptainAmerica), he's not the best fighter (that's split between ComicBook/IronFist and ComicBook/ShangChi), he's not the WorldsStrongestMan (that's usually the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk) and he's not a PersonOfMassDestruction or PhysicalGod. However, he is [[JackOfAllTrades good enough to put up a fight against all of that]] to be the world's most dangerous man.
* WouldHitAGirl: Logan generally detests violence against women, but that goes out the window when it comes to the women in his RoguesGallery and other similarly lethal female opponents. Lady Deathstrike, the Viper, Lady Mastermind, ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, and even ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'' can attest to that.
* WouldHurtAChild: Logan almost did this to [[ComicBook/{{Wiccan}} Billy Kaplan]] in ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''. Thankfully, ComicBook/{{Magneto}} stopped him.
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! Allies

[[folder: Mariko Yashida]]
!!Mariko Yashida / Scarlet Samurai
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Uncanny X-Men'' #118

--> ''"Logan... my Love... Even if you live forever, you will never learn how to lie.'"''
\\\
Mariko is one of Wolverine's most prominent lovers, a Japanese heiress with connections to both Japanese nobility and the {{Yakuza}}. She was born to the prominent Yashida Clan. She is a half-sister to the original Silver Samurai/Keniuchio Harada and a cousin to Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida and Sunpyre/Leyu Yoshida. She and Wolverine dated from 1979 to 1982. Then the events of ''Wolverine'' #1-4 (September-December, 1982) took place. Her father and Clan leader Shingen Harada returned after a lengthy absence. He forced to terminate her relationship with Wolvie and to marry his chosen heir Noburu-Hideki. Wolverine went to Japan to investigate what happened and Shingen targeted him for termination. Shingen ended up killed by Wolverine, and Noburu killed by Yukio.

The events made Mariko the new Clan leader and conveniently a widow. She became engaged to Wolverine and they scheduled their marriage. Events were complicated by the return of her half brother the Silver Samurai who wanted to become Clan leader in her place. He and his lover Viper, targeted Mariko for assassination in ''Comicbook/UncannyXMen'' #172-173 (August-October, 1983). Most of the X-Men almost died in the events of these issues. Wolverine did manage to save the day. But the marriage was cancelled. While everyone was busy with the duo of assassins, Mastermind got to Mariko and managed to corrupt her mind. Under his influence, Mariko declared Wolvie unworthy for her hand and dismissed him. Several issues later she regained her senses, but now felt unworthy of him.

Mariko and Wolverine continued seeing each other over the years. She even served as a surrogate mother for his adoptive daughter Amiko (Kobayashi). Then came the events of ''Wolverine'' vol. 2 #55-57 (June-July, 1992). She got into a gang war with Matsu'o Tsurayaba. She ended up poisoned and dying in pain. She asked Wolvie to MercyKill her to end the pain. He did so, a memory that has continued to haunt him over the years. He swore bloody revenge on Matsu'o. Once a year, Wolvie visits his old foe and mutilates him. Leading to Matsu'o looking barely human.

Mariko remained dead for 25 years and turned up often in flashbacks, dreams, and hallucinations with her soul turned up trapped in a version of {{Hell}}. She was eventually resurrected by the Hand to serve as an enforcer, the Scarlet Samurai, but the aid of Old Man Logan set her free and she departed to live her own life.
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* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: The Earth-616 Mariko is a common human. The Earth-2109 is Sunfire, a mutant, member of the Comicbook/XMen, and a prominent member of the Comicbook/{{Exiles}}.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In ''Old Man Logan'' #32, it is revealed that she has been resurrected by the Hand and has become the Scarlet Samurai]].
* BeastAndBeauty: According to Creator/ChrisClaremont he pictured Wolverine and Mariko fitting this trope. Him being an unattractive man with violent, animalistic urges. She being a beautiful, calm woman which [[MoralityPet brings out the best in him]].
* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler: To the Silver Samurai after being resurrected]].
* {{Expy}}: According to her co-creator Creator/JohnByrne, she was based on Mariko Toda from the novel ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' (1975). "I had just read ''Shogun'', which Chris had not read at that point. I just absolutely wanted to steal that character, just shamelessly steal the character. And as you probably know, she was created to die."
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Following her resurrection from the Hand, she briefly served them as the Scarlet Samurai. She broke free from it and went back to being a good guy]].
* Fiction500: She was one of the wealthiest people in Japan, with her own companies, a private army, and strongholds in the port city of Agarashima and the Meguro ward of UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
* KimonoFanservice: The Kimono-clad Japanese beauty had plenty of poses underlining her desirability, properness, and relative innocence.
* KimonoIsTraditional: She spends many of her appearances dressed in a traditional-looking kimono. Indicating her belief in the GoodOldWays.
* TheLostLenore: She is the love interest of the protagonist (Wolverine), dies relatively early in his career, and her death still has consequences on the way Wolvie interacts with her killer Matsu'o Tsurayaba and subsequent love interests.
* MayDecemberRomance: Bordering on MayflyDecemberRomance. Wolverine was born in the 19th century and is much older than Mariko. She died a lot sooner than him.
* MercyKill: Kill by Wolverine as an act of mercy, ending her suffering. She was dying anyway from poison and was in a lot of pain.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Her relationship with Wolverine fits this trope. He is the powerful white warrior, she is the "delicate flower" (as Creator/JohnByrne described her) of Japan. He ends up saving her a lot.
* MoralityPet: Even after her death, Mariko continues to serve as this to Logan; [[spoiler:he once rejected a chance to bring her back to life because it would have required him to spare another evil individual, Logan stating that he loved Mariko because she was a better person than him in every way and she would never have accepted being brought back to life under such circumstances]].
* {{Ojou}}: A wealthy, high-class Japanese woman who died young.
* OppositesAttract: She and Wolverine are opposites in looks (unattractive man, beautiful woman), style (he wears casual clothes, she wears stylish looking ensembles), temperament (HairTriggerTemper versus master of self-control), and social status (wandering vagabond, wealthy property owner). They have the hots for each other. (Notably, when one LotusEaterMachine situation tried to tempt Logan with a vision of Mariko who dropped the ProperLady thing to be a "wild woman for [her] wild man", he ''hated'' it, and it strongly contributed him to breaking free.)
* ParentalSubstitute: She was the surrogate mother to Amiko (Kobayashi), whose real mother died back in 1984.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: After being resurrected, she has shown to be more powerful as the Scarlet Samurai]].
* {{Yakuza}}: Her Clan is part of the Yakuza and she served as a competent and reluctant leader to a crime family.
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[[folder: Maverick/Agent Zero]]
!!Christopher Nord
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!!!'''Nationality:''' German
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''X-Men'' Vol 2 #5 (February, 1992)

An ally of Logan and former member of Team X. Christopher Nord was attacked by his former teammate Sabretooth and he was so badly injured he had to make a deal with Malcolm Colcord of Weapon Plus to save his life. He became Agent Zero who would handle tougher missions that the Weapon X strike team couldn't handle. He was later de-powered on M-Day and has seldom been seen since.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without his mutant powers, Zero is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, a precision marksman, and an expert in covert operations and demolitions.
* CoolMask: The Maverick costume included a mask that covered the upper half of his face.
* LegacyCharacter: After he abandoned the Maverick identity to become Agent Zero, he was succeeded by Christopher Bradley until his own death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Remus]]
!!Remus
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #310

--> ''"My name is Remus. As in 'Romulus and.'"''
\\\
One of the Lupines, a humanoid race of mutants with similar abilities as Logan, Remus is the twin sister of their leader, the villainous Romulus. She aids Wolverine against her twin and his army of Sabretooth clones, asking that in return, Logan kill Romulus.
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* ActionGirl: She's introduced stabbing her brother from behind with a sword, and later massacres an army of Sabretooth clones.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Romulus' Cain.
* GoodCounterpart: To her brother, possessing the identical powers, but hoping to bring him down.
* HealingFactor: One that has kept her alive for tens of thousands of years.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Another of the red headed women Logan has been attracted to.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields one for some reason.
* LeotardOfPower: Wears a golden one.
* RapunzelHair: Her red hair is incredibly long. It's actually comparable to ComicBook/{{Medusa|MarvelComics}}'s.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like Romulus, Remus' age can be measured in eons. She remembers the Neolithic Period.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Wolverine, fitting for a redhead.
* WolverineClaws: One in each wrist.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: X-23/Wolverine II]]
!!Laura Kinney / ComicBook/{{X 23}} / Wolverine II
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''NYX'' Vol. 1, #3

--> ''"The Facility created me to be a weapon. Killing was all I knew. I didn't know how to say 'no.'"''
\\\
A trained assassin, X-23, or Laura Kinney, was created by the Weapon X offshoot known as the Facility, or HYDRA, depending on universe, using a damaged sample of Wolverine's DNA. The damage was greatest on the Y chromosome apparently so Dr. Deborah Risman in the series and the similar Dr. Sarah Kinney in the comics eventually had the brilliant idea to create [[OppositeSexClone a female copy instead]]. At last the 23rd attempt to clone Weapon X was successful, thus X-23. However, Sarah Kinney states X-23 is technically a genetic twin rather than a true clone, making her Logan's sister. [[note]]Which is what a true clone actually is in RealLife, but not in comic books- as far as the comic is concerned the main difference is that she doesn't have Logan's 'GeneticMemory'.[[/note]] He later introduces her to her classmates at Xavier's this way, although they share more of a father-daughter relationship.

She grew up being trained to be an Assassin, so that the Facility could sell her talents to the highest bidder. She grew up being emotionally and physically abused, in order to remove such weaknesses as emotion and self worth. However, Dr. Sarah Kinney, the one scientist who treated her like a child, tried to free her, but X-23 had been conditioned with a special 'Trigger Scent' that would forcefully throw her into a BerserkerRage, and X-23 uncontrollably killed the good scientist. In her dying words, Dr. Kinney named her Laura, as she had yet to be given a name.

After tracking down Logan, she was invited to join the X-Men, after a few years on the run, and formed close relationships with some of the X-Men. However, it was retconned so that she only pretended to bond to them, and just saw them as interchangeable people, with only Logan being the one she would treat like a friend, and father. That changed after ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where she was placed with some other students and eventually grew close to fellow students Cessily 'Mercury' Kincaid, who had also been through a lot, Julian 'Hellion' Keller, who wound up as her crush, and Sooraya 'Dust' Qadir, who she gains a mutual respect for. Logan later legally adopts her as a daughter to provide her with some manner of family. Their relationship is at times strained, but Logan nonetheless cares deeply for her well-being and path to recovery.

Following Logan's death, Laura has [[LegacyCharacter taken on the Wolverine name herself]] in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Yukio]]
!!Yukio
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 1, #1

--> ''"Death is the prize that awaits us all. Since it's inevitable, why worry about it?"''
\\\
A ronin and free spirited thief-for-hire who has assisted Wolverine on numerous occasions, Yukio sees each day as an adventure, and delights in risking her life. No matter what life throws her way, Yukio enjoys it, an attitude that baffles Wolverine.
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* ActionGirl: Ninja variety.
* BoyishShortHair: She usually appears with boyish cuts, although she's been seen with pigtails too.
* FragileSpeedster: Yukio is fast, agile, and well-trained, but lacks the durability and raw strength of a Wolverine or Silver Samurai.
* FriendsWithBenefits: It's been mentioned by Storm that Wolverine engages in frequent casual sex with her whenever he happens to be in Japan to the point where refusing due to his relationship with Melita Garner caused her some degree of irritation.
* MeaningfulRename: According to Wolverine, she changed her name from "Yukiko" so people wouldn't assume she was female.
* {{Ninja}}: Hits all the stereotypes.
* OddFriendship: With both Wolverine and Storm.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Wolverine's foster daughter, Amiko.
* {{Ronin}}: Considers herself to be one.
* SpyCatsuit: Usually wears one instead of a ninja outfit.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Melita Garner]]
!!Melita Garner
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine: Weapon X'' Vol 1 1
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A pugnacious and stubborn investigative reporter for the San Francisco Post that became Wolverine's latest and last love interest.
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* ActionGirl: Took up marksmanship practice with weapons given by Wolverine and basic martial arts to defend herself from threats instigated by Wolverine's enemies.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Admitted she had a relationship with a Navy serviceman who had his share of crazy experiences and became heavily involved with Wolverine despite him being heavily dangerous.
* FearlessFool: She has no problems with the dangerous and lethally finite station that is being Wolverine's girlfriend and blatantly writes off dangers with sarcasm. She even physically threatened Kid Omega when he badmouthed Wolverine after his most recent death despite Kid Omega being an Omega-Class Mutant that could flatten her on a whim.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: She admitted she once tried to commit suicide and failed, and vowed to "never look back".
* IntrepidReporter: Once something interests her in terms of news, she will not stop until she gets the whole story about the topic. It's how she formed her relationship with Wolverine.
* RescueRomance She became enamored with Wolverine after he saved her from a mugging by two thugs on a subway.
* TwoferTokenMinority: She's a biracial African-Mexican American.
[[/folder]]

! Villains

[[folder: Albert and Elsie-Dee]]
!!Albert and Elsie-Dee
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!!!'''Species:''' Android
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #37 (1991)
\\\
A pair of anti-Wolverine robots created by Donald Pierce, Albert and Elsie-Dee are an EvilKnockoff and {{Tykebomb}} respectively. Despite being created to kill Wolverine even (and in Elsie-Dee's case, expressly) in the event of their own personal destructions, they both GrewBeyondTheirProgramming and have been WalkingTheEarth ever since.\\
Albert appears as a {{Boss}} in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage''. Elsie-Dee is also used as a gameplay mechanic throughout the game, giving Wolverine a timer to complete missions before [[StalkedByTheBell she catches up to him]] and [[LaserGuidedTykebomb does]] [[ActionBomb her]] [[GameOver thing]].
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* AIIsACrapshoot: They were created to kill Wolverine, but eventually rejected their mission and made peace with the Canucklehead. In Elsie-Dee's specific case, Pierce intended to stunt her sense of self-preservation by halting her logical development at the level of a 5-year old, but botched it and granted her full logical capacity.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The reason why Elsie-Dee exists. Creator Donald Pierce knows Wolverine subscribes to this, and so created Dee as a type of laser-guided FlawExploitation.
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: They were eventually adopted into Marvel's version of the Canadian Siksika Tribe.
* ArtificialIntelligence: As mentioned above, Elsie-Dee was mistakenly given full artificial intelligence by Donald Pierce. Albert was initially your generic one-track mind KillerRobot, but in a bid to preserve her own existence Elsie-Dee upgraded him with full intelligence too.
* BabyTalk: Elsie-Dee's speech is an excruciating case.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Albert and Elsie-Dee star their own miniseries ''[=iWolverine=]'' for the ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event'' storyline.
* DetachmentCombat: Elsie-Dee's extremities are apparently EasilyDetachableRobotParts. She once took off her ''[[LosingYourHead own head]]'' and threw it at ComicBook/{{Cable}} as a weapon.
* EvilKnockoff: Albert is a knockoff Wolverine to the core.
* FrameUp: To attract Wolverine's attention and put heat on him, the duo set off on a robbery spree, forcing him to ClearMyName.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Both of them.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Albert's the Huge Guy (well, huge relative to his companion), Elsie-Dee's the Tiny Girl.
* KillerRobot: What they both started out as.
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Elsie-Dee is compelled by her programming to home in on Wolverine and self-detonate.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Surprisingly enough, Albert is ''not'' named for the Alberta province of Canada, but was instead given his name by Elsie-Dee in honor of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein (who he was comparable in intelligence to after being upgraded by his partner).
* PunnyName: Elsie-Dee's name is a play on LCD, as in LCD electronic display. Har har.
* Really700YearsOld: Being robots, they will both live to this age (and well beyond). An issue set 300 years in the future featured Albert and Elsie-Dee "teaming up" with the similarly long-lived Wolverine rogue Bloodscream (not realizing that Bloodscream was still an enemy of Wolverine).
* WalkingTheEarth: What they've been doing since making peace with Wolverine.
* WhyAmITicking: Elsie-Dee doesn't literally tick (in the comics, anyway) but she is a literal tykebomb. Every part of her body that is not her frame, motor, battery, or hardware is plastic explosives.
* WolverinePublicity: Despite being very minor characters in the grand scheme of things, these two got a ton of publicity during the 90's (as did every character even remotely connected to Wolverine).
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Birdy]]
!!Birdy
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''X-Men'' Vol. 2, #6 (1992)

--> ''"Yes, boss!"''
\\\
A mutant mercenary who had the bad luck to be sent after ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, Birdy was captured and ReforgedIntoAMinion, appearing in the present day as Sabretooth's PerkyFemaleMinion of choice. Despite appearing in no more than half a dozen issues in total, cameo appearances in ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' elevated Birdy's recognizability considerably. Despite this, she has not been resurrected to date.
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* BodyguardingABadass: Put to work as Sabretooth's bodyguard, though her ''real'' value to Creed was that she was...
* TheEmpath: A subtle but very effective example as Birdy was able to enter the minds of others and temporarily relieve them of the pain of past traumas, a procedure Sabretooth called "the glow" for the euphoric sensation he would feel afterward. This led, at least in the comics, into a DescentIntoAddiction for Sabretooth, as he became more and more reliant on Birdy's powers to maintain his fragile stability. When she died, he was so devastated that he surrendered himself into the custody of the X-Men, purely out of the hope that one of their telepaths would be able to replicate the glow for him.
* FightsLikeANormal: Despite being able to pull off some combat-oriented tricks with her PsychicPowers, Birdy fought more like one of these, carrying a {{BFG}} into battle and favoring MoreDakka.
* IndenturedServitude: Forced into this by Sabretooth after she was sent after him by a Hong Kong Triad boss and captured. Despite being paid well, working for an AxCrazy BloodKnight was more trouble than it was worth and Birdy spent much of her short panel-time trying to find a way out of her service to Sabes.
* KilledOffForReal: By a spiteful Graydon Creed.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Not nearly as evil as her boss, and in truth she didn't even really want to work for him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: To date Birdy is known only by, well... Birdy. Whether that's a codename, a nickname, or her actual name has never been revealed.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Appeared at first to be this, though the comics quickly revealed that it was just a front. Her adaptational appearances play it straight, though, turning her into a kind of Harley Quinn to Sabretooth's Joker.
* PsychicPowers: Largely in her capacity as TheEmpath, though Birdy also had {{Telepathy}} and a limited degree of {{Biomanipulation}}.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: An InvokedTrope, as Graydon Creed realized that killing Birdy was the most effective (and probably only) way he could hurt his hated father.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She appeared in exactly six issues and was killed off in less than a year. Over twenty years later, she has not once been revived.
* WolverinePublicity: A low-key case of this, but Birdy's cameo appearances in the VideoGame/CapcomVs line made her instantly recognizable to even casual fans as "Sabretooth's PerkyFemaleMinion".
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bloodscream]]
!!Bloodscream
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!!!'''Nationality:''' British
!!!'''Species:''' Human pseudo-vampire
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #4

-> ''"Now has come an ending, Master Patch. An ending to all your days."''
\\\
Once a ship's surgeon who sailed with Sir Francis Drake, Bloodscream was cursed with immortality and a thirst for blood when, after he was fatally wounded, Drake forced a native healer to raise him from the dead. Trapped as a vampiric monster, and desiring an end to his condition, Bloodscream began seeking out another immortal to prey upon, believing that only the blood of a being such as himself could free him from the curse. After meeting Logan during the 1940s and again in the present day, he comes to believe that Logan is an immortal, and is intent on taking his blood, believing it will finally bring him peace.\\
Bloodscream appears as a {{Boss}} in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage''.
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* BodyHorror: The image pictured above is not Bloodscream's only one. If he does not feed, he starts to disfigure.
* DeathSeeker: He seeks an end to his immortal life, but nothing so far has managed to kill him in any way that stuck.
* HorrorHunger: To the point where he starts to deform if he has not fed.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Never stays dead.
* LeanAndMean: Skeletally so.
* LudicrousGibs: During one battle ComicBook/AntMan kills him by allowing himself to be swallowed and then returning to full size.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Particularly in his transformed state.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: A clear product of the DarkAgeOfSupernames.
* NoManOfWomanBorn: He is specifically mentioned as being invulnerable to any weapon forged by mortal hands. Naturally, anyone and everyone who encounters him has some handy weapon to get around this, from demon-forged katanas to a blade in ComicBook/IronMan's armor that was made by a Stark Industries drone.
* OneWingedAngel: When Bloodscream is hungry or hurt he becomes a monster. This [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/1/10069/558841-bloodscream_00.jpg image]] pretty much says it all.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Technically speaking he's not a vampire at all, though one could be forgiven for the mistake.
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 400 Years Old]]: He was born in the 16th century and became immortal in 1580, putting him at somewhere just upwards of 400 years old in the present day.
* SinisterShades: To cover his inhuman eyes.
* ThoseWackyNazis: He fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a Wehrmacht soldier.
* TheUndead: He is specifically mentioned as not being a true vampire, but rather a powerful undead creature.
* VampiricDraining: His main form of attack.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White haired and about as evil as they come.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He certainly doesn't.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Citadel]]
!!Citadel / Weapon Y
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutate
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine: First Class'' #5 (2008)
\\\
Citadel was a soldier that was grafted adamantium skin from the Canadian Government and dubbed Weapon Y. Citadel and his men would hold the Governor General of Canada captive and come into conflict with Wolverine, Snowbird, Aurora and Shaman.
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* AntiVillain: In his first appearance, he just wanted justice for what was done to him and his squad against their wills. Later appearances saw him degenerate into a more typical villain.
* AttackItsWeakpoint: Like Cyber below, there's only one part of his body that can be attacked, but unlike Cyber his HealingFactor is at Wolverine levels so even if he's blinded he'll just quickly regenerate.
* TheBigGuy: He's 6'7" and 500 lbs of mostly adamantium.
* ComicBookDeath: Supposedly died of adamantium poisoning, only to show up again none the worse for wear.
* NighInvulnerability: He's basically just a better Cyber, being physically fortified with adamantium just like him except that it's been crafted to his ''[[BodyHorror entire body]]'', leaving only his eyes untouched.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, as a Weapon Y appeared before him, but that Weapon Y was a one-shot joke character that only existed for Fabian Nicieza to make fun of Creator/RobLiefeld.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only known as Citadel or Weapon Y. He had a real name, but was tasered into submission before he could tell it to Logan.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Retconned in as the last villain Wolverine faced before he was recruited to the X-Men.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's been in less than ten issues, but seeing what happened to Citadel was what convinced Wolverine to abandon Department H and join the X-Men.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: He's basically Cyber +1.
* SuperStrength: Wolverine gauges his strength at ComicBook/{{Colossus}} level, so he's on the upper end of the badguy strongman scale.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was last seen in the fourth (and last currently, as of 2020) volume of ComicBook/AlphaFlight, working for a [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Rangers]] team put together by Department K.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Contagion]]
!!Winsor / Contagion
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Latverian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutate
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine: The Best There Is'' Vol. 1, #1

-> ''"I am not interested in conflicted antagonists. Nor, for that matter, is anyone else. People want a bad guy they can hate unequivocally. Someone whose brutal demise they can cheer without remorse. Life, sadly, rarely treats them to such a luxury. And here are all these actors, trying to muddy things with moral complexity. #### that, I say. And I'll not have it. I am not the hero in my own story. I am the bad guy. I have no end in mind that justifies my means. There are no skeletons in my closet, no abusive childhood or inciting misery that might expiate my vile behavior. Nor am I insane. I know the difference between good and evil. And I am fully capable of empathizing with the pain, emotional or physical, of others. No sociopath, I. Rather, I simply prefer bad over good. Wrong over right. Sick over healthy. Untrue over true."''
\\\
The result of a Latverian eugenics program, Mr. Winsor, alias Contagion, has a body containing every disease known to man at the time of his creation. Gathering a group of immortals to himself, Winsor repeatedly infects them with his diseases, alternately using them as test subjects and enforcers. With a goal of eventually exterminating all life in the universe, Contagion is as bad as even Wolverine's adversaries can get.
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* AbusiveDad: Had one in the form of ComicBook/DoctorDoom and was one to his son Flip.
* BigBad: Of ''The Best There Is'' miniseries.
* CardCarryingVillain: See [[CardCarryingVillain/ComicBooks the Comic Books page]]. Contagion knows what he is and just does not care.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played for laughs. Contagion wanted to wipe out everything with the perfect plague, but even he wouldn't stoop to serving his guests [[spoiler:''Cristal'']].
--> '''Contagion:''' Standards must be maintained.
* MasterOfYourDomain: His first step in developing control of his powers was meditating to the point he can contain or release his infectiousness. It's signified by him having an open third eye in some shots. Once he bypassed the mental block preventing him from infecting himself, he could tailor make beneficial viruses that allowed him to freely modify his physiology for superpowers.
* MindVirus: He can make his thoughts contagious to stave off telepathic intrusion.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Played straight but his EvilPlan entails subverting this so he can infect literally anything and everything.
* OmnicidalManiac: His ultimate goal was the creation of a virus that would cause the complete CessationOfExistence of everything, even the afterlife.
* {{Plaguemaster}}: See that part about his body containing every disease known to man? Not an exaggeration. He can even construct new ones he conceives of within himself tailor made to incapacitate if not eventually kill specific targets.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Wears a mostly white suit and he's an unrepentant omnicidal.
* WalkingWasteland: Before he had control of his infectiousness he had to be quarantined. Even afterwards, harming him isn't a viable option, as any injury will release every virus within him, depopulating the area if not the world.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cookie Malone]]
!!Cookie Malone
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Origin'' Vol. 1, #4
-> ''"Come on, boy! You want to give your old pal Cookie a shot? Let's see it then!."''
\\\
A cook at the mining camp at Alberta, Canada, where Logan spent much of his formative years. He is a thug and thief who takes particular pleasure in tormenting young Logan.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone at the camp hated him long before James came along, and it only got worse from there. Likely the only reason he wasn't kicked out long before was because of his position.
* BaitTheDog: During his first few encounters with Logan he pretends to treat him nicely at first only to turn around and find some way to abuse him. After that he drops any pretense of pretending to be nice.
* BigBadWannabe: He's clearly an antagonistic character and does provide some legitimate trouble in ''Origin'', but the true antagonist of the story is Dog.
* TheBully: He's the trope in its purest form, a big, dull-witted brute whose only joy in life is in pushing around people smaller than himself.
* BullyBrutality: During one of the early times he abused Logan, he seriously came close to drowning him.
* BullyingADragon: Even after James starts developing from scrawny wimp into someone closer to the Wolverine everyone's familiar with, Cookie still tries to push him around. [[CurbStompBattle It goes as well as you can expect]].
* DirtyCoward: A classic bully, as soon as he loses the advantage, he swiftly rolls over and shows throat.
* FatBastard: Heavily overweight, thanks in part to the implication that he's stealing camp rations for himself, and is a scumbag of the highest order. Among other things, he regularly loots from other people at the camp, including graverobbing from the deceased, and sabotaging the mining crew's work leading to several deaths all to spite Logan.
* GraveRobbing: As noted directly above, he was engaging in this when no one was looking. He even threw the diary of Wolverine's childhood friend Rose O'Hara into a fire after her death, just to spite him.
* HateSink: Every single one of this guy's appearances simply strives to make him more reprehensible.
* {{Jerkass}}: The nicest thing you can say about him.
* TheSociopath: To the point that he seriously can't comprehend why Logan becomes more popular while he becomes more despised.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cyber]]
!!Silas Burr / Cyber / Hornet
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant cyborg
!!!'''Debut:''' ''ComicBook/MarvelComicsPresents'' Vol. 1, #85 (1991)

-> ''"The time has come, the walrus said, to twist off Logan's head. To yank his brains out through his nose and hang it in the shed."''
\\\
A psychopathic soldier and career criminal, Silas Burr was an early {{Mutant|s}} who served as Wolverine's drill instructor in WWI and as his commanding officer in the Devil's Brigade during WWII. Surviving both conflicts, Cyber later trained Daken, who turned on him and left him for dead. Rebuilt by Romulus as an adamantium skinned cyborg, Cyber has a new set of powers and a new lease on life, while retaining his grudges against both Wolverine and Daken.\\
Cyber makes appearances as a {{Boss}} in both versions of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage'' and in the 2001 UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor title ''X-Men: Wolverine's Rage''.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The claws on his fingers are, like the rest of his outside, coated with adamantium.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His character concept is rooted in this, as he is not only a better fighter than Wolverine but inflicted TheWorfEffect on Wolverine in the past to such an intense degree that Wolverine feared him ''without even fully remembering who he was''.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: He's not the final boss, but when you fight Cyber in the Sega Genesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage'' both the fight and the level itself take place in a trippy space dimension that's pretty much this trope incarnate, complete with Cyber-headed asteroids. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by Cyber poisoning Wolverine with his claws between levels, making the whole level a weird hallucination.
* AttackItsWeakpoint: His face, and especially his eyes, tend to take a lot of punishment during battles with Wolverine, as they are his one vulnerable area.
* AxCrazy: Already violent and sociopathic, Cyber was rendered completely insane after Wolverine dropped him into a vat of hallucinogenic chemicals.
* TheBully: As the site [[https://www.writeups.org/cyber-wolverine-marvel-comics/ Writeups.Org]] says, he's "what every hateful bully dreams of being".
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Subjected to this by Genesis, who locked him in a chamber and unleashed a swarm of flesh-eating mutant deathwatch beetles to get ahold of his adamantium skin. [[EatenAlive He got the skin all right]].
* CurbStompBattle: Inflicted two of these on Wolverine, once during their WWI days, and once after Magneto had stripped away the adamantium from Logan's bones, leaving him facing the adamantium skinned Cyber with only his bone claws.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He's got unbreakable skin, SuperStrength, the ability to find anyone anywhere, and claws that inject either hallucinogenic or toxic substances. What does he use this grab bag of ComboPlatterPowers for? Basically just ForTheEvulz and basic thuggery.
* {{Cyborg}}: After being revived by Romulus.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's a veritable font of the sort of cruel, laconic one-liners one would expect from a cliched action movie villain.
--> '''Criminal''': Are you the gentleman called Cyber?
--> '''Cyber''': The name is correct. The description is questionable.
* DeathIsCheap: He's come back from death twice now, though as of 2018 he's been reinvented so heavily that he barely resembles the character he started out as.
* TheDreaded: The psychological scars left by his murder of Logan's lover and the subsequent NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that he doled out to him have made him into one of the few people that Logan genuinely fears.
* DrillSergeantNasty: During WWI.
* ElectronicEyes: He acquired one of these in his first incarnation after Wolverine relieved him of the natural one. Unlike many comics example of this trope, it wasn't played up and by the art you could usually never tell.
* EvilCounterpart: As a long lived mutant with adamantium bonded to him, Cyber is another in a long line of evil counterparts to Wolverine.
* EvilIsBigger: At 6'4 and 365 lbs of muscle, Cyber was (like many 90's characters) ''huge'' and easily towered over the diminutive Wolverine.
* EvilIsPetty: Much like fellow Logan villain Sabretooth, Cyber seems at his happiest when tormenting Wolverine and long ago gave up any motivation beyond ForTheEvulz.
* EyeScream: Ripped out one of Logan's eyes after beating the shit out of him. The trauma involved is part of the reason why Logan is deeply afraid of him. Wolverine later took one of his eyes in revenge.
* {{Foil}}: Cyber is a physical foil to Wolverine. Where Wolverine has adamantium bones and relies on his HealingFactor to keep his body intact, Cyber has adamantium skin, and relies on his HealingFactor to keep his internal organs intact.
* GrandTheftMe: How he gets brought back to life ten years after being EatenAlive. His spirit is summoned from the astral plane by Romulus, who arranges for him to possess a mentally-impaired GentleGiant.
* HealingFactor: Romulus' reconstruction of Cyber involved the implantation of a self-repair function. Even before that he had a low-level one of these, though it wasn't strong enough to allow him to regenerate damaged organs.
* HeelFaceTurn: The demonic Black Terror (whose motive and goals were rather nebulous) let Cyber out of Hell and invited him to join the ComicBook/{{Slingers}} as the new Hornet because, according to [=BT=], Cyber "wanted a second chance. He wanted to try and do good." While it's highly likely that the "Black Terror" and Cyber were merely feigning benevolence it's made a bit gray by the fact that they didn't really do anything morally dubious outside of antagonizing and threatening to kill the Scarlet Spider's admittedly shady benefactor Cassandra Mercury (albeit at the behest of Cassandra's equally shady brother, Silas).
* ImmuneToBullets: Mostly. Since his face is the only part of him not coated in adamantium he is theoretically vulnerable to a BoomHeadshot, though he is smart enough to know this and usually shields his face accordingly in firefights.
* InformedAbility: Trading cards stated that Cyber had the ability to use MindControl, either telepathically or through hypnotic drugs administered through his claws. This was an ability never shown in the comics, though with the drugs it at was at least implied all of once.
* KickTheDog: In another similarity with Sabretooth, Cyber is fond of killing Wolverine's paramours ForTheEvulz. He killed a young woman named Jane that Logan was romancing, and when he objected beat him brutally.
* LegacyCharacter: He has recently taken the codename of Hornet to replace the one Wolverine killed.
* MasterPoisoner: He's fond of combining this trope with {{Blackmail}}. One of his favored rackets is to inject someone with a slow-acting venom using his poisonous fingers and then force the victim to do whatever he wants with the promise of an antidote.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: After falling in a vat of hallucinogens, Cyber was left with only a tenuous connection to reality as we know it, and at times seems to think he's living in the works of Creator/LewisCarroll.
* {{Mutants}}: Originally he was a mutant with longevity, mild SuperStrength and [[ScarilyCompetentTracker psionic tracking]]. Since his resurrection most of his powers seem to have come from [[TheManBehindTheMan Romulus]]' modifications.
* NighInvulnerability: Downplayed. Cyber's adamantium skin makes him nearly impervious to any attack that Wolverine, his allies, or his rogues gallery can dish out. There are plenty of characters in the Marvel universe, however, who have sufficient strength to harm Cyber ''through'' his impenetrable skin.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being over a hundred years old, Cyber retains the build and appearance of a man in his prime. Like most Wolverine villains, this is thanks to a HealingFactor.
* PinkertonDetective: Mentioned as being one of these in his backstory. Hey, they can't ''[[TokenEvilTeammate all]]'' have been good guys!
* PoisonedWeapons: The claws in his fingers are loaded with toxic chemicals. One hand injects poison, the other the same hallucinogens he was dosed with.
* PsychicPowers: Has WeakButSkilled ones, as he has no telepathy or telekinesis but instead has an ability called 'psionic tracking' that allows him to basically find anyone, anywhere, at any time. This ability also allowed him to survive his death, as his consciousness passed on through it onto the astral plane where it remained until Romulus brought him back.
* PsychoticSmirk: Seemed to perpetually wear one of these as a DrillSergeantNasty in WWI.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Was already middle aged at the outbreak of the first World War, and has given hints that he was alive for most of the nineteenth century, having worked with graverobbers Burke and Hare.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He has used his psionic tracking ability to great effect over the years.
* SerialKiller: He was charged with 22 counts of murder in 1912 and has doubtlessly killed dozens if not hundreds of people since then.
* TheSociopath: A pretty textbook example, shown most effectively in a flashback where he stood trial for wartime atrocities. When called to the stand, he [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor cracked jokes]] about his crimes and catcalled to the other members of his platoon in attendance.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to smash a car with one hand.
* TalkativeLoon: After receiving a dose of hallucinogens, Cyber was left totally off his rocker and apparently unable to shut up.
* VillainTeamUp: Accordingly in light of their numerous similarities, Cyber has worked with Sabretooth before, with Creed helping him escape his hanging sentence in the early 1900s. He's also worked with the Dark Riders, Daken, and Romulus.
* TheWorfEffect: He beat Wolverine very badly when he was still relatively young (and Cyber still relatively unknown), instilling such a deep dread in the young Logan that he would dread a rematch with Cyber almost 100 years later. Genesis later subjects him to this, albeit with a little help from his 'mutant deathwatch beetles'.
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[[folder: Daken]]
!!ComicBook/{{Daken}} / Akihiro
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine: Origins'' Vol. 1, #5

-> ''"I never knew my father. I was raised... to be someone different than him. And now I'm supposed to be him. I never asked for that, but when the opportunity found me... I was curious. I wanted to know what it was like. To have people look at me and see... my father."''
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Daken is the son of Franchise/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's WolverineClaws (although with a twist or two there) and HealingFactor, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, and seducing people just to prove he can, is apparently [[AnythingThatMoves Omnisexual]] (or at least bi-sexual) and smart enough to dupe ComicBook/NormanOsborn and [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dog Logan]]
!!Dog Logan
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Origin'' Vol. 1, #1 (2001)
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The half-brother of James Howlett. A former servant on the Howlett estate. Now the Hellfire Academy's gym teacher.
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* AbusiveParents: His abusive, alcoholic father Thomas Logan frequently beat him for spending time with the upper class, mainly James and Rose.
* AnimalMotifs: Dogs like his name.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He kills little James Howlett's puppy right in front of him out of jealousy.
* BadassBeard: He wouldn't be a 19th century frontiersman without one.
* BadassMustache: Ditto.
* BadassNormal: No powers shown.
* BeardOfEvil: Like father, like son.
* CainAndAbel: With James Howlett. He is the Cain and his half-brother James Howlett is the Abel.
* CanadaEh: Like his brother.
* EvilCounterpart: A son of Thomas Logan from Howlett estate like Logan, he demonstrates how his brother might have turned out if he had allowed his resentments and issues to consume him.
* EvilFormerFriend: As a child he and James were close friends, now he wants to kill James.
* FreudianExcuse: He's a victim of abuse who went on to abuse others.
* IHatePastMe: During ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' (vol. 1), his future self travelled back to try and make him into someone better than Logan. When Dog failed, his future self beat him up, mocking him for his inferiority (which soon resulted in present-day Dog killing him).
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His name really is Dog; his father [[AbusiveParents Thomas Logan]] gave him that name.
* HonorBeforeReason: When the Hellfire Academy collapses, Logan offers to help Dog get to safety. Dog adamantly refuses to let his hated brother save his life, choosing to jump into the Siege Perilous instead.
* IdenticalStranger: Bears an uncanny resemblance to Sabretooth. For years, fan speculated that they were one and the same, and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' goes along with that idea, but recent stories have shown that they are in fact ''not'' the same individual.
* RedHerring: ''Origin'' initially led the readers to believe that young Dog, Thomas Logan's son, was the boy who would grow up into Wolverine. Until the WhamShot at the end of second issue that reveals it's James Howlett instead.
* TheResenter: Towards his brother who has a better life than he does.
* RivalTurnedEvil: With Logan and his half-brother Dog, this is a straightforward example of the trope in action. Being former friends who have become enemies.
* ScarsAreForever: He has three scars across his face, courtesy of Logan's claws.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: While "sweet" may be pushing it, he was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at worst as a child.
* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid ''Dog'']]: His [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]] Thomas Logan, that's who.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Genesis]]
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!!!'''AKA:''' Tyler Dayspring, Tolliver, the Other
!!!'''Debut''' (as Genesis): ''Cable'' Vol. 2, #18 (1994)

-> ''"You're going to be the new captain of my Dark Riders, Wolverine! A fitting Centurion for my legions!"''
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The ([[LukeIMightBeYourFather possibly adopted]]) son of ComicBook/{{Cable}}, Tyler Dayspring followed his father into the present day, wanting revenge for being abandoned to the chaos-bringer Stryfe. After suffering an identity crisis of sorts, Tyler reinvented himself as Genesis, the self-styled heir to ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}. He fixated on Wolverine, seeking to make Logan his first horseman, but ended up biting off a bit more than he could chew.

For more on him, see Characters/{{Cable}}.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gorgon]]
See ''Characters/XMen2020sMembers''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Hunter in Darkness]]
!!Hunter in Darkness
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!!!'''AKA:''' He Who Stalks On Moonless Nights, The Lurker
!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' ???
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #34 (1990)

A mythical Canadian beast of the north country, somewhat similar to the {{Wendigo}}. Wolverine encountered this creature infrequently during the early 90's and it befriended the androids Albert and Elsie Dee.\\
The Hunter (renamed as 'The Lurker') makes an appearance as a MiniBoss in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage''.
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* CanadaEh: It was born in Canada and spent most of its life prowling the Canadian wilderness.
* CapturedSuperEntity: At one point the Hunter was captured by millionaire casino owner Ronald Parvenue and brought back to America to be ignobly showcased in said casino.
* ComboPlatterPowers: It has the bog-standard Wolverine combo: SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SuperSenses, and WolverineClaws.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Hunter has been shot up multiple times, but each time it limped away to lick its wounds and eventually returned, even after enduring perforatings that would have killed a lesser creature.
* ItCanThink: The Hunter doesn't have human-level sapience, but it is sentient enough to remember that Wolverine helped it out of a bear trap when it was young.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Subverted. The Hunter does in fact remember Wolverine's kindness, and eventually repays him for it.
* LastOfHisKind: According to its Marvel handbook entry, the Hunter may in fact be the last of the Lupines (an ambiguous mutant subspecies which may or may not exist).
* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite its name, the Hunter is no more malicious than any other wild animal. It's just much bigger and more dangerous than most wild animals.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: It's not really clear exactly what the Hunter is. DireBeast? Abnormally large albino werewolf? The last of the Lupines? Your guess is as good as anyone's.
* Really700YearsOld: Possibly, as its legend originates from a creature described "since distant times" by the Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans. The term they used for the creature is said to translate as "He Who Stalks On Moonless Nights".
* SuperPersistentPredator: The Hunter kept coming after Wolverine for a little while there. Eventually it remembered why it recognized the Canucklehead's scent, and defended him accordingly. And then the Hunter has a Super-Persistent Predator chasing after ''it'' in the form of Emmy Dolin, a Canadian woman who wanted revenge on the Hunter for killing her father.
* SupernaturalElite: Whatever the Hunter is, it's elite enough to have become the subject of legends among the Blackfoot tribe.
* WhiteWolvesAreSpecial: ''Why'' exactly the Hunter is special is left ambiguous, but it does seem to be a unique creature of some kind.
* VillainousRescue: The Hunter saved Wolverine from Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth once.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Iron Monk]]
!!Iron Monk
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #108 (1996)

* OneShotCharacter: Only appeared in one issue, was killed and has never reappeared.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only known as the Iron Monk.
* WarriorMonk: You don't get the moniker of Iron Monk by being a pacifist.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lady Deathstrike]]
!!Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human cyborg
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1, #197 (1983)

-> ''"I have been cheated of my birthright... my human essence and now... my just and long-awaited revenge -- but I will not be cheated of my honor."''
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Daughter of Professor Oyama, a Japanese scientist who invented the process for bonding adamantium to living beings to create {{Super Soldier}}s. Because of his involvement with Wolverine's transformation into Weapon X, he ended up dead, and Yuriko swore vengeance upon Wolverine. Joining a band of cybernetically augmented mercenaries, known as the Reavers, she had herself modified and outfitted with adamantium claws of her own so she could slay Wolverine to avenge her father's death.\\
Lady Deathstrike has been adapted into numerous ''X-Men'' spinoffs, including ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkVsWolverine'', and ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. She has also appeared in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance2'', ''VideoGame/XMenLegends II'', ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'', and the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage''.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' her YellowPeril elements are omitted entirely, and with the revelation that Stryker was controlling her like his other mutant prisoners, she may have never even wanted to work for him at all.
* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Yuriko is supposed to be daimyo (feudal lord), but Japan doesn't have those anymore. The Oyamas might once have been daimyo, but not since the 1860s. [[note]]Given she was introduced in 1983 and her father fought in WWII, it would be plausible for the Oyamas to still think of themselves as nobility, since her father would've been raised that way and possibly already inherited a title, but they'd have been kazoku, landless peers.[[/note]] This doesn't come up much these days.
* AvengingTheVillain: During ''Messiah Complex'', where she pursues the X-Men to fulfill a blood oath she swore to the recently-deceased [[SinisterMinister Reverend Stryker]].
* AxCrazy: Clearly not stable even before becoming a cyborg, but the transformation clearly pushed her off the deep end.
* BloodKnight: In her Weapon X outings, she grows progressively tired of their do-gooding and wants to do some more mayhem. When she got access to Sabretooth's phone, she threw her name out as an available mercenary to the Foreigner.
* BoxedCrook: During the ComicBook/CivilWar she served as one of these, being one of Tony Stark's forcibly-drafted recruits to the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: She occupies a very strange place in the X-Men universe that not too many other characters occupy, being a baseline human turned into a cyborg but also having strong ties to the mutant community through her complex relationship with Wolverine (in some adaptations, she is even made a mutant for the sake of CompressedAdaptation). Accordingly, she's fought on both sides, swinging from an enforcer of the rabidly anti-mutant Purifiers to being a member of the Red Queen's Sisterhood of Mutants. As of 2018 she's shed her racist connections (for now) and is assassinating the enemies of mutantkind she once consorted with.
* CurbStompBattle: On the losing end of one with X-23 during ''Messiah Complex''.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: She wasn't thinking too clearly to begin with, admittedly, but becoming a cyborg seems to have truly pushed her into madness and evil.
* {{Cyborg}}: Elongated fingers with razor-sharp tips/nails are her main cybernetic feature, but she is also depicted with other cyber-implants that serve no recognizable purpose. {{Justified|Trope}} in that she was roboticized by Spiral, who is (A) not schooled in any scientific disciplines, (B) [[ItAmusedMe runs the Body Shoppe]], and (C) [[AxCrazy is insane]].
* DarkActionGirl: Capable of fighting Wolverine one on one and has some EmpoweredBadassNormal elements, as she is one of the few members of Wolverine's rogues gallery to have been born a baseline human without any mutant abilities.
* TheDragon: To Donald Pierce in the comics.
* DragonLady: A pretty archetypal example.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During her time in the Reavers she had to endure a VillainousCrush from nominal leader Donald Pierce, who was too much of a SmugSnake for even her tastes.
* EvilCounterpart: Built up as such for Wolverine in many continuities.
* FairPlayVillain: Given a chance to shoot Wolverine dead from a distance, she smirked and let him go.
* FantasticRacism: A strange example. While Yuriko actually being a racist ''herself'' is debatable, she very clearly works with a ton of hardcore anti-mutant racists, from [[AristocratsAreEvil Donald Pierce]] and the Reavers to Reverend Stryker and his Purifiers.
* FeelNoPain: In recent years she's gained this thanks to sacrificing more and more of her humanity. Unfortunately for her, she can still ''imagine'' the sensation of pain, which becomes a problem when Wolverine exploits her crippling fear of fire. Read below for more on that.
* FemmeFatalons[=/=]WolverineClaws: Combines the two, in the form of super-sized hands with exaggeratedly long, clawed fingers.
* HealingFactor: Deathstrike's cybernetic upgrades include a self-repair function that fixes damage to both her human and mechanical parts. It's so good that she can quickly recover from getting disemboweled and having her heart removed by mad scientists.
* HeelFaceTurn: She has very occasionally pulled brief moments of these, such as the time she helped the X-Men in a 2001 annual. None of them ever stick. Currently in 2018, she's a member of Weapon X and is going around killing people who plan the genocide of mutants.
* HeroKiller: A notable AbortedArc by Creator/ChrisClaremont planned to have her kill none other than Wolverine himself by ripping out his heart.
* LadyOfWar: When she cares to Yuriko can pull this off, given her inhuman grace and upper-class upbringing.
* MoralityPet: Weirdly enough, the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Reavers]]. She initially hires them as muscle, but they soon develop a strange camraderie of sorts, to the point where Deathstrike genuinely grieves when she thinks they've been killed by the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Spirit-Drinker]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Deathstrike" is not a name that should inspire confidence in anybody.
* PetTheDog: Left Wolverine alone when Magneto pulled the adamantium out of his body, abandoning her and Bloodscream's plan to avenge themselves upon him.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: When she first started out she had a mutilated face, then she became a cyborg that looked like a Mad Max-reject that wore a lot of brown and had a cheap red wig. She eventually started going for a DragonLady look and is currently fielding an [[Series/TheAvengers1960s Emma Peel]] styling.
* PsychoForHire: She degraded into one of these after the Reavers were forcibly disbanded in the 90s. Though the rest of the team eventually got back together under Donald Pierce's leadership, Deathstrike chose not to return.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Chases after Wolverine long after a sane person would have cut their losses and gone home.
* SuperReflexes: Deathstrike's cyborg enhancements grant her inhuman reaction time.
* SuperStrength: Low level, but present. She can lift about a tonne.
* {{Technopath}}: Can interface with most computer systems.
* UnbreakableBones: Has an adamantium laced skeleton.
* VillainTeamUp: She often works for/with anti-mutant groups such as the Purifiers.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Because Deathstrike was badly burned once while part of her was still human, she's deathly afraid of fire. It's bad enough that even though she's almost completely machine now and possesses no ability to feel pain, she still freaks out and screams like she is burning when Wolverine had to resort to setting her on fire once to beat her.
* WolverineWannabe: She has long, sharp claws, an adamantium skeleton, a HealingFactor and a penchant violence. Before the debut of X-23, she was the closest thing Logan had to a DistaffCounterpart.
* WomanScorned: Consistently has this attitude towards Wolverine, though whether or not it's warranted varies from adaptation to adaptation.
* TheWorfEffect: Subjected to this during ''Messiah Complex'' in the name of building up X-23.
* WouldHurtAChild: Considered killing Jubilee along with Wolverine and very nearly killed Hellion before X-23 gave her a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* YellowPeril: As an archetypal DragonLady driven by {{revenge}} and dressed in archaic Japanese fashions, she's far from free of these connotations.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Nuke]]
!!Frank Charles Simpson / Nuke
!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human cyborg
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' #232 (1986)

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While he debuted as an enemy of Daredevil, Nuke is now more associated with Captain America and Wolverine.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ogun]]
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Kitty Pryde and Wolverine'' #1 (1984)
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A long-lived ninja sorcerer, quite possibly a mutant, and Wolverine's one-time mentor. As well as being a supremely skilled swordsman and martial artist, he has various mental abilities, enabling him to imprint his consciousness upon others, influencing their actions or outright sublimating their will to his own.
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* TheCorrupter: His stock in trade, most famously displayed in his debut appearance, with Logan's sidekick Kitty.
* EvilMentor: Was this and very nearly a father figure to Logan nearly a hundred years ago.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Uses traditional samurai swords in his human incarnation(s).
* MasterSwordsman: Supremely skilled with Japanese (and possibly other) blades.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As old as Wolverine (if not older), his mutant (sorcery) powers slow his aging considerably.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Omega Red]]
!!Arkady Gregorivich Rossovich / Omega Red
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''X-Men'' Vol. 2, #4 (1992)
-> ''"Who has brought me back from the dark domain of death? Who has summoned Omega Red?"''
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An attempt by the Soviet Union to create a SuperSoldier, Omega Red was designed as a counterpart to the American/Canadian "Weapon X" project, using the Soviet knock-off of Adamantium, known as Carbonadium. In a typical display of Soviet brilliance, they decided to use a regenerating mutant as the basis for their soldier, as was the case with Wolverine -- but the only candidate who fit the bill was Arkady Gregorivich, a serial killer. Since his resurrection Omega Red has firmly established himself as one of the most brutal and murderous villains that Wolverine has ever run across.
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* AxCrazy: He is practically an icon of bloodlust and doesn't even bother putting on a nice face about it.
* BloodKnight: Had elements of this from the very start, even back when he had a tangible goal driving his villainy.
* BoomHeadshot: Received one from his fellow soldiers when they found out about how he had been dealing with his boredom. It's also what caused the initial manifestation of his abilities.
* CaptainErsatz: Though it's less noticeable then with characters like Wolverine (who had a half a dozen ersatz versions of him in the 90's), after Omega Red showed up there were quite a few villains who's origins were "psychotic Soviet ex-KGB cyborg killer". Then again, Omega Red himself was just riding the wave of "ex-Soviet killers" that had been showing up in the media thanks to the aftermath of TheGreatPoliticsMessUp.
* CombatTentacles: Can use his tentacles to bludgeon and grapple and to release his "death spore" virus.
* ComboPlatterPowers: He's got a healing factor, super strength, the ability to drain his victim's life energy, and carbonadium tentacles.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Not that he ever really ''had'' a soul to begin with.
* DirtyCommunists: Omega Red was made as a Soviet super soldier before turning into a TerroristWithoutACause.
* TheDon: One story arc had him becoming basically the Russian equivalent of the Kingpin.
* TheDragon: To Matsu'o Tsurayaba of the Hand. That didn't last long, though.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: The death spores he exudes are toxic to all life, and he has to channel them through his carbonadium whips lest they turn on ''him''.
* EvilCounterpart: Designed by the Soviet Union's equivalent of the Weapon X project, Omega Red is essentially a Russian Sabretooth, and another in a long line of Wolverine's {{evil counterpart}}s.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He was revived by the Neo-Nazi twins Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker, who intended to use him to score points in the Upstarts competition. He quickly proved too much for them to control, though, and struck out on his own not too long after. This origin is twisted around a bit in ''ComicBook/Xmen92'', in which Omega Red is already active in the present day and it is his SuperPrototype Alpha Red the Fenris twins activate instead.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: Got his start as a horrifyingly psychopathic Soviet super-soldier. TheGreatPoliticsMessUp left him without a steady job and unleashed him on the rest of the world.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a low-ranking Russian soldier who also happened to be a SerialKiller in his spare time before the Soviet brass noticed him and decided to make him something... ''[[FromBadToWorse more]]''.
* HealingFactor: His baseline mutant ability, apparently. It was strong enough to allow him to survive a point-blank headshot, and later survive the super soldier process.
* HeelFaceTurn: He comes off as almost pitiful in the 2017 ''[[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]]'' series, and joins the team after Sabretooth saves his life, treats him with kindness, and helps him deal with his brother, an anti-mutant GeneralRipper who had injected Red with nanites that acted as an ExplosiveLeash. He even gets a MoralityPet in the form of an orphaned tiger cub that he names "Kotik."
--> '''Sabretooth:''' I told you I'd give you a chance. That's the law of my jungle. We're gonna find my team, fix your nanobot situation... and treat you like a person for once.
** Unfortunately, he then got mind-controlled by X-Man, died, came back, got blackmailed and enthralled by Dracula, and was then killed (again) and resurrected as a "sleepwalking agent" by Krakoa; the Five objected to that last part, feeling that it was inhumane and that they should try to help Omega Red instead using him as a weapon like others have almost his entire life, but they and their suggestions were flatly turned down by Professor X.
* HorrorHunger: He used to have to devour life force energy to stave off the poisonous effects of his carbonadium implants. Given who he is, it was never something he really objected to even when he had to do it.
* IShallTauntYou: Frequently combos this with hearty helpings of EvilIsHammy.
* JokerImmunity: Ultimately averted at the TurnOfTheMillennium, but throughout the nineties this guy was basically unstoppable. At one point the heroes lured him into a pit built specifically to hold rogue Weapon X agents, then hightailed it out of there and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill blew the base to kingdom come with a missile strike]]. And at the end Omega Red ''still'' clawed his way up out of the rubble.
* LeeroyJenkins: In 2016's ''X-Men '92'' his BloodKnight tendencies get cranked up a notch while his competence is dialed back a notch, turning him into one of these.
* LegacyCharacter: After the original was KilledOffForReal White Sky Institute created the Omega Clan, three people with powers based off of Red's, one of them even ''called'' Omega Red. Later ''X-Men '92'' would give him a '''fourth''' LegacyCharacter, Alpha Red, who has been {{retcon}}ned into being his SuperPrototype.
* MacGuffin: The Carbonadium Synthesizer, an object in his backstory which he was usually on the prowl for. It was supposed to stabilize his death factor, but Wolverine squirreled it away somewhere. Beating the location of it out of Logan was his main motivation early on, before the usual ForTheEvulz set in.
* TheMafiya: Implied to have been a member prior to becoming Omega Red, and later becomes a crime lord in his own right.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Literally so in his case.
* NumberTwoForBrains: As Red Guardian's lieutenant in ''X-Men '92''.
* PatrioticFervor: In the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon he was intensely devoted to the "true" Soviet Empire and became fixated on purging the current one of the "weaklings" that led to TheGreatPoliticsMessUp. He was also in collusion with a cabal of Soviet generals, though they also had to learn that EvilIsNotAToy when he started laying indiscriminate waste to the country. This interpretation was carried over into ''X-Men '92'', where he planned to redeem himself in the eyes of his superiors by bringing them Alpha Red's head.
* {{Pheromones}}: Omega Red can produce lethal pheromones that weaken or kill everyone else in the vicinity.
* PoisonousPerson: Not naturally, but after being made into a SuperSoldier he became one.
* PowerIncontinence: Omega Red suffers from this as he had to drain people's life energy to survive and temporarily had to release the death spores his body built up or they would kill him. Even after he found a cure that allowed him to survive without other people's life he stole it anyway and would probably do the same with his death spores.
* PsychoForHire: To the point where even hiring him is dangerous. The Hand found that out the hard way.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He became an AntiHero (or an AntiVillain, at least) in the 2017 ''Weapon X'' series. He was then brainwashed and, [[ComicBook/AgeOfXMan like all other mutants]], mind-whammied by ComicBook/XMan before being killed by Genesis.
* RenegadeRussian: Became one of these with the fall of Soviet Russia. Without the KGB to control him, nothing was left to stop him from becoming a PsychoForHire.
* SealedEvilInACan: In his original backstory the Soviets sealed him away after he proved too difficult to control. Later this backstory was transferred to Alpha Red.
* SerialKiller: Shown to have been one well before joining the Red Army.
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Carbonadium is this, being specifically mentioned to be cheaper and less durable than adamantium but more malleable.
* SoLastSeason: His sole reason for being in ''X-Men '92'', specifically to contrast him with his SuperPrototype Alpha Red.
* SociopathicSoldier: He carried over his SerialKiller hobby when he joined the Spetsnaz, and kept right on killing until he finally got sent to a base so small the disappearances were noticed. This resulted in his fellow soldiers attempting to blow his head off, but thanks to [[GoodThingYouCanHeal his mutation]] it didn't take.
* SuperSoldier: Because there is ''no way'' turning a seven-foot-tall mutant serial killer into a cyborg with KGB-training could ''ever'' backfire, right?
* TentacleRope: His favorite method of fighting his opponents before draining their life energy.
* TradingBarsForStripes: His introduction in ''X-Men '92'' has him as co-commander of the People's Protectorate which is basically Russia's answer to ComicBook/TheAvengers (and a reworking of the old Soviet Super-Soldiers/Winter Guard team.
* VillainDecay: Suffers from ''major'' decay in ''X-Men '92''.
* WalkingWasteland: Omega Red has the ability to produce a "Death Spore Pheromone" that physically weakened anyone exposed to it, to the point that it could kill someone who was exposed to it long enough.
* WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: One of the first Marvel villains to utilize this color combination, and it's fair to say that the jarring contrast of his albino white skin and primarily blood-red uniform is a big part of what made him memorable as 90's villains go.
* WolverinePublicity: One of the more popular X-villains introduced in the 90s, so much so that he earned a handful of appearances in the X-Men animated series and a recurring spot in the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series. He was also a boss in both ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse'' and the first X-Men game for the Sega UsefulNotes/GameGear.
* TheWorfEffect: Alpha Red, gives him a pretty solid thrashing in ''X-Men '92''. Iron Man delivered a fairly severe one in the 90s as well, since the telepresence unit suit that Stark was wearing at the time was utterly immune to his power set.
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[[folder: Persephone]]
!!Persephone
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!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends'' (2018)
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A mysterious figure introduced to be behind the disappearance of Wolverine's corpse from his grave and his apparent resurrection. Runs an organization known as Soteira which has a global amount of influence and resources. It is eventually revealed that she is a mutant capable of reanimating the dead under her control.
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* AnimateDead: Her mutant power is the ability to reanimate the dead as extensions of her will.
* DirtyCoward: She never meets with Logan directly, choosing to either talk to him through one of her reanimated minions or via holographic projection.
* EvilPlan: Use a network of satellites to covertly kill the world's population and project her enhanced powers to [[AssimilationPlot reanimate the entire world under her control]].
* FreudianExcuse: She grew up "surrounded by death". That, coupled with her mutant ability to bring the dead back to life, means that life and death mean nothing to her.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite claiming that people are "mysteries" to her, she wholeheartedly belives that humanity is "living in hell" and need to be killed and revived so they can actually accomplish something.
* MeaningfulName: She took the name "Persephone" due to it being the name of the Greek goddess of both death and Spring/renewal, which fit perfectly with her EvilPlan.
* MisanthropeSupreme: She believes that people are "born dead" and spend their lives achieving nothing of significance and dreaming hopeless dreams; which is why she thinks they're better off as her reanimated minions.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Reanimating Logan's body allowed for his healing factor to kick back in, bringing him back to true life.
* RemoteBody: One can never be sure if they're confronting her directly. Hell, [[ParanoiaFuel one can't be sure anyone you're interacting with]] isn't just a corpse under her control.
* SparingTheAces: Her plan involved recruiting several people she believed had actually contributed to the world (such as scientists, artists, chefs, etc), who she referred to as "the Brilliant Ones" and employing them to help her remake the world after killing everyone.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Romulus]]
!!Romulus
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 3, #50 (2007)

-> ''"There's a reason why you've spent your life watching the sheep, Wolverine--and it's not because you're a shepherd. It's because you're a wolf."''
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The leader of the Lupines, Romulus claims to have lived since the days of the Roman Empire. He is revealed to have been one of the primary backers of the Weapon X project, and was the one who hired Cyber to raise Daken, all as part of a plan to manipulate Wolverine. Even after his sister Remus debunked much of his story, his exact motivations still remain a mystery.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: With wolves as the animal in question.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: [[UnreliableNarrator According to him]], anyway. Supposedly he and his sister are the mythical Romulus and Remus who legend says founded AncientRome.
* BigBad: Of most arcs in which he appears.
* CainAndAbel: With his sister, Remus.
* TheChessmaster: He claims to have been manipulating Logan, Sabretooth, and the other "Lupines" for generations. Why he's done everything he's done has not really been revealed.
* ContinuitySnarl: A mild version of this, as his claims that Wolverine and his various feral allies and villains are all part of a mutant sub-species was a major {{Retcon}} that was quietly itself retconned after proving unpopular with readers. Conventional wisdom as of 2015 is that he was talking out of his posterior for reasons unknown.
* TheCorrupter: Seems to have elements of this, as he follows Sabretooth's footsteps in encouraging Logan to give in to his wild side.
* EvilCounterpart: A long lived mutant with a HealingFactor, heightened senses, and as of his return from the Dark Dimension, an adamantium skeleton. Yet another in the long line of Evil!Wolverines that Logan has faced.
* EvilOldFolks: Has the {{white hair|BlackHeart}} of his claimed age, though his HealingFactor makes judging his actual age a daunting task.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Romulus has been meddling with Logan's and Victor's bloodlines for generations, and is the true mastermind behind the Weapon X project.
* HealingFactor: Like many, many villains of Wolverine before him (and likely after him) Romulus sports a robust one of these.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Romulus has spent a lot of time manipulating Wolverine and orchestrating the events of his life, but the actual reasons are not clear.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Claims to be this to Weapon X, Cyber, Omega Red, Daken, and even Sabretooth.
* MultipleChoicePast: Is he reallly an ancient mutant who founded the city of Rome, or is he just a deluded nobody who fabricated a grand backstory for himself?
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Possibly 2700 Years Old]]: Claims to have been the source behind the Romulus legend, which would put him at roughly 2700 years old if true, give or take a few decades. Of course, Romulus isn't exactly a ''[[UnreliableNarrator reliable]]'' [[SelfServingMemory source of information]].
* UnbreakableBones: After having adamantium added to his skeleton.
* UnreliableNarrator: Romulus claims he, Logan, Daken, X-23 (by extension), Sabertooth, Sasquatch, Wolfsbane, Feral, Thornn, Wild Child, and a few other mutants are members of the Lupine, a subspecies of mutant descended from canines rather than primates. His sister Remus revealed he made it up. (Which, considering Sasquatch's confirmed mystic origins, should have been obvious from the get-go.)
* WalkingShirtlessScene: See his profile image above.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He follows in the footsteps blazed by Reverend Stryker and Bastion of evil old men with white hair.
* WolverineClaws: Originally wore a gauntlet that mimicked Wolverine's claws. He has since had four claws implanted in his wrists. He also has natural retractable claws like Sabretooth's on the ends of his fingers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Doctor Rot]]
!!Bentley Newton / Algernon J. Rottwell / Doctor Rot
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine: Weapon X'' Vol. 1, #6
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Bentley Newton was a madman who was sent to Dunwich Sanitorium and was diagnosed incurable. He was locked in a special place that was made for him. He caused a riot and took control of the Sanitorium, letting the patients take the place of workers and killing the workers to take their brains.
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* EmotionBomb: In spite of his insanity he invented a device that runs on human brains capable of clouding thought. Psylocke saids it's all she can do to shield the X-Men from the effects, as she feels it shred through her thoughts.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: A total psychopath, but has no powers to speak of.
* MadDoctor: Emphasis on the "mad", as he was committed. Was interred in an asylum that turned the insane into "lone wolf" domestic terrorists for hire. He managed to take over and has the patients running the place while the orderlies and doctors are tortured.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Roughouse]]
!!Roughouse
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #4 (1989)
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His exact origins are disputed: he may simply be a mutant, or possibly descended from one of the superhuman races of extradimensional Asgard, either a god, giant or troll. What is known is that he is superhumanly strong and durable, and usually works as [[HiredGuns hired muscle]] for criminal organizations.
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* AbusiveParents: He was regularly beaten by his father as a child, leaving him with scars that he hides under his beard and long hair.
* BadassBeard: Sports more than ample face fur, and is tough and powerful enough to survive repeated tangles with Wolverine. It's been stated that he grew it out to hide the scars he received from an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During the ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' series, he was tasked with returning a group of intended child slaves to safety. When one of the pirates who was transporting the children tries to cut a deal with him, he adamantly refuses, and throws the pirate off the boat for good measure.
-->'''Roughouse''': I've done some horrible things in my time... ''[pauses to throw the pirate off the ship]'' ...But being asked to protect kids from slavers isn't one of 'em.
* SuperStrength: Estimated to be in the Class 50 (ton) range.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Usually teams with pseudo-vampire Bloodscream.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Due to his own upbringing, Roughouse could never bring himself to harm children. When Gabby pulls a DeliberateInjuryGambit, he is horrified, and personally takes her to an infirmary.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sabretooth]]
!!Victor Creed / ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Iron Fist'' Vol. 1, #14 (1977)

--> ''"Not here to kill you. Far as I'm concerned, you can stay just like this. But I'm gonna make you a promise. You ever find anything--anybody--to make life worth living again--I'll be there."''
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Sabretooth is the anti-mutant case in human form. He is a sadistic, unrepentant, bestial mass-murderer with superpowers and is [[CardCarryingVillain proud of that fact]], believing both [[HumansAreBastards Humans and Mutants are Bastards]] and that [[NietzscheWannabe he is just the only one honest enough to recognize it]], and embrace the monster within. This plays directly into his relationship with Wolverine, his ArchEnemy, GoodCounterpart and ShadowArchetype with nearly identical powers, with whom he shares a long and complicated past ShroudedInMyth, with neither of them really sure how they first knew each other or why Victor feels such a grudge against him.

What is consistent, though, is that Creed is obsessed with Logan and will give him frequent {{Hannibal Lecture}}s about how he should turn to the DarkSide and become an animal like him, whilst simultaneously hell-bent on proving that he is Logan's AlwaysSomeoneBetter despite- or probably because of- the evidence suggesting it is really the other way round, as Wolverine consistently gets the better of him, though Sabretooth often leaves scars whenever that happens and tends to win by a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown landslide]] when he does get the better of him.

As with Mystique, Sabretooth is likely to end up as TheDragon to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in various adaptations, despite the mainstream comic book versions having very little interaction and Sabretooth being the kind of monster who undermines Magneto's entire pro-mutant agenda. However, those adaptations usually make their working relationship rather short-lived, and sometimes he only joins him to get a chance to fight Wolverine.

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[[folder: Silver Samurai]]
!!Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol 1., #111 (1974)

-> ''"You will not find me lacking in courage, gaijin."''
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A Japanese {{Mutant|s}} born to a Yakuza clan who has the power to envelop any blade he is carrying with a forcefield that lets it cut through pretty much anything. The son of Shingen Yashida and half-brother of Wolverine's one-time fiancée Mariko Yashida, he clashed with Logan numerous times when he tried to take control of the Yashida clan from Mariko. Clad is samurai armor and armed with his energy blade, he was a deadly adversary.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: His mutant power gives his blade this kind of edge. During one of their battles, Wolverine voices concerns that Harada might even be able to cut through his adamantium.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilver '''S'''amurai.
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Harada's armour may not be made of adamantium, and is far from indestructible, but it's thick enough and tough enough to give Wolverine some trouble, allowing Harada to stay in the fight.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: His given name is made up, as anyone who knows actual Japanese naming conventions can tell. His name in Japanese translations is Kenichiro.
* BastardBastard: Shingen's illegitimate son, and a deadly threat to his half-sister.
* BigBadWannabe: Constantly scheming to seize control of his clan, yet never managed to hang onto it for long when he did due to his [[BadBoss poor leadership skills]].
* CainAndAbel: With Mariko, at least initially.
* CaptainEthnic: A Japanese villain with {{Yakuza}} ties, an obsession with honor, and a samurai theme. To his credit, he was better developed than many similar characters, even in his early appearances.
* ChestInsignia: Wears the UsefulNotes/{{Imperial Japan}}ese [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead flag]] on the chest of his armor.
* ColorCharacter: The '''Silver''' Samurai.
* ElementalWeapon: Not in the comics, but in his video game appearance he could channel the token elements of FireIceLightning through his sword (though only in various hyper moves).
* FightsLikeANormal: Harada's powers turn his sword into a light-sabre, but that's all they do, which means that he has to otherwise fight like an ordinary man. Given his samurai training and mastery of swordsmanship, that's not especially difficult for him.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Harada keeps switching between heroics and villainy, between being a friend of Wolverine's and being his enemy.
* HeelFaceTurn: Combined with DeathIsCheap, as he is resurrected in the pages of ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen and offered a home in the new mutant nation of Krakoa, which he accepts. Currently Harada serves as a combat instructor and supervisor of the Quarry, where Krakoan citizens that don't have Danger Room access hone their skills.
* HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: Died combating the Red Right Hand.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Naturally, the Silver Samurai prefers a katana sword over any other weapon, and his mutant powers enhance their deadliness to let him pull this off in-universe.
* LightningBruiser: An enormous man, at least by Japanese standards, Harada is nevertheless nearly as fast Yukio, though he lacks her agility.
* TheMagicTouch: His powers are conveyed by touch.
* MasterSwordsman: Until Gorgon came along, Silver Samurai was one of the most fearsome swordsmen in the Marvel U.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Was at ground zero when Storm unleashed her first ever localized hurricane, taking multiple lightning bolts, and then nearly drowning. He himself notes that he has absolutely no idea how he lived through that, and cites his survival as a miracle.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Racist and condescending towards non-Japanese.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Was originally a Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} villain.
* {{Samurai}}: Dresses as a samurai, though his armor is forged of modern materials.
* SmokeOut: One of his moves in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' was this, a stationary teleport mostly useful for avoiding projectiles. It was removed from his repertoire for his appearance in ''VideoGame/MarvelVSCapcom2''.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Viper, for a little while. It appears to have been mutual, though it did not last long beyond that story arc.
* VillainDecay: He was never as deadly a foe as he was in his first appearance.
* VillainTeamUp: His first major story arc saw him in alliance with Viper.
* WorthyOpponent: Wolverine trusts him enough to ask him to care for his daughter Amiko.
* {{Yakuza}}: Has some dealing with them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Shingen Yoshida]]
!!Shingen Yoshida / Shingen Harada
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 1, #1
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Father of Mariko Yashida and Kenuichio Harada, Shingen was a ruthless yakuza boss whom Wolverine encountered in Japan. A formidable fighter despite his age, Shingen gave Wolverine one of the worst fights of his life, leaving him hospitalized for months.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Was able to use his knowledge of human anatomy to completely disable Wolverine in their first duel and severely wound him in their second.
* BadassNormal: No powers. Cut Wolverine to pieces despite that.
* BaldOfEvil: A bad Asian OldMaster, so that's almost a given.
* DuelToTheDeath: Engaged Wolverine in one, resulting in his own demise.
* EvilOldFolks: Not that it slowed him down that much.
* MasterSwordsman: Which is what made him such a threat.
* OldMaster: Clearly meant to evoke this by his dress.
* {{Yakuza}}: A boss of it.
* YellowPeril: As in the case of Lady Deathstrike, these connotations were pretty much unavoidable.
[[/folder]]


[[folder: Thomas Logan]]
!!Thomas Logan
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Origin'' Vol. 1, #1
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The father of James Howlett and Dog Logan. A servant on the Howlett estate.
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* AbusiveParents: He frequently beat his son Dog for spending time with the upper class, mainly James and Rose, and he tried to kill his son.
* AxCrazy: Thanks to a HairTriggerTemper.
* BeardOfEvil: Though a bit overshadowed by the Evil Sideburns.
* CanadaEh: Like his sons.
* {{Jerkass}}: Probably the nicest possible description of him.
* TheResenter: Towards the Howletts.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Viper]]
!!Ophelia Sarkissian / [[ComicBook/MadameHydra Viper]]
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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' Vol. 1, #110 (1969)
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One of the leading figures in the terrorist organization HYDRA and a notorious international terrorist, Madame Hydra, alias Viper, is an AxCrazy psychopath and a nihilistic lunatic who frequently engages in attempted mass murder schemes that have no obvious benefit. She is associated with the Serpent Squad.

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!! Christopher Nord

An ally of Logan and former member of Team X. Christopher Nord was attacked by his former teammate Sabretooth and he was so badly injured he had to make a deal with Malcolm Colcord of Weapon Plus to save his life. He became Agent Zero who would handle tougher missions that the Weapon X strike team couldn’t handle. He was later depowered on M-Day and has seldom been seen since.

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!!Tomi Shishido / Gorgon
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 3, #20 (2005)

-> ''"I have died and been born again. There is nothing I fear. One day I will kill a god."''
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A mutant extremist who has held membership in both HYDRA and the Hand, Tomi Shishido is also the head of his own cult, known as the Dawn of the White Light. Possessed of a genius level intellect, and the power to turn others to stone with a glance, Shishido became a terroristic death cultist bent on hurting as many people as possible.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: First thing we see him do is ''kill'' Wolverine, by virtue of simply being ''that'' fast, silent and deadly. He later fights and kills ComicBook/{{Elektra}} too, again through superior skill as much as his mutant abilities. Even when the pair of them (now resurrected) team up to take him down, he ''still'' beats the crap out of both of them as well as slaughter several ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agents they have backing them up. Wolverine only manages to kill him by turning his powers against him at the last moment, and if he hadn't done so the Gorgon would have turned ''him'' to stone and finished him off for good.
* BackFromTheDead: Killed by Wolverine, he was resurrected with magic by the Hand. It [[PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou wasn't even the first time]] either.
* BlindWeaponmaster: Played with - he frequently fights blindfolded, but by ''choice'' rather than being actually blind. Naturally, this usually leads to IAmNotLeftHanded when someone manages to give him a good fight.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Did this to Wolverine.
* CameBackStrong: Returned from the dead with SuperStrength, SuperReflexes, and a stronger version of his HealingFactor.
* ChildProdigy: Born with an ImprobablyHighIQ that was apparently part-and-parcel of his mutant ability.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Not quite up to SuperpowerLottery levels, but this guy certainly didn't get a bad hand. His mutant powers include:
** HealingFactor: Albeit a limited one, but even that's handy when you want to throw down with Wolverine.
** SuperReflexes: After his second resurrection.
** SuperStrength: After his second resurrection.
** TakenForGranite: Of the classic {{Medusa}} glare-inspired variant. Turns people to stone with his stare, [[spoiler:though gods and demigods are apparently immune to it]].
** {{Telepathy}}: He uses this both to communicate with underlings and to [[CombatClairvoyance anticipate an opponent's moves in combat]].
* CoolSword: "Godkiller" a katana that has been used to slay numerous kings and emperors throughout history.
* DeathSeeker: Aside from killing himself twice as an adult, he attempted a number of suicides as a boy. None ever stuck thanks to his HealingFactor.
--> '''Teen Gorgon''': If you mean to kill me, know that I have tried several times myself. It is no easy thing.
* DressedToKill: Initially introduced as the classic badass in a nice suit (see [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-gorgon_8176.jpg here]]), he later adopted a more ethnic garb reminiscent of [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]].
* EvilCounterpart: Serves as one for Cyclops in terms of being intelligent mutants with special eye powers that they keep in check by wearing sunglasses.
* EvilGenius: Thanks to his ImprobablyHighIQ.
* ForTheEvulz: Tends to come off as this in early appearances as a male version of Viper, what with associating himself with numerous terrorists groups that are often at odds with each other as much as they are everyone else.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: As a child he used his ImprobablyHighIQ to work out an equation proving the existence of God. This was apparently the source of all his future insanity, as everything he did after was ultimately revealed to be a long-running RageAgainstTheHeavens.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen he is among the hundreds of mutant villains who travel to Krakoa to accept the second chance and new mutant homeland offered by the X-Men. Wolverine even approaches him with a six-pack of beer to bury the hatchet, though it's not shown whether or not he accepts the offer.
* HeroKiller: In his debut, no less, he kills ''Wolverine'', following it up with Elektra. His EvilPlan sees his agents (including the now brainwashed zombie Wolverine) kill scores of other heroes so that they can be resurrected as Hand zombie slaves as well.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He certainly thinks so.
* KillTheGod: Befitting his hatred of the very concept of Gods, Gorgon has sworn to kill one during his life and eventually succeeded when he managed to kill Phobos, the son of Ares, in single combat.
* MasterSwordsman: He was good enough as a teenager for the legendary Hydra leader Kraken to entrust him with Godkiller, and as an adult he's one of the most accomplished swordsmen in the Marvel U.
* NobleDemon: He's a nihilistic terrorist, but he does have a minimal amount of honor, at least when it comes to a revered figure like Muramasa. When a rogue Hand lieutenant helped the Orphans of X lay siege to Muramasa's forge, Gorgon executed the dissident and then ''apologized'' to Muramasa and asked how he could atone for what happened.
* OmnicidalManiac: Eventually revealed to be his ultimate goal.
* PathOfInspiration: He formed his own mutant cult, the Dawn of the White Light, at just 18 years old. Like most of his endeavors, it [[ForTheEvulz didn't really have much purpose beyond the spread of wanton chaos]].
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: A decidedly non-romantic version of this trope: when charged to prove his loyalty by the Hand's grand master, Tomi told the man to kill him, knowing full well the Hand [[DeathIsCheap had the power to resurrect him]]. He then killed ''himself'' to drive the point home.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Feeling that life is an unwanted curse no one ever asked for, Tomi sees human extinction as a noble pursuit, releasing mankind from God's slavery and making them "as free as they were before birth". Revealed in a conversation with Baron Strucker's widow:
--> '''Gorgon''': You understand why we’re building these weapons, don’t you? You appreciate that this bid to end all life is just a strike against the Light. Against God, I mean.
--> '''Elizabeth Strucker''': We never asked to be born.
--> '''Gorgon''': Exactly. I just worry sometimes that New HYDRA’s actions are perceived as cruelty when my intentions are much more pure than those of your late husband.
* SanitySlippage: In more recent appearances, as his multiple attempts and failures to bring about human extinction (or even end his ''own'' life) take their toll.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Petrified his whole family with his power.
* SinisterShades: Worn in order to avoid turning everybody to stone.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: For a long time the Gorgon's actual goals were a little nebulous given his association with multiple terrorist groups who all had opposing agendas. Eventually it was revealed that Tomi himself had a cause, even if his underlings didn't. Eventually subverted in ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'', where [[RageAgainstTheHeavens his motives]] are finally revealed.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Killing the son of the ''[[ComicBook/{{Ares}} God of War]]''?! Yeah, there's no ''way'' that's not going to come back to bite him somewhere down the line]].
* WouldHurtAChild: He kills [[spoiler:Phobos]] in ''Secret Warriors''. Of course, his genocidal plans involve the death of every child on the planet already, so hardly a surprise. In his debut, he lured Wolverine to a trap in Japan by kidnapping a small boy whose parents Wolverine is friends with; he tells Wolverine that the boy was [[DeadAllAlong already murdered]] and [[KickTheDog fed to pigs.]]
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[[folder: Hunter in Darkness]]
!!Hunter in Darkness
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!!!'''AKA:''' He Who Stalks On Moonless Nights, The Lurker
!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
!!!'''Species:''' ???
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 2, #34 (1990)

A mythical Canadian beast of the north country, somewhat similar to the {{Wendigo}}. Wolverine encountered this creature infrequently during the early 90's and it befriended the androids Albert and Elsie Dee.\\
The Hunter (renamed as 'The Lurker') makes an appearance as a MiniBoss in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage''.
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