Line #207 ComicBook/Wolverine


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7	->''"I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I do isn't very nice."''
8	-->-- '''Wolverine'''
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10	[[LivingWeapon Weapon X]]. TheBerserker. The Man with [[WolverineClaws the Claws]]. The [[BreakoutCharacter most famous]] [[ComicBook/XMen X-Man]].
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12	''[[TropeCodifier The]]'' NinetiesAntiHero.
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14	'''''[[OneManArmy The best there is at what he does.]]'''''
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16	The ''Wolverine'' {{comic books}}, published by Creator/MarvelComics, are eponymously named for the main character, Wolverine. [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine's character page is here]].
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18	Wolverine (born James Howlett, also known as Logan, James Logan, and Weapon X) is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero, known for his association with the ComicBook/XMen; [[WolverineClaws sharp, indestructible claws]]; [[TheBerserker berserker rages]]; [[WolverinePublicity managing to be in many places at once]]; [[TropeNamers/ComicBooks having quite a few tropes named after him]]; and for being very, ''very'' popular. At times he's been the most popular Marvel SuperHero, which led to his [[TheMerch tendency to... um... show up everywhere]].
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20	He first appeared in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' #180 (October, 1974), making his true debut in the next issue as an adversary until the two teamed up to fight the {{Wendigo}}. Both issues were written by Len Wein and drawn by Herb Trimpe, though John Romita, Sr. is credited with the original design of the character. Wolverine would go on to join the X-Men the following year, with his true origins remaining ambiguously buried in a mishmash of false and real memories for decades, as his [[BreakoutCharacter popularity skyrocketed]]. He would gain his own miniseries, and then his own title, [[WolverineWannabe and then spawned tonnes of characters based off of him]], [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009 and then his own cartoon]], then his [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine own]] [[Film/TheWolverine film]] [[Film/{{Logan}} trilogy]], and even his very own [[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine anime]]. After that... well, [[SpotlightStealingSquad then he was kind of everywhere...]] [[WolverinePublicity and still is]]. [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Wolverine}} Even here on TV Tropes]].
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22	Please note that this page covers the ''Wolverine'' comics ''only'', for tropes pertaining to all ''Wolverine'' media, and a list of comic storylines and other works in the franchise, see [[Franchise/{{Wolverine}} the franchise page]].
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24	''Hey bub, ya prolly wanna check out the [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Wolverine}} self-demonstratin']] version of my page.''
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27	!!''Wolverine'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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29	[[foldercontrol]]
30
31	!!!''Wolverine'' original and ongoing series:
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33	[[folder:Vol. 1 (1982)]]
34	-> See ''ComicBook/Wolverine1982''
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:Vol. 2 (1988–2013)]]
38	-> See ''ComicBook/Wolverine1988''
39	[[/folder]]
40
41	[[folder:Vol. 3 (2003–2009)]]
42	* AnnoyingArrows: In issue #41, Logan, needing to get a small child to safety through a bunch of archers, chose to block them [[TuckAndCover with his body]] and keep going. It worked, though he wasn't in very good shape at the end.
43	* StoryArc:
44	** Issues #20-25 is the "Enemy of the State" arc: Wolverine is Brainwashed by HYDRA and set loose on the Marvel Universe at large.
45	** Issues #26-31 is the {{sequel}}, "Wolverine: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.": SHIELD deprograms Wolverine from HYDRA's MindControl.
46	** Issues #50-55 cross over with ''Wolverine: Origins'' in revealing the mastermind behind Wolverine's life of suffering and the idea of "lupine mutants".
47	** Issues #66-72 is the storyline ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', about Wolverine in devastated America in a BadFuture after the heroes died.
48	* SpinOff: The title ''Wolverine: Origins'' is a spin off from this volume, following the arc "Wolverine: Origins and Endings" in issues #36-40.
49	[[/folder]]
50
51	[[folder:Wolverine: Origins (2006–2010)]]
52	* BigBad: Romulus is a prehistoric mutant and the one responsible for Logan's miserable life.
53	* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:The series introduces Daken Akihiro, Wolverine's biological son with a Japanese woman named Itsu.]]
54	* SpinOff: The title ''Wolverine: Origins'' is a spin off from ''Wolverine'' Vol. 3, following the arc "Wolverine: Origins and Endings" in issues #36-40.
55	[[/folder]]
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57	[[folder:Wolverine: Weapon X]]
58	* BedlamHouse: In issue #6, Wolverine is treated at Dunwich Sanatorium, in ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Weapon X''. The place used to be run by a crooked doctor who hired psychopaths out for untraceable mob hits and was then taken over by Dr Rot, a MadDoctor[=/=]MadArtist who makes Jeremiah Arkham look like Frasier Crane. (Dunwich was ''also'' a Lovecraft town.)
59	[[/folder]]
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61	[[folder:Vol. 4 (2010–2012)]]
62	* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Averted with a LampshadeHanging in the storyline ''Goodbye Chinatown'', when streetwise tagalong kid Yuen Yee ends up in the middle of a pitched battle between Wolvie, an ancient kung fu master, a talking gorilla, and a bunch of ninjas, yakuza thugs and giant dragons.
63	--> '''Mook:''' You gonna show us your kung fu too, you little-\
64	[==]''Yuen draws a pistol and shoots him''\
65	'''Yuen:''' Right. Because ''all'' Chinese know kung fu. You racist *#$@.
66	* EscapedFromHell: In the first story arc ''Wolverine Goes to Hell'', Wolverine has been sent to Hell. He managed to escape with the help of ComicBook/AlphaFlight member Puck, who was there for some reason. Puck ended up taking over Hell after he and Logan killed the Devil. He later gives up his position to get back to life and save his teammates.
67	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sabretooth [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wolverine_v4_13_kitty_1.jpg delivered]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wolverine_v4_13_kitty_2.jpg one]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wolverine_v4_13_kitty_3.jpg to him]] in the last part of ''Killable''. Even fans agreed it was one of the best TakeThat moments a writer ever did indirectly, because much (if not everything) of the statement was absolutely true.
68	[[/folder]]
69
70	[[folder:Wolverine and the X-Men]]
71	-> See ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine and the X\|MenMarvelComics}}-Men''
72	[[/folder]]
73
74	[[folder:Wolverine: The Best There Is]]
75	* BloodierAndGorier: The series does not shy away from showing Wolverine bleeding out himself and his enemies every other page.
76	* BodyHorror: The series is also heavy with grotesque imagery, such as a person with a giant, overgrown brain on his head.
77	* LegionOfDoom: The main enemies of the series are a group named the Unkillables, which is comprised of Marvel villains with healing factors.
78	* MundaneUtility: In issue #1, Wolverine uses his claws to create hairdos for the female clubgoers.
79	* OmnicidalManiac: In issue #11, [[spoiler:Contagion reveals his plan: develop a virus potent enough to kill anything on Earth, Heaven or Hell.]]
80	* {{Plaguemaster}}: Villain Contagion was basically the anthropomorphic personification of the very concept of disease, and at one point infected Wolverine with [[LongList AIDS, Australian bat lyssavirus, Black Creek Canal virus, Camelpox, Dengue fever, Echovirus 9, Feline immunodeficiency virus, Hemorrhagic fever, the whole Influenza alphabet, Kaposi sarcoma, Kilham rat virus, Klongo, Marburg virus, Mengele virus, mumps, Oropouche, Parapoxvirus, Smallpox, Sowbane, Strain XV infection, Syphilis, Toxoplasmosis, UR2 sarcoma virus, West Nile virus, WVU virus 2937, Xenopus, and Zoysia mosaic virus]] all at once. His powers later go BeyondTheImpossible as he gains the ability to do things like turn diamond into coal and make people allergic to their own thoughts, which he could also replace with his own using another virus.
81	[[/folder]]
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83	%%[[folder:Vol. 5 (2013–2014)]]
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86	[[folder:Vol. 6 (2014)]]
87	-> See ''ComicBook/Wolverine2014''
88	[[/folder]]
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90	[[folder:All-New Wolverine]]
91	-> See ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''
92	[[/folder]]
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94	[[folder:Vol. 7 (2020–2024)]]
95	-> See ''ComicBook/Wolverine2020''
96	[[/folder]]
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98	[[folder:Vol. 8 (2024-present)]]
99	[[/folder]]
100
101	!!!''Wolverine'' mini-series and limited series:
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103	[[folder:Kitty Pryde & Wolverine]]
104	* BackstabBackfire: In the final issue, Logan defeats Ogun and brings him to his knees, but spares Ogun's life and starts to walk away alongside Kitty. Ogun produces a knife and rushes at the two of them from behind. Wolverine notices in time to tell Kitty to use her phasing power, causing the knife to pass harmlessly through her. He then stabs Ogun with his claws, killing the villain.
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107	[[folder:Wolverine & Gambit: Victims]]
108	-> See ''ComicBook/WolverineAndGambitVictims''
109	[[/folder]]
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111	[[folder:Origin]]
112	-> See ''ComicBook/Origin2001''
113	[[/folder]]
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115	[[folder:Wolverine: Snikt]]
116	-> See ''ComicBook/WolverineSnikt''
117	[[/folder]]
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119	[[folder:Death of Wolverine]]
120	-> See ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine''
121	[[/folder]]
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123	[[folder:Wolverines]]
124	-> See ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''
125	[[/folder]]
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127	[[folder:Return of Wolverine]]
128	-> See ''ComicBook/ReturnOfWolverine''
129	[[/folder]]
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131	[[folder:Wolverine: Patch]]
132	-> See ''ComicBook/WolverinePatch''
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	[[folder:X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine]]
136	-> See ''ComicBook/XLivesAndXDeathsOfWolverine''
137	[[/folder]]
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139	[[folder:Predator Vs Wolverine]]
140	-> See ''ComicBook/PredatorVsWolverine''
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	!!!''Wolverine'' one-shots:
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145	[[folder:Spider-Man versus Wolverine]]
146	-> See ''ComicBook/SpiderManVersusWolverine''
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149	[[folder:Wolverine: Saudade]]
150	* SmallTownBigHell: The story is about the X-Man going to Brazil for vacation, where Wolverine's motorcycle is stolen by {{Street Urchin}}s, one of them with a secret. All the story occurs inside the ''favelas'', the [[UrbanSegregation ghetto section of Brazilian cities]] full of delinquency and poverty that work as separated towns inside the cities.
151	[[/folder]]

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