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6 | [[caption-width-right:310:The best at what she does.]] |
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8 | ->''"All I know is, while I'm wearing this, he isn't gone. And neither am I. I'm Laura Kinney. I'm X-23. ''And'' I'm Wolverine."'' |
9 | -->-- '''X-23''', on taking up the Wolverine name |
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11 | The ''X-23'' {{comic books}}, published by Creator/MarvelComics, are eponymously named for the main character, Laura Kinney, a.k.a. X-23. [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23's character page is here]]. |
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13 | Created by Craig Kyle and his writing partner Creator/ChristopherYost, the character first appeared in two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' in 2003 as an alternative to giving [[WolverinePublicity Logan more focus]] or using other Marvel heroes. X-23 quickly became an EnsembleDarkhorse and was [[CanonImmigrant written into the comics]] the following year. She made her comics debut with ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}'' #3 (February, 2004), featuring a similar background to her ''Evolution'' counterpart except even DarkerAndEdgier. |
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15 | X-23 was created by the Weapon X offshoot known as the Facility,[[note]]ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} in ''Evolution''[[/note]] using a damaged sample of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s DNA. The damage was greatest on the Y chromosome, so after several attempts at a direct clone Dr. Deborah Risman in ''Evolution'', and the similar Dr. Sarah Kinney in the comics, eventually had the brilliant idea to create [[OppositeSexClone a female copy instead]] by duplicating the X chromosome. At last the 23rd attempt to create the female clone of Weapon X was successful, thus X-23. For years, she was thought to be a clone of Logan, but it was eventually revealed Sarah used some of her own DNA to complete the damaged sample, making X-23 Logan's biological daughter. |
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17 | She grew up being trained to be an assassin, so that the Facility could sell her talents to the highest bidder. X-23 endured severe emotional and physical abuse in order to remove such weaknesses as emotion and self worth. Her creator, 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, forcing X to kill her. In her dying words, Dr. Kinney named her Laura.[[note]]She was never given a name onscreen other than X-23 in ''Evolution''[[/note]] |
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19 | After tracking down Logan she was invited to join the X-Men, and has been a mainstay in the ''X-Men'' books ever since. X-23 became a BreakoutCharacter after her introduction, and is perhaps the most successful and popular X-Man introduced during the 2000s. |
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21 | X-23 made her live-action debut in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', the third Wolverine-focused movie in the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series, portrayed by Creator/DafneKeen. For tropes specific to her movie incarnation, see [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesTransigen this page]]. |
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23 | [[AC:Notable Comics Appearances]] |
24 | * ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}'': First comics appearance. |
25 | * ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'': First appearance in a main X-title. |
26 | * ''ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost'' (''X-23'' (Vol. 1)): Origin story, part 1. |
27 | * ''ComicBook/X23TargetX'': Origin story, part 2. |
28 | * ''[[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX New X-Men]]'' (Vol. 2) : First major/lead appearance in an ongoing title. |
29 | * ''[[ComicBook/XForce2008 X-Force]]'' (Vol. 3): |
30 | * ''[[ComicBook/{{X232010}} X-23]]'' (Vol. 3): First solo ongoing, by Marjorie Liu |
31 | * ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' |
32 | * ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'' |
33 | * ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' |
34 | * ''[[ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy]]'' |
35 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' |
36 | * ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'': [[LegacyCharacter Takes on the mantle]] of Wolverine. |
37 | * ''ComicBook/XMenRed'' (Vol. 1) |
38 | * ''[[ComicBook/{{X232018}} X-23]]'' (Vol. 4): Second solo ongoing, by Creator/MarikoTamaki. |
39 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angels|2019}}'' (Vol. 2) |
40 | * ''[[ComicBook/XMen2019 X-Men]]'' (Vol. 5) |
41 | * ''[[ComicBook/XMen2021 X-Men]]'' (Vol. 6) |
42 | * ''ComicBook/X23DeadlyRegenesis'' |
43 | |
44 | [[AC:Appearances In Other Media]] |
45 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': First appearance. |
46 | * ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' |
47 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' |
48 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' |
49 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' |
50 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' |
51 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' |
52 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' |
53 | * ''Film/{{Logan}}'' |
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55 | !!The following tropes apply to X-23's solo ongoings and miniseries |
56 | |
57 | [[foldercontrol]] |
58 | |
59 | [[folder:X-23: Innocence Lost]] |
60 | -> See ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost |
61 | [[/folder]] |
62 | |
63 | [[folder:X-23: Target X]] |
64 | -> See ComicBook/X23TargetX |
65 | [[/folder]] |
66 | |
67 | [[folder:X-23 Volume Two (One-Shot) and Three]] |
68 | -> See ComicBook/{{X 232010}} |
69 | [[/folder]] |
70 | |
71 | [[folder:All-New Wolverine]] |
72 | -> See Comicbook/AllNewWolverine |
73 | [[/folder]] |
74 | |
75 | [[folder:X-23 Volume Four]] |
76 | -> See ComicBook/{{X 232018}} |
77 | [[/folder]] |
78 | |
79 | [[folder:X-23: Deadly Regenesis]] |
80 | -> See ''ComicBook/X23DeadlyRegenesis'' |
81 | [[/folder]] |
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