Line #227 ComicBook/X23


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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''
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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
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57	[[foldercontrol]]
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59	[[folder:X-23: Innocence Lost]]
60	-> See ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost
61	[[/folder]]
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63	[[folder:X-23: Target X]]
64	-> See ComicBook/X23TargetX
65	[[/folder]]
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67	[[folder:X-23 Volume Two (One-Shot) and Three]]
68	-> See ComicBook/{{X 232010}}
69	[[/folder]]
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71	[[folder:All-New Wolverine]]
72	-> See Comicbook/AllNewWolverine
73	[[/folder]]
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75	[[folder:X-23 Volume Four]]
76	-> See ComicBook/{{X 232018}}
77	[[/folder]]
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79	[[folder:X-23: Deadly Regenesis]]
80	-> See ''ComicBook/X23DeadlyRegenesis''
81	[[/folder]]

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