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*** That last one has some merit; during WorldWarHulk : X-Men, Hulk claimed he couldn't kill Wolverine so he decided to neutralize him by punching him in the head until his brain was effectively mush from the concussion. Later on, Xavier mentions that another punch or two actually might have killed Logan, they were just fortunate that Hulk was going TechnicalPacifist on their asses.
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* His healing factor doesn't give him immunity anymore, therefore he can be (presumably) killed by:
** Drowning / Suffocation
** Sufficient blood loss
** Removing his head (you don't need to cut the bones, just the meat around it)
** Since the brain controls all function, logically damaging it enough should disable the healing

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!! I'm surprised nobody has asked this question already.How can you kill Wolverine? On Wikipedia it said that Professor X has plans on how to kill any of the X Men,for Wolverine it said cut his head off with a powerful laser and keep his head seperated from his body.There has to be a way to kill him
* 1. Depends on how powerful his healing factor is in that story. 2. IIRC there is a sword out there in the Marval universe made of some rare uber-metal that will negate any sort of healing factor's effectiveness on wounds it inflicts.




I'm surprised nobody has asked this question already.How can you kill Wolverine? On Wikipedia it said that Professor X has plans on how to kill any of the X Men,for Wolverine it said cut his head off with a powerful laser and keep his head seperated from his body.There has to be a way to kill him
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I'm surprised nobody has asked this question already.How can you kill Wolverine? On Wikipedia it said that Professor X has plans on how to kill any of the X Men,for Wolverine it said cut his head off with a powerful laser and keep his head seperated from his body.There has to be a way to kill him
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** The Lupine thing is from the Earth-X series, which is an alternate universe.
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** His claws would presumably be no longer than his forearm, so as not to obstruct with the motion of his joints. This brings up the question of what would happen if he had his wrist bent when extending his claws...

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If Logan's healing factor was the root cause of his amnesia, why didn't he regain at least some of his memories when his powers were turned off in the first Genosha arc or when his healing factor shut down after Magneto ripped all his Adamantium out?

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If !!With the revelation about Wolverine, Sabretooth, and all other wolf-like mutants actually being Lupines, is ''Origin'' still considered canon?
A lot of the information that it gives about Logan's backstory seems to contradict this idea (not that it was all that plausible in the first place). It shows Logan living a relatively mundane life before his powers manifest--most mutants experience this, but if he was from a parallel species that evolved from wolves, shouldn't he have had his wolf-like abilities since birth? Also, it establishes that neither of his biological parents have any mutant abilities whatsoever--obviously it's possible for normal humans to carry the X-gene and give birth to mutant children, but how the hell could two people who evolved from apes give birth to a baby who evolved from wolves?

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Logan's healing factor was the root cause of his amnesia, why didn't he regain at least some of his memories when his powers were turned off in the first Genosha arc or when his healing factor shut down after Magneto ripped all his Adamantium out?



If Adamantium poisons the blood and Wolverine's healing factor was the only thing keeping it at bay, why haven't Cyber, Lady Deathstrike and Bullseye dropped dead already?

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If !!If Adamantium poisons the blood and Wolverine's healing factor was the only thing keeping it at bay, why haven't Cyber, Lady Deathstrike and Bullseye dropped dead already?



If adamantium is indestructible, it would have to be chemically inert. How could it possibly poison anyone in the first place?

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If !!If adamantium is indestructible, it would have to be chemically inert. How could it possibly poison anyone in the first place?



Alright I get that Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is 6 feet tall, but how would comic book 5'3" tall Wolverine have foot long claws? I'm 5'6" & my forearms are only 8.5 inches long, so how does a guy who's shorter than me have foot long forearms for his claws to retract into?

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Alright !!Alright I get that Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is 6 feet tall, but how would comic book 5'3" tall Wolverine have foot long claws? I'm 5'6" & my forearms are only 8.5 inches long, so how does a guy who's shorter than me have foot long forearms for his claws to retract into?



Wolverine's bone claws: before, whenever Rogue touched him, she didn't get the claws (because the writers hadn't thought about it) but then when Rogue recalls some of the mutations she'd previously absorbed, she gets Wolverine's claws. How? Why?

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Wolverine's !!Wolverine's bone claws: before, whenever Rogue touched him, she didn't get the claws (because the writers hadn't thought about it) but then when Rogue recalls some of the mutations she'd previously absorbed, she gets Wolverine's claws. How? Why?



Why cant somone with super strength pull wolverines arms by there socket? Then his arm would grow back without the adamantium

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Why !!Why cant somone with super strength pull wolverines arms by there socket? Then his arm would grow back without the adamantium
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** And as to the holes...Healing factor, remember?
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* Silly comicbook "science". Same way when part of Venom-symbiot bonded with him and turned him into Eddie Brock-sized with claws to match
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* The first version of adamantium was both poisonous and interfered with his body. The one he has now is non-toxic and allows his body to function normally
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* You don't get why someone would want to clone a person who can, on a good day, fight the Hulk to a draw? Wolverine's powers may be situational, but they're still a lethal combination, don't have any major draw backs, and aren't so intense that him going rogue is automatically an unwinnable situation. And as shown with X-23, when they clone him they tend to train the hell out of the clone, making up for the experience.
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**** Didn't Cyber's new body die extremely soon after he got the adamantium skin? Not immediately after and not related to the adamantium itself, but before it would have become an issue?
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* If memory serves, FrankMillar came up with it. Could be wrong, though.

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* If memory serves, FrankMillar FrankMiller came up with it. Could be wrong, though.
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* If memory serves, FrankMillar came up with it. Could be wrong, though.

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On a related note, am I the only one that hates that particular asspull? It basically came out of nowhere to give Wolverine a powerup, and is largely forgotten or ignored.
* Definitely not the only one. I always thought the reason he needed the healing factor was that with your bones covered, your normal immune system is screwed (bones make leukocytes).
** Actually in the novel Wolverine: Weapon X (and maybe elsewhere, though this is the only place I've seen it) it's revealed that Logan's adamantium also came with self-sustaining nanites that keep microscopic channels to his bones open. As convoluted as that novel was, it did try to explain a few of the finer points of Wolverine's origin story.
** It's also been stated in several canon sources (OHOTMU comes to mind) that his bones aren't ''plated'' with adamantium, the structural parts are bonded with adamantium on a molecular level and the process doesn't interfere with blood cell generation.
* How was that an AssPull? It didnt justify or retcon anything. It was just a side-on explanation.



!!Old Man Logan
The comic seems to imply that Wolverine is able to take on every single X-man at once and win. The first few I can gather he'd get without trouble, what with them wondering what the hell is going on, but surely the rest would have more then enough combined strength to subdue him.
* I could believe it, between his healing/speed/claws most of the X-men wouldn't stand a chance. Most of them don't have defensive ability's just offensive ones that he can heal from.
* But that's just the thing, many of the X-Men ''would'' stand a chance. He could kill a lot of people with the element of surprise, but even in one-on-one fights many of the X-Men could put a hurt on Logan at least until help arrived; let along fighting the whole lot of them. Cyclops's [[EyeBeams optic blasts]] are capable of pulverizing [[{{Unobtainium}} Adamantium]], and would do an excellent job separating his head from his body. [[ElementalPowers Storm]] or [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] would be able to freeze him through fairly thoroughly. Even if he cut [[BlessedWithSuck Rouge]], she could absorb his powers and heal herself, and keep absorbing until he was comatose. [[ChromeChampion Colossus's]] sheer strength in his metallic form would be able to hold Wolverine at bay for quite a long time. Several X-Men and related characters could hold out quite a while footing with Wolverine when it comes to a fair fight, like [[MessianicArchetype Cable]], [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Shatterstar]], [[BornLucky Domino]], or [[RaginCajun Gambit]]. Magneto could just lift Wolverine in the air and spin him around for hours if he was feeling nice, or just rip the Adamantium from his body, again. [[CanonSue Emma Frost]] or [[CharacterDerailment Professor Xavier]] could easily [[MindOverManners make him think]] that he is a [[TheVentureBrothers a "Very Special Episode of Blossom"]]. And of course if [[PersonOfMassDestruction Jean]] was around she would go through with another [[{{Awesome/X-Men}} "You're a firecracker, I'm an Atom Bomb" speech]], but this time with Logan, before she spun him around for a few hours if she was feeling nice, telekenetically pulled the oxygen out of his lungs, flung him into the middle of the ocean, flung him into a volcano, flung him into space, disintegrated his internal organs, or if she is feeling really [[CosmicEntity Phoenix-y]], disintegrated his whole body into a bunch of screaming, traumatized molecules. As long as the [[PopularityPower fight isn't determined]] by a [[AmalgamUniverse popular vote]], there are many X-Men who would stand a very good chance against Wolverine because they are much, much, much more powerful than he is.

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!!Old Man Logan
The comic seems to imply that Wolverine is able to take on every single X-man at once and win. The first few I can gather he'd get without trouble, what with them wondering what the hell is going on, but surely the rest would have more then enough combined strength to subdue him.
* I could believe it, between his healing/speed/claws most of the X-men wouldn't stand a chance. Most of them don't have defensive ability's just offensive ones that he can heal from.
* But that's just the thing, many of the X-Men ''would'' stand a chance. He could kill a lot of people with the element of surprise, but even in one-on-one fights many of the X-Men could put a hurt on Logan at least until help arrived; let along fighting the whole lot of them. Cyclops's [[EyeBeams optic blasts]] are capable of pulverizing [[{{Unobtainium}} Adamantium]], and would do an excellent job separating his head from his body. [[ElementalPowers Storm]] or [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] would be able to freeze him through fairly thoroughly. Even if he cut [[BlessedWithSuck Rouge]], she could absorb his powers and heal herself, and keep absorbing until he was comatose. [[ChromeChampion Colossus's]] sheer strength in his metallic form would be able to hold Wolverine at bay for quite a long time. Several X-Men and related characters could hold out quite a while footing with Wolverine when it comes to a fair fight, like [[MessianicArchetype Cable]], [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Shatterstar]], [[BornLucky Domino]], or [[RaginCajun Gambit]]. Magneto could just lift Wolverine in the air and spin him around for hours if he was feeling nice, or just rip the Adamantium from his body, again. [[CanonSue Emma Frost]] or [[CharacterDerailment Professor Xavier]] could easily [[MindOverManners make him think]] that he is a [[TheVentureBrothers a "Very Special Episode of Blossom"]]. And of course if [[PersonOfMassDestruction Jean]] was around she would go through with another [[{{Awesome/X-Men}} "You're a firecracker, I'm an Atom Bomb" speech]], but this time with Logan, before she spun him around for a few hours if she was feeling nice, telekenetically pulled the oxygen out of his lungs, flung him into the middle of the ocean, flung him into a volcano, flung him into space, disintegrated his internal organs, or if she is feeling really [[CosmicEntity Phoenix-y]], disintegrated his whole body into a bunch of screaming, traumatized molecules. As long as the [[PopularityPower fight isn't determined]] by a [[AmalgamUniverse popular vote]], there are many X-Men who would stand a very good chance against Wolverine because they are much, much, much more powerful than he is.
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** It is possible that the technology reshaped the same amount of bone into a larger form; since the adamantium is attached to the bone, this would just have the same amount of adamantium over that larger form. Or additional bone was 'created'. The same amount of adamantium would be present on the same areas, but it could have developed a shape that provides stability (like a spiral).
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** While I agree that the nuke-survival think was overdoing it, Wolverine's skeleton isn't pure adamantium. It's adamantium bonded with the organic tissue of his bone, and still preform's the bone's natural functions to the body. So if he's reduced to a skeleton, there's still tissue there, though I'd have to agree that it shouldn't be enough for him to regenerate from.
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* In the FallOfTheHulks /World War Hulks storyline, Logan is one of several heroes who get Hulked out by the Leader, becoming Wolverage. He grows considerably larger and his claws become several feet long. Shouldn't the adamantium in his skeleton prevent him from changing size like that?
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* Is the "foot-long claws" thing meant to be taken literally, or is it just meant to get the point across that the guy has three long blades in each forearm?
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** Not by me. The issue in question is ''Wolverine'' #163.

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** Not by me. The issue comic in question is ''Wolverine'' #163.
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** Not by me. It's ''Wolverine'' issue 163.
** I have a friend who grew his hair out once and for a while it had the Wolverine look because he kept pushing it back out of his face and it more or less adapted to that shape. So Wolverine's hairdo could just be the thick wavy hair swept back.

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** Not by me. It's The issue in question is ''Wolverine'' issue 163.
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I have a friend who grew his hair out once and for a while it had the Wolverine look because he kept pushing it back out of his face and it more or less adapted to that shape. So Wolverine's hairdo could just be the thick wavy hair swept back.
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** Not by me. It's ''Wolverine'' issue 163.
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Sure the healing factor is useful, but when you think about it, their are so many mutants with, well better powers. A lot of Logan's badassness doesn't come from his powers, but rather his vast ammount of experience. If you think about it, their are a lot of mutants who could totally own someone wh has an adamantium skeleton, and healing factor. Magneato could just tie their bones into knots and leave them in agony. Any telekinetic could just lift him into the air, where about about all they could do is make angry faces. Iceman could just freeze them solid. Anyone with air or water manipulation powers can suffocate them. Why not clone someone like Magneato, or Iceman?

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Sure the healing factor is useful, but when you think about it, their are so many mutants with, well better powers. A lot of Logan's badassness doesn't come from his powers, but rather his vast ammount of experience. If you think about it, their are a lot of mutants who could totally own someone wh has an adamantium skeleton, and healing factor. Magneato Magneto could just tie their bones into knots and leave them in agony. Any telekinetic could just lift him into the air, where about about all they could do is make angry faces. Iceman could just freeze them solid. Anyone with air or water manipulation powers can suffocate them. Why not clone someone like Magneato, Magneto, or Iceman?
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** I have a friend who grew his hair out once and for a while it had the Wolverine look because he kept pushing it back out of his face and it more or less adapted to that shape. So Wolverine's hairdo could just be the thick wavy hair swept back.




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** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe Wolverine's healing factor is a simpler mutation as its basically an existing bodily function ramped up to eleven so cloning it is more reliable than cloning more abstract powers?]]
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* But that's just the thing, many of the X-Men ''would'' stand a chance. He could kill a lot of people with the element of surprise, but even in one-on-one fights many of the X-Men could put a hurt on Logan at least until help arrived; let along fighting the whole lot of them. Cyclops's [[EyeBeams optic blasts]] are capable of pulverizing [[{{Unobtainium}} Adamantium]], and would do an excellent job separating his head from his body. [[ElementalPowers Storm]] or [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] would be able to freeze him through fairly thoroughly. Even if he cut [[BlessedWithSuck Rouge]], she could absorb his powers and heal herself, and keep absorbing until he was comatose. [[ChromeChampion Colossus's]] sheer strength in his metallic form would be able to hold Wolverine at bay for quite a long time. Several X-Men and related characters could hold out quite a while footing with Wolverine when it comes to a fair fight, like [[MessianicArchetype Cable]], [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Shatterstar]], [[BornLucky Domino]], or [[RaginCajun Gambit]]. Magneto could just lift Wolverine in the air and spin him around for hours if he was feeling nice, or just rip the Adamantium from his body, again. [[CanonSue Emma Frost]] or [[CharacterDerailment Professor Xavier]] could easily [[MindOverManners make him think]] that he is a [[TheVentureBrothers a "Very Special Episode of Blossom"]]. And of course if [[PersonOfMassDestruction Jean]] was around she would go through with another [[{{Awesome/X-Men}} "You're a firecracker, I'm an Atom Bomb" speech]], but this time with Logan, before she spun him around for a few hours if she was feeling nice, telekenetically pulled the oxygen out of his lungs, flung him into the middle of the ocean, flung him into a volcano, flung him into space, disintegrated his internal organs, or if she is feeling really [[CosmicEntity Phoenix-y]], disintegrated his whole body into a bunch of screaming, traumatized molecules. As long as the [[PopularityPower fight isn't determined]] by a [[AmalgamUniverse popular vote]], there are many X-Men who would stand a very good chance against Wolverine because they are much, much, much more powerful than he is.

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* It's not really any weirder than most mutations in the series. Unlike Spidey, he's not the result of DNA mixing, so he's not actually part wolverine.
** I used spider-man as an example as to why they couldn't give him organic webshooters in the first place. There's no logic why'd go to his wrist until that whole mystic spider thing. Wolverine is not a real wolverine but I don't know a single animal that has long claws in their arms so that they have to penatrate their skin to reveal them. Yes, he has a healing factor to close the wounds but you'd still figure he'd had the holes become natural part of his body.

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* It's not really any weirder than most mutations in the series. Unlike Spidey, he's not the result of DNA mixing, so he's not actually part wolverine.
** I used spider-man as an example as to why they couldn't give him organic webshooters in the first place. There's no logic why'd go to his wrist until that whole mystic spider thing. Wolverine is not a real wolverine but I don't know a single animal that has long
*The claws in their arms so that they have were originally given to penatrate their skin to reveal them. Yes, he has a healing factor to close him by the wounds but you'd still figure he'd had Canadians who gave him the holes become natural metal skeleton. Marvel changed it to be part of his body.mutation because the old origin made too much sense. Even then, Wolverine's claws used to extend from his knuckles, the canuk did have a more sensible opening. Then the live action movie happened and the claws now come out the way they do now.
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* I could believe it, between his healing/speed/claws most of the X-men wouldn't stand a chance. Most of them don't have defensive ability's just offensive ones that he can heal from.
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** It's also been stated in several canon sources (OHOTMU comes to mind) that his bones aren't ''plated'' with adamantium, the structural parts are bonded with adamantium on a molecular level and the process doesn't interfere with blood cell generation.

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** I used spider-man as an example as to why they couldn't give him organic webshooters in the first place. There's no logic why'd go to his wrist until that whole mystic spider thing.
Wolverine is not a real wolverine but I don't know a single animal that has long claws in their arms so that they have to penatrate their skin to reveal them. Yes, he has a healing factor to close the wounds but you'd still figure he'd had the holes become natural part of his body.

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** I used spider-man as an example as to why they couldn't give him organic webshooters in the first place. There's no logic why'd go to his wrist until that whole mystic spider thing.
thing. Wolverine is not a real wolverine but I don't know a single animal that has long claws in their arms so that they have to penatrate their skin to reveal them. Yes, he has a healing factor to close the wounds but you'd still figure he'd had the holes become natural part of his body.
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