Some spectators who do not necessarily know the Marvel mutant universe in detail tend to reduce Wolverine to his metal skeleton. However, this is not its original power.
Among the X-Men, there is Professor the mutant with the metal claws!
Often, when we focus on the visual aspect of the character played by Hugh Jackman since 2000, we tend to reduce him to his most obvious characteristic, thus summarizing the most famous of all the three-pointed X-Men. steel coming out of each of his fists.
As long as we don’t remember the films very well and our knowledge of the Marvel universe is quite sketchy, we might even be tempted to think that the main power of the man named Logan lies precisely in these impressive metal claws.
However, it is not the case.
First of all, a power of regeneration…
Indeed, you only need to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine – the first prequel dedicated to the character directed by Gavin Hood in 2009 – to realize it: Wolverine’s true power is above all that of the self-regeneration of physical injuries , which also ensures virtual invincibility and considerable longevity.
If the character also has the ability to deploy the phalanges of his hands to make bone claws, his skeleton will not be covered in metal until later.
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…then an adamantium skeleton!
It is only at the end of an extremely long and painful operation, during which General William Stryker takes advantage of the mutant’s regeneration to cover all his bones with molten adamantium, that the latter finds himself with brand new claws. , coated with the strongest metal in the universe.
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Note also that in the first comic books featuring the character, and published in 1974 in the series The Incredible Hulk, Wolverine had neither regenerative powers nor steel claws, but simply wore a pair of gloves equipped with spikes. It was only a few years later, after being affiliated with the X-Men, that his powers of invincibility were revealed.
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