Wolverine May be one of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe, a valiant member of the X-Men who has time and again put his own life on the line to protect others, but he’s also a vicious killer who won’t think twice about (quite literally) avoid his enemies. Indeed, Wolverine is the best at what he does For some reason, as the thing he does best is kill people – not very nice at all.
Logan doesn’t enjoy the act of killing as much as some other Weapon X anti-heroes/villains (such as Deadpool or Sabretooth), but that doesn’t detract from the fact that he’s very good at it, and those skills came from years of Four. Wolverine lived in the forest as a wild animal, he was used by evil organizations to commit murder against his will, and he permanently ended the lives of several X-Men Wilner when no one else can.
Logan has also experienced the worst of humanity, and has an almost Punisher-esque way of cleansing the world of heinous criminals. In short, Wolverine has killed a lot of people during his Marvel Comics career, but a few of those kills certainly stand out from the rest. Here are Wolverine’s 10 greatest kills, ranked!
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Wolverine kills an assassin during a random gas station encounter
Wolverine Vol. 3 #7 by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez
Wolverine has undeniably had some pretty spectacular kills in his career, but sometimes, the ones that stand out the most are seemingly unspectacular, but no less impressive – and this is one of those kills. When Wolverine pulls into a random garage/gas station, he immediately knows something is off. He goes inside, only to find the place empty, but his heightened senses clue him into what’s going on: the owner has been killed, and the person who owned it wants to do the same to Logan.
Seeing the man standing in the back room on the other side of the wall, Wolverine stabs him in the stomach through the wall, resulting in his agonizing death. No super-battle or spectacle, just a charming assassin who had it coming, and Wolverine was there to give it to him.
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Wolverine cruelly ‘murders’ Professor Hudson while escaping Weapon X
Marvel Comics Presents #83 “Weapon X” Chapter 11 by Barry Windsor-Smith
Logan’s escape from Weapon X is a legendary chapter in his story, and the comic that depicts it is gritty and brutal. After Wolverine breaks free of his physical restraints in the Weapon X lab, he slices through the guards and scientists around him with his new adamantium claws until he finally gets his hands on the man responsible for this rather twisted experiment: Professor Hudson. Logan cuts off the professor’s hand before burying his claws in Hudson’s forehead.Kill the evil scientist once and for all.
Besides, Wolverine didn’t actually kill him, as the next issue reveals that none of this was real, it was just a simulation to test Wolverine’s capacity for killing. However, regardless of what was revealed in the following issue, the scene in this issue depicted one of Wolverine’s most gruesome on-board ‘kills’.
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Wolverine kills the Angel of Death every time he dies
Wolverine Vol. 3 #58 by Marc Guggenheim and Howard Chaykin
Speaking of kills that aren’t technically kills but are still crazy hardcore kills, Wolverine kills the Angel of Death once, and does it again and again every time he dies in order to return his soul to his fully healed body during any given life-death. Experience. As explained by Doctor Strange in this issue, the Angel of Death cannot actually die, so when he is ‘killed’ in battle, he is only temporarily defeated, destined to return.
But that’s just semantics, isn’t it? because, Whether he comes back or not, the Angel of Death still gets killed with every loss, and it’s Wolverine who kills him.. Being known as the man who constantly kills the Angel of Death is perhaps the most hardcore title in Marvel Comics, and it’s fitting that Wolverine should claim it.
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Wolverine pushes the Priest of Sickles into a woodchipper
Savage Avengers #15 by Gerry Duggan and Patch Zircher
Usually, while still insanely brutal, Wolverine’s kills are pretty much the same: he stabs them with his claws. However, on this occasion, Wolverine was particularly inspired, because he not only killed his enemy, he stuck his body in a wood chipper and watched small pieces of the man flutter in the air around him. Granted, the man Wolverine killed was a repugnant monster called the Priest of Cycles who not only practiced in the dark arts, but also killed a close friend of Wolverine’s, meaning the over-the-top kill was more than justified.
but still, Seeing Wolverine stick anyone’s body into a woodchipper is a disappointingly gruesome sight.Making it stand out as one of the most memorable, and easily one of the most brutal.
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Wolverine goes berserk on Genesis and the Dark Riders when he goes feral
Wolverine Vol. 2 #100 by Larry Hama and Adam Kubert
Wolverine’s ‘feral’ stage is perhaps his most infamous chapter, although there are moments that have merit, including and especially the issue that debuted Feral Wolverine. In it, Genesis (Cable’s son) and his Dark Riders are trying to use Wolverine to resurrect Apocalypse, and the process winds up accelerating Wolverine’s mutation, causing him to revert to a more animalistic state—something that was already set in Motion as Magneto rips the adamantium from Logan’s skeleton.
Once he was wild, Wolverine attacked Genesis with everything he had, cornering him like a ferocious animal.. Genesis earned it, as did the evil Dark Riders, but the scene was still undeniably difficult to watch on panel, as the villain could do nothing to combat the savagery of feral Wolverine.
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The final Wolverine’s killing of multiple people is absolutely heartbreaking
Ultimate X-Men #100 by Aaron E. Coleite and Mark Brooks
For a relatively brief moment in Marvel Comics history, there was not just one mainstream Wolverine, but two. The other was Ultimate Wolverine from Earth-1610, whose story was not as extensive as his original counterpart, but which also added to the greater knowledge of the character – and this includes memorable kills. In this case, Ultimate Wolverine killed the Ultimate Universe version of Jamie Madrox aka Multiple Man, and it was absolutely heartbreaking.
During the Ultimatum event, Magneto forces Jamie to create hundreds of duplicates, which Magneto uses as international terrorists. Magneto then stashes the original Jamie in a safe house on Savage Island, where he has been brainwashed into thinking he is just a teenager. To save countless lives, Wolverine kills the frightened and confused Jamie, who thinks he is just a childthereby neutralizing Magneto’s terror army.
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Wolverine is forced to kill his own son, Daken, while imagining the life they could have had
Invisible X-Force #34 by Rick Remender and Phil Noto
Akihiro may be an X-Men ally now (even with his new Helverine moniker), but originally, he was a murderous villain called Daken who wanted nothing more than to watch his father, Wolverine, suffer immensely. After nearly killing the Heir of Apocalypse and killing the X-Men in the process, Daken is confronted by Wolverine, who stops his son permanently by drowning in a puddle. However, it’s not the kill itself that makes this so noteworthy, but what was going through Wolverine’s mind while he did it.
Wolverine never knew about Akihiro, meaning he wasn’t there for him growing up. As Logan murders the son he never knew, he imagines being a father to him, with thoughts of being there for Akhiro’s milestones as he matures into a man, only to look down and see those dreams literally die in front of him.
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Wolverine tears the Hulk open from the inside
Wolverine: Old Man Logan #8 by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven
Wolverine Old Man Logan Storyline is rife with exceptionally violent kills, although the one that stands out the most is ‘Hulk vs Wolverine’. The Hulk was responsible for the death of Logan’s entire family, so Wolverine paid him back by killing every member of the Hulk’s family before challenging the Jade Giant himself. During the fight, the Hulk had the clear advantage, and even seemingly won after eating Wolverine. however, Logan is able to regenerate in the Hulk’s stomach, at which point he bursts from the Hulk’s back. In a gruesome show of blood and guts.
Wolverine has had many fights with the Hulk throughout their shared Marvel Comics history, but this is not only the most violent, but also the most deadly, as Wolverine proves himself the true victor of their decades-long conflict in a truly spectacular showdown. Show.
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Wolverine’s first major hardcore moment is the slaughter of the Hellfire soldiers
Invisible X-Men #133 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Wolverine is easily one of the most iconic members of the X-Men in Marvel Comics history, but that wasn’t always the case. During his early X-Men career, Wolverine was firmly a side character who was never really the focus of any story. But then, when the X-Men were kidnapped by the Hellfire Club during the Phoenix Saga, all that changed, and the change was marked by that moment.
In an effort to save the X-Men, Wolverine snuck into the Hellfire Club clubhouse where he was hunted by Hellfire soldiers. Or, more accurately, it was Wolverine who was doing the hunting, as he picked off each soldier one-by-oneKilling each of them. The kills were the first time Wolverine was portrayed as a brutal killer in X-Men canon, paving the way for his countless subsequent storylines.
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Sabretooth’s final, brutal death is Wolverine’s all-time greatest kill
Wolverine Vol. 7 #50 by Benjamin Percy, Victor LaValle, Geoff Shaw and Cory Smith
Sabretooth has been Wolverine’s arch nemesis for decades, as their shared history as victims of Weapon X once made them allies before Wolverine sought the life of a hero while Sabretooth reveled in life as a villain. Since they split up, Sabretooth has made it his mission to torture Wolverine, which finally came to a head in the recently concluded. Sabretooth War.
in the Sabretooth War Finale, Wolverine uses the Muramasa Blade (a weapon that neutralizes healing factors) to Chop Sabretooth into small bloody pieces. The fight was the culmination of years of violence and bloodshed between the two mutant rivals, and Sabretooth’s permanent, brutal death was the only way for it to end. Because of the significance and gruesome nature of this kill, it should be remembered as WolverineThe greatest of all time in Marvel Comics history.